ECO Calendar of Events/Meetings ( For years: 2006 - 2007 ) |
Up to the February 2006
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a) Trade & Investment
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Event |
Venue |
Date |
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1 |
1st Meeting of the Board of Governors of the ECO Trade & Development Bank |
Turkey |
May 2006 |
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4th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Commerce/Foreign Trade |
Afghanistan |
25-30 June 2006 |
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5th HLEG on Trade and Investment and other related matters |
Afghanistan |
25-30 June 2006 |
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4 |
8th General Assembly of ECO-CCI |
Afghanistan |
June 2006 |
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5 |
2nd ECO Business Forum |
Turkey |
2006 |
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Trilateral Interim Committee Meeting on Establishment of ECO Reinsurance Company |
I.R. Pakistan
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2006 |
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7 |
1st meting of the Heads of Central Banks of ECO member states |
I.R. Pakistan |
2006 |
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8 |
1st High Level Experts Group meeting on Finance/Economy |
Turkey |
2006 |
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9 |
2nd ECO Ministerial Meeting on Finance/Economy |
Turkey |
2006 |
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10 |
5th meeting of ECO Council of Heads of Customs Administration. |
Turkey |
2006 |
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11 |
1st meeting of the Sub Committee for the consideration/prioritization of the recommendations of UNDP consultant on harmonization of customs organizations and procedures of the ECO member states |
Turkey |
2006 |
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12 |
4th ECO Seminar on Trade and Investment Information Networking in the ECO region |
ECO Secretariat |
2006 |
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13 |
Workshop on Potential Benefits of ECOTA |
Tajikistan (tentative) |
2006 |
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14 |
11th Executive Committee Meeting of ECO-CCI |
To be determined |
To be determined |
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15 |
Expert Group meeting on Agreement Simplification of Visa Procedure for Businessmen of the ECO member states |
Iran |
To be determined |
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16 |
ECO/WTO Seminar |
I.R. Pakistan |
2006-07 |
b) Transport and Communications:
First Priority:
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Event |
Venue |
Date |
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1 |
6th Ministerial meeting on Transport and Communications. |
Tehran, Iran |
April 24 - 26, 2006 |
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2 |
Workshop as planned under ECO/ESCAP/UNCTAD Multimodal Transport Project with funding of IDB. |
ECO Secretariat |
Early 2006 |
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14th meeting of the Directors General of National Telecommunication Companies of the ECO member states. |
Tehran, Iran |
May 8-10, 2006 |
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4 |
High Level Experts meeting on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). |
Tehran, Iran |
May 8-10, 2006 |
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3rd meeting of the ECO Postal Authorities. |
Istanbul |
September 20 - 22, 2006 |
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1st meeting of the Transit Transport Coordinating Council (TTCC) |
Baku, Azerbaijan |
2nd half of 2006 |
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1st meeting of Working Group for implementation of Trans-Asian Railway line. |
Iran |
To be determined |
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3rd meeting of Heads of Reference Marine Organizations of ECO member states for development of regional cooperation in port marine and merchant shipping affairs. |
Pakistan |
To be determined
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9th meeting of the Heads of ECO Railway Authorities. |
Astana, Kazakhstan |
May 2007 |
Second Priority:
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Event |
Venue |
Date |
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2nd meeting of ECO Insurance Authorities. |
Iran |
2006 |
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5th ECO Experts Working Group meeting on the Trans-Asia-Europe Fiber Optical Cable System (TAEFOS). |
Tehran, Iran |
May 8 - 10, 2006 |
Non-ECO Events:
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Event |
Venue |
Date |
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1 |
Inter-Agency Coordination meeting of ECO/ESCAP/IDB/UNCTAD on MMT. |
Tehran/ Secretariat |
Early 2006 |
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Conference of the Asian Ministers of Transport (UNESCAP). |
Bangkok |
2006 |
c) Energy, Minerals & Environment
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Event |
Venue |
Date |
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4th Meeting of ECO Working Group on Environment |
Iran or Kazakhstan |
April 2006 |
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Third ECO Ministerial Meeting on Environment to be preceded by the Meeting of Senior Officials |
Almaty, Kazakhstan |
May/ June 2006 |
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Expert Meeting on developing the Work Plan on Biodiversity |
Islamabad, Pakistan |
2nd half of 2006 |
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1st meeting of ECO Working Group on New and Renewable Sources of Energy |
To be determined |
To be determined 2006 |
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Workshop on Energy Conservation and Efficiency |
Islamabad, Pakistan |
To be determined 2006 |
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7th Specialized Experts Task Group (SETG) meeting on Power (in consultation with NESPAK) |
To be determined |
To be determined 2006 |
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3rd ECO Mineral Experts Group Meeting |
Islamabad, Pakistan |
To be determined 2006 |
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5th Meeting of ECO Working Group on Environment |
To be determined |
2007 |
Seminars/Training Courses offered by the member states
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Event |
Venue |
Date |
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"Watershed Rehabilitation" Workshop / Seminar |
Malatya, Turkey |
May/June 2006 |
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3rd International Practical Training Course for Energy Managers on Energy Efficiency and Conservation (Turkish EIE/NECC in collaboration with JICA) |
Ankara, Turkey |
12-23 June 2006 |
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A Training Course on the Familiarization with the ISO 14000 Environment Management system |
Iran |
July 2006 |
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Seminar on Eco tourism |
Turkey |
To be determined 2006 |
Events/Meetings to be organized in cooperation with the International Organizations/Agencies
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S No |
Event |
Venue |
Date |
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ECO/WB Workshop on Regional Energy Trade |
To be determined |
June/July 2006 |
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Seminar/Training Course under auspices of WMO Regional Training Center
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Alanya, Turkey |
To be determined |
Non-ECO Events
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Event |
Venue |
Date |
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1 |
ECO Secretariat consultation with IDB on the project of interconnection of ECO countries power systems |
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
2006 |
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Sub-regional Working Group meeting on Energy Trade and Interconnection lead by UN ESCAP and ECO |
To be determined |
To be determined |
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The meeting of UN ESCAP-UN ECE SPECA Project Working Group on Water and Energy Resources |
To be determined |
To be determined |
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d) Agriculture, Industry & Tourism
Agriculture:
First Priority
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Event |
Venue |
Date |
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Training Workshop on Competitiveness, Trade and WTO |
Antalya, Republic of Turkey |
March-May, 2006 |
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