Revised Calendar of Events

1^st ECO Ministerial meeting on Information & Communication  Technology (ICT). 

Tehran 

2. 

5^th Ministerial meeting on Transport and Communications. 

Kyrgyzstan 

1^st meeting of the Coordinating Unit (Steering Committee) to monitor and ensure the smooth running of container trains on the Trans-Asian railway main line. 

Istanbul 

Meeting of the Road Transport and Customs experts to reconcile the existing inconsistency between TTFA and TTA and to consider draft ECO MoU on the Facilitation and Harmonization of International Road Transport of Goods prepared by the concerned Turkish authorities. 

Istanbul 

5^th meeting of the Experts Group to finalize a draft MoU on ECO Railway Tariff Policy in International Freight Traffic.

Almaty

1^st meeting of the ECO Central Insurance Authorities.

Tehran

2^nd Working Group meeting of Railway Experts on software and hardware and data transmission for reconciliation of data transmission technology and ensuring the compatibility of hardware and software as well as establishment of a common information area.

Ashgabat

2^nd Working Group meeting of Railway Experts on software and hardware and data transmission for reconciliation of data transmission technology and ensuring the compatibility of hardware and software as well as establishment of a common information area.

Ashgabat

EWG meeting to fine-tune draft Action Plan for revitalizing and operating the China-Middle East-Europe corridor including a time framework for its execution.

Tehran

4^th ECO Experts Working Group meeting on the Trans-Asia-Europe Fiber Optical Cable System (TAEFOS).

Almaty

Workshop on postal security of mail dispatches.

Tehran

8^th meeting of the Heads of ECO Railway Authorities.

Uzbekistan

14^th meeting of the Directors' General of National Telecommunication Companies of the ECO member states.

Baku

To be determined at the ECO MM on ICT (Tehran, May 2003).

Meeting of the ECO seaport and shipping authorities to consider a possibility of cooperation in the field of seaport and shipping facilities.

Noushahr (or Anzali)

October, 2003

Experts Group meeting to consider the draft ECO Framework Agreement on cooperation in the field of Air transport in order to increase the effectiveness of air services in the ECO region.

Mashhad

 November 2003

1^st meeting of the ECO Postal Authorities.

Kyrgyzstan

 April, 2004

3^rd meeting of Transit Trade Committee to be held in conjunction with ECO heads of customs meeting.

Pakistan

To be determined