Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a webinar on ‘Research and Experimental Development (R&D) Statistics’ on 7 January 2021 in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), with the participation of 71 attendees from 17 OIC member countries (Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Mozambique, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, and Uganda).

Over the years, SESRIC has taken the initiative to develop and conduct many capacity-building programmes on a wide range of socio-economic areas of interest to the OIC member countries. As part of its role of serving the member countries in terms of enhancing the capacities of their human resources in the relevant national institutions, SESRIC collaborates with them in the implementation of these programmes along with the relevant OIC and international institutions. The training and capacity building activities of SESRIC are planned in accordance with the needs and capacities of the national institutions of the member countries and are conducted through various modalities, such as training courses, training workshops, webinars and study visits. Furthermore, SESRIC hosts and manages a number of specific thematic Networks and Portals in which it brings together national focal points of relevant national institutions for the purpose of sharing knowledge as well as exchanging expertise and best practices.