28 th Meeting of the Regional Planning Council (RPC) ECO Calendar of Events 2018

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1 ANNEX-II 28 th Meeting of the Regional Planning Council (RPC) ECO Calendar of Events (11-14 December 2017, Islamabad)

2 ECO CALENDAR OF EVENTS A. Sector: TRADE AND INVESTMENT ECO Events: 1. 5th Ministerial Meeting on Finance and Economy TBD 2. 5 th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Commerce and Foreign Trade Islamabad, Pakistan January 3. 4 th ECO Business Forum Tajikistan 4. 1 st Meeting of the Heads of the Commodity Tehran 12 th May, Exchange of ECO Member 5. 2 nd Meeting of ECO Heads of Central Bank Tehran 6. 2 nd Meeting of ECO Heads of Tax Administration 7. 1 st Meeting of Heads of Capital Markets Iran Supervisory Authorities (HCMSA) 8. 1 st Meeting on the Joint Working Group for Turkey Preparation of the draft ECO Trade Facilitation Agreement (ETFA) 9. 4 th Meeting of ECO Trade Promotion Organizations (ECO-TPOs) Forum Islamabad Pakistan 19 th March st Meeting on ECO Reinsurance Company Pakistan December January th Meeting of ECO Council of Heads of Customs TBD Administration (CHCA) and the 5 th Meeting of ECO Custom Cooperation Committee (ECCC) st Meeting of Committee on Electronic Data Tehran Interchange (EDI) st ECO-ASEAN Business Forum Pakistan nd Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on E-Trade Cooperation rd ECO Trade Fair and ECO Business Forum TBD nd Meeting of the ECO Investment Promotion TBD Agencies (ECO-IPAs) Forum 17. Meeting on Simplification and Harmonization of TBD Visa Procedure for businessmen and drivers nd Meeting on ECO Reinsurance Company Pakistan 1 st Quarter of 19. ECO-SAARC Joint Business Forum To be held by ECO-CCI after 4 th Business Forum is held th Meeting of the ECOTA Cooperation Council TBD th Meeting of the ECOTA Cooperation Council TBD Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/Training Courses 1 5th Seminar on Trading Patterns in ECO Region TBD and Accession of ECO to WTO th ECO Investment Conference TBD 2

3 Meetings of the ECO Affiliated Bodies with Participation 1. Meetings of ECO Trade and Development Bank Turkey (ECO-TDB)/(17 th BOG Meeting) 2 16 th General Assembly, 24th Executive Committee Iran March Meeting and Specialized Committees Meetings of ECO-CCI 3 17 th General Assembly, 25 th Executive Committee Meeting and Specialized Committees Meetings of ECO-CCI TBD 1. Meeting with donors to discuss the 4th Phase of TBD UNIDO-ECO Trade Capacity Building Project B. Sector: TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS 1. 9 th Ministerial Meeting on Transport/SOM Turkmenistan 2. 9 th /10 th Meeting of Road Committee of TTCC Pakistan/ /2019 Afghanistan 3. 6 th /7 th Meeting of the Customs Transit Committee of Pakistan/ /2019 TTCC Afghanistan 4. The 9 th /10 th Meeting of TTCC Pakistan/ /2019 Afghanistan 5. 7 th Meeting of the Insurance Committee of the TBD TTCC/6 th Meeting of the Council of Bureaux (ECO- CB) of the White Card Scheme th Meeting of the ECO Heads of Railway Tajikistan Authorities/8 th Meeting of the Railway Committee of the TTCC 7. Kick off Meeting of the Member enroute Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran (KTI) Review Meetings of the Member enroute Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran (KTI) Early January March/April July/August 8. Meeting of the Heads of Railways of the Member enroute Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran (KTI) 3 October/ November Turkey / th HLWGM on Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Container Train nd Ministerial Meeting and SOM for KTAI Railways Afghanistan nd HLWG meetings on Istanbul-Almaty and Bandar TBD Abbas-Almaty Trains th HLWGM on the Qazvin-Rasht-Astara-Astara Iran Railway Project

4 13. 5 th HLWG Meetings on Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Road Corridor Iran Test run of trucks under TIR Carnet th HLWG Meeting on the Kyrgyz-Tajikistan- Tajikistan Afghanistan-Iran Road Transport Corridor/field study and test run (KTAI) st General Assembly Meeting of the ECOLPAF Pakistan 16. The 2 nd Senior Consular Officials Meeting on TBD Facilitation of Visa for Drivers 17. Donor Meeting/Conference on implementation of the TBD MoU between ECO-UNESCAP-IDB and ECO- UNECE-IDB/Donors Conference for Financing ECO Transport Development Projects 18. Regional and International Meetings/Conferences Training Workshops involving ECO, UNESCAP, UNECE, OTIF and UIC TBD th Meeting of the ECO Heads of Reference Marine Organizations TBD Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/Training Courses 20. Fourth ECO/IRU Regional Conference on Facilitation TBD of Transit by Road and TIR Convention 21. Workshop on Road Safety and Security Pakistan 1. Meeting of UNECE s Working Party on Customs Geneva, Questions affecting Transport, WP.30 and AC2 Switzerland 2. Eurasia Rail International Conference TBD 3. UNESCAP Meeting on Transport TBD 4. CAREC/ADB meeting on Transport TBD 5. UIC RAME (Regional Assembly of Middle East) meeting TBD C. Sector: ENERGY, MINERALS AND ENVIRONMENT No Event/Activity Venue Date 1. 4 th Ministerial Meeting on Energy/Petroleum, Tbd preceded by Senior Officials Meeting 2. 4 th High Level Experts Group Meeting on Energy Pakistan 3. 2 nd Experts Group Meeting on Establishment of the Dushanbe, ECO Regional Electricity Market Tajikistan 4. 3 rd Iran-Turkey Bilateral Meeting on Establishment of 1 st half of the ECO Regional Electricity Market 5. 4 th Meeting of ECO Experts Group on Renewable Pakistan Energy Sources 6. 1 st ECO Working Group Meeting on Joint Investment Iran 4

5 for Construction of Renewable Energy Power Plants/Projects 7. 2 nd Meeting of ECO Public and Private Sector TBD Energy/Petrochemical Consortium/Companies 8. 1 st Meeting of Establishment of ECO Refinery Iran Association 9. 7 th ECO Minerals Experts Group Meeting TBD rd Meeting of ECO Heads of Surveying and Mapping TBD Organizations nd Meeting of ECO Geomatics Commitee Tehran, Iran 3 rd quarter of th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Environment, TBD preceded by Senior Officials Meeting 13. High-Level Consultative Meeting on Environment on Poland December the sidelines of the 24 th COP of UNFCCC th Working Group Meeting on Environment TBD th Experts Group Meeting on Biodiversity Kyrgyz Republic rd ECO Pre-COP Meeting of the Convention on Turkey Tbd Biological Diversity 17. Meeting on Sustainable Pastoralism Turkey 18. Meeting on Green Economy with emphasis on the Iran Role of Women and Sustainable Livelihood in the ECO Region nd Experts Meeting on Climate Change and Pakistan Biodiversity 20. ABS (Access and Benefit Sharing) Experts Meeting Turkey Experts Meeting on Conservation of Fauna and Flora Iran in the ECO Region 22. Experts Meeting on Clearing House Mechanism TBD (CHM) on Biodiversity 23. ECO-UNEP Dialogue on SDGs TBD Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/Training Courses No Event/Activity Venue Date th Workshop on Renewable Energy Sources Pakistan 25. ECO-UNIDO Regional Workshop on the, establishment of the Clean Energy Centre Tehran 26. Training Courses to be conducted by the OGITC in oil Iran and gas sectors th Workshop on Ferrous & Base Metal Mineral TBD Processing rd ECO Geomatics Committee Training Course on TBD Unification of Height Datums 29. ECO Training Courses on specific areas of geomatics, such as Spatial Data Infrastructure; Scientific GNSS Data Processing; Local Geodetic Datum; Regional TBD Deformation Study of the Earth; Orthophoto Generation; Cadastral, Cartographic Maps and Atlas Production 5

6 30. Second Workshop on capacity building and best Nicosia 2017/ practices on Biodiversity issues 31. Workshop for the optimal ECO regional approach to Iran & ECO- green economy in the context of outcome document of Rio+20 IEST 32. ECO-UNEP Inception Workshop on modalities of First State of Environment (SoE) report for ECO region TBD 33. Conception/Capacity Building Workshop for TBD Developing Future Roadmap Development and Management of Biosphere Reserves in the ECO Region 34. Workshop on Protected Areas Systems Nicosia 35. Workshop on Ecosystem Services Nicosia No Event/Activity Venue Date 1. 8 th Session of the IRENA Assembly Abu Dhabi, UAE January th Meeting of the Energy Charter Conference Romania th International Training Course on Energy Ankara, Turkey Efficiency and Management in Industry 4. ECO-IEC (International Energy Charter) bilateral consultation meeting Brussels, Belgium 5. ECO-OFID (OPEC Fund for International Vienna, Austria Development) Bilateral Consultation Meeting th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests New York May (UNFF) th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Egypt November th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC Poland 3-14 Dec D. SECTOR: AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY & TOURISM Agriculture 1. 6 th Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Senior Pakistan Official Meeting (SOM) 2. 3rd Steering Committee Meetings of the ECO Turkey Regional Coordination Centre (ECO-RCC) for Implementation of the ECO-RPFS 3. 2 nd Workshop on Enhancing Food Security in the Turkey ECO Region th ECO Seed Association (ECOSA) and International Pakistan Trade Conference. 5. Workshop on the "Field Control" Baku, Azerbaijan 6. Workshop on the Plant Variety Protection (PVP) Tehran, Iran 7. Workshop on Seed Testing Pakistan 8. Workshop on Food Security Tajikistan 6

7 9. 3 rd Working Group Meeting/Workshop on the Status for establishment of the ECO-CEEWUA Islamabad, Pakistan February nd International Training Course on Basic of Ankara, Turkey February Calibration rd Meeting of the ECO Heads of Meteorological Organizations Mashhad, Iran First quarter of rd ECO-RCRM Workshop on "Draught Monitoring and Seasonal Forcast " Mashhad,, Iran First quarter of 13. 3rd Regional PPR Roadmap Meeting for ECO Region Uzbekistan rd Meeting of the Heads of ECO Veterinary Organizations and 1 st technical Steering Commettee for early establishment/operationalization of ECO- VECO Tehran, Iran April st Technical Steering Committee for early Tehran, Iran April establishment/operationalization of the ECO-VECO 16. Workshop on Management of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Tehran, Iran April 17. Training Workshop on Central Veterinary Tehran, Iran April Laboratories (CVL) nd Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Establishment of ECO Agricultural Biotechnology Network (ECO- ABN) Karaj, Iran 5-7 May 19. Bilateral Meetings with IDB regarding the RPFS Jeddah/Tehran TBD Projects 1. FAO Regional Conference for Europe and Central Voronezh, Russia May Asia 2. FAO Regional Conference for Near East and North Rome, Italy April Africa 3. PPR GEP Advisory Committee Meeting Paris, France June 4. High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and TBD Nutrition 5. 8 th Agricultural Ministers Meeting of OIC Istanbul, Turkey 6. Food Security related regional and international events i.e. FAO, OIE, OIC, IDB and D8-Organization for Economic Cooperation (D8). TBD Industry 1. 4 th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Industry 3 rd High Iran Level Experts Group (HLEG) Meeting 2. 7 th High Level Working Group Meeting on Azerbaijan June Standardization, Accreditation, Conformity Assessment and Metrology 3. 6 th Meeting on the ECO Heads of Privatization Azerbaijan May Administration 4. 5 th HLWG on Privatization and Private Sector Development Azerbaijan May 7

8 5. 5 th ECO Steering Committee Meeting on Entrepreneurship and SMEs Development 6. 4 th Coordination Committee Meeting on Industrial Property Rights 7. 2 nd Steering Committee Meeting on ECO Nanotechnology Network 8 Pakistan April Pakistan 7-8 March Iran June Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/Training Courses 1. Workshop on Energy Efficiency and Environmental Protection in SMEs Turkey October 2. Workshop on Nanotechnology Opportunities for Iran June Textile Industry in ECO Region 3. Workshop on Technology Parks Iran 1. International Innovation and Technology Exhibition (INOTEX ) Iran May 2. International Training Workshop on Techno- Islamabad January Entrepreneur S&T Parks Pakistan 3. Conferences and Meetings on Industrial TBD Development on Post 2015 Sustainable Development Agenda 4. OECD Meeting on Innovation in science, technology TBD and industry 5. International events \ organizations on industry, IP, TBD science and technology th International Nanotechnology Exhibition Iran 6-9 Oct Tourism 1. 3 rd ECO Ministerial Meeting on Tourism TBD 2. 5 th High Level Experts Group (HLEG) Meeting TBD 3. Meeting with ECO TDB Turkey 4. 4 th International ECO/ Silk Road Food Festival Zanjan, Iran May 5. Working Group for preparation of ECO Tourism TBD Development Strategy 6. Meeting with UNIDO on bilateral cooperation Vienna 7. The 4th Experts Group Meeting on Ecotourism Nicosia 2017/ 8. The 5th Experts Group Meeting on Ecotourism Tajikistan 9. ECO-NGO and Tourism Agencies Meeting TBD 10. Nowruz Festival Ceremony Tabriz Iran 23 March Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/Training Courses 1. Workshop on Health Tourism TBD 2. Workshop on Rural Tourism TBD 3. Workshop on Culinary Tourism TBD 4. Workshop on Tourism Business Development TBD 5. 2 nd Confobition (conference + exhibition) on Health Iran January

9 Tourism th International Exhibition on Tourism and Tehran, Iran January Related Industry 1. TOURAVEL '18/IV. International Tourism, Travel TBD and Leisure Conference 2. Conference on Health Tourism of Islamic Countries Iran th International Conference on Halal Tourism and Prague, Czech May Islamic Tourism Republic 4. International Meetings on Silk Road Tourism TBD 5. ACD Ministerial Meeting on Tourism Bangladesh 6. 9th Tourism Investment and Business Forum for Africa Madrid, Spain 18 January E. SECTOR: PROJECTS, ECONOMIC RESEARCH & STATISTICS ECO Events 1 4 th Meeting of the Heads of ECO National Statistical Offices (MHNSO) Pakistan 2 nd half of 2 6 th ECO High Level Expert Group Meeting (HLEG) on Statistics Pakistan 2 nd half of 3 5 th Meeting of ECO Permanent Steering Committee for Economic Research Iran 4 4 th Meeting of ECO Economic Journal Editorial Board Iran 5 5th Meeting of the Heads of ECO National Statistical Offices (MHNSO) Afghanistan th ECO High Level Expert Group Meeting (HLEG) on Statistics Afghanistan rd Forum of ECO Economic Think Tanks TBD TBD Regional Training Workshop on Project 8 Management Information System (PMIS) for ECO Member TBD TBD 9 Regional Training Workshop on Emerging Issues in Iran implementation of Sustainable Development Goals February (Meetings/Workshops/Training Courses) 1. ECO-IRTI TBD /19 2. ECO-SESRIC TBD /19 3. ECO-FAO TBD /19 4. ECO-UNSD TBD /19 5. ECO-TEPAV TBD /19 9

10 F. SECTOR: HUMAN RESOURCES & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Health and Human Development 1. 4 th Meeting of the Heads of Blood Transfusion Pakistan or Any Organizations/Authorities of the ECO Member other interested Member State 2. High Level Expert Group Meeting to Finalize the / draft of the ECO Plan of Action on Health Member 3. 2 nd High Level Expert Group Meeting to Finalize the draft of the ECO Plan of Action on Health (if needed) 4. 4 th ECO Health Ministerial Meeting Interested Member State/on the sidelines of WHO Assembly 5. 1 st Drug Regulatory Authorities Heads Meeting on Pharmaceutical Investment and Technical Collaborations on Medical devices / Member Seminars/Workshops/Training Courses on Health and Human Development 6. Workshop on Mutual Exchange and Training of Inspectors for on-site GMP Inspection of Pharmaceutical industry / Member 7. Workshop on Pharmacovigilance and Supply Chain Management / Member 8. Workshop on Hospital Management / Member 9. Workshop on International Health Regulations (IHR) Iran th World Health Assembly Geneva, Switzerland May Disaster Risk Reduction th ECO International Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 12. ECO Experts Group Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction and Implementation of the ECO Regional Framework for DRR st Senior Officials Meeting/ Heads Meeting for Disaster Insurance Authorities Turkey Second half of Afghanistan 10

11 Seminars/Workshops/Training Courses on Disaster Risk Reduction 14. Workshop on School Safety 15. Workshop on "Capacity Building Program under the Regional Framework on the DRR" 16. Training Workshop on Urban Renewal and Building Resilient Infrastructure 17. Training Workshop on Disaster Risk Transfer through Insurance 18. Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Training Event for ECO Member on Flood Disaster Risk Management 19. Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Training Event for ECO Member on Mainstreaming DRR into National Development Process 20. Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Training Event for ECO Member on Disaster Risk Communication ECO-UNHABITAT Workshop on Urban Resilient 22. ECO-UNHABITAT Training Workshop on Earthquake Resistant Rural Construction 1. ISDR Capacity Development Meeting Bangkok, Thailand 2. The Second Asia Ministerial Conference on Disaster Ulaanbaatar July Risk Reduction Mongolia 3. UNESCAP Training Workshop on Addressing Bangkok, Disaster Risks Thailand 4. International Conference From Disaster Management To Disaster Risk Reduction Sendai Framework Implementation Berlin February G. SECTOR: DRUGS AND ORGANIZED CRIME COORDINATION UNIT (DOCCU) No. Event/Activity Venue Date 1. 4 th ECO Interior Ministers Meeting Islamabad 2. 4 rd Meeting of Heads of Anti-Corruption To be determined Organizations and Ombudsmen of the ECO Member TBD 3. 2 nd Meeting of Chiefs of Police of ECO Member TBD

12 4. 2 nd Meeting of Heads of INTERPOL of ECO Member 5 Experts Group Meeting on Judicial/Legal Cooperation Mechanism for ECO Member 6. 3 rd Meeting of Attorneys and Prosecutors General of the ECO Member 7. 2 nd National Focal Points Meeting on Drug Control Matters 8. 1 st Meeting of Drug Liaison Officers(DLOs) of the ECO Member 9 1 st Coordinating Meeting of Police Focal Points of the ECO Member nd Meeting of Chiefs/Heads of Antinarcotics Force/Police of the ECO Member 11. Expert Group Meeting (EGM) to discuss and identify areas of regional cooperation in the field of organized crime 12 The First Meeting of Chiefs of Police of Capital Cities of the ECO Member 13 The First Coordinating Meeting of Focal Points of Anti Corruption Matters Islamabad To be determined TBD Islamabad January Secretariat Secretariat Tehran Tehran Kabul Tehran TBD Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/Training Courses No. Events/activities Venue Date 1. Workshop on Drug Demand Reduction TBD 2 ECO Workshop on Controlled Delivery and Joint Tehran Investigation 3 Investigation techniques on Human Trafficking Islamabad 4 Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Ankara Terrorism Training Courses on Customs-related issues (Para- 10 of the Report) Training Courses on Awareness of Drugs and Precursors Training Course on Controlled Delivery Operations ECO-IACA Workshop On Anti-Corruption Directorate General of Training and Research (Customs) Karachi Anti-narcotics Force Academy, Islamabad Anti-narcotics Force Academy, Islamabad Vienna/ Secretariat Feb Onwards Sep/Nov/201 8 Sep/Nov/ 9 Workshop on Cyber Crimes Tehran 10 Workshop on Forensic Services Tehran 12

13 1. 14 th Paris Pact Policy Consultative Group Vienna Meeting st Session of the Commission on Narcotics Vienna Drugs (CND) 3. Relevant INTERPOL meetings (subject to TBD invitation) 4. ICMPD Regional/International Meetings TBD (subject to invitation) H. SECTOR: ECO Specialized Agencies/Regional Institutions/Affiliated Bodies and External Relations i. International Relations (ECO Events) th Informal Meeting of the ECO Council of New York September Ministers (COM) on the sidelines of the 73 rd Session of the UN General Assembly th ASEAN-ECO Joint Ministerial Meeting New York September ii rd Session of the Economic and Social Bangkok Date to be Commission for Asia and the Pacific determined 2. CICA Summit and Ministerial Meeting TBD TBD 3. OIC Summit and Ministerial Meeting TBD TBD 4. Heart of Asia/Istanbul Process Ministerial Meeting Turkey December, iii. Events to be Organized by the Specialized Agencies/Affiliated Bodies 2. 4 th Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the ECO Iran Science Foundation (ECOSF) preceded by the Executive Committee Meeting nd Conference of the Parliamentary Assembly of Pakistan the ECO Countries (PAECO) nd Board of Trustees (BoT) Meeting of the ECO Tehran, Iran College of Insurance (ECOCoI) 5. 7 th Board of Trustees (BoT) Meeting of the ECO Cultural Institute (ECI) Pakistan MEETINGS OF THE DECISION MAKING ORGANS OF ECO rd Meeting of the Council of Ministers Dushanbe, April Tajikistan th Meeting of the Regional Planning Council, Tehran December 13