Calendar of Events/Meetings (2000)
Priority List
| Transport & Communications |
| Trade & investment | |||
| No. | Title of Meeting | Venue | Proposed Date |
|
1. |
Second
Seminar on Trade & Investment Information Networking in the ECO
Region. |
Antalya,
Turkey. |
October,
2000. |
|
2. |
ITC
Project Implementation: Buyers-Sellers Meeting or Product Selection
Workshop. |
To
be determined |
To
be determined. |
|
3. |
First
Seminar on the Implementation of the ECO TTA |
Tehran |
2000. |
|
4. |
Training
Course on the Turkish Customs Legislation |
Ankara,
Turkey |
3-8
April, 2000. |
|
5. |
Experts
Group Meeting on Mutual Payment Arrangement |
Tehran |
August,
2000. |
|
6. |
Seminars: | ||
| Customs' Drugs Enforce-ment and Intelligence Management | Iran | 2-6 May, 2000 | |
| Customs Data Management | Iran | 16-20 May, 2000 | |
| Better Implementation of Harmonized System Nomenclature. | Iran | To be determined | |
| Implementing the WTO Agreement on Customs Valuation. | |||
| Implementing the WTO Agreement on Customs Valuation. | Iran |
-do- |
| Energy, Mining & Environment | |||
| No. | Title of Meeting | Venue | Proposed Date |
|
1. |
ENERGY (OIL, GAS, PETRO-
CHEMICAL POWER AND RELATED INDUSTRIES). Workshop on ECO/Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) Cooperation as per 2ND and 3rd Meeting’s Report. |
Turkey
|
To be determined |
|
2. |
Workshop on Energy Conservation and Efficiency and Ad-Hoc Committee Meeting of Experts to prepare the outline and methodology for energy conservation in the ECO Member Countries as per 1st MEDOG&P Report. |
Turkey |
May, 2000 |
| 3. | Joint ECO/OPEC Workshop on International Petroleum Market Analysis in the year 2000. (ASEAN may be invited to participate). |
To be offered by one ECO MS. |
To be determined by ECO-OPEC Sectts.
|
| 4. |
Training Workshop in follow up of the proceedings of the workshop on ECO Regional Cooperation in the field of Petroleum Refineries and Products, the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and Natural Gas held in Mashhad on 13-14 November 1999. |
Iran
|
To be offered by the host |
| 5. |
Workshop on ECO Regional Power Trade Strategy with assistance of IDB, ADB, WB, etc., as per 3rd SETG report on Power. |
To be offered by one ECO Member State. |
To be offered by the host |
| 6. |
2nd Meeting of the Chief Executives of the ECO Countries National/Private Drilling Companies. |
Pakistan (to be confirmed) |
To be offered by the host |
| 7. |
ENVIRONMENT
Workshop
on ECO region’s harmonization of regulations and legislations on
reduction/control of national/accidental land/sea disasters, etc., on the
basis of promoting and encouraging investment in the region |
To be offered by one ECO Member State. |
-do- |
| 8. |
Workshop on Waste Water Management and Treatment Technology.* |
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| 9. |
- Training Programme on Determination and Evaluation of Air Pollution for the technical staff of the ECO Member States. -
Training Programme on Determination and Evaluation of Noise Level
for the technical staff of the ECO Member States. - Training Programme on Determination and Evaluation of Water Quality for the technical staff of the ECO Member States. |
Turkey |
To be determined. |
*
Turkey has proposed to host
the Workshop on 30-31 March, 2000 at the East Mediterranean University, Magosa.
However, since consensus could not be reached, the venue of this event will be
decided later by CPR.
| Agriculture, Industry & Health | |||
| No. | Title of Meeting | Venue | Proposed Date |
|
1. |
AGRICULTURE Conference
of Chairmen/Senior Executives of Agricultural Banks and Credit
Institutions. |
Iran. |
12-14
June, 2000. (To be
reconfirmed by Iran) |
|
2. |
Workshop
on Food Security with FAO/ICARDA/IDB participation. |
ECO Secretariat. |
Oct.
2000. |
|
3. |
Integrated
Pest Management (IPM) |
To be
determined |
Not yet
finalized. |
|
4. |
INDUSTRY Meeting
of ECO-CEC and the relevant experts from the Member States to identify
areas for cooperation. |
Lahore,
Pakistan. |
27-28
April, 2000. (Proposed by the Sectt. and to be confirmed by the host) |
|
5. |
ECO/UNCTAD
Training programme for the negotiation of bilateral investment treaties
(with UNCTAD). |
ECO
Secretariat |
The date
to be finalized by UNCTAD & ECO Sectt. |
|
6. |
Workshop
on privatization in ECO Member States with the participation of Economic
Development Institute (EDI) of World Bank. |
Pakistan |
To be
determined. |
|
7. |
Seminar
on Technology Capacity Building in ECO Member States – UNIDO. |
Islamabad,
Pakistan. |
Not yet
finalized. |
|
8. |
HEALTH Two
week course of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Material
Production and Utilization. |
Ankara,
Turkey. |
Year
2000. (Dates to be
confirmed by Turkey) |
| Economic Research & Statistics | |||
| No. | Title of Meeting | Venue | Proposed Date |
|
1. |
Workshop
of the Leading Economic Research Institutes on the design and
implementation of ECO Joint Economic Research Programme. |
To be
determined |
June,
2000 |
|
2. |
ECO-ESCAP
subregional Workshop on Environmental Statistics. |
To
be determined |
July,
2000 |
|
3. |
Workshop
on final arrange-ments and preparations for ECO Intra-regional Network
(ECO-NET) among the Member States and ECO Secretariat. |
Tehran,
ECO Secretariat |
October,
2000 |
| Project Research | ||
| No. | Title of Meeting | Venue & Date |
|
1. |
Round
Table between ECO Secretariat and ECO-CEC on the issues of preparation of
pre—feasibility and feasibility studies of the ECO priority project. |
This
3- day event may be arranged and held in
September-October, 2000 at the ECO Secretariat
(Tehran) or at the CEC Office in Lahore (Pakistan). |
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