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ECO Calendar of Events/Meetings ( For years: 2006 - 2007 ) |
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a) Trade & Investment
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | 1st Meeting of the Board of Governors of the ECO Trade & Development Bank | Turkey | May 2006 |
2 | 4th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Commerce/Foreign Trade | Afghanistan | 25-30 June 2006 |
3 | 5th HLEG on Trade and Investment and other related matters | Afghanistan | 25-30 June 2006 |
4 | 8th General Assembly of ECO-CCI | Afghanistan | June 2006 |
5 | 2nd ECO Business Forum | Turkey | 2006 |
6 | Trilateral Interim Committee Meeting on Establishment of ECO Reinsurance Company | I.R. Pakistan
| 2006 |
7 | 1st meting of the Heads of Central Banks of ECO member states | I.R. Pakistan | 2006 |
8 | 1st High Level Experts Group meeting on Finance/Economy | Turkey | 2006 |
9 | 2nd ECO Ministerial Meeting on Finance/Economy | Turkey | 2006 |
10 | 5th meeting of ECO Council of Heads of Customs Administration. | Turkey | 2006 |
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 |
12 | 4th ECO Seminar on Trade and Investment Information Networking in the ECO region | ECO Secretariat | 2006 |
13 | Workshop on Potential Benefits of ECOTA | Tajikistan (tentative) | 2006 |
14 | 11th Executive Committee Meeting of ECO-CCI | To be determined | To be determined |
15 | Expert Group meeting on Agreement Simplification of Visa Procedure for Businessmen of the ECO member states | Iran | To be determined |
16 | ECO/WTO Seminar | I.R. Pakistan | 2006-07 |
b) Transport and Communications:
First Priority:
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | 6th Ministerial meeting on Transport and Communications. | Tehran, Iran | April 24 - 26, 2006 |
2 | Workshop as planned under ECO/ESCAP/UNCTAD Multimodal Transport Project with funding of IDB. | ECO Secretariat | Early 2006 |
3 | 14th meeting of the Directors General of National Telecommunication Companies of the ECO member states. | Tehran, Iran | May 8-10, 2006 |
4 | High Level Experts meeting on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). | Tehran, Iran | May 8-10, 2006 |
5 | 3rd meeting of the ECO Postal Authorities. | Istanbul | September 20 - 22, 2006 |
6 | 1st meeting of the Transit Transport Coordinating Council (TTCC) | Baku, Azerbaijan | 2nd half of 2006 |
7 | 1st meeting of Working Group for implementation of Trans-Asian Railway line. | Iran | To be determined |
8 | 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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9 | 9th meeting of the Heads of ECO Railway Authorities. | Astana, Kazakhstan | May 2007 |
Second Priority:
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | 2nd meeting of ECO Insurance Authorities. | Iran | 2006 |
2 | 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:
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | Inter-Agency Coordination meeting of ECO/ESCAP/IDB/UNCTAD on MMT. | Tehran/ Secretariat | Early 2006 |
2 | Conference of the Asian Ministers of Transport (UNESCAP). | Bangkok | 2006 |
c) Energy, Minerals & Environment
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | 4th Meeting of ECO Working Group on Environment | Iran or Kazakhstan | April 2006 |
2 | Third ECO Ministerial Meeting on Environment to be preceded by the Meeting of Senior Officials | Almaty, Kazakhstan | May/ June 2006 |
3 | Expert Meeting on developing the Work Plan on Biodiversity | Islamabad, Pakistan | 2nd half of 2006 |
4 | 1st meeting of ECO Working Group on New and Renewable Sources of Energy | To be determined | To be determined 2006 |
5 | Workshop on Energy Conservation and Efficiency | Islamabad, Pakistan | To be determined 2006 |
6 | 7th Specialized Experts Task Group (SETG) meeting on Power (in consultation with NESPAK) | To be determined | To be determined 2006 |
7 | 3rd ECO Mineral Experts Group Meeting | Islamabad, Pakistan | To be determined 2006 |
8 | 5th Meeting of ECO Working Group on Environment | To be determined | 2007 |
Seminars/Training Courses offered by the member states
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | "Watershed Rehabilitation" Workshop / Seminar | Malatya, Turkey | May/June 2006 |
2 | 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 |
3 | A Training Course on the Familiarization with the ISO 14000 Environment Management system | Iran | July 2006 |
4 | Seminar on Eco tourism | Turkey | To be determined 2006 |
Events/Meetings to be organized in cooperation with the International Organizations/Agencies
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | ECO/WB Workshop on Regional Energy Trade | To be determined | June/July 2006 |
2 | Seminar/Training Course under auspices of WMO Regional Training Center
| Alanya, Turkey | To be determined |
Non-ECO Events
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | ECO Secretariat consultation with IDB on the project of interconnection of ECO countries power systems | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 2006 |
2 | Sub-regional Working Group meeting on Energy Trade and Interconnection lead by UN ESCAP and ECO | To be determined | To be determined |
3 | The meeting of UN ESCAP-UN ECE SPECA Project Working Group on Water and Energy Resources | To be determined | To be determined |
d) Agriculture, Industry & Tourism
Agriculture:
First Priority
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | Training Workshop on Competitiveness, Trade and WTO | Antalya, Republic of Turkey | March-May, 2006 |
2 | Experts Group Meeting/Workshop of Focal Points on establishment of ECO biotechnology network
| Tehran, I. R. of Iran | 22-24 April 2006 |
3 | 1st Meeting of Heads of Veterinary Organizations | Tehran | April/June, 2006 |
4 | First Meeting of National Focal Points on ECO-FAO TCP Project on Seed Supply in the ECO Region | I.R. Iran (proposed to host). (Uzbekistan considering to host) | First week of May 2006 |
5 | Inauguration of Regional Center for Risk Management of Natural Disasters and Meeting of Heads of ECO Meteorological Organizations | Mashhad / Tehran, I.R. Iran | May, 2006 |
6 | Training Workshop on Sustainable Agriculture Development | Tehran
| May/June 2006 |
7 | Workshop on Water Management with the support of IDB | Islamabad, I.R. of Pakistan | 16-22 July 2006 |
8 | Donors’ Conference on ECO Regional Food Security Projects | Republic of Turkey (proposed) | 2006 |
9 | Business Forum of private sector on Agri-Business | Dubai | 2006 |
10 | 3rd Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Second Senior Officials Meeting | I.R. of Iran | 2006 |
11 | Workshop on prevention of crop losses (cereal and pulses) at post harvest stages with the support of IDB | Republic of Turkey | 2006 |
12 | First ECO Regional Seed Conference. Some other events/workshops will be held within the framework of TCP on Seed. | Almaty (tentative) | May 2007 |
Second Priority
1 | Workshop on Phyto sanitary issues | I.R. Iran | Sept/Oct, 2006 |
2 | Experts Group Meeting on Establishment of ECO Association or Forum of Cotton Producers and Exporters | Republic of Azerbaijan / I.R. Iran | 2006 |
3 | Training course on WTO Agreement on Agriculture | I.R. of Pakistan | 2006 |
Industry:
First Priority
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | 2nd Meeting of Heads of Privatization Administration and First Meeting of the High Level Experts Group (HLEG) on Privatization & Private Sector Development | Islamabad, I.R. of Pakistan | First half of April, 2006 |
2 | First Experts Group Meeting (EGM) on Transfer of Technology | Tehran, I.R. of Iran | May, 2006 |
3 | Steering Committee Meeting on Industry | I.R. Iran | 2nd half of June, 2006 |
4 | 2nd High Level Experts Group (HLEG) on Industry | Tehran | August, 2006 |
5 | Training Course/Workshop on Privatization with the support of IDB | Republic of Turkey | 2006 |
6 | First Experts Group Meeting (EGM) on SMEs | To be determined | 2006 |
7 | First Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Industrial Property Rights | To be determined | 2006 |
8 | 3rd ECO Ministerial Meeting Industry | I.R. of Pakistan | Late 2006 |
9 | 3rd EGM on Standardization, Conformity Assessment, Accreditation and Metrology | Republic of Turkey / Any Member State willing to host | 2006/2007 |
10 | 2nd Meeting of ECO Heads of Standardization Organizations and Other Related Bodies | Republic of Turkey/IR Iran (or any other member state willing to host) | 2006/2007 |
Second Priority
1 | ECO Workshop on Joint Venture Capital Systems | Tehran | Last week of May, 2006 |
2 | ECO Rountable/Regional Conference on Industrial Investment | I.R. of Iran | 2006-2007 |
Tourism:
1 | 1st Meeting of High Level Experts Group (HLEG) on Tourism | Tehran, I.R. of Iran | 27-28 Feb., 2006 or in the second half of June, 2006 |
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| Workshop in the field of Tourism (*)
| To be determined | 2006
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(*) In 16th RPC, the Republic of Turkey has proposed to host this workshop in Turkish Cypriot State.
e) Human Resources and Sustainable Development
Human Development and Sustainable Development:
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | First Meeting of High Level Experts Group (HLEG) on Human Development, Poverty Alleviation and prospect of MDG implementation | To be determined
| Mid-2006
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2 | Workshop on Data and Indicators to monitor progress towards MDGs | To be Determined | 2006/2007 |
Non-ECO Event:
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | United Nations Symposium on Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Development | Baku, Azerbaijan | 28-30 March 2006 |
2 | 14th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development | New York | May 2006 |
Health:
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | High Level Experts Group (HLEG)on regional cooperation in the field of health. The 1st HLEG will be on Avian and Bird Flu. | Iran | 12-13 March 2006 |
2 | Workshop on the ECO School Earthquake Safety Review | Republic of Turkey | 1st Half of 2006 |
3 | Workshop on Prevention of HIV/AIDS | To be determined | 2006/2007 |
4 | Workshop on Health and Mal-Nutrition | Iran | 2006/2007 |
Drug Control:
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | Train the Trainers (Narcotics & Custom Officers) | TADOC, Ankara | 22 May until 2nd of June 2006 |
2 | National Focal Point & Liaison Officer Meeting | Almaty Kazakhstan
| First Quarter of 2006 |
3 | Experts Group Meeting (EGM) | ECO Secretariat | 1st Half of 2006 |
4 | Risk Analyzing & Profiling | TADOC, Ankara | 6-10 November 2006 |
5 | Drug Concealment Areas and Searching Techniques | TADOC, Ankara | 20-24 November 2006 |
6 | Workshop on Prevention of drug-related aspects of HIV/AIDS | Tehran, Iran | 3rd quarter of 2006 |
7 | 1st ECO Interior Ministers Meeting | Tehran, Iran | 2006 |
8 | 2nd Senior Officials’ Meeting | To be decided | 2006 |
f) Project Research and Economic Research & Statistics
ECO Events/Activities
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | 3rd Conference on ECO-CEC’s Role in the development of ECO member states. | Lahore, Pakistan | March/April 2006 |
2 | 5th ECO National Focal Points (NFPs) meeting on Economic Research and Statistics. | ECO Secretariat | June 2006 |
3 | Mission to Kabul to review ECO’s participation in the Reconstruction of Afghanistan. | Kabul, Afghanistan | Last Quarter of 2006 |
4 | Workshop on measuring the non-observed economy | To be determined | To be determined |
5 | Workshop on Capacity Building Measures | ECO Secretariat | To be determined |
Non – ECO Events/Activities
1 | Sixty-second session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ESCAP | Jakarta, Indonesia |
6 April 2006 |
g) Specialized Agencies / Regional Institutions
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | Experts Group Meeting of Cultural Experts | Tehran | 27-28 February 2006 |
2 | 3rd Meeting of BOT of Cultural Institute | Islamabad | 25-26 April 2006 |
3 | 1st Meeting of BOT of Science Foundation preceded by Experts Group Meeting | Islamabad | 2006 |
4 | 1st Meeting of BOT of Educational Institute preceded by Experts Group Meeting | Republic of Turkey | 2006 |
5 | Working Group Meetings on ECO College of Insurance | Tehran | 2006 |
International Relations (Non-ECO Events)
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | Inauguration Ceremony of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan | Astana, Kazakhstan | 11th January 2006 |
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| Participation in the UN General Assembly session | New York
| September 2006
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Informal Meeting of Council of Ministers (COM) | |||
10th Joint ECO-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the sidelines of 61st session of UN General Assembly | |||
Informal Meeting among Executive Heads of Sub-Regional Organizations (ECO, SAARC, ASEAN, Pacific Islands Forum) and UNESCAP | |||
3 | 22nd Session of OIC COM-CEC | Istanbul | 21-24 November 2006 |
4 | 33rd Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM) | Baku, Azerbaijan | 2006 |
5 | 11th Consultative Meeting among Executive Heads of Sub-Regional Organizations (ECO, SAARC, ASEAN, Pacific Islands Forum) and UNESCAP | To be determined | 2006 |
h) Meetings of the Decision Making Organs of ECO
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | 16th Meeting of the Regional Planning Council (RPC) | ECO Sectt. Tehran | 30 Jan. – 2nd Feb. 2006 |
2 | Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) (Preparatory to the 16th COM and 9th Summit) | Baku, Azerbaijan | 29-30 April 2006 |
3 | 16th Meeting of the Council of Ministers (COM) | Baku, Azerbaijan | 1st May 2006 |
4 | 9th ECO Summit | Baku, Azerbaijan | 3rd May 2006 |
5 | 17th Meeting of the Regional Planning Council (RPC) | To be determined | To be determined |
6+ | Senior Officials’ Meeting | Baku | Last Quarter of 2006 |
+ As proposed by the Islamic Republic of Iran and in the light of decision taken in the 95th CPR held on 19th January 2005 (Agenda Item No. 8) that Senior Officials’ Meetings may also be held between the two meetings of COM.
i) Meeting of the ECO Audit Board
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | ECO Audit Board | ECO Secretariat | To be determined |