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ECO Calendar of Events/Meetings ( For years: 2007 - 2008) |
Up to the February 2007
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a) Trade & Investment
i) First Priority
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | a) 4th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Commerce/Foreign Trade b) 5th HLEG on Trade and Investment and other related matters | Afghanistan | 2007 |
2 | Trilateral Interim Committee Meeting on Establishment of ECO Reinsurance Company | Pakistan | May 2007
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3 | 1st meeting of the Heads of Central Banks of ECO member states | Pakistan
| 29-30 March 2007 |
4 | a) 2nd ECO Ministerial Meeting on Finance/Economy b) 1st High Level Experts Group meeting on Finance/Economy | Turkey
| 5-7 April 2007 |
5 | 6th meeting of ECO Council of Heads of Customs Administration | Azerbaijan
| 2007
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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 | Turkey
| 2007 |
7 | Expert Group meeting on Agreement on Simplification of Visa Procedures for Businessmen of the ECO member states | To be determined | 2007 |
8 | ECO Trade Fair | Pakistan | November/Dec. 2007 |
9 | Workshop on Potential Benefits of ECOTA | Tajikistan | 2007 |
10 | ECO/WTO Seminar | Pakistan | 2007 |
ii) Second Priority
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | a) 8th General Assembly of ECO-CCI b) 11th Executive Committee Meeting of ECO- | Turkey
| October2007 |
2 | a) 2nd ECO Business Forum b) Buyers/Sellers Meeting | Turkey | October 2007
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Non-ECO Activities
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | Regional Symposium envisaged under ITC’s Project on “Regional TradePromotion in Central Asia” | To be determined
| To be determined
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2 | OIC COMCEC Meeting | To be determined
| To be determined
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b) Transport and Communications:
First Priority:
I. Transportation
S No. | Event/Activity | Venue | Date |
| 1 | First Meeting of the Insurance Committee of TTCC | Tehran/Iran | May 29-30, 2007 |
| 2 | First Meeting of the Railway Committee of TTCC | Ankara/Turkey | March 14-15, 2007 |
| 3 | First Meeting of the Legal Committee of TTCC | Islamabad/Pakistan | March 28-29, 2007 |
| 4 | First Meeting of the Road Committee of TTCC | Yet to be determined. | 1st half of 2007 |
| 5 | Second Meeting of the Transit Transport Coordination Council (TTCC) | Yet to be determined. | 1st half of 2007 |
| 6 | 9th Meeting of the Heads of ECO Railway Authorities and 2nd Working Group for implementation of Trans-Asian Railway Mainline. | Astana/ Kazakhstan | May 2007 |
| 7 | 2nd Workshop of the Multimodal Transport Project and its Inter-Agency Coordination Meeting on MMT | ECO Secretariat. | April 2007 |
| 8 | International Conference on Multimodal Transportation (IMMTA Conference with Special Emphasis on ECO Countries) | Karachi /Pakistan | April 2007 |
| 9 | 2nd Meeting of the Civil Aviation Authorities/ Heads of National Airlines. | Tehran/Iran | Yet to be determined. |
| 10 | High Level Expert Group Meeting for Implementation of the Programme of Action for ECO Decade of Transport & Communications(1998-2008) | Yet to be determined. | Preferably in the 1st half of 2007 |
| 11 | The 1st Meeting of the Committee on Harmonization of Marine Transport Tariffs | Tehran | April 24-26, 2007 |
| 12 | 1st Meeting of ECO Transport Club (with participation of Transport Associations/Private Sector) | Tehran (ECO Secretariat) | Second half of 2007 |
| 13 | 7th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Transport & Communications. | Turkey | April 15-17, 2008. |
| 14 | 4th Meeting of Heads of Reference Marine Organizations of ECO Member States | Azerbaijan-Iran | 2008 |
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | 4th Meeting of ECO Postal Authorities. | Azerbaijan | October 2007 |
2 | 14th Meeting of the Directorate of National Telecommunication Companies of the ECO Member States and 5th ECO Experts Working Group Meeting on the Trans-Asia-Europe Fiber Optical Cable System (TAEFOS). | Iran | May 20-23, 2007 |
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1 | 4th Meeting of ECO Postal Authorities | Yet to be determined. | Yet to be determined. |
2 | UNESCAP Ministerial Conference on Transport
| Yet to be determined | Yet to be determined |
3 | EGM on development of the Asian-Highway Network: Regional Experiences and lessons in Financing Highways infrastructure and improving road safety | Bangkok/ Thailand | Yet to be determined |
4 | IV International Ministerial Conference,”TRANSEURASIA-2008” | Astana, Kazakhstan | Yet to be determined |
c) Energy, Minerals & Environment
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
| 1 | 5th Meeting of ECO Working Group on Environment | Yet to be determined | To be determined 2007 |
| 2 | Expert Meeting on developing the Work Plan on Biodiversity | Islamabad, Pakistan | 24-25 April 2007 |
| 3 | 1st meeting of ECO Working Group on New and Renewable Sources of Energy | Tehran, Iran | To be determined 2007-08 |
| 4 | Meeting of the Heads of Geological Survey of Member States | Tehran, Iran | May 2007 |
| 5 | 7th Specialized Experts Task Group (SETG) meeting on Power (in coordination with Consultant) | To be determined | To be determined 2006 |
| 6 | Workshop on Energy Conservation and Efficiency | Islamabad, Pakistan | To be determined 2007-08 |
| 7 | 4th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Environment to be preceded by the Meeting of Senior Officials | Islamabad, Pakistan | 2nd quarter 2008
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Events offered by the member states
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | "Watershed Rehabilitation" Workshop /Seminar | Malatya, Turkey | 21-25 May 2007 |
2 | Seminar on Eco tourism | Kure Mountain, Turkey | 7-9 May 2007 |
3 | Meeting of the Task Force on Ecotourism | Tehran, Iran | October 2007 |
4 | Training Course on the preparation of Geosciences Database | Tehran, Iran | September 2007 |
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 | 2007 |
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 | 2007 |
2 | Sub-regional Working Group meeting on Energy Trade and Interconnection lead by UN ESCAP and ECO | To be determined | To be determined |
d) Agriculture, Industry & Tourism
Agriculture:
First Priority
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | 3rd Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture | I.R. of Iran | 5-7 March 2007 |
2 | Donors’ Conference on ECO Regional Food Security Projects | Republic of Turkey | 4th quarter 2007 / Early 2008 |
3 | 2nd National Focal Points on establishment of ECO biotechnology network ECO-ABN | I. R. of Iran
| 2007 |
4 | 1st Meeting of Heads of ECO Meteorological Organizations | I. R. of Iran | 25August/ 10 Sept. 2007 |
5 | Experts Group Meeting on follow-up of 1st workshop on harmonization of seed regulations | I.R. Iran / Azerbaijan
| Last week of April 2007 |
6 | Second ECO Regional Workshop on Harmonization of Seed Regulations | Baku
| 28 May – 1 June 2007 |
7 | Training Course for Trainers on Seed Marketing and Promotion | Izmir | Last week of June / Sept 2007 |
8 | Third ECO Regional Workshop on Harmonization of Seed Regulations | Uzbekistan | 2008 |
9 | First ECO Regional Seed Conference and Trade Exhibition | To be determined | May 2008 |
Second Priority
1 | Training Seminar on Water Demand Management | Republic of Turkey | May 2007 |
2 | Experts Group Meeting on Establishment of ECO Association or Forum of Cotton Producers and Exporters | Republic of Azerbaijan (tentative) | 2007
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3 | ECO- IDB-FAO Workshop on Livestock | Kyrgyz Republic | 2007 |
Industry:
First Priority
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | 4th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Industry and 3rd High Level Experts Group (HLEG) on Industry | Kazakhstan (tentatively) | 2007 |
2 | 2nd Meeting of Heads of Privatization Administration and First Meeting of the High Level Experts Group (HLEG) on Privatization & Private Sector Development | I.R. of Pakistan | 10-12 April 2007 |
3 | First Coordination Committee Meeting on Industrial Property Rights | Turkey | April/May 2007 |
4 | 1st Steering Committee Meeting on SMEs | IR of Iran | 1st Half of Sept. 2007 |
5 | First Permanent Committee Meeting on Transfer of Technology | IR of Iran | Sept. 2007 |
6 | The Second Workshop on Privatization | Azerbaijan | 6-8 June 2007 |
Tourism:
1 | 2nd HLEG on Tourism | Republic of Azerbaijan | 2007 |
2 | 3rd HLEG on Tourism | Republic of Turkey | 2008 |
| 3 | 1st Ministerial Meeting Tourism | I.R. of Iran | 2007 November |
| 4 | ECO Tourism Festival Day/ Tourism Fair | Iran | November 2007 |
e) Human Resources and Sustainable Development
Human Development and Sustainable Development:
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | Second Meeting of High Level Experts Group (HLEG) on Human Resource Development and prospect of MDG implementation | Pakistan
| 3-4 Sep 2007
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2 | Regional Conference of ECO Capitals and Metropolises Mayors, titled “Good Urban Governance” | Tehran, Iran | Aug/Sep 2007 |
| 4 | Second Workshop on the ECO School Earthquake Safety Review | Pakistan | Fourth quarter of 2007 |
| 5 | Workshop on Disaster Management | Pakistan | 2007 |
Health:
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | Meeting on “Establishing a Network of Pharmaceuticals Inspections” | Iran | 10-12 June 2007 |
2 | Workshop on the Prevention of HIV/AIDS | Turkey | Sep/Oct 2007 |
Drug Control:
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Drug Control | Tehran, Iran | 7-8 May 2007 |
2 | 2nd Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) on Drug Related Issues | To be determined
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3 | Workshop on Prevention of HIV/AIDS related to drug | Tehran, Iran | 21-23 May 2007 |
4 | Train the Trainers Course (Narcotics and Custom Officers) | TADOC,Ankara | 2007 |
5 | Drug Concealment Areas and Searching Techniques Course | TADOC, Ankara | 2007 |
Cooperation between ECO Interior Ministries
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | High Level Experts Group (HLEG) meeting to review the implementation of decisions made by the 1st Meeting of ECO Interior Ministers | To be determined | 1st half of 2007 |
2 | 2nd Meeting of the ECO Interior Ministers | To be determined | 2nd half of 2007 |
3 | Workshop on illegal migration and human trafficking with the assistance of International Organization for Migration (IOM). | ECO Secretariat | 2007 |
4 | Workshop on Border Security Issues | Iran
| 2007 |
5 | Workshop on “Anti-Terrorist Struggle” | Turkey | 2008 |
Non-ECO Event
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | High level Committee of the General Assembly on South-South Cooperation | New York | May/June 2007 |
2 | UNESCAP, Expert Group Meeting on interregional cooperation to strengthen Social Inclusion, Gender Equality and Health Promotion in the MDG Process. | Bangkok, Thailand | 11-12 June or 18-19 Oct. 2007 |
3 | Workshop on illegal migration and human trafficking with the assistance of International Organization for Migration (IOM). | New York | 2007 |
f) Project Research and Economic Research & Statistics
ECO Events/Activities
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | First Meeting of the ECO Heads of National Statistical Offices | To be determined | 2007 (To be confirmed) |
2 | 6th ECO National Focal Points (NFPs) meeting on Economic Research and Statistics. | Tajikistan (To be confirmed) | 2007 |
3 | 7th ECO National Focal Points (NFPs) meeting on Economic Research and Statistics | Turkey | 2008 |
| 4 | 1st meeting of the senior officials of the relevant economic research institutes / organizations / departments of ECO countries. | To be determined
| 2007-2008
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| 5 | Workshop on measuring the non-observed economy | Iran | 2007 |
| 6 | Consultancy on applying modern approaches for project preparation, evaluation and implementation | ECO Secretariat
| 2007 |
Non-ECO Event
1 | Meeting of the Project Working Group (PWG) on Statistics, SPECA | To be determined | May/June 2007
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g) Meetings of the Decision Making Organs of ECO
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | 17th Meeting of the Regional Planning Council (RPC) | ECO Sectt. Tehran | 18-22 Feb. 2007 |
2 | Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) (Preparatory to the 17th COM) | Kabul, Afghanistan | June, 2007 |
3 | 16th Meeting of the Council of Ministers (COM) | Kabul, Afghanistan | June, 2007 |
4 | 18th Meeting of the Regional Planning Council (RPC) | To be determined | To be determined |
h) Meeting of the ECO Audit Board/Afghanistan Reconstruction Fund
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | ECO Audit Board | ECO Secretariat | April 2007 |
2 | Steering Committee Meeting of member states contributed to Afghanistan Reconstruction Fund, including Afghanistan and ECO Secretariat | Kabul, Afghanistan (proposed) | July 2007 (tentative) |
i) ECO SPECIALIZED AGENCIES/REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | Second Experts Group Meeting on Culture and Third Meeting of BOT of ECO Cultural Institute (ECI) | Islamabad, Pakistan | Fourth week of April or first week of May, 2007 |
2 | Experts Group Meeting of ECO Science Foundation | Islamabad, Pakistan | July, 2007 |
3 | First Meeting of BOT of ECO Science Foundation | Islamabad, Pakistan | 2007 |
4 | Experts Group Meeting of ECO Educational Institute | Ankara, Turkey | 2007 |
5 | First Meeting of BOT of ECO Educational Institute | Ankara, Turkey | 2007 |
International Relations (Non-ECO Events)
S No | Event | Venue | Date |
1 | 11th Consultative Meeting among executive heads of sub-regional organizations (ECO, SAARC, ASEAN, Pacific Island Forum) and UNESCAP | Kazakhstan
| May 2007 |
2 | 34th Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM) | 2007
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3 | Participation in the 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly | New York, USA
| September 2007 |
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 |