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a) Trade & Investment
i) First Priority
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S No |
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Venue |
Date |
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a) 4th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Commerce/Foreign Trade b) 5th HLEG on Trade and Investment and other related matters |
Afghanistan |
2007 |
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Trilateral Interim Committee Meeting on Establishment of ECO Reinsurance Company |
Pakistan |
May 2007
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1st meeting of the Heads of Central Banks of ECO member states |
Pakistan
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29-30 March 2007 |
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a) 2nd ECO Ministerial Meeting on Finance/Economy b) 1st High Level Experts Group meeting on Finance/Economy |
Turkey
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5-7 April 2007 |
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6th meeting of ECO Council of Heads of Customs Administration |
Azerbaijan
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2007
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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
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2007 |
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Expert Group meeting on Agreement on Simplification of Visa Procedures for Businessmen of the ECO member states |
To be determined |
2007 |
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ECO Trade Fair |
Pakistan |
November/Dec. 2007 |
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Workshop on Potential Benefits of ECOTA |
Tajikistan |
2007 |
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ECO/WTO Seminar |
Pakistan |
2007 |
ii) Second Priority
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Venue |
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a) 8th General Assembly of ECO-CCI b) 11th Executive Committee Meeting of ECO- |
Turkey
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October2007 |
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a) 2nd ECO Business Forum b) Buyers/Sellers Meeting |
Turkey |
October 2007
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Non-ECO Activities
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Regional Symposium envisaged under ITC’s Project on “Regional TradePromotion in Central Asia” |
To be determined
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To be determined
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OIC COMCEC Meeting |
To be determined
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To be determined
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b) Transport and Communications:
First Priority:
I. Transportation
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Event/Activity |
Venue |
Date |
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First Meeting of the Insurance Committee of TTCC |
Tehran/Iran |
May 29-30, 2007 |
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First Meeting of the Railway Committee of TTCC |
Ankara/Turkey |
March 14-15, 2007 |
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First Meeting of the Legal Committee of TTCC |
Islamabad/Pakistan |
March 28-29, 2007 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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7th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Transport & Communications. |
Turkey |
April 15-17, 2008. |
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4th Meeting of Heads of Reference Marine Organizations of ECO Member States |
Azerbaijan-Iran |
2008 |
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4th Meeting of ECO Postal Authorities. |
Azerbaijan |
October 2007 |
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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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4th Meeting of ECO Postal Authorities |
Yet to be determined. |
Yet to be determined. |
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UNESCAP Ministerial Conference on Transport
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Yet to be determined |
Yet to be determined |
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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 |
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IV International Ministerial Conference,”TRANSEURASIA-2008” |
Astana, Kazakhstan |
Yet to be determined |
c) Energy, Minerals & Environment
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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 |
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1st meeting of ECO Working Group on New and Renewable Sources of Energy |
Tehran, Iran |
To be determined 2007-08 |
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Meeting of the Heads of Geological Survey of Member States |
Tehran, Iran |
May 2007 |
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7th Specialized Experts Task Group (SETG) meeting on Power (in coordination with Consultant) |
To be determined |
To be determined 2006 |
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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
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"Watershed Rehabilitation" Workshop /Seminar |
Malatya, Turkey |
21-25 May 2007 |
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Seminar on Eco tourism |
Kure Mountain, Turkey |
7-9 May 2007 |
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Meeting of the Task Force on Ecotourism |
Tehran, Iran |
October 2007 |
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Training Course on the preparation of Geosciences Database |
Tehran, Iran |
September 2007 |
Events/Meetings to be organized in cooperation with the International Organizations/Agencies
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ECO/WB Workshop on Regional Energy Trade |