ECO Calendar of Events/Meetings

( For years: 2012-2013  )

TRADE & INVESTMENT

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.       

Second ECO International Printing and Packaging Industries Exhibition (PECO)

Held in I.R. Iran

8-11 February, 2012

2.       

2nd Meeting of ECO Heads of Trade Promotion Organizations (TPOs)

Held in Baku, Azerbaijan

2-3 May, 2012

 

3.       

Expert Group Meeting on Electronic Trade-ECO Cooperation on Trade Facilitation

Held Kish Island, Iran

23-25 May, 2012

4.       

Seminar on “Doha negotiations and accession process to WTO for the ECO Member States:  Experience of the Republic of Turkey”

Held in Istanbul, Turkey

 

18-20 June,

2012

 

5.       

4th ECO Business Forum

Afghanistan

29 August, 2012

6.       

1st Meeting of ECO Heads of Tax Administration

Tehran, I.R. Iran

14-15 January, 2013

7.       

1st Meeting of Heads of Stock Exchange Markets

Tehran, I.R. Iran

May 2013

8.       

3rd Meeting of ECO Heads of Trade Promotion Organizations (TPOs)

Ankara, Turkey

 

October 2013

9.       

First Meeting on the Joint Working Group for Preparation of the draft ECO Trade Facilitation Agreement (ETFA)

Turkey

2012

10.   

3rd Meeting of the ECOTA Cooperation Council

Turkey

2012

11.   

2nd  EGM on Corruption and Money Laundering

Kyrgyz  Republic

2012

12.   

3rd  ECO Trade Fair

I.R. Iran

2012

13.   

4th ECO Trade Fair

Kazakhstan

2012

14.   

5th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Commerce/ Foreign Trade

I.R. Iran

2012

15.   

4th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Finance/Economy

Kazakhstan

2012

16.   

4th Meeting of the ECOTA Cooperation Council

Tbd

2012-2013

17.   

7th Meeting of ECO Council of Heads of Customs Administration

Pakistan

 

2012

18.   

Meetings of ECO-CCI

Committee Meetings, 17th Executive Committee and 12th General Assembly Meetings to be hosted by Turkey and other Member States to be determined

2012-2013

19.   

5th ECO Women Entrepreneurship Council Meeting along with International Exhibition

Tajikistan

2012

20.   

4th ECO Investment Conference

Tajikistan

2012

21.   

Events relating to Integrated Market Promotion Plans (IMPP) under ECO Project on Expanding Intra-Regional Trade

Smaller Economies of ECO (Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan)

2012

22.   

Annual Meeting of the NFPs of Trade and Investment Organizations

Tbd

2012

23.   

1st ECO-ASEAN Business Forum

Azerbaijan

2013

24.   

Meetings of ECO Trade and Development Bank (ECO-TDB)

Tbd

2012-13

25.   

2nd Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on E Trade Cooperation

Pakistan

2012-2013

 

Non-ECO Activities

 

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.       

Relevant Events organized by WTO, WCO,  OIC, ASIAN, COMCEC, UNIDO,  UNDP and WIPO

Tbd

2012

 

TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS

 

Transport

 

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.       

Meeting on Operationalizing the TIR Convention in Afghanistan

Held in Herat

23-24 Feb.

 2012

2.       

1st Coordination Meetings of the countries enroute the Kyrgyz-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Road Transport  Corridor

Held in Herat

 

23-24 Feb.

 2012

3.       

5th Meeting of the Road Committee of the TTCC

Held in Islamabad

17th April 2012

4.       

3rd Meeting of the Insurance Committee of the TTCC and the Second Meeting of the ECO Council of Bureaux (ECO-CB) of the White Card Scheme

Held in Islamabad

18th April 2012

5.       

3rd Meeting of the Transit Trade Committee of the TTCC

Held in Islamabad

19th April 2012

6.       

5th Meeting of the TTCC

Held in Islamabad

20th April 2012

7.       

2nd Regional Conference on TIR Convention

Held in Istanbul

29-30 June  2012

8.       

Joint Workshop with UNECE/OTIF on Unified Rail Laws of the ECO Member States

Held in Ankara

26 June 2012

9.       

11th Meeting of the ECO Heads of Railway Authorities/5th Meeting of the Railway Committee of the TTCC

Held in Ankara

27-28 June

2012

10.   

1st Trilateral Coordination Meetings of the enroute countries of the Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Road Transport Corridor

Held in Islamabad

16 April 2012

11.   

Training course for Accession to TIR Convention by Afghanistan

Capacity Building Workshop for Accession to TIR Convention by Pakistan

Held in Mashhad

 

 

5-7 May 2012

12.   

·         Field visit to the construction site of railway between Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran

·          3rd Meeting of the Tripartite Coordination Committee (TCC) on Construction of Railway between Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran

Field visit in Kazakhstan/ Turkmenistan/Iran  territories

Meeting in Iran

August 2012

 

27th August

2012

13.   

Meeting of HLWG on ECO Container Train on Istanbul-Almaty and Bandar Abbas-Almaty Routes

Tehran, Iran

27th August

2012

14.   

Meeting of HLWG on the Railway Project on Qazvin-Rasht-Astara (Iran)-Astara (Azerbaijan) Route

Tbd

2012

15.   

Meetings of the 8th & 9th High Level Working Group on the ECO Container Train on Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Route

Tehran/Islamabad

2012 in Iran

16.   

Ministerial/SOM Meeting of the En-route countries for the construction of railway from China to Europe through the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Iran

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

September

 2012

17.   

General Assembly Meeting of the ECO Logistic Provider Associations Federation (ECOLPAF)

Karachi, Pakistan

 

September/ Nov, 2012

18.   

2nd Trilateral Coordination Meetings of the enroute countries of the Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Road Transport Corridor and field visit by the study team

 

 

 

The 2nd meeting in Iran

 

The field visit to Iran, Pakistan and Turkey

 

The Meeting scheduled for the Third week of October 2012

The filed study Tbd

19.   

Training course on the White Card Scheme/the 4th Meeting of the Insurance Committee of the TTCC

Tehran

4-7 November or

18-21 November 2012

20.   

Training course to be organized by Turkey on TIR Convention for Afghanistan and Pakistan

Turkey

 

Tbd

 

21.   

2nd  Coordination Meetings of the countries enroute the Kyrgyz-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Road Transport  Corridor

Tbd

2012

22.   

Meetings of the Senior Consular Officials on visa facilitation

Iran

2012

23.   

The Wrap up Meeting of the Joint ECO/IDB Project on implementation of TTFA

Tbd

2012

24.   

Meeting with IDB on Transport

Jeddah

2012

25.   

ECO/UNCTAD joint field visit to the ECO region in implementation of the Custom Transit Project on TTFA

Tbd

2012

26.   

9th Ministerial Meeting on Transport and Communications and Senior Officials Meeting

Kyrgyz Republic

2013

27.   

6th Meeting of the TTCC

Kyrgyz Republic

2013

28.   

4th Meeting of the Transit Committee of the TTCC

Kyrgyz Republic

2013

29.   

6th  Meeting of the Road Committee of the TTCC

Kyrgyz Republic

2013

30.   

3rd or 4th Meeting of the Insurance Committee of the TTCC and the Second Meeting of the ECO Council of Bureaux (ECO-CB) of the White Card Scheme

Kyrgyz Republic

2013

 

31.   

Workshop on UNECE ADR Agreement and the application of digital tachographs and modernization of border crossing points

Turkey

1st half of 2013

32.   

ECO + China Seminar on the Silk Road

Iran

2013

33.   

3rd Regional Conference on TIR Convention

Tbd

2013

34.   

12th Meeting of the ECO Heads of Railway Authorities

Iran, Tehran

2013

35.   

Meetings on implementation of the MoU between ECO-UNESCAP-IDB and ECO-UNECE-IDB, and Donors Conference for Financing ECO Transport Development Projects/Interagency

Tbd

2012-2013

 

 

 

Post & Telecommunication

 

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.       

ECO Ministerial Meeting on ICT and Telecommunications

Tehran, Iran

11-13 November 2012

2.       

6th Meeting of ECO Postal Authorities

Tbd

2012-2013

3.       

Meetings on Technical & Operational Aspects of Establishing Financial Postal Services

Tbd

2012

 

Non-ECO Events

 

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.       

1st Annual Multimodal Transportation & Logistics Conference

Held in Karachi, Pakistan

8 May, 2012

2.       

Meetings of UNECE’s Working Party on Customs Questions affecting Transport, WP.30 and AC2  and the ECO Coordination Group Meeting on the sidelines of these meetings

Geneva

2012-2013

3.       

UNECE Expert Group Meeting on Unified Railway Law

Geneva

2012-2013

4.       

International Workshop under the aegis of UNECE for Development of TIR Convention in Euro-Asia: Challenges and Solutions

Issyk-Kul, the Kyrgyz Republic.

25-26 July, 2012

5.       

Third session of the Committee on Transport, UNESCAP

Bangkok

10-12 October, 2012

 

AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY and TOURISM

 

Agriculture

 

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.       

5th Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and 4th Senior Official Meeting (SOM)

Turkey, Antalya

2nd half of November, 2012

2.       

2nd  Coordination Meeting for the Implementation of the Regional Program for Food Security (RPFS) and the establishment of the RCC in Ankara

Held in Ankara, Turkey

9-10 January, 2012

3.       

Coordination Meetings for preparations for the 5th Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and  4th SOM

Turkey, Ankara

2012

4.       

2nd Donors’ Conference on the Implementation of the ECO-RPFS

Turkey

2013

5.       

4th  ECO Seed Association (ECOSA 2012) International Trade Conference, 4th General Assembly and  4th Board of Directors Meetings of  ECOSA

Turkey,

December 2012

6.       

Working Group Meeting and Training Programme on Climate Modeling and Natural Disasters in ECO Region by the ECO-RCRM

Held in Tehran/Mashad/ Iran

25-27 June, 2012

7.       

3rd Meeting of the Heads of ECO Veterinary Organizations

Iran

2013

8.       

Workshops/training courses on veterinary issues;

-     Workshop on Management of Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD)

-     Training workshop on laboratory diagnoses animal disease

 

 

Iran, Tehran

 

Iran

 

 

2012

 

December 2012

9.       

3rd Meeting of the ECO Heads of Meteorological Organizations

Azerbaijan, Baku

2012

10.   

2nd Working Group Meeting on the Establishment of ECO Center for Efficient Utilization of Water in the field of Agriculture

Tbd

2012

11.   

2nd Experts Group Meeting (EGM) on Establishment of ECO Agricultural Biotechnology Network (ECO-ABN)

Iran

2012

12.   

ECOSA 2012 Organizing Committee Meetings

Turkey

2012

13.   

Workshop/training course on PVP          

Iran

2012

14.   

Workshop/training course  on Seed Testing              

Pakistan

2012

15.   

Workshop/training course  on Field Inspection          

Azerbaijan

2013

16.   

Training Courses on;

1.      “Flash Flood Forecasting Model Concept”

2.      “Basics of Calibration”

3.      Basics of Numerical Weather Prediction and Practices”;

4.      “Climate Analysis and Applications”

5.      Basic “GIS”

6.      Producing Snow Data from Meteorological Satellites and Utilization of data in Water Resources Management;

7.      Advanced Nowcasting Applications;

8.      Meteorological for Least Developed Countries;

9.      Meteorological Weather Radar;

10.  Global Telecommunication and Meteorological Software; and

11.  Upper Air Observing Systems

Turkey

2013

 

 

17.   

Events for the implementation of the FAO-ECO Project on Seed Sector Development in the ECO Region within the Scope of FAO-Turkey Partnership Programme (FTPP)

Tbd

2012-2013

18.   

Visit to donor/funding institutions as well as IDB Headquarters regarding the RPFS Projects

Jeddah

2012-2013

 

Non-ECO Events

 

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.

International Workshops, Expert Group meetings, Ministerial Meetings and Summits having relevance with ECO RPFS

Tbd

2012-13

 

Industry

 

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.       

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

 Tbd

 

2.       

5th EGM on Standardization, Conformity Assessment, Accreditation and Metrology

Turkey

December 2012

3.       

Workshop on Standardization

Held in Turkey

9-11 May, 2012

4.       

Workshop on Accreditation

5.       

6th Meeting of Heads of Privatization Administration of ECO Member States and 5th Meeting of High Level Experts Group on Privatization and Private Sector

Tehran

 

October 2012

6.       

·         Training workshop for the focal points on the utilization of the website

·         Workshop on public-private partnership

Turkey

To be decided

7.       

4th ECO  Steering Committee Meeting on Entrepreneurship and SME Development

Iran

Late October 2012

8.       

1st Coordination Committee Meeting on Industrial Property Rights

Turkey

13-14 September, 2012

 

Tourism

 

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.       

-3rd ECO Ministerial Meeting  on Tourism

-5th High Level Experts Group (HLEG)

Tbd

2012-2013

 

2.       

3rd Expert Group Meeting on Ecotourism/ ECO Regional Ecotourism Development, Training Program

Antalya, Turkey

17-22 September,

2012

3.       

2nd ECO Youth Ministerial Meeting

Pakistan

October/ December 2012

4.       

Workshop on Health Tourism

Turkey

March 2013

5.       

First meeting of the Board of Trustees of the ECO Tourism Promotion Fund

Tehran, Iran

2012-2013

6.       

ECO University Sports Tournament

Turkish Cypriot State

2013

 

ENERGY, MINERALS AND ENVIRONMENT

 

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.       

3rd Ministerial Meeting on Energy/Petroleum, preceded by Senior Officials Meeting

Tehran, Iran

2012-2013

2.       

2nd High Level Expert Group Meeting on Energy

Ankara, Turkey

24-25 September, 2012

3.       

2nd Meeting of ECO Expert Group on Renewable Sources of Energy

Baku, Azerbaijan

June 2013

4.       

4th Workshop on Renewable Sources of Energy

Baku, Azerbaijan

June 2013

5.       

Meeting/Workshop on "Natural Gas and Petroleum Supply Security"

Tehran, Iran

2012-2013

6.       

3rd Workshop on Regional Energy Trade in the ECO Region in cooperation with World Bank

To be determined

2012-2013

7.       

Workshop on "Oil and Gas drilling"

Baku, Azerbaijan

Second half of 2013

8.       

Workshop/Seminar on "Oil and Gas refining processes"

Tehran, Iran

2012-2013

9.       

2nd Workshop on Development of Hydro Power Plants / Conference on Water Supply in Energy Sector

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

October 2012

10.   

5th ECO Minerals Experts Group Meeting

Baku, Azerbaijan

2013

11.   

2nd Meeting of ECO Head of Surveying and Mapping Organizations

To be determined

2013

12.   

5th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Environment, preceded by Senior Officials Meeting

Kyrgyzstan

July 2013

13.   

Regional Meeting of Taxonomists (Mentioned in CoE on Biodiversity)

Tajikistan

2012-2013

14.   

Experts Meeting on Alien Invasive Species

Turkmenistan

2012-2013

15.   

ABS (Access and Benefit Sharing) Experts Meeting

Pakistan

2012-2013

16.   

Meeting of ECO Regional Scientific Committee (ERSC) on Conservation of Species and Habitat Protection

Afghanistan

2012-2013

17.   

Experts Meeting on Conservation of Threatened, Rare, Endemic and Relict Species

Afghanistan

2012-2013

18.   

2nd Expert Group Meeting on Biodiversity

To be determined

2012-2013

19.   

6th Working Group Meeting on Environment

Turkey

2013

20.   

Experts Meeting on Climate Change and Biodiversity

Azerbaijan

2013

21.   

Workshop on Municipal Solid Waste Management Practices in ECO region

ECO Secretariat

2012-2013

22.   

Workshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment Practices in ECO region

ECO Secretariat

2012-2013

 

Non-ECO Events

 

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.       

12th International Training Course for Energy Managers

Ankara, Turkey

October 2012

2.       

2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Mapping and Spatial Information, and 19th National Geomatics Conference

Held in Tehran, Iran

7-9 May, 2012

3.       

INSPIRE Conference on the Harmonization of Turkish Spatial Data Infrastructure with the EU

Held in Istanbul, Turkey

23-27 June, 2012

4.       

2-day Workshop and High Level Conference & Exhibition on “Desalination of Brackish Seawater and Wastewater Treatment”

Held in Tehran, Iran

19-21 June, 2012

 

PROJECTS, ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND STATISTICS 

 

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.       

Training Workshop on "Project Risk Management" (for ECO staff)

Held in Tehran, Secretariat

4-5 March 2012

2.       

Training Workshop on "Project Risk Management" (for ECO member states)

Held in Ankara, Turkey

28-31 March 2012

3.       

5th ECO High Level Expert Group Meeting (HLEG) on Statistics

Ankara, Turkey

November 2012

4.       

4th Meeting of the Heads of ECO National Statistical Offices (MHNSO)

Islamabad, Pakistan

26-27 September, 2012

5.       

2nd Meeting of ECO Permanent Steering Committee for Economic Research

Baku, Azerbaijan

7 November  2012

6.       

1st Meeting of ECO Economic Journal Editorial Board

Baku, Azerbaijan

8 November  2012

7.       

First  Meeting of ECO Committee on Regional Harmonized Statistical Methodology

Turkmenistan

 

2012

8.       

1st Workshop on Indicator-based Monitoring of Regional Integration in the framework of the ECO-UNU Regional Programme on Statistical Capacity Building

Belgium

25-26 October 2012

9.       

1st Regional Workshop on Inter-institutional Capacity Building in ECO and EU regions (with EuroStat)

Tbd

2012/13

10.   

ECO-UIS Joint Capacity Building Training Workshop on R&D and Innovation Statistics

Tbd

18-20 September

 

11.   

2nd Regional Training Workshop on Informal Sector Statistics (with UNESCAP)

Tbd

2012

12.   

1st Regional Workshop on Inter-Institutional Cooperation on Statistics (with World Bank)

Tbd

2012

13.   

The Training Workshop on the SNA for ECO countries in the framework of Inter-Institutional Cooperation between ECO and UNSD

Tehran, Iran

 

14-17 October 2012

14.   

1st FAO Regional Training Course on CountryStat Programme

Pakistan

2012

15.   

ECO-SIAP Joint Training Course on Harmonization of Regional Statistical Methodology

Tbd

2012-2013

16.   

Project Fund Raising Event

Tbd

2013

 

HUMAN RESOURCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

 

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.       

3rd Meeting of High Level Experts Group (HLEG) on Human Development and prospect of MDG implementation 

Tehran, Iran

November 2012

 

2.       

Workshop on Production of Population Statistics & Information

Tehran, Iran

29-30 October, 2012

3.       

The First Meeting of the ECO Ministers/Heads of the HRD Responsible Organizations/Commissions

Iran

12-13 November,

2012

4.       

The 2nd Meeting of ECO Heads of National Civil Registration Organizations

Turkey

2013

5.       

3rd Meeting of the Heads of Blood Transfusion Organizations/Authorities of the ECO Member States

Baku, Azerbaijan

September 2012

6.       

2nd High Level Drug (Pharmaceutical) Regulatory Authorities  Meeting

Tbd

 

2012-2013

 

7.       

The 2nd ECO Ministerial  Meeting on Health

Kazakhstan

2013-2014

8.       

6th ECO International Conference on Disaster Risk Management

Kabul, Afghanistan

28-29 February, 2012

9.       

7th ECO International Conference on Disaster Risk Management

Tbd

2012/2013

10.   

Workshop on “Disaster Risk Management”

Turkey

2013

 

Non-ECO Events

 

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.       

International Meeting on Risk Reduction of Natural Disasters

Iran

December 2012

 

DRUG AND ORGANIZED CRIME COORDINATION UNIT

 

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.       

4th ECO Interior Ministers’ Meeting

Islamabad,

Pakistan

2012

 

2.       

2nd ECO Meeting of Heads of Anti Corruption Organizations and Ombudsmen of the ECO Member States

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

2012

3.       

2nd Meeting of the Chief of Police of Anti- Narcotics of ECO Member States

Afghanistan

2012

4.       

2nd Meeting of Chiefs of Police of ECO Member States

Tbd

2012

5.       

2nd Meeting of Heads of INTERPOL of ECO Member States

Islamabad,

Pakistan

2012

 

6.       

Experts Group Meeting for preparation of a Plan of Action on Combating Human Trafficking and Illegal Migration

Tehran, Iran

 

 

29-30 October, 2012

7.       

Experts Group Meeting for preparation of an ECO Plan of Action on Terrorism

Tehran, Iran

2012

8.       

Experts Group Meeting for formulating modalities for the preparation of a Regional Threat Assessment Report on Organized Crime and Terrorism

Ankara, Turkey

2012

9.       

2nd Experts Group Meeting for finalizing necessary formalities/documents for establishment of ECOPOL

Ankara, Turkey

5-6 September, 2012

10.   

Experts Group Meeting on Scientific Detection of Crime

Tehran, Iran

2012

11.   

Workshop on Assets Recovery (in the framework of the RCCACO)

Tehran, Iran

December 2012

 

Meetings to be funded from the EU-Project:

 

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.       

Workshop on Counter Narcotics Investigation

Held in Turkey

14-16 May, 2012

2.       

Project Steering Committee Meeting (every six month)

Europe

To be decided

3.       

1st Meeting of Drug Liaison Officers of the ECO Member States

Tbd

2012

4.       

3rd National Focal Points Meeting on Drug Control Matters

Tbd

2012

5.       

4th National Focal Points Meeting on Drug Control Matters

Tbd

2013

6.       

2nd Meeting of Drug Liaison Officers of the ECO Member States

Tbd

2013

7.       

Workshop on HIV/AIDS related to drug

Tbd

15-17 October, 2012

8.       

Training Course/workshop related to drug

Tbd

2013

9.       

Training Course/workshop related to drug

Tbd

2013

10.   

Technical meeting with decision making bodies (Drug Demand Reduction) of ECO Member States

Tbd

2013

11.   

3rd Meeting of Drug Liaison Officers of the ECO Member States

Tbd

2013

12.   

Workshop of Forensic Experts from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan

(related to Component 4 of the project)

Tehran, Iran

(held)

20-21 May, 2012

13.   

Meeting of the Heads of Anti Narcotics Laboratories of the ECO Member States

(related to Component 4 of the project)

Tehran, Iran

 

2012

 

Non-ECO Events

 

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.

Paris Pact Round Table Meeting

Vienna

2012

2.

Paris Pact Policy Consultative Group Meeting

Vienna

2012

3.

Meeting organized by UNODC

Vienna

2012

 

SPECIALIZED AGENCIES/REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS

 

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.       

1st Board of Trustees (BoT) Meeting of the  ECO Educational Institute (ECOEI) preceded by a High-Level Experts Group (HLEG) Meeting

Held in Ankara,

Turkey

2-3 April,

2012

2.       

1st Board of Trustees (BoT) Meeting of the ECO College of Insurance (ECOCoI)

Tehran, Iran

2012

3.       

1st Meeting of Heads of the Diplomatic Training Institutes of ECO

Islamabad,

Pakistan

 2012

4.       

Extraordinary meeting of the Board of Trustees of the ECO Educational Institute (ECOEI) preceded by a High-Level Experts Group Meeting

Ankara, Turkey

April 2013

5.       

6th   Board of Trustees  (BoT) Meeting of the ECO Cultural Institute (ECI) preceded by 5th High-Level Experts Group (HLEG) Meeting

Tbd

2013

6.       

2nd Board of Trustees (BoT) Meeting of the  ECO Science Foundation (ECOSF) preceded by 2nd High-Level Experts Group (HLEG) Meeting

Tbd

2013

 

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

 

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.       

19th Informal Meeting of the ECO Council of Ministers (COM) on the sidelines of the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly

New York

September 2012

Meeting of the ECO Contact Group in New York

2.       

12th Joint ASEAN-ECO Ministerial Meeting preceded by a Senior Officials Meeting

Baku, Azerbaijan

October

2012

 

Non-ECO Events

 

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.       

Technical Experts Meetings of the high-level Core Group

High-level Core Group Meeting

Kabul,

Afghanistan

2012

 

2.       

13th  Consultative Meeting among executive heads of sub-regional organizations (ECO, SAARC, ASEAN, Pacific Island Forum) and UNESCAP

Tbd

2012

3.       

39th OIC-Council of Foreign Ministers

Djibouti,

Gambia

2012

4.       

67th Session of the UN General Assembly

New York,

 USA

September

2012

 

MEETINGS OF THE DECISION MAKING ORGANS OF ECO

 

No.

Event/Activity

Venue

Date

1.       

22nd  Meeting of the Regional Planning Council (RPC)

Held in Tehran, Iran

9-11 July, 2012

2.       

20th Meeting of the Council of Ministers (COM) preceded by the Senior Officials’ Meeting

Baku, Azerbaijan

13-15 October, 2012

3.       

12th ECO Summit

Baku, Azerbaijan

16 October, 2012

4.       

23rd Meeting of the Regional Planning Council (RPC)

Tbd

2013