1. In line with the initiation of Task Forces under WGIC, the proposal to identify the TFs was raised during the Fourth Meeting of D-8 Working Group on Industrial Cooperation (WGIC) on 10-12 November 2008, Bali-Indonesia.

After having and intensive discussion and exchange of views, the meeting agreed to strengthen future cooperation through Task Forces:

1. Automotive (Coordinator: Iran, Egypt, and Indonesia)
2. Energy, Power Sector and Conservation (Coordinator: Turkey, Nigeria)
3. Food production through Mechanization (Coordinator: Malaysia)
4. Cooperation/Transfer of Technology (Coordinator: Turkey, Iran)
5. Petrochemicals and Fertilizer (Coordinator: Indonesia, Iran)
6. Cement (Coordinator: Iran)
7. Steel (Coordinator: Iran)
8. Textile (Coordinator: Egypt, Indonesia)
9. Standardization and Intellectual Property Rights (Coordinator: Turkey, Iran)
10. SMEs (Coordinator: Turkey, Indonesia, Iran, Nigeria)
11. Electronics and IT (Coordinator: Malaysia)

In the Second D-8 Task Force Meeting on Technology Cooperation was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 9 October 2012., the following decesions were made:

1. All countries nominate contact person for this particular Task Force and provide the names and contact details to D-8 Secretariat within one month.
2. The proposal of the representative from Iran, which was presented earlier in the meeting of the Task Force held in Istanbul, Turkey, for developing a Web portal for Technology Transfer & Exchange Network (TTEN) which will be technology database for D-8 Member countries, was adopted. It is recommended that the web portal is hyperlinked to D-8 website. It will be financed by Iran and will be made operational within next six months.
3. Creation of Platform for Exchange of R&D personnel among member states
4. Directory of Technology Packages in different disciplines
5. Arrange budget for R&D and Human Resource Development (HRD)
6. Organizing Annual Technology Festival in every country
7. The D-8 countries as a group would try to ensure that article 66.2 of trade related aspects TRIPS requiring to developed countries to transfer technology to developing countries is fully implemented by WTO

Outcomes of the Task Force on Technology Cooperation of the 4th Ministerial Meeting on Industrial Cooperation 26-27 January 2015, Tehran, Iran are as follows:

• Iran will initiate a Research Project to study the requirements for up-grading the technological cooperation and exchanges among the Member States.
• The meeting decided that the D-8 TTEN Secretariat will prepare the prerequisites to act as D-8 Technology Transfer Center (TTC) in order to facilitate technology transfer among the Member States. The D-8 TTEN Secretariat, in close liaison with the D-8 Secretariat, will develop the criteria for cooperation and report to the next meeting.
• To increase technology cooperation among the Member States, D-8 TTEN Secretariat will facilitate participation in the International Technology Exhibitions (such as INOTEX 2015-I.R. Iran). All the Member States are encouraged to cooperate with D-8 TTEN Secretariat in order to make the platform an effective interface.

Outcomes of the Task Force on Technology Cooperation of the 5th Ministerial Meeting on Industrial Cooperation 09-11 May 2016, Cairo, Egypt are as follows:

• The number of technology offers and requests being posted on the D-8 TTEN website needs to be increased in order to have more matchmaking opportunities;
• D-8 TTEN Secretariat suggested that a booth exchange can take place in all technology-oriented exhibitions and events organized by D-8 countries;
• Integration between the D-8 TTEN Web platform and the platform developed by Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology of Turkey (www.d8coop.com) is vital for ensuring better cooperation between D8 member states, and there should be direct communication between the Secretariats responsible for the management of the two platforms for this purpose;
• The delegations of the participating countries welcomed the suggestion of Turkey for establishing joint entrepreneurship programs to promote knowledge exchange between entrepreneurs, technology parks, incubators, etc.;
• A new project that aims at “Promoting Cooperation between Innovation Clusters and Alliances in D-8 Member States” through fostering the exchange of knowledge and best practices between those clusters based on the idea of the Cluster Development project would be explored.

Outcomes of the Task Force on Technology Cooperation of the 6th Ministerial Meeting on Industrial Cooperation held on 14- 16 November 2017 in Abuja, Nigeria are as follows:

The number of technology offers and requests being posted on the D-8 TTEN website needs to be increased in order to have more matchmaking opportunities. It was agreed that
members should express their offerings and request through D8 TTEN in order to have more matchmaking opportunities and create a win- win situation.
• ICT could be included as one of the topics covered by the Technology Cooperation Task
Force with the name of the task force to remain as it is. After thorough deliberation it was unanimously agreed that ICT be included as one of the topics to be covered by technology
cooperation taskforce, but the name of the taskforce should remain the same.
• The meeting discussed the integration between the D-8 TTEN Web platform and the
platform developed by Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology of Turkey
(www.d8coop.com) and underscored that it is vital for ensuring better cooperation between
D8 member states, and there should be direct communication between the Secretariats
responsible for the management of the two platforms for this purpose. All member
countries are requested to register(d8cooop.com) and use actively the website to ensure the
connection among all sectors in D-8. It was also agreed by member countries that Turkey
should develop operational guidelines and share the guidelines with all member countries
for comments, etc.
• Member states are requested to review and give their feedbacks about the drafted protocol
of ECSTRA D-8 Project, which aims to establish joint scientific and research program
among D-8 countries.
• A new project that aims at “Promoting Cooperation between Innovation Clusters and
Alliances in D-8 Member States” through fostering the exchange of knowledge and best
practices between those clusters based on the idea of the Cluster Development project
would be explored. It was noted that not much has been done on promoting cooperation as
regard to Innovation clusters and alliance in D-8 member States and members agreed that
the proposal should be resubmitted and given the much needed emphasis it deserve before
the next meeting);
• After exhaustive deliberations, Nigeria offered the following technologies for potential
commercial exploitation by member countries:
✓ Composition and method for treating ulcer
✓ Anti- snake vaccine from vegetable seed protein
✓ Development and production of typhoid vaccine
✓ Instant Texcote paint premix