ECO Calendar of Events/Meetings

( For years: 2005 - 2006 )

A.

Trade & Investment

B.

Transport & Communications

C. 

Energy, Minerals & Environment Sectors

D.

Agriculture, Health, Industry and Tourism

E. 

Project Research

F. 

Economic Research and Statistics (ERS)

G. 

Specialized Agencies

H. 

Meetings of the Decision Making Organs of ECO

I. 

Courtesy Calls to ECO Member States

Sr. No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.

3^rd ECO Seminar on Trade and Investment Information Networking in the ECO Region

Karachi-Pakistan

31 Jan- 01 Feb; 2005

Held as scheduled

2.

2^nd meeting of High Level Experts Group on Trade, Investment and Other Related Matters

Islamabad- Pakistan

March 17-19, 2005 Held as scheduled

3.

4^th meeting of ECO Council of Heads of Customs Administration preceded by 2^nd Meeting of Technical Experts on Establishment of Data Bank on Smuggling and Customs Offences.

Baku-Azerbaijan

May 16-18, 2005

4.

ECO CCI/ECO Trade Fair.

Kabul

August , 2005

5.

10^th Executive Committee of ECO-CCI

Kabul

August, 2005

6.

3^rd ECO Ministerial Meeting on Commerce/Foreign Trade preceded by 3^rd HLEG

Istanbul

5-7 July 2005

7.

3^rd ECO Trade and Investment Conference/Business Forum

Kabul

2005-2006

8.

1^st High Level Experts Group meeting on Finance/Economy

To be determined

2005-2006

9.

2^nd ECO Ministerial Meeting on Finance/Economy

Turkey

2005-2006

10.

4^th ECO Seminar on Trade and Investment Information Networking in the ECO region

To be determined

2005-2006

11.

1. Trilateral Interim Committee Meeting on the Establishment of ECO Trade & Development Bank;

2. Trilateral Interim Committee Meeting on

          Establishment of ECO Reinsurance 

          Company.

To be determined

To be determined

2005-2006

2005-2006

12.

Expert Group meeting on Agreement Simplification of Visa Procedure for Businessmen of the ECO member states

Iran (to be confirmed)

2005-2006

13.

ECO/WTO Seminar.

To be determined

2005-2006

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.

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

Tehran

2-5 May 2005

postponed

2.

2^nd meeting of the ECO Postal Authorities.

Tehran

2-5 May 2005

postponed

3.

High Level Experts meeting on Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

Tehran

2-5 May 2005

postponed

4.

Workshop on Postal Security

Tehran

2-5 May 2005

postponed

5.

2^nd meeting of Heads of Reference Marine Organizations of ECO member states for development of regional cooperation in port marine and merchant shipping affairs.

Istanbul/Turkey

2^nd week of July 2005

6.

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

Kyrgyz Republic has expressed inability to  host

July/August 2005

7.

6^th Ministerial meeting on Transport and Communications.

Iran

2005

8.

1^st meeting of Working Group for implementation of Trans-Asian Railway line.

To be determined

To be determined.

9.

2^nd meeting to fine-tune draft Action Plan for revitalizing and operation of the China-Middle East-Europe Corridors including a time framework for its execution.

To be determined.

To be determined.

10.

Workshop as planned under ECO/ESCAP/UNCTAD Multimodal Transport Project with funding of IDB.

ECO Secretariat

To be determined.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

11.

ECO Road Map meeting

Tehran/Secretariat

 2005

12.

Experts Group Meeting to make preparation for 1^st meeting of ECO Insurance Authorities.

Tehran

Last week of July 2005

13.

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

To be determined

To be determined.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.

3^rd Meeting of ECO Working Group on Environment

Pakistan, Islamabad

23-24 February 2005

held as scheduled

2.

3^rd Experts Meeting on Environmental Impact Assessment

Turkey-Ankara

May 9-10 2005

3.

Workshop and 4^th High Level Experts Task Group (4^th HLETG) Meeting on ECO Oil and Gas Pipeline Route(s)

Ceyhan, Turkey

4 May, 2005

5-6 May 2005

4.

Workshop on Regional Energy Trade and Establishment of ECO Power Market

ECO Secretariat

Iran- Tehran

June29-30, 2005

5.

4^th Meeting of ECO Working Group on Environment

To be determined [Iran]

[July] 2005

6.

Workshop on Climate Change under auspices of WMO Regional Training Center

Alanya, Turkey

5-10 September, 2005

7.

1^st meeting of ECO Working Group on New and Renewable Sources of Energy

To be determined

To be determined

2005

8.

3^rd ECO Mineral Experts Group Meeting

[Afghanistan or Kazakhstan]

‏To be determined

2005

9.

Second ECO Ministerial Meeting on Energy/Petroleum to be preceded by the Meeting of Senior Officials

Tehran, Iran

End of 2005 /early 2006

10.

Expert Meeting on developing the Work Plan on Biodiversity

Pakistan

To be determined

2005

11.

5^th Meeting of ECO Working Group on Environment

To be determined

End of 2005/ early 2006

Ser. No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

12

3^rd International Practical Training Course for Energy Managers on Energy Efficiency and Conservation (Turkish EIE/NECC in collaboration with JICA)

Ankara, Turkey

13-24 June 2005

13

A Training Course on the Familiarization with the ISO 14000 Environment Management system

Iran

[July] 2005

14

"Watershed Rehabilitation" Workshop /Seminar

Malatya, Turkey

September/2005

15

Workshop/Seminar on Ecotourism

Turkey

To be determined/ 2005

Ser. No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

16

Joint ECO/OPEC Workshop on International Petroleum Market

Iran

To be determined 2005

Event/Activity

Venue

1.

Workshop on Water Management

I.R. of Pakistan

2005

2.

1^st Meeting of Heads of Veterinary Organizations

I.R. of Iran

1-3 Sept 2005

3.

Workshop on prevention of crop losses (cereal and pulses) at post harvest stages

Republic of Turkey

2005

4.

Meeting on Agro-Trade Promotion

Republic of Turkey

2005

5.

Workshop and Coordination meeting for establishment of ECO biotechnology network

I. R. of Iran

2005

6.

Experts Group Meeting on Establishment of ECO Association or Forum of Cotton Producers and Exporters

Republic of Azerbaijan (tentative)

2005

7.

First ECO Regional Seed Conference (Reference proposed Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) Project on Seed Supply in the ECO Region

To be determined.

November 2005

8.

Second Senior Officials Meeting on Agriculture

To be determined

Late 2005 or early 2006

9.

Training course on WTO Agreement on Agriculture                   

Republic of Turkey

2005/2006

10.

Training course on WTO Agreement on Agriculture

I.R. of Pakistan

2005/2006

11.

Workshop on Phyto-sanitary issues        

I.R. Iran

2005

1.

2^nd Meeting of Experts Group (EGM) for preparation of ECO Strategy on Industry

Islamabad, I.R. of Pakistan

14-17 March 2005

Held as scheduled

2.

Training Course on Privatization

Republic of Turkey

Early 2005

3.

1^st High Level Expert Group (HLEG) on Industry

To be determined

2005

4.

First meeting of the ECO Decision Makers Roundtable (DRM) at the level of Heads of Medium and Large Firms

I.R. of Iran

First quarter of 2006

5.

First Experts Group Meeting on Standardization, Conformity Assessment, Accreditation and Metrology

Istanbul, Republic of Turkey

First half of July 2005

6.

First meeting of Heads of Standard Organizations of the member states

I.R. of Iran

August 1-3 2005

7.

2^nd Meeting of Heads of Privatization Administration

Islamabad, I.R. of Pakistan

Sept-Oct 2005

8.

First Meeting of the High Level Experts Group (HLEG) on Privatization & Private Sector Development 

I.R. Iran

Third quarter of 2005

9.

2^nd Ministerial Meeting on Industry

Istanbul, Republic of Turkey

3^rd quarter of 2005

10.

Workshop on Agricultural Machinery & Equipment

Republic of Turkey

2005

11.

ECO Workshop on Joint Venture Capital Systems (on the condition of support of IDB)            

I.R. Iran

2005

1.

Meeting of Heads of Red Crescent Organizations

I.R. of Iran

2005

2

Workshop on Prevention of HIV/AIDS (on the condition of support of OPEC Fund)        

Republic of Turkey

2005

1.

3^rd Experts Group Meeting on Tourism

I.R. of Iran

2005

2.

Workshop in the field of tourism (*)

To be determined

2005

1.

First Meeting of the Heads of Poverty Alleviation Organizations/Departments of the ECO member states

To be determined

2005

Ser.

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.

Training/Consultation of the Director (Project Research) with counterparts on ESCAPS Modalities for Project Research and Pre-feasibility Outlays.

ECO Secretariat

Tehran

April 17-21,2005

Held as scheduled

2.

First mission to Afghanistan to follow up the implementation of ECO Special Fund for Reconstruction of Afghanistan including on-going feasibility studies being prepared by ECO-CEC.

Kabul, Afghanistan

1^st half of the 2005

3.

Second mission to Afghanistan for follow up of related projects (Reconstruction, ECO - CEC etc.)

Kabul, Afghanistan

2^nd half of the 2005/2006

4.

Seminar on ECO’s participation in the Reconstruction of Afghanistan.

Kabul

Afghanistan

To be determined.

5.

3^rd Conference on ECO-CEC’s Role in the development of ECO member states.

Lahore

Pakistan

May 6,2005

Postponed

Ser.

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.

2005/2006

2.

Azerbaijan

2005/2006

3.

To be determined

2005/2006

Specialized Agencies/Regional Institutions

Education

Drug Control, Organized Crime and Other Related Matters

Ser.

No.

Event/Activity

         Venue

Date

1

The 15^th meeting of the Regional Planning Council (RPC)

Tehran –Iran

ECO secretariat

February 14-17, 2005 Held as scheduled

2.

1^st Senior Official Meeting (SOM)

Tehran, Iran

May 30-31, 2005

3

15^th meeting of the Council of Ministers (COM)

Astana- Kazakhstan

August 20, 2005

4.

Informal Meeting of Council of Ministers (COM)

New York

September 2006

Sr.

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

Courtesy visit of ECO Secretary General

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

2005

Courtesy visit of ECO Secretary General

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

2005

Sr.

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

ECO Audit Board  

Tehran, Iran

April 10-14, 2005

Held as scheduled

Sr.

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.

Asian Development Bank (ADB), Central & South Asia Trade and Transport Forum (CSTTF) Ministerial Conference

Manila, Philippines

March 3-4, 2005

Held as scheduled

ECO Participated

2.

4^th meeting of Trade Negotiating Committee of Trade Preferential System among the OIC Member Countries (TPSOIC)

Antalya-Turkey

30 March –

2 April 2005

Held as scheduled

ECO didn't Participated

3.

OIC/COMCEC Meetings

Istanbul-Turkey

September 2005

4.

Regional Symposium envisaged under ITC’s Project on “Regional Trade Promotion in Central Asia”

Almaty-

Kazakhstan

To be determined

Sr.

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

5.

Meeting organized by the United Nations on the role of international, regional and sub-regional organizations for implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action*.

Kazakhstan/Almaty

March 29-31, 2005

Held as scheduled

ECO didn't Participated

6.

Inter-Agency Coordination meeting of ECO/ESCAP/IDB/UNCTAD on MMT.

Tehran/Secretariat

To be determined.

7.

Conference of the Asian Ministers of Transport (UNESCAP).

Bangkok

2006

Sr.

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

8

ECO Secretariat consultation with IDB on the project of interconnection of ECO countries power systems

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

May 2005

9.

5^th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific

Seoul, Republic of Korea

24-29 March 2005

Held as scheduled

ECO didn't Participated

Sr.

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.

Asian-African Summit

Bandung, Indonesia

April 20-24,2005

 Held as scheduled

SG Participated

2.

Participation in the UN General Assembly session

New York

September 2005

3.

10^th Joint ECO-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting

New York

September 2005

4.

10^th Consultative Meeting among Executive Heads of Sub-Regional Organizations (ECO, SAARC, ASEAN, Pacific Islands Forum) and UNESCAP

Kathmandu

2005

5.

32^nd session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM)

Yemen

2005