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 & CommunicationsTOPé

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 & EnvironmentTOPé

 

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 Sustainable Development

TOPé

 Human and Sustainable Development    

S.No.

Event/Activity

Date & Venue

Remarks

No. of held events

67

Second Meeting of High Level Experts Group (HLEG) on Human Resource Development and prospect of MDG implementation

3-4 Sep 2007 Pakistan

Postponed; new date being worked out.

 

68

Regional Conference of ECO Capitals and Metropolises Mayors, titled “Good Urban Governance”

2007

Tehran, Iran

Postponed

 

69

Second Workshop on the ECO School Earthquake Safety Review

8-10 October 2007 Pakistan

 

 

70

Workshop on Disaster Management

8-10 October 2007 Pakistan

 

 

Health

  71

Meeting on “Establishing a Network of Pharmaceuticals Inspections”

13-15 Nov. 2007, Iran

 

 

72

Workshop on the Prevention of HIV/AIDS

Turkey

Sep/Oct 2007

 

Drug Control Coordination Unit (DCCU)

73

Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Drug Control

7-8 May 2007

Tehran, Iran

October 2007

 

74

2nd Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) on Drug Related Issues

To be determined

2007

 

75

Workshop on Prevention of HIV/AIDS related to drug

21-23 May 2007

Tehran, Iran

Held as scheduled

24

76

Drug Concealment Areas and Searching Techniques Course

TADOC,

Ankara

17-21 September2007

25

77

Train the Trainers Course (Narcotics and Custom Officers)

TADOC, Ankara

5-16 November2007

 

Cooperation between ECO Interior Ministries

78

High Level Experts Group (HLEG) meeting to review the implementation of decisions made by the 1st Meeting of ECO Interior Ministers

Turkey

November 2007

 

79

2nd Meeting of the ECO Interior Ministers

Turkmenistan

2nd half of 2007

 

80

Workshop on illegal migration and human trafficking with the assistance of International Organization for Migration (IOM).

ECO Secretariat

2007

 

81

Meeting of Border Security/Law Enforcement Agencies

Iran

2007

 

82

Workshop on Border Security Issues

Iran

2007 

 

83

Workshop on “Anti-Terrorist Struggle”

Turkey

2008

 

Non-ECO Event    

No.

Event/Activity

Date & Venue

Remarks

No. of held events

9

High level Committee of the General Assembly on South-South Cooperation

May/June 2007

New York

 

 

10

UNESCAP, Expert Group Meeting on interregional cooperation to strengthen Social Inclusion, Gender Equality and Health Promotion in the MDG Process.

Bangkok, Thailand

18-19 Oct. 2007

 

11

15th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development 

New York

May 2007

Held as scheduled;  the Secretariat did not participate.  

5

F)   Project and Economic Research & Statistics

TOPé

No.

Event/Activity

Date & Venue

Remarks

No. of held events

84

First Meeting of the ECO Heads of National Statistical Offices

28-29 January

2008, Iran

 

 

85

6th ECO National Focal Points (NFPs) meeting on Economic Research and Statistics.

2007

To be determined

 

 

86

7th ECO National Focal Points (NFPs) meeting on Economic Research and Statistics

2008

Turkey

 

 

87

1st meeting of the senior officials of the relevant economic research institutes / organizations / departments of ECO countries.

2008

To be determined

 

 

88

Workshop on measuring the non-observed economy

10-13 Nov.

2007, Iran

 

 

89

Consultancy on applying modern approaches for project preparation, evaluation and implementation

January-February 2008 ECO Secretariat

 

 

Non – ECO Events/Activities

12

Meeting of the Project Working Group (PWG) on Statistics, SPECA

2007 To be determined

 

 

 

MEETINGS OF THE DECISION MAKING ORGANS OF ECO

 

No.

Event/Activity

Date & Venue

Remarks

No. of held events

90

17th Meeting of the Regional Planning Council (RPC)

18-22 Feb. 2007

ECO Sect. Tehran

Held as scheduled

26

91

Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM)

(Preparatory to the 17th COM)

Herat, Afghanistan

17-18 October, 2007

 

 

92

17th Meeting of the Council of Ministers (COM)

Herat, Afghanistan

20 October, 2007

 

 

93

18th Meeting of the Regional Planning Council (RPC)

Pakistan

January/February 2008

 

 

Meeting of the ECO Audit Board/Afghanistan Reconstruction Fund

 

No.

Event/Activity

Date & Venue

Remarks

No. of held events

94

ECO Audit Board

29 April -3 May 2007

ECO Secretariat

Held as scheduled

27

95

Steering Committee Meeting of member states  contributed to Afghanistan Reconstruction Fund, including Afghanistan and ECO Secretariat  

Kabul, Afghanistan

(proposed)

2007

 

 

G)              ECO SPECIALIZED AGENCIES/REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS

TOPé

 

No.

Event/Activity

Date & Venue

Remarks

No. of held events

96

Second Experts Group Meeting on Culture and Third Meeting of BOT of ECO Cultural Institute (ECI)

21-22 May 2007,

Islamabad, Pakistan

Held as scheduled

28

97

Experts Group Meeting of ECO Science Foundation

3-4 Sept, 2007

Islamabad, Pakistan

Held as scheduled

29

98

First Meeting of BOT of ECO Science Foundation

Islamabad, Pakistan

2007

 

99

Experts Group Meeting of ECO Educational Institute

Ankara, Turkey

2007

 

100

First Meeting of BOT of ECO Educational Institute

Ankara, Turkey

2007

 

 

International Relations (Non-ECO Events)

 

No.

Event/Activity

Date & Venue

Remarks

No. of held events

13

11th Consultative Meeting among executive heads of sub-regional organizations (ECO, SAARC, ASEAN, Pacific Island Forum) and UNESCAP

23 May 2007

Kazakhstan

Held

6

14

34th Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM)

15-17 May 2007 Islamabad

Held

7

15

Participation in the 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly

September 2007

New York, USA

ECO could not attend due to inadequate spacing with 17th COM

8

Informal Meeting of the Council of Ministers (COM) on the sidelines of the 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly

 

11th ECO-ASEAN Joint Ministerial Meeting on the sidelines of the 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly

 

 

 

List of events not included in the

ECO Calendar of Events for 2007-2008 and attended by ECO Secretariat

 

Sr. No.

Event/Activity

Date/Venue

ECO Staff  who attended

1.

Courtesy Visit to Turkey

23-25 Jan 2007

Ankara/Istanbul

Mr. Khurshid Anwar, Secretary General

Mr. Ali Yuksul Mert, Assistant Director

2.

Courtesy Visit to Azerbaijan

8-10 February 2007

Mr. Khurshid Anwar, Secretary General

3.

Muslims BIG International Exhibition

10-12 February 2007

Karachi, Pakistan

Mr. Hasan Sahin, Program Officer

Mr. Qazi Hafeez-ur-Rehman, Adm. Asst

4.

To visit Transport Authorities of Uzbekistan about the Trans Asian Railway Project

12-15 February 2007 Tashkent

Dr. Serik Alybaev, Deputy Secretary General

Mr. Mehran Khamisizadeh, Program Officer

5.

Task Force Meeting on Regional Institute for Standardization Conformity Assessment, Accreditation and Metrology (RISCAM)

12-14 February 2007

Ankara

Mr. Metin Genckol, Director, AIT 

6.

Courtesy Visit to Turkmenistan

12-14 March 2007 Ashgabat

Mr. Khurshid Anwar, Secretary General

7.

Courtesy Visit to Afghanistan

24-28 March 2007 Kabul

Mr. Khurshid Anwar, Secretary General

Mr. Qazi Hafeez-ur-Rehman, Adm. Asst

8.

The 4th World Summit

13-14 April 2007

Istanbul

Mr. Khurshid Anwar, Secretary General

Mr. Muzaffer Alacaogullari, Director

9

ECO Working Group Meeting to Finalize the Draft Statute of ECO Veterinary Commission (ECO-VECO)

3-5 April, 2007

Tehran, Iran

Mr. Metin Genckol, Director, AIT 

10.

Courtesy Calls on Kazakh dignitaries

(during participation in 11th Consultative Meeting of Executive Heads of Sub-Regional Organizations and ESCAP)

19-24 May

2007

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Mr. Khurshid Anwar, Secretary General

Dr. Serik Alybaev, Deputy Secretary General

11.

2nd international Turkish-Asian Congress on Economic Cooperation & development

23-25 May 2007, Istanbul

Dr. Sohrab Shahabi, Deputy Secretary General

Mr. Davoud Rezaee Eskandari, Program Officer

12.

Paris Pact Expert Round Table Meeting on Precursors used in Heroin Manufacture

29-30 May 2007, Vienna

Mr. Hossein Pourkarami, DCCU Officer

13.

Second Conference of UIC

29-30 May 2007

Isfahan, Iran

Mr. Khurshid Anwar, Secretary General

Mr. Mehran Khamisizadeh, Program Officer

14.

Joint ECO-Iran Mission to Turkmenistan to discuss the ECO Container & Passenger Trains

4-7 June 2007

Ashgabat

Mr. Mohammad Mirzaei Kahagh, Director, T&C

15.

Preparatory Meeting planned by the State Planning Organization of Turkey at Istanbul Chamber of Commerce 

28 June 2007

Ankara

Mr. Waqar Ahmad Shah, Director, T&I

16.

Courtesy Visit to Kyrgyzstan

28 June – 2 July 2007, Bishkek

Mr. Khurshid Anwar, Secretary General

Mr. Kubat Umurzakov, Director, PERS

17.

Annual Meeting of Board of ECO Trade and Development Bank

3 July 2007

Istanbul

Mr. Mustafa Demirezen, Deputy Secretary General  

18.

FAO Technical Consultation Meeting and Inauguration of the FAO Sub-Regional Office for Central Asia

11-13 July 2007

Ankara, Turkey

Mr. Mustafa Demirezen, Deputy Secretary General  

19.

FAO, ICARDA and ECO Meeting with Kyrgyz Authorities to finalize the details in connection with the Conference and Exhibition

18-19 July 2007

Bishkek

Mr. Metin Genckol, Director, AIT 

20.

UNESCAP-UNDP/ADB High Level Regional MDG Meeting

19-20 July 2007

Bishkek

Mr. Metin Genckol, Director, AIT 

21.

Climate Research Council Meeting

24-25 July 2007

Mashad, Iran

Mr. Metin Genckol, Director, AIT 

Mr. Mahmoud Goharpay, Social Secretary

22.

Muslims Excellent Competitiveness Corporation Award (MECCA) Ceremony

12 August 2007

Tehran

Mr. Waqar Ahmad Shah, Director, T&I

23.

Visit to Heart in connection with the 17th COM

24-27 August 2007, Heart,

Afghanistan

Dr. Sohrab Shahabi, Deputy Secretary General

Mr. M.H. Sheikhelislami, AD (Admn)

24.

Coordination/Consultation Meeting for the Preparations of the Donors’ Conference

10-11 Sept. 2007

Ankara, Turkey

Mr. Metin Genckol, Director, AIT 

Status of Held Events (January-September 2007)

 

ECO & Non ECO Events/Activities

Title

Implemented

Non-implemented

Total

Implementation percentage

ECO events/activities for years 2007& 2008 

29*

74

100

29 %

ECO events/activities scheduled for year 2007 (with date and venue)

29

24

52

55%

ECO events/activities which have no specific date

( to be determined) in 2007  

-

-

36

-

ECO events/activities for year 2008 

-

-

12

-

Non ECO events/activities for years 2007& 2008 

8**

12

15

 53 %

 

* Excluding 24 non-ECO event, attended by ECO Secretariat which were not part of the ECO Calendar of Events for 2006-2007. 

** Out of 15 non-ECO events included in the Calendar of Events, 8 were held and only 4 of them were attended by ECO. 

Comparative Table of Realization of 2005-2006 Calendar of Events

 

Title 

2005

2006

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Implemented ECO events/activities

34

(out of 74)

46%

40

(out of 54)

74%

Participation of ECO in non ECO events

5

(out of 13)

38%

6

(out of 13)

46%

Total

39 (out of 87)

46 (out of 67)

 

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