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AT THE 18TH REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL MEETING OF THE ECONOMC COOPERATION ORGANISATION Calendar of Events for the years 2008-2009 (Islamabad, March 3-6, 2008) |
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i) First Priority
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Sr. No. |
Event/Activity |
Venue |
Date/Status |
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a) 4th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Commerce/Foreign Trade a) 5th HLEG on Trade and Investment and other related matters |
Secretariat to approach Afghanistan. Wait for 3 months. |
To be determined |
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(i) 1st Meeting of the Cooperation Council (at the level of Ministers) for the implementation of ECO Trade Agreement (ECOTA). (ii) HLEG Meeting on ECOTA. |
Mersin, Turkey |
20-22 May 2008 |
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Meeting on Establishment of ECO Reinsurance Company – Signing Ceremony |
Pakistan |
2008 |
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2nd meeting of the Heads of Central Banks of ECO Member States |
Iran |
2008 |
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3rd ECO Ministerial Meeting on Finance/Economy |
Iran |
2008 |
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7th meeting of ECO Council of Heads of Customs Administration |
Pakistan |
Last quarter (after Ramadhan) of 2008 |
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3rd meeting of the Sub Committee of Experts of Customs Administrations. |
Secretariat to send a fresh request to Member States for hosting the meeting. |
1st, 2nd and 3rd Quarters of 2008 |
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Expert Group meeting on Agreement on Simplification of Visa Procedures for Businessmen of the ECO Member States |
ECO Secretariat, Tehran |
April 2008
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EGM on Exchange of Technical Expertise on SPS/TBT among ECO Member States |
Member States to volunteer |
2008 |
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a) 3rd ECO Business Forum; and b) 2nd Buyers/Sellers Meeting on Auto Parts Industry under the implementation of 2nd Phase of ECO Project on Expansion of Intra-regional Trade. |
Pakistan |
July 23-26, 2008 |
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ECO Trade Fair |
Pakistan |
July 23-26, 2008 |
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1st ECO Specialized Fair |
Member States to volunteer |
2008
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ECO/WTO Seminar on Global Trade Challenges for ECO Region.
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Pakistan |
7-8 May 2008 |
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14 |
Workshops on Potential Benefits of ECOTA |
To be determined |
1st and 2nd quarters of 2008 |
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Working Group Meeting of ECO Central Banks Network (ECBN) |
To be determined |
2008 |
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1st EGM on Corruption and Money Laundering Meeting |
Turkey |
13-14 May 2008 |
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Technical Workshop on Inflation Targeting |
Izmir, Turkey |
9-10 May 2008
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9th General Assembly of ECO-CCI
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Pakistan |
23-25 July 2008 |
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12th Executive Committee Meeting of ECO-CCI |
Pakistan |
23-25 July 2008 |
ii) Second Priority
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20 |
Orientation Seminars on ECO Trade Net |
To be determined |
2008 |
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ECO Trade and Development Strategy. Joint Seminar by ECO and ECO-TDB |
To be determined |
2008 |
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Meeting of the Heads of Trade Promotion Organizations of the Member States |
To be determined |
2009 |
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Symposia on ECO Sectoral Potential and Export Competitiveness Strategies (Minerals – Engineering Products – Textiles etc.) |
To be determined |
1st and 2nd Half of 2008 |
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Seminar on ECO Women Entrepreneurship Development |
To be determined |
2008 |
Non-ECO Activities
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Regional Symposium envisaged under ITC’s Project on “Regional Trade Promotion in Central Asia” |
To be determined |
To be determined |
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OIC COMCEC Meeting |
To be determined |
To be determined |
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Expert Meetings of WTO on various topics held in different countries |
To be determined |
To be determined |
I. Transport
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S.No. |
Event/Activity |
Venue |
Date |
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Second Meeting of the Insurance Committee of the TTCC |
Tehran/Iran |
July 21-22, 2008 |
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Second Meeting of the Railway Committee of the TTCC |
Afghanistan |
2008 |
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First Meeting of the Legal Committee of the TTCC |
Yet to be determined |
Yet to be determined |
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Second Meeting of the Road Committee of the TTCC |
Tajikistan |
2008 |
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1st Meeting of the Transit Trade Committee |
Afghanistan |
2008 |
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Extraordinary Meeting of the TTCC |
Iran |
July 21-22, 2008 |
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Third Meeting of the TTCC |
Iran |
2008 |
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10th Meeting of the Heads of ECO Railway Authorities |
Pakistan |
Early 2009 |
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Meeting of the 5 en-route countries of the container train and passenger train |
Turkmenistan |
2008 |
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National Workshop on Multimodal Transport |
Afghanistan |
June-July 2008 |
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National Workshop on Multimodal Transport |
Azerbaijan |
August 2008 |
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National Workshop on Multimodal Transport |
Iran |
June 2008 |
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National Workshop on Multimodal Transport |
Kazakhstan |
2008 |
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National Workshop on Multimodal Transport |
Kyrgyz Republic |
2008 |
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National Workshop on Multimodal Transport |
Pakistan |
Nov. 11-12 2008 |
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National Workshop on Multimodal Transport |
Tajikistan |
2008 |
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National Workshop on Multimodal Transport |
Turkey |
2008 |
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National Workshop on Multimodal Transport |
Turkmenistan |
2008 |
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National Workshop on Multimodal Transport |
Uzbekistan |
2008 |
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2nd Meeting of the Civil Aviation Authorities/ Heads of National Airlines. |
ECO Secretariat (on non- hospitality basis) |
September 2008 |
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High Level Expert Group Meeting for Implementation of the ECO Programme of Action for Transportation |
Yet to be determined. |
2008 |
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1st Meeting of Transport Associations |
Tehran |
February 2008 (held as scheduled) |
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2nd Meeting of ECOLPAF |
Turkey |
September 2008 |
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7th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Transport & Communications.
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Turkey |
April 15-17, 2008. |
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4th Meeting of Heads of Reference Marine Organizations of ECO Member States |
Iran |
February 16-19, 2008 (held as scheduled)
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Inter-Agency Meeting of ECO Secretariat / ECO-TDB/ESCAP/IDB and UNCTAD on MMT, and the proposed TA and Transport Investment Projects. |
Jeddah |
August 2008 |
II. Post & Telecommunication
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5th Meeting of ECO Postal Authorities. |
Pakistan |
November 2008 |
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6th Meeting of the ECO Postal Authorities |
Kazakhstan |
2009 |
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Workshop on privatization of postal services and cost accounting |
Iran |
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