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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
Sr. No. | Event/Activity | Venue | Date/Status |
1 | 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 |
2 | (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 |
3 | Meeting on Establishment of ECO Reinsurance Company – Signing Ceremony | Pakistan | 2008 |
4 | 2nd meeting of the Heads of Central Banks of ECO Member States | Iran | 2008 |
5 | 3rd ECO Ministerial Meeting on Finance/Economy | Iran | 2008 |
6 | 7th meeting of ECO Council of Heads of Customs Administration | Pakistan | Last quarter (after Ramadhan) of 2008 |
7 | 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 |
8 | 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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9 | EGM on Exchange of Technical Expertise on SPS/TBT among ECO Member States | Member States to volunteer | 2008 |
10 | 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 |
11 | ECO Trade Fair | Pakistan | July 23-26, 2008 |
12 | 1st ECO Specialized Fair | Member States to volunteer | 2008
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13 | ECO/WTO Seminar on Global Trade Challenges for ECO Region.
| Pakistan | 7-8 May 2008 |
14 | Workshops on Potential Benefits of ECOTA | To be determined | 1st and 2nd quarters of 2008 |
15 | Working Group Meeting of ECO Central Banks Network (ECBN) | To be determined | 2008 |
16 | 1st EGM on Corruption and Money Laundering Meeting | Turkey | 13-14 May 2008 |
17 | Technical Workshop on Inflation Targeting | Izmir, Turkey | 9-10 May 2008
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18 | 9th General Assembly of ECO-CCI
| Pakistan | 23-25 July 2008 |
19 | 12th Executive Committee Meeting of ECO-CCI | Pakistan | 23-25 July 2008 |
ii) Second Priority
20 | Orientation Seminars on ECO Trade Net | To be determined | 2008 |
21 | ECO Trade and Development Strategy. Joint Seminar by ECO and ECO-TDB | To be determined | 2008 |
22 | Meeting of the Heads of Trade Promotion Organizations of the Member States | To be determined | 2009 |
23 | Symposia on ECO Sectoral Potential and Export Competitiveness Strategies (Minerals – Engineering Products – Textiles etc.) | To be determined | 1st and 2nd Half of 2008 |
24 | Seminar on ECO Women Entrepreneurship Development | To be determined | 2008 |
Non-ECO Activities
1 | Regional Symposium envisaged under ITC’s Project on “Regional Trade Promotion in Central Asia” | To be determined | To be determined |
2 | OIC COMCEC Meeting | To be determined | To be determined |
3 | Expert Meetings of WTO on various topics held in different countries | To be determined | To be determined |
I. Transport
S.No. | Event/Activity | Venue | Date |
1. | Second Meeting of the Insurance Committee of the TTCC | Tehran/Iran | July 21-22, 2008 |
2. | Second Meeting of the Railway Committee of the TTCC | Afghanistan | 2008 |
3. | First Meeting of the Legal Committee of the TTCC | Yet to be determined | Yet to be determined |
4. | Second Meeting of the Road Committee of the TTCC | Tajikistan | 2008 |
5. | 1st Meeting of the Transit Trade Committee | Afghanistan | 2008 |
6. | Extraordinary Meeting of the TTCC | Iran | July 21-22, 2008 |
7. | Third Meeting of the TTCC | Iran | 2008 |
8. | 10th Meeting of the Heads of ECO Railway Authorities | Pakistan | Early 2009 |
9. | Meeting of the 5 en-route countries of the container train and passenger train | Turkmenistan | 2008 |
10. | National Workshop on Multimodal Transport | Afghanistan | June-July 2008 |
11. | National Workshop on Multimodal Transport | Azerbaijan | August 2008 |
12. | National Workshop on Multimodal Transport | Iran | June 2008 |
13. | National Workshop on Multimodal Transport | Kazakhstan | 2008 |
14. | National Workshop on Multimodal Transport | Kyrgyz Republic | 2008 |
15. | National Workshop on Multimodal Transport | Pakistan | Nov. 11-12 2008 |
16. | National Workshop on Multimodal Transport | Tajikistan | 2008 |
17. | National Workshop on Multimodal Transport | Turkey | 2008 |
18. | National Workshop on Multimodal Transport | Turkmenistan | 2008 |
19. | National Workshop on Multimodal Transport | Uzbekistan | 2008 |
20. | 2nd Meeting of the Civil Aviation Authorities/ Heads of National Airlines. | ECO Secretariat (on non- hospitality basis) | September 2008 |
21. | High Level Expert Group Meeting for Implementation of the ECO Programme of Action for Transportation | Yet to be determined. | 2008 |
22. | 1st Meeting of Transport Associations | Tehran | February 2008 (held as scheduled) |
23. | 2nd Meeting of ECOLPAF | Turkey | September 2008 |
24. | 7th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Transport & Communications.
| Turkey | April 15-17, 2008. |
25. | 4th Meeting of Heads of Reference Marine Organizations of ECO Member States | Iran | February 16-19, 2008 (held as scheduled)
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26. | 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
27 | 5th Meeting of ECO Postal Authorities. | Pakistan | November 2008 |
28 | 6th Meeting of the ECO Postal Authorities | Kazakhstan | 2009 |
29 | Workshop on privatization of postal services and cost accounting | Iran | May 2008 (tentative) |
30 | Committee on networking of postal financial services and e-shopping | Turkey | 2008 |
31 | 14th Meeting of the Heads of Telecommunication Authorities of the ECO Member States | Iran | May 12-14, 2008 |
32 | 5th Meeting of Experts Working Group on Trans-Asia-Europe Fiber Optical Cable System (TAEFOS). | Iran | May 12-14, 2008 |
III. Non-ECO Events (To be specified)
No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | UNESCAP Ministerial Conference on Transport
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2 | IRU World Congress: | Istanbul | 15–17 May 2008 |
3 | “TRANSEURASIA – 2008” Conference of Ministers of Transport | Astana | September 2008 (to be confirmed) |
4 | UNSCAP Workshop on mid term review of implementation of Almaty Plan of Action.
| Yet to be determined
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5 | UNESCAP Meeting on investment in the Trans-Asian-Railway Network | Tehran
| 18 February 2008 (held as scheduled) |
6 | UNESCAP Sub-Regional Workshop on Inter-modal Interfaces | Tehran | 16-17 February 2008 (held as scheduled) |
Energy, Mineral and Environment
Energy, Minerals & Environment
Sr. No. | Event/Meeting | Venue | Date |
1. | 1st meeting of ECO Working Group on New and Renewable Sources of Energy | Tehran, Iran | 2008 |
2. | 7th Specialized Experts Task Group (SETG) meeting on Power
| Islamabad, Pakistan | 6-7 February 2008 |
3. | 2nd ECO Ministerial Meeting on Energy/Petroleum | Iran or any other country
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4. | 8th Specialized Experts Task Group (SETG) meeting on Power | Turkey | November, 2008 |
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4th ECO Mineral Experts Group meeting
| Astana, Kazakhstan | Second half of 2008 |
6. | 2nd Meeting of the Heads of Geological Surveys of the ECO member states |
To be determined
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7. | 5th Meeting of ECO Working Group on Environment | Baku, Azerbaijan | 22-23 May, 2008 |
8. | 4th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Environment to be preceded by the Meeting of Senior Officials | Islamabad, Pakistan | September/October 2008 |
9. | 2nd Expert Group Meeting on Biodiversity | Astana, Kazakhstan | Second half of 2008 |
10. | Expert Meeting of ABS (Access and Benefit Sharing) on Biodiversity | Pakistan | 2008 |
11. | Experts meeting on Ecotourism | To be determined | Second half of 2008 |
12. | Pre-Cop (Conference of Parties) Meeting on Biodiversity | Turkey | 2009 |
13. | 6th Meeting of ECO Working Group on Environment | To be determined | 2009 |
Events offered by the member states
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Event/Meeting
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14 | Training Course on the preparation of Geosciences Database | Karaj, Iran | 16 February- 4 March 2008 |
15 | Training Course for Energy Managers | Ankara, Turkey | 16-27 June, 2008 |
16 | Seminar on New and Renewable Sources of Energy | Pakistan | October 2008 |
17 | Workshop and exhibition on Renewable Energy Sources | Turkey | 2009 |
18 | 2nd Workshop/Training Course on Watershed Rehabilitation | Tehran, Iran | Mid of 2008 |
19 | Seminar on Refinery | Iran | 2008 |
Events to be organized in cooperation with the International Organizations
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Event/Meeting
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20 | 2nd ECO/WB Workshop on Regional Energy Trade | ECO Secretariat, Tehran | 8-9 July 2008 |
21 | Joint ECO-OPEC workshop | ECO Secretariat, Tehran | 2008 |
Non ECO events
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Event/Activity
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1. | Sub-regional Working Group meeting on Energy Trade and Interconnection led by UN ESCAP and ECO | To be determined | 2008 |
Agriculture, Industry and Tourism
Agriculture
Sr. No. | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | 4th Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture | Baku | 2nd half of 2008 |
2 | Donors’ Conference on ECO Regional Food Security Projects | Antalya | May 7-9 2008 |
3 | 2nd National Focal Points on establishment of ECO biotechnology network ECO-ABN | Iran | 2008 |
4 | Working Group Meeting for finalization of the Statute of Risk Management Centre | Iran | 1st Half of 2008 |
5 | ECO-IDB-FAO Workshop on Livestock | Pakistan will respond by end May 2008/ECO Secretariat. | 2008 |
6. | 2nd Working Group meeting on ECO-VECO | Iran | Before MM on Agriculture |
7 | Third ECO Regional Workshop on Harmonization of Seed Regulations | Uzbekistan | 2008 |
8 | 2nd Heads of Veterinary Organizations Meeting | Pakistan | 2008 |
9 | 3rd Consultative Meeting on Central Asia and Caucuses Seed Trade Conference. | Bishkek | 2008 |
10 | Central Asia and Caucasus Seed Trade Conference (CACSTC 2008) | Bishkek | 9-11 June 2008 |
Industry
11. | 4th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Industry and 3rd High Level Experts Group (HLEG) on Industry | Kazakhstan | November 2008 |
12. | 2nd EGM on Standardization | Iran | 2008 |
13 | 2nd HLEG and 3rd Heads Meeting on ECO Privatization Administrations | Turkey | 17-19 April 2008 |
14. | 1st Experts Group Meeting on NANO Technology Network | Iran | 21-22 May 2008 |
15. | 2nd Permanent Committee Meeting on Establishing ECO Technology Transfer Center | To be determined | 2008 |
16. | First Coordination Committee Meeting on Industrial Property Rights | Turkey | Last week of May 2008
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17. | 1st Steering Committee Meeting on SME | Iran | 13-15 January, 2008 (Held as scheduled) |
18. | ECO-IDB-UNIDO Workshop on Transfer of Technology | Iran | 16-18 June 2008 |
Tourism
19. | 2nd HLEG on Tourism | Azerbaijan | 27-28 March 2008 |
20. | 3rd HLEG on Tourism | Turkey | 2009 |
21. | 1st Ministerial Meeting Tourism | Shiraz | 7-9 July 2008 (tentative) |
22. | ECO Tourism Festival Day/ Tourism Fair | Iran | 28 November 2008 |
23. | Taskforce Meeting on ECO Tourism Promotion Fund | Iran | June/July 2008 |
Human Resource and Sustainable Development
Human and Sustainable Development
No. | Title of Meeting | Venue | Date |
1. | Third Meeting of High Level Experts Group (HLEG) on Human Development and prospect of MDG implementation | To be determined | End of 2008/1st half of 2009 |
2. | Regional Conference of ECO Capitals and Metropolises Mayors, titled “Good Urban Governance” | To be Determined | 2008 |
Health:
No. | Title of Meeting | Venue | Date |
3. | Second High Level Experts Group (HLEG) meeting on Drug Regulatory Authorities | Pakistan | 2008
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4. | Second ECO-UNFPA Study Tour for Health Authorities of member states | Turkey (To be Confirmed) | 2008 |
5. | Workshop on Prevention of HIV/AIDS | To be determined | 2008 |
6. | Workshop on Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) | To be determined | 2008/2009 |
7. | Workshop on Counterfeit Medicines | To be determined | 2008/2009 |
8. | Workshop on Drug registration and licensing | To be determined | 2008/2009 |
9. | Workshop on Quality control of pharmaceuticals | Iran | November, 2008 |
10 | Workshop on Pharmacovigilance | Iran | February 2009 |
11. | 1st ECO Health Ministerial Meeting (Secretariat proposal) | To be determined | 2008/2009 |
12. | 1st meeting of ECO Heads of Blood Transfusion Organizations | Tehran- Iran | 23-24 June, 2008 |
Natural Disaster Management
No. | Title of Meeting | Venue | Date |
13. | Third ECO Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction | Tehran- Iran | October 2008 |
14. | Workshop on Global Risk Assessment Report, in cooperation with ISDR | Iran | 2008 |
15. | Workshop on Promotion of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) for Media, in cooperation with ISDR | To be determined | 2008 |
Drug Control:
No. | Title of Meeting | Venue | Date |
16. | 2nd Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) | To be determined | 2008 |
17. | Expert Group Meeting (EGM) | Tehran, Iran | 14-16 April 2008 |
18. | 2nd Workshop on Prevention of HIV/AIDS related to drugs | To be determined | 2008 |
19 | 3rd National Focal Points Meeting (to discuss the new Project proposed by European Commission Delegation) | ECO, Secretariat
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20 | Train the Trainers Course (Narcotic & Custom Officers), | TADOC, Ankara | 2008 |
21 | CBT Mobile Training Course | TADOC, Ankara | 2008 |
22 | Surveillance Techniques Training Programme
| TADOC, Ankara | 2008 |
Interior Ministers:
No. | Title of Meeting | Venue | Date |
23 | First HLEG Meeting on Transnational Organized Crime, Terrorism and Narcotic Drugs | Ankara | 29-30 April 2008 |
24 | Workshop on Illegal Migration, with cooperation of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) | Kish- Iran | 10-11 March 2008 |
25 | Second Interior Ministers Meeting | Ashgabat- Turkmenistan | 26-27 May 2008 |
26 | Meeting of Border Security/Law Enforcement Agencies | Iran | September 2008 |
27 | Workshop on Border Security Issues
| Iran | July 2008 |
28 | Workshop on “Anti-Terrorist Struggle” | Turkey | 2008 |
29 | Second HLEG Meeting on Transnational Organized Crime, Terrorism and Narcotic Drugs | To be determined | 2008-2009 |
30. | Counter Terrorism Course | To be determined | 2008 |
Non-ECO Event:
No. | Title of Meeting | Venue | Date |
1. | High level Committee of the General Assembly on South-South Cooperation | New York | 2008 |
2. | MDG/Human Development meeting within the context of UNDP/UNESCAP |
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Project and Economic Research & Statistics
First priority meetings/activities
No | Event/Activity | Venue | Date |
1. | Mission to Kabul to review ECO’s participation in the Reconstruction of Afghanistan. | Kabul, Afghanistan | 2008
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2. | First Meeting of the ECO Heads of National Statistical Offices | Tehran | 28-29 January 2008 |
3. | 6th ECO National Focal Points (NFPs) meeting on Economic Research and Statistics. | Turkey | 2008 |
4. | 1st Meeting of Expert Group for implementation of the ECO Framework of Cooperation and Plan of Action in statistics | To be determined | 2008 |
5. | Workshop on Data and Indicators to Monitor Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals | To be determined | 2008 |
6. | Consultancy on applying modern approaches for project management, i.e. Results-Based Management (RBM) | ECO Secretariat | March 2008
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Second priority meetings/activities
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| 1st meeting of the senior officials of the relevant economic research institutes / organizations / departments of ECO countries | To be determined | To be determined |
Non – ECO Events/Activities
1. | Meeting of the Project Working Group (PWG) on Statistics, SPECA | To be determined | 2008 |
Meetings of the Decision Making Organs of ECO
No | Event/Activity | Venue | Date |
1. | 18th Meeting of the Regional Planning Council (RPC) | Islamabad, Pakistan | 3-6 March 2008 |
2. | Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) (Preparatory to the 18th COM) | Islamabad, Pakistan | October, 2008
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3. | 18th Meeting of the Council of Ministers (COM) | Islamabad, Pakistan | October, 2008
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4. | 10th ECO Summit | Islamabad, Pakistan | October, 2008 |
5. | 19th Meeting of the Regional Planning Council (RPC) | ECO Secretariat, Tehran | December 2008 |
Meeting of the ECO Audit Board
No | Event/Activity | Venue | Date |
1. | ECO Audit Board | ECO Secretariat | April / May 2008 |
Specialized Agencies/Regional Institutions
Specialized Agencies/Regional Institutions
S.No. | Event | Venue | Date |
1. | Third High Level Experts Group Meeting on Culture | To be decided | 2008 |
2. | 2nd Experts Group Meeting of ECO Science Foundation | ECO Secretariat, Tehran | 2008 |
3. | First Meeting of BOT of ECO Science Foundation | To be decided | 2008 |
4. | First Meeting of BOT of ECO Educational Institute | Ankara, Turkey | 2008 |
International Relations (Non-ECO Events)
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1. | 12th Consultative Meeting among executive heads of sub-regional organizations (ECO, SAARC, ASEAN, Pacific Island Forum) and UNESCAP | Suva, Fiji | 2008 |
2. | Participation in the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly | New York, USA | September 2008 |
Informal Meeting of Council of Ministers (COM) on the sidelines of the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly | |||
11th ECO-ASEAN Joint Ministerial Meeting on the sidelines of the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly | |||
3 | 33rd Annual Meeting of IDB Group. | Jeddah | 3-4 June 2008 |
4 | World Economic Forum | Turkey | 2008 |