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1 Tentative ESCP calendar of meetings and training programmes (1 January to 31 ) Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division CPR (Session of the dvisory Committee of Permanent Representatives and Other Representatives Designated by Members of the Commission) January January 374th session of CPR UNCC OES N/ Regular Budget pril pril 375th session of CPR UNCC OES N/ Regular Budget 21 June 376th session of CPR UNCC OES N/ Regular Budget ugust ugust 377th session of CPR UNCC OES N/ Regular Budget 11 October 378th session of CPR UNCC OES N/ Regular Budget 6 December 379th session of CPR UNCC OES N/ Regular Budget Intergovernmental meeting January January 2nd Session of the Governing Council of PDIM Tehran, Islamic Iran IDD PB March 4th Meeting of the Interim Intergovernmental Steering Group on Cross-border Paperless Trade Facilitation UNCC TIID PB ER March Fifth sia-pacific Forum on Sustainable Development UNCC EDD TBC CEFR Regular Budget pril pril The Second sian and Pacific Energy Forum UNCC ED SF PB CEFR Regular Budget

2 May 2018 Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division May Seventy-fourth session of the Commission UNCC OES N/ CEFR Regular Budget June Regional Consultation on South-South Cooperation in sia and the Pacific UNCC SPMD N/ Regular Budget ugust ugust Second session of the sia-pacific Information Superhighway Steering Committee Meeting UNCC IDD TBC Regular Budget ugust Committee on Information and Communications Technology, Science, Technology and Innovation, Second session (TIID) UNCC TIID TBC CEFR Regular Budget 31 ugust 13th session of PCICT Governing Council UNCC PCICT TBC 21 September Thirteenth Session of the SPEC Governing Council lmaty, Kazakhstan SONC TBC 10 October Third Ministerial Conference on Space pplications for Sustainable Development in the sia and the Pacific UNCC IDD TBC EFRS October Sixth Session of the Committee on Statistics UNCC SD TBC CEFR Regular Budget 13 November 14th Session of CSM's Governing Council Jakarta, Indonesia CSM TBC November Committee on Transport (5th session) UNCC TD TBC CEFR Regular Budget November Fifth session of the Committee on Environment Development UNCC EDD TBC CEFR Regular Budget November SIP Governing Council Incheon, November Regional intergovernmental review meeting on the outcomes of the Sixth sian and Pacific Population Conference SD TBC UNCC SDD PB CEFR Regular Budget November Fifth session of the Committee on Social Development UNCC SDD TBC CEFR Regular Budget Subprogramme 1: Macroeconomic Policy and Financing for Development May May Policy Dialogue on Economic and Social Survey of sia and the Pacific 2018 FCCT, MPFD TBC Regular Budget

3 Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division June 4th NTM TWGs Meeting Penang, Malaysia CSM NTM PB176138; Database PB ugust ugust Skype meeting with Institute of Finance (KIF), Council on International Financial Cooperation [CIFC], Thailand MPFD Yes Section September Regional meeting on PPP and infrastructure financing network Guiyang, China September Technical capacity building workshop (in Kazakhstan) on a comprehensive regional midterm review of the implementation of the Vienna of ction for Landlocked Developing Countries MPFD Yes Kazakhstan MPFD PB Section October Inception workshop on Trans boundary infrastructure development project Kazakhstan MPFD E B and C November Expert group meeting on the regional implementation of the Vienna of ction for landlocked developing countries for the Decade , Thailand MPFD YES Regular Budget November Expert group meeting on Survey 2019 UNCC MPFD TBC Regular Budget 3 December Launch of World Economic Situation and Prospect (tentatively at FCCT) MPFD TBC Regular Budget 6-7 December Expert group meeting on financing for development UNCC MPFD TBC Regular Budget Subprogramme 2: Trade, Investment and Innovation January January Launch of the Global Go To Think Tank Index Report UNCC TIID Regular Budget 7-9 March 52nd Session of PT Standing Committee UNCC TIID PB Regular Budget March 5th Meeting of the legal and Technical ing Groups on Cross-border Paperless Trade Facilitation UNCC TIID PB ER March Capacity building workshop on cross-border paperless trade facilitation: Implications of emerging technologies UNCC TIID PB171131

4 pril 2018 Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division 9 pril 5th Meeting of the ESCP Sustainable Business Network Hong Kong, China pril sia Pacific Business Forum 2018 Hong Kong, China May 2018 TIID TBC Others TIID TBC Others May Data for the SDGs Regional Database Penang, Malaysia CSM NTM PB176138; Database PB July June Lessons from the Development ccount project Enhancing the Contribution of Preferential Trade greements to Inclusive and Equitable Trade UNCC TIID June 4th PTIR team meeting - PTIR 2019 UNCC TIID Regular Budget 3-6 July UNCTD ESCP RTNeT training on NTM UNCC TIID Regular Budget July Regional Forum on Strategies to Enhance Innovation and Management Capacities of SMEs Manila, Philippinnes ugust 2018 PCTT PB ugust ITD-ESCP shop on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade UNCC TIID Regular Budget ugust Regional Consultation on chieving SDGs through Sector-focused STI Policies UNCC PCTT TBC 30 ugust Expert meeting on Disability-inclusive Technology and Innovation TIID Regular Budget 3-5 September Regional workshop on Using Evidence Based Trade Policy for chieving the Sustainable Development Goals in LDCs and LLDCs September 2nd meeting of PT ing Groups on Investment, Rules of Origin, Services and Trade Facilitation Thimphu, Bhutan Seoul, September 53rd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the sia-pacific Trade greement Seoul, TIID TBC Section 23 TIID PB TIID PB Regular Budget September UNNExT Task Force on Cross-border Electronic Data Exchange North-East sia UNCC TIID Regular Budget

5 Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division 30 October - 2 November Extended UNNExT dvisory Group Meeting UNCC TIID Regular Budget 12 December Launch of the sia-pacific Trade and Investment Report 2018 TIID PB Regular Budget Subprogramme 3: Transport 8-9 March Capacity Building shop on Strengthening Integrated Intermodal Transport Connectivity for Southeast and South-Southwest sia May May High Level EGM on Harmonization of Rules and Regulations for Facilitation of International Railway Transport May Regional Framework for the Development of Dry Ports of International Importance for South-East sia, Capacity Building shop 31 May - 1 June Regional Framework for the Development of Dry Ports of International Importance for North and Central sia, Capacity building shop UNCC TD tbc nkara, Turkey TD PB UNCC TD TBC stana, Kazakhstan TD TBC 21 June Regional Conference for Logistics Service Providers Busan, 5-6 September Seminar on Railway network connectivity and interoperability challenges Dushanbe, Tajikistan September Capacity Building shop on Urban Mobility and Sustainable Urban Transport Index Dhaka, Bangladesh TD PB Regular Budget TD TBC Section 23 TD TBC Section October shop on Strengthening Transport Connectivity among Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Viet Nam and Thailand (CLMV-T) 9-10 October shop on Strengthening Transport Connectivity among Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Viet Nam and Thailand (CLMV-T) October Strengthening the institutional framework for the development of dry ports in CLMV countries and Thailand Seoul, TD TD Section 23 TD

6 Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division 7 November ESCP-TIFF Training of Trainers workshop: SEN Customs Transit System (CTS) TD PB Section November ITF - ESCP workshop on Transport Connectivity TD 22 November shop on Cross-border co-deployment of fiber optic infrastructure along road and rail networks,, 22 UNCC TD TBC CER December Inter-regional Expert Group Meeting on Transport Connectivity between sia and Europe TD Subprogramme 4: Environment and development January January Regional Training on Protected griculture Technology in sian Countries Nanjing, China January National shop on benefits of Integrated Resource Recovery Center and its replication in Indonesia Jambi, Indonesia February 2018 CSM PB EDD PB February Regional shop on Enhanced National Urban Policies nd Vertical Integration: Governance - Capacities - Finance 8 February World Urban Forum Side Event: Catalyzing the New Urban genda by Integrating Resources and Collaborative Governance 8 February World Urban Forum Side Event: Implementing Global and Regional gendas for Sustainable Urbanization: The Role of UN Regional Commissions 8 February World Urban Forum Side Event: Supporting the Implementation of the New Urban genda: Pro-poor Local pproaches for Sustainable Urban Waste Management with Waste Concern 9 February World Urban Forum Side Event: Funding City Mandates for genda 2030 and the New Urban genda: Leveraging Debt Capital Financing for Sustainable Infrastructure in sia Pacific Cities Kuala Lumpur EDD PB Kuala Lumpur EDD PB Kuala Lumpur EDD PB Kuala Lumpur EDD PB Kuala Lumpur EDD PB March Regional shop on Sustainable municipal solid waste management in secondary cities and towns and way forward 20 March 8th World Water Forum ESCP Session: Financing Implementation of the Water-Related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Quy Nhon, Viet Nam Brasilia, Brazil EDD PB EDD PB Regular Budget March sia-pacific Civil Society Forum on Sustainable Development EDD TBC Others 27 March Leave No One Behind shop UNCC, EDD tbc Section March Regional shop for Voluntary National Reviews (VNR) Countries UNCC EDD TBC Others

7 pril 2018 Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division May pril Coordination Meeting of the International Organizations related to griculture(fo, WFP, IFD, CIP) with relevant Stakeholders Zhengzhou, China CSM PB May Third National Dialogue on the Urban Nexus in Thailand EDD TB 4 May Webinar session UNCC, EDD N/ Regular Budget June Regional Training on Harvesting and Post-Harvesting Machienry Technologies China CSM PB July July The Future of sia and Pacific Cities 2019 Report: Pacific sub regional meeting on Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Urbanization in the Pacific 4-6 July The 13th Policy Consultation Forum of the Seoul Initiative Network on Green Growth 10 July World Cities Summit: The Future of sia and Pacific Cities Report 2019: Thematic consultation on Smart Cities July 4th Training of Trainer of the sian and Pacific Network for Testing of gricultural Machinery (NTM) ugust 2018 Suva, Fiji EDD PB EDD TBC Singapore EDD PB Regular Budget China CSM PB ugust 4th Member Meeting of Regional Council of gricultural Machinery ssociations in sia and the Pacific (ReCM) CSM PB September The 2nd South-East sia Forum on Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals EDD PB Section September Closing the Loop: Unlocking an inclusive circular economy approach Stakeholder shop EDD PB Section September SDGs Peer-learning session UNCC, EDD PB October The 6th Regional Forum on Sustainable gricultural Mechanization in sia and the Pacific China CSM PB October Training and Study Tour for gricultural Machinery Manufacturers and Distributors of the Regional Council of gricultural Machinery ssociations in sia and the Pacific (ReCM) Beijing, China CSM PB October Observance of World Cities Day The Global Forum on Human Settlements 2018 EDD PB176086

8 Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division November 5th nnual meeting of the sian and Pacific Network for Testing of gricultural Machinery (NTM) Jakarta, Indonesia 19 November Closing the Loop: Unlocking an inclusive circular economy approach UNCC, CSM PB EDD PB November sia-pacific Day for the Ocean UNCC EDD PB November IPBES sia-pacific Regional ssessment Side Event UNCC, 3-5 China International Conference of Sugarcane Mechanization Liuzhou, China EDD To be confirmed Others CSM TBC Subprogramme 5: Information and communications technology and disaster risk reduction and management January January Regional Inter-gency ing Group on Information and Communications Technology UNCC IDD TBC Regular Budget January Expert Consultation on Regional Cooperation Mechanism for Flood Forecasting and Early Warning in Transboundary River Basins January High-Level Regional Conference on Information Management for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience 31 January - 1 February February 2018 Expert group meeting on geospatial guideline for disaster related SDGs implementation UNCC IDD TBC Tehran, Islamic Iran lmaty, Kazakhstan IDD PB IDD TBC 1-2 February Expert group meeting on the regional drought mechanism DataCube UNCC IDD TBC 5 February Meeting of the Regional Coordination Mechanism Thematic ing Group on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience 5-9 February Technical Support and Thematic Training for Drought Monitoring and Early Warning Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar UNCC IDD TBC Regular Budget IDD PB February Preparatory meeting for PFSD side event UNCC IDD To be confirmed Regular Budget 16 February Video Recording with DES Kaveh UNCC IDD TBC 28 February - 3 March 50th Session of the ESCP/WMO Typhoon Committee Hanoi, Vietnam IDD PB Regular Budget

9 Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division 5-9 March Expert support for implementation of the Regional Drought Mechanism in Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia 7-8 March Regional workshop on multi-hazard early warning system by using geospatial data in the Pacific region Denpasar, Indonesia 29 March Meeting with Dr. Madani, Deputy Head of Department of Environment of the Iran and accompanying delegation pril 2018 UNCC, pril Regional shop on Strengthening Multi-Hazard Early Warning System in Pacific Islands Countries Nuku alofa, Tonga May 2018 IDD TBC IDD TBC IDD IDD PB May Universal access to disaster early warning information: Perspectives from the Pacific UNCC IDD TBC 31 May - 1 June Drafting Committee meeting for the sia-pacific Plan of ction for Space pplications for Sustainable Development ( ) UNCC IDD tbc 6-7 June Expert group meeting on geospatial indicators for disaster-related SDGs implementation Tashkent, Uzbekistan 7-8 June Regional consultations on Capacity Building Services for DRR and CC UNCC, July 2018 IDD PB IDD 4 July PDIM side-event on Building resilience to slow-onset disasters during MCDRR Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 4-5 July Seminar on Coherence/sian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 4-5 July SPEC: Thematic ing Group on Knowledge-based Development lmaty, Kazakshtan IDD PB IDD TBC Section 23 IDD TBC Section July Plan to purchase transferred items for new PDIM office in Sepand Building, Tehran IDD PB July 2nd meeting on plan to purchase transferred items for new PDIM office in Sepand Building, Tehran UNCC, ugust 2018 IDD PB ugust Second session of the sia-pacific Information Superhighway Steering Committee Meeting UNCC IDD TBC Regular Budget ugust Expert Group Meeting on Space pplications for Sustainable Development ( ) UNCC IDD TBC 30 ugust 22nd Session of the Intergovernmental Consultative Committee (ICC) on the Regional Space pplications for Sustainable Development (RESP) UNCC IDD TBC

10 Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division 8-9 October d hoc session of Intergovernmental Consultative Committee Plus on the Regional Space pplications for Sustainable Development 5-6 November Experts Consultation on Regional Cooperation for Building Resilience to Slow-Onset Disasters including Sand and Dust Storms and Information Management for Cross-border Disasters in sia and the Pacific 14 November 19th dvisory Council Meeting of the ESCP Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Tsunami, Disaster and Climate Preparedness UNCC IDD tbc Tehran, Islamic Iran IDD PB UNCC IDD PB December High-level consultation meeting on disaster information management Tehran, Islamic Iran 19 December Third session of PDIM Governing Council Tehran, Islamic Iran IDD PB IDD PB Subprogramme 6: Social development February February sia-pacific High-level Meeting for CSW 62 UNCC SDD PB March TWG Sustainable Society UNCC SDD PB Regular Budget pril pril Initial civil society discussion on ICPD review UNCC SDD PB Regular Budget 27 November Expert Group Meeting on Reviewing Implementation of Commitments from the sia Pacific Intergovernmental Meeting on HIV and IDS Beyond 2015 UNCC SDD PB Regular Budget 7 December sia-pacific RCM Regional Thematic ing Group on Sustainable Societies (Seventh Session) UNCC SDD PB Regular Budget Subprogramme 7: Statistics

11 Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division January January Regional shop on the Use of Electronic Data Collection Technologies in Population UNCC SD PB Regular Budget February February SD meeting SD Regular Budget March sia-pacific Regional Training shop on Human Settlement Indicators UNCC SD PB Regular Budget May May 3rd sia-pacific Economic Statistics Week UNCC SD TBC 9 May 5th Regional for the Improvement of Economic Statistics in sia and the Pacific (Phase II) Project Support Meeting UNCC SD TBC 10 May Steering group for the Regional for Economic Statistics UNCC SD PB June Expert Group Meeting "Navigating Policy and Data to Leave No One Behind" UNCC SD TBC Regular Budget 8-9 November 6th Regional for the Improvement of Economic Statistics in sia and the Pacific (Phase II) Project Support Meeting UNCC SD TBC Subprogramme 8 - Subregional Office for East and North - East sia February February NESPEC shop on Transboundary Nature Conservation China (TBC) SROENE 12 March Inception Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation Report Incheon, ROK SROENE June NESPEC shop on Marine Protected reas China (TBC) SROENE September sia Carbon Footprint Network nnual Meeting and Seminar TBC SROENE PB PB PB PB Regular Budget

12 Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division October GTI-ESCP Seminar on Trade Facilitation in North-East sia Russian Federation (TBC) SROENE PB October Urban Innovation Challenge: Policy Dialogue on Youth Entrepreneurshiip Seoul, SROENE PB November Drought Monitoring Capacity Building Project Wrap-up Meeting Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia SROENE PB Subprogramme 8 - Subregional Office for North and Central sia June Expert group meeting on the United Nations Special for the Economies of Central sia (SPEC) lmaty, Kazakhstan SONC TBC 20 SPEC Economic Forum lmaty, Kazakhstan SONC TBC Subprogramme 8 - Subregional Office for South and South - West sia February February shop on Road Transport Facilitation along the sian Highway Corridors in Southern sia UNCC SOSSW TBC Regular Budget 7-8 February Regional Policy Dialogue on Strengthening Transport Connectivity in Southern sia UNCC SOSSW TBC ER Regular Budget Subprogramme 9: Energy July July Consultative Meeting for Joint Research on Pathways for Energy Interconnection in Southeast sia - ccelerating energy transition for sustainable and resilient societies" UNCC ED 6-7 November Expert Meeting on energy connectivity and regional cooperation Beijing, China ED SF

Tentative ESCAP calendar of meetings and training programmes

Tentative ESCAP calendar of meetings and training programmes Tentative ESCP calendar of meetings and training programmes (1 January to 31 December 2018) Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division CPR (Session of the dvisory Committee of Permanent Representatives