JANUARY 1 New Year 2018 23-25 Drafting Meeting of the Agreement on the Establishment of the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Transboundary Haze Pollution Control* Indonesia Yogyakarta, Indonesia FEBRUARY 6-8 Inception and Implementation Meeting of the ASEAN Institute for Green Economy (AIGE) 6 Expert Workshop Sustainable urban development and climate resilience in the ASEAN region AWGCC, AWGESC Nay Pyi Taw, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 7-13 9 th World Urban Forum (WUF9) - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 16 Lunar New Year MARCH 7-8 9 th EAS High-Level Seminar on Sustainable Cities (HLS-ESC) - Cambodia 18-22 24 th Meeting of Senior Officials Committee for the ASCC (SOCA) 19 th Meeting of ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Council 17 Hindu Day of Silence 19-20 19 th Meeting of ASEAN Working Group on Coastal and Marine Environment (AWGCME) Philippines 18-24 Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) - Colombia
21-22 2018 Asia Pacific Clean Air Partnership Joint Forum UN Environment, Asia and the Pacific Office Bangkok, Thailand 29-30 18 th Meeting of ASEAN Working Group on Water Resources Management (AWGWRM) Malaysia Nay Pyi Taw, 30 Good Friday APRIL 3-4 2 nd Meeting of the Inception of the ASEAN-EU Project on Biodiversity Conservation and Management of Protected Areas in ASEAN (BCAMP) Target Setting for ASPEN and ACB Work Plan AWGNCB Bangkok, Thailand 9-10 Preparatory Meetitng 9 th AWGCC 10-11 3 rd Meeting of the ASEAN Task Force on Peatlands (ATFP)* Brunei Darussalam Brunei Darussalam 10-11 Inaugural Network Meeting of the ASEAN Network on Wetlands and Migratory Waterbirds Conservation AWGNCB 9-12 8 th Regional 3R Forum in Asia and the Pacific: Achieving Clean Water, Clean Land and Clean Air through 3R and Resource Efficiency A 21 st Century Vision for Asia-Pacific Communities Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA), Government of India, MOEJ Japan, (UNCRD) UN DESA Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India 13-15 Songkran Festival 14 Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad 17-19 Workshop on Monitoring Illegal Desludging from Tanker AWGCME Batam, Indonesia
25-28 32 nd ASEAN Summit MAY 1 International Labor Day 2-3 16 th Meeting of ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (AWGESC) Workshop on Review of ASEAN ESC Indicators (tbc) Cambodia Balikpapan, Indonesia 2-3 3 rd Meeting of ASEAN Working Group on Chemicals and Waste (AWGCW) Thailand Malaysia 10 Ascension Day of Jesus Christ TBP 28 th Meeting of ASEAN Working Group on Nature Conservation and Biodiversity (AWGNCB) 6 th ASEAN Heritage Park (AHP) Committee Meeting Pre-22 nd Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 22) and Pre-2 nd Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 2) Meeting Indonesia Cambodia 29 Waisak Day (Buddha s Anniversary) JUNE 31 May 1 June 20 th Meeting of the Technical Working Group on Transboundary Haze Pollution (TWG)* 20 th Meeting of the Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee on Transboundary Haze Pollution (MSC)* Thailand Bangkok, Thailand 5 World Environment Day - 15-16 (TBC) Islamic Eid Holiday - 21-22 13 th Meeting of the Technical Working Group on Transboundary Haze Pollution in the Mekong Sub- Region (TWG Mekong)* Viet Nam Da Nang, Viet Nam
7 th Meeting of the Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee on Transboundary Haze Pollution in the Mekong Sub-Region (MSC Mekong)* 9 th Meeting of ASEAN Working Group on Climate Change (AWGCC) 26-29 ASEAN Climate Change Partnership Conference 2018 Manila, Philippines 4 th ASEAN-EU Dialogue on Climate Change JULY 8-12 International Water Week 2018 & World Cities Summit - 10 Special ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change 18-19 10 th Meeting of ASEAN Working Group on Environmental Education (AWGEE) Brunei Darussalam Ho Chi Minh (tbc), Viet Nam AUGUST 4 th PSC Meeting of CARE4Biodiv 1 st PSC Meeting of BCAMP 20 th Meeting of Governing Board of ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity TBP 29 th Meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials on Environment (ASOEN) & Related Meetings Malaysia 14 th ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials Meeting on Environment (SOME) 12 th ASEAN-Japan Dialogue on Environment 1 st Officials Meeting for Preparation of the 6 th EAS EMM (TBC) 8 ASEAN Day 22 Muslim Day of Sacrifice (Eid al-adha)
SEPTEMBER 5-6 ASEAN-German Workshop on Mitigating Climate Risk & Building Resilience in the ASEAN Region 11 Muharram/Islamic New Year TBC ASEAN-China Environmental Cooperation Forum 2018 - Nanning, China 30 Sep 4 Oct 25 th Senior Officials Committee for the ASCC (SOCA) 20 th ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Council OCTOBER 1 st Week 14 th Meeting of the Committee under the Conference of Parties to the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (COM-14)* 14 th Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (COP-14)* TBP 11 th ASEAN Plus Three Leadership Programme on Sustainable Consumption and Production - Indonesia 31 Oct 1 Nov High Level Segment of the Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties and Concurrent Meetings of Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols - Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt NOVEMBER
3-15 The Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 14) - Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt 11-15 33 rd ASEAN Summit 20 The Prophet Muhammad's Birthday DECEMBER 3-14 24 th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC - Poland TBC ASEAN-China Environmental Information Sharing Platform Task Force Inception Meeting - China TBC ASEAN-China Environmental Information Sharing Platform Training - China TBC ASEAN-China Seminar on Eco-industrial Park and Environmental Technology Exchange and Transfer - China TBC Our Ocean Conference - Bali, Indonesia 25 Christmas Day