1..

 ECO EWG Meeting on the TAEFOS.

Tehran

23-25 January, 2000
(Held as scheduled).  

 2.

3^rd ECO Ministerial Meeting on Transport and Communications. 

Islamabad

24-28 April, 2000.

3.

2^nd ECO EWG Meeting on TAEFOS.

Istanbul

To be notified later. 

4.

5^th Meeting of the Heads of ECO Railway Authorities. 

Almaty

19-21 September,  2000.

5.

Meeting of the Experts Group to formulate a detailed draft Programme of joint research and design activities in the field of Telecommunications.  

Tehran

5-6 November, 2000.

6.

1^st Meeting of the ECO Central Insurance Authorities. 

Tehran

To be notified later.

 1.

 First Ministerial Meeting on Trade.

Tehran, Iran.

4-6 March, 2000.

2.

Third WTO Seminar: Trade Negotiations Simulation Seminar.

ECO Secretariat, Tehran.

6-10 May, 2000

3.

Seventh Meeting of Heads of Customs Administrations of ECO Countries. 

Baku, Azerbaijan.

June, 2000.

4.

Third HLEG Meeting on Tariff and Non-Tariff Barriers in the ECO Region. 

Turkey.

September, 2000.

5.

Trilateral Interim Committee Meeting  on the establishment of ECO Trade & Development Bank. 

Turkey

To be determined.

6.

Experts Group Meeting on implementation of ECO Transit Trade Agreement (TTA) and ECO Passage Document (EPD) and Third ECO Transit Trade Committee Meeting.

Turkey

April, 2000. (To be confirmed by the host).

 1.

ENERGY (OIL, GAS, PETRO- CHEMICAL POWER AND RELATED INDUSTRIES).

1^st ECO Energy/Petroleum Ministerial Meeting preceded by the Meeting of the senior officials of oil, gas, petrochemical and power industries.

Islamabad

November, 2000

2.

4-th SETG Meeting on Interconnection and Parallel Functioning of the ECO Region’s Power Systems. The meeting will consider to short-list consultant’s names and form the Steering  Committee. 

Mashhad

6-7 May, 2000

 3.

4-th  HLETG Meeting on ECO Oil and Gas Pipeline Route(s). The meeting will concentrate on the employment of consultant(s) as per 3^rd HLETG report. The ECO-CEC will also be invited to participate.

Iran

To be determined 

4.

MINERALS

ECO Mineral Experts Meeting in cooperation with UN-ESCAP on Enhancement of Regional Cooperation in Minerals Sector and Drafting a Plan of Action for cooperation amongst the ECO Countries in the field of minerals .

Iran

To be determined

1.

AGRICULTURE

Workshop on Diagnosis of Livestock Diseases.

Tehran, Iran

First half of March, 2000.

2.

HLEG Meeting on Establishment of ECO Plant Protection Organization (ECO-PPO) 

Istanbul,

Turkey

23-26 May, 2000. (To be reconfirmed by Turkey)

3.

Working Group Meeting on Foot & Mouth Disease. 

Ankara, Turkey

1-5 May, 2000. (To be reconfirmed by Turkey)

4.

INDUSTRY

Workshop of the Managers of Research and Development Centers and Investors.

Iran

1^st half of July, 2000. (To be reconfirmed by Iran)

5.

HEALTH

Workshop on Expanding Contraceptive Choice and Improving Quality of Reproductive Health Programme (ECO/UNFPA joint activity)

Istanbul, Turkey

7-11 May, 2000.

1.

Third coordination meeting of National Focal Points (NFPs) for joint activities on Economic Research and Statistics.

Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

September2000