ECO Calendar of Events/Meetings

Calendar of Events for the years 2007-2008

Up to September 2007

( For years: 2007 - 2008)

Up to the February 2007

A.

Trade & Investment

B.

Transport & Communications

C. 

Energy, Minerals & Environment

D.

Agriculture, Industry and Tourism

E. 

Human Resources and Sustainable Development

F. 

Project Research and Economic Research & Statistics

G. 

Meeting of the ECO Audit Board

H. 

Meetings of the Decision Making Organs of ECO

I. 

Specialized Agencies / Regional Institutions

 

 

 

A)   Trade & Investment

i)                    First Priority

Sr.No.

Event/Activity

Date& Venue

Remarks

No. of held events

1

a)      4th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Commerce/Foreign Trade

b)  5th HLEG on Trade and Investment and other related matters

2007

Afghanistan

 

 

 

2

Trilateral Interim Committee Meeting on Establishment of ECO Reinsurance Company

14-15 May 2007

Pakistan

 

Held as scheduled

1

3

1st meeting of the Heads of Central Banks of ECO member states

23-24 April 2007

Pakistan

Held as scheduled

2

4

a) 2nd ECO Ministerial Meeting on Finance/Economy

b) 1st High Level Experts Group meeting on Finance/Economy

5-7 April 2007

Turkey

Held as scheduled

3

5

6th meeting of ECO Council of Heads of Customs Administration

26-28 Sept

2007

Azerbaijan

It will be held as scheduled

 

6

2nd meeting of the Sub Committee of experts for the consideration/prioritization of the recommendations of UNDP consultant on harmonization of customs organizations and procedures of the ECO member states

26-27 September

2007

Baku,

Azerbaijan

It will be held as scheduled

 

7

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

2007

To be determined

 

 

8

ECO Trade Fair

15-18 Nov.

2007

Pakistan

 

 

9

Workshop on Potential Benefits of ECOTA

2007

Tajikistan

 

 

10

ECO/WTO Seminar

10 Sept. 2007

Pakistan

Postponed

 

ii)  Second Priority

11

a)         8th General Assembly of ECO-CCI

b)        11th Executive Committee Meeting of   ECO-CCI

26 October 2007

Turkey

 

 

12

a)   2nd ECO Business Forum

b)   Buyers/Sellers Meeting

24-25 October 2007

Turkey

 

 

Non-ECO Activities

1.

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

To be determined

 

 

2.

OIC COMCEC Meeting

To be determined

 

 

 

B)   Transport & Communications TOPé

Transportation

No.

Event/Activity

Date & Venue

Remarks

No. of held events

13  13

3rd Meeting of Heads of Reference Marine Organizations

16-18 Jan 2007

Karachi, Pakistan

Held as scheduled

4

1.          14

First Meeting of the Insurance Committee of TTCC

May 29-30, 2007

Tehran/Iran

Held as scheduled

5

2.          15

First Meeting of the Railway Committee of TTCC

March  14-15,  2007

Ankara

Held as scheduled

6

3.          16

First Meeting of the Legal Committee of TTCC

March 28-29, 2007

Islamabad/

Rescheduled. No new date yet given by hosts

 

4.          17

First Meeting of the Road Committee of TTCC

17-18 Sept. 2007

 

Held as scheduled

7

5.          18

Second Meeting of the Transit Transport Coordination Council (TTCC)

25-26 September 2007, Baku, Azerbaijan

Held as scheduled

8

6.          19

9th Meeting of the Heads of ECO Railway Authorities and 2nd Working Group for implementation of Trans-Asian Railway Mainline.

12-14 June 2007

Astana/ Kazakhstan

Held as scheduled

9

7.          20

2nd Workshop of the Multimodal Transport Project  and its Inter-Agency Coordination Meeting on MMT

25-27 June 2007

ECO Secretariat.

Held as scheduled

10

21

International Conference on Multimodal Transportation (IMMTA Conference with Special Emphasis on ECO Countries)

3-4 April 2007

Karachi /Pakistan

Held as scheduled

11

22

2nd Meeting of the Civil Aviation Authorities/ Heads of National Airlines.

to be determined

.

 

8.          23

High Level Expert Group Meeting for Implementation of the ECO Programme of Action for Transportation

Yet to be determined.

 

 

24

The 1st  Meeting of the Committee on Harmonization of Marine Transport Tariffs

April 24-26, 2007

Tehran

To be rescheduled

 

9.          25

1st Meeting of ECO Transport Club (with participation of Transport Associations/Private Sector)

Second half of 2007

Tehran (ECO Secretariat)

 

 

26

7th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Transport & Communications.

April 15-17, 2008

Turkey

.

 

27

4th Meeting of Heads of Reference Marine Organizations of ECO Member States

2008

Iran

 

 

Post & Telecommunication

10.     28

11.      

4th Meeting of ECO Postal Authorities.

9-10 Oct 2007

Azerbaijan

 

 

12.     29

14th Meeting of the Directorate of National Telecommunication Companies of the ECO Member States and 5th ECO Experts Working Group Meetingg on the Trans-Asia-Europe Fibre Optical Cable System (TAEFOS).

27-29 October, 2007

 

Will be held in Tehran, Iran

 

Non-ECO Events:

3

22nd Conference of the Directors General of OSJD Member States’ Railway Authorities.

 

It was held in Warsa but ECO could not attend

 1

4

UNESCAP Ministerial Conference on Transport

Yet to be

determined

 

 

5

EGM on development of the Asian-Highway Network: Regional Experiences and lessons in Financing Highways infrastructure and improving road safety

Bangkok/ Thailand

ECO could not attend due to overlapping with the Meeting of ECO Heads of Railway Administrations in Astana

2

6

IV International Ministerial Conference,”TRANSEURASIA-2007”

Astana, Kazakhstan

Yet to be determined

 

C)  Energy, Minerals & Environment TOPé

 

Sr. No.

Event/Activity

Date & Venue

Remarks

No. of held events

30

5th Meeting of ECO Working Group on Environment

To be determined

To be determined

2007-08

 

31

Expert Meeting on developing the Work Plan on Biodiversity

24-25 April 2007

Islamabad

Held as scheduled

12

32

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

Tehran, Iran

To be determined

2007-08

 

33

Meeting of the Heads of Geological Survey of Member States

30-31 May 2007

Tehran, Iran

Held as scheduled

13

34

7th  Specialized Experts Task Group (SETG) meeting on Power (in coordination with Consultant)

To be determined

To be determined

2007

 

35

Workshop on Energy Conservation and Efficiency

Islamabad, Pakistan

To be determined

2007-08

 

36

4th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Environment to be preceded by the Meeting of Senior Officials

Islamabad,

Pakistan

2nd quarter 2008

 

 

Events offered by the member states

Sr. No.

Event/Activity

Date & Venue

Remarks

No. of held events

37

“Watershed Rehabilitation” Workshop /Seminar

21-25 May 2007 Malatya,

Turkey

Held as scheduled

 

14

38

Seminar on Eco tourism

7-9 May 2007

Kure Mountain, Turkey

Held as scheduled

 

15

39

Meeting of the Task Force on Ecotourism 

21-22 October 2007

Tehran

To be held as scheduled

 

40

Training Course on the preparation of Geosciences Database

December 2007

Tehran

To be determined

 

 

41

Training Course for Energy Managers

November 2007 Ankara,Turkey

To be determined

 

 

 

Events/Meetings to be organized in cooperation with the International Organizations/Agencies

Sr. No.

Event/Activity

Date & Venue

Remarks

No. of held events

42

ECO/WB Workshop on Regional Energy Trade

End 2007- early 2008

To be determined

 

    Non-ECO Events

Sr. No.

Event/Activity

Date & Venue

Remarks

No. of held events

7

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

25-30 June 2007

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Held as scheduled

 

3

8

Sub-regional Working Group meeting on Energy Trade and Interconnection lead by UN ESCAP and ECO

3 August 2007, Seoul

South Korea

Held as scheduled

 

4

 

D)  Directorate of Agriculture, Industry & Tourism

TOPé

AGRICULTURE

First priority

Sr. No.

Event/Activity

Date & Venue

Remarks

No. of held events

43

ECO-ISIPO Workshop on Venture Capital System

9-10 January 2007

ECO Secret.

Held as scheduled

16

44

1st Regional Workshop on Harmonization of Seed Regulations

15-17 Jan 2007

Islamabad

Held as scheduled

17

45

3rd Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture

5-7 March 2007 Iran

Held as scheduled

18

46

Donors’ Conference on ECO Regional Food Security Projects

Republic of Turkey

November 2007

 

47

2nd National Focal Points on establishment of ECO biotechnology network ECO-ABN

2007

 Iran

To be determined

 

48

1st Meeting of Heads of ECO Meteorological Organizations

3-5 Sept 2007 Iran

Held as scheduled

19

49

Experts Group Meeting on follow-up of 1st workshop on harmonization of seed regulations

Iran / Azerbaijan

Not yet held

 

50

Second ECO Regional Workshop on Harmonization of Seed Regulations

28 May – 1 June 2007

Baku

Held as scheduled

20

51

Training Course for Trainers on Seed Marketing and Promotion

24-29 June 2007, Izmir

Held as scheduled

21

52

Third ECO Regional Workshop on Harmonization of Seed Regulations

Uzbekistan

2008

 

53

First ECO Regional Seed Conference and Trade Exhibition

Kyrgyzstan

24 June 2008

 

Second priority

54

Training Seminar on Water Demand Management

May 2007 Turkey

Not materialized

 

55

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

Republic of Azerbaijan (tentative)

2007

 

56

ECO- IDB-FAO Workshop on Livestock

To be determined

2007

 

Industry

57

4th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Industry and 3rd  High Level Experts Group (HLEG) on Industry

Kazakhstan (tentatively)

2007

 

58

2nd Meeting of Heads of Privatization Administration  and First Meeting of the High Level Experts Group (HLEG) on Privatization & Private Sector Development

10-12 April 2007

Pakistan

Held as scheduled

22

59

First Coordination Committee Meeting  on Industrial Property Rights

2007 Turkey

 

 

60

1st Steering Committee Meeting  on SMEs

Iran

Dec. 2007

 

61

First Permanent Committee Meeting  on Transfer of Technology

30-31 Sept. 2007 Iran

 

 

62

The Second Workshop on Privatization

6-8 June 2007

Azerbaijan

Held as scheduled

23

 Tourism

63

2nd HLEG on Tourism

Azerbaijan

7-9 Nov. 2007

 

64

3rd  HLEG on Tourism

2008

Turkey

To be determined

 

65

1st Ministerial Meeting  Tourism

28 November 2007, Iran

2008

 

66

ECO Tourism Festival Day/ Tourism Fair

28 Nov.2007

Iran

2008

 

E)   Directorate of Human Resources and S