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 and Other Representatives Designated by Members of the Commission) 23 January 374th session of CPR UNCC OES N/ Regular Budget 26 March 375th session of CPR UNCC OES N/ Regular Budget June 2018 21 June 376th session of CPR UNCC OES N/ Regular Budget ugust 2018 23 ugust 377th session of CPR UNCC OES N/ Regular Budget 11 October 378th session of CPR UNCC OES N/ Regular Budget December 2018 6 December 379th session of CPR UNCC OES N/ Regular Budget Intergovernmental meeting 31 January 2nd Session of the Governing Council of PDIM Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran IDD PB 171331 22-23 March 4th Meeting of the Interim Intergovernmental Steering Group on Cross-border Paperless Trade Facilitation UNCC TIID PB171131 ER 28-30 March Fifth sia-pacific Forum on Sustainable Development UNCC EDD TBC CEFR Regular Budget pril 2018 3-5 pril The Second sian and Pacific Energy Forum UNCC ED SF2018-2019 PB CEFR Regular Budget
Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division 11-16 May Seventy-fourth session of the Commission UNCC OES N/ CEFR Regular Budget ugust 2018 28-31 ugust Eleventh session of PCICT Governing Council UNCC PCICT TBC 29-31 ugust Second session of the Committee on Information and Communications Technology, Science, Technology and Innovation UNCC TIID TBC CEFR Regular Budget 8-12 October Third Ministerial Conference on Space pplications for Sustainable Development in the sia and the Pacific UNCC IDD TBC 16-17 October SIP Governing Council UNCC SD TBC 16-18 October 6th Session of the Committee on Statistics UNCC SD TBC CEFR Regular Budget 24-26 October Fifth session of the Committee on Environment Development UNCC EDD TBC CEFR Regular Budget 13 November 14th Session of CSM's Governing Council Jakarta, Indonesia CSM TBC 19-21 November Committee on Transport (5th session) UNCC TD TBC CEFR Regular Budget 21 November Thirteenth Session of the SPEC Governing Council lmaty, Kazakhstan 26-27 November Regional intergovernmental review meeting on the outcomes of the Sixth sian and Pacific Population Conference SONC TBC Regular Budget UNCC SDD PB171497 CEFR Regular Budget 27-29 November 14th Session of PCTT Governing Council UNCC PCTT TBC 28-30 November Fifth session of the Committee on Social Development UNCC SDD TBC CEFR Regular Budget Subprogramme 1: Macroeconomic Policy and Financing for Development pril 2018 27 pril Launch of Economic and Social Survey of sia and the Pacific 2018 UNCC MPFD TBC Regular Budget 16 October Expert group meeting on financing for development UNCC MPFD TBC Regular Budget 17 October Regional meeting on PPP and infrastructure financing network TBC MPFD TBC 18 October Expert group meeting on the regional implementation of the Vienna of ction for landlocked developing countries for the Decade 2014-2024 (2018) UNCC MPFD TBC Regular Budget
Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division 6 November Expert group meeting on Survey 2019 UNCC MPFD TBC Regular Budget December 2018 3 December Launch of World Economic Situation and Prospect Bangkok (tentatively at FCCT) MPFD TBC Regular Budget Subprogramme 2: Trade, Investment and Innovation 30 January Launch of the Global Go To Think Tank Index Report UNCC TIID 11536 Regular Budget 5-6 March 1st Meeting of PT ing Group UNCC TIID PB171110 Regular Budget 7-9 March 52nd Session of PT Standing Committee UNCC TIID PB171110 Regular Budget 20-21 March 5th Meeting of the legal and Technical ing Groups on Cross-border Paperless Trade Facilitation UNCC TIID PB171131 ER pril 2018 10-11 pril sia Pacific Business Forum 2018 Hong Kong, China ugust 2018 TIID TBC Others 30-31 ugust New and emerging technologies UNCC PCTT TBC Subprogramme 3: Transport 8-9 March Capacity Building shop on Strengthening Integrated Intermodal Transport Connectivity for Southeast and South-Southwest sia UNCC TD tbc 22-23 March Seminar on ESCP dry port regional framework implementation in South and Southeast sia UNCC TD TBC pril 2018 23-24 pril Seminar on ESP dry port regional framework UNCC TD TBC 28-29 May Technical assistance and advisory service to Joint Committee of the sian Highway Operation greement UNCC TD TBC
June 2018 Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division 5-6 June Technical assistance and advisory service to Joint Committee of the SCO greement UNCC TD TBC September 2018 10-11 September pplication of the Sustainable Urban Transport Index in Cities TBC TD TBC Section 23 Subprogramme 4: Environment and development 22-29 January Regional Training on Protected griculture Technology in sian Countries Nanjing, China 29-30 January National shop on benefits of Integrated Resource Recovery Center and its replication in Indonesia Jambi, Indonesia CSM PB171115 EDD PB171562 4-6 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 Kuala Lumpur EDD PB171553 Kuala Lumpur EDD PB171553 Kuala Lumpur EDD PB171553 Kuala Lumpur EDD PB171553 15-16 March Regional shop on Sustainable municipal solid waste management in secondary cities and towns and way forward Quy Nhon, Viet Nam EDD PB171562 20 March Expert Group Meeting on Resource Efficient Cities UNCC EDD TBC Regular Budget 25-27 March sia-pacific Civil Society Forum on Sustainable Development Bangkok EDD TBC Others 27 March Regional shop for Voluntary National Reviews (VNR) Countries UNCC EDD TBC Others pril 2018 2-4 pril Coordination Meeting of the International Organizations related to griculture(fo, WFP, IFD, CIP) with relevant Stakeholders Zhengzhou, China CSM PB171115 23-25 May 4th Technical ing Group Meeting of the sian and Pacific Network for Testing of gricultural Machinery (NTM) & Regional Database shop Malaysia CSM PB171115
June 2018 Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division 18-25 June Regional Training on Harvesting and Post-Harvesting Machienry Technologies China CSM PB171115 20-22 June The 13th Policy Consultation Forum of the Seoul Initiative Network on Green Growth Republic of Korea July 2018 EDD TBC 16-20 July 4th Training of Trainer of the sian and Pacific Network for Testing of gricultural Machinery (NTM) ugust 2018 22-24 ugust 4th Member Meeting of Regional Council of gricultural Machinery ssociations in sia and the Pacific (ReCM) China CSM PB171115 UNCC CSM PB171115 24-26 October The 6th Regional Forum on Sustainable gricultural Mechanization in sia and the Pacific China CSM PB171115 24-26 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 PB171241 12-14 November 5th nnual meeting of the sian and Pacific Network for Testing of gricultural Machinery (NTM) December 2018 Jakarta, Indonesia CSM PB171115 3-5 December 2018 China International Conference of Sugarcane Mechanization Liuzhou, China CSM TBC Subprogramme 5: Information and communications technology and disaster risk reduction and management 22 January Regional Inter-gency ing Group on Information and Communications Technology UNCC IDD TBC Regular Budget 25-26 January Expert Consultation on Regional Cooperation Mechanism for Flood Forecasting and Early Warning in Transboundary River Basins 30-31 January High-Level Regional Conference on Information Management for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience 31 January - 1 February Expert group meeting on geospatial guideline for disaster related SDGs implementation UNCC IDD TBC Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran lmaty, Kazakhstan IDD PB 171331 IDD TBC 1-2 February Expert group meeting on the regional drought mechanism DataCube UNCC IDD TBC
Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division 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 28 February - 3 March 50th Session of the ESCP/WMO Typhoon Committee UNCC IDD TBC Regular Budget Hanoi, Vietnam IDD PB171290 IDD TBC Regular Budget 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 pril 2018 IDD TBC IDD TBC 18-19 pril Regional workshop for multi-hazard early warning system in the Pacific Nadi, Fiji IDD PB 171332 3-4 May 45th Session of the WMO/ESCP Panel on Tropical Cyclones TBC IDD TBC June 2018 14 May high-level Policy Makers Dialogue on Pacific Multi-hazard early warning system UNCC IDD TBC 1 June Meeting of the Regional Coordination Mechanism Thematic ing Group on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience 6-7 June Expert group meeting on geospatial indicators for disaster-related SDGs implementation Tashkent, Uzbekistan July 2018 26 June 19th dvisory Council Meeting of the ESCP Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Tsunami, Disaster and Climate Preparedness UNCC IDD TBC Regular Budget IDD PB 171332 UNCC IDD TBC 11-12 July SPEC: Thematic ing Group on Knowledge-based Development lmaty, Kazakshtan 16-17 July Expert Consultation on resilience-building through regional cooperation Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia ugust 2018 IDD TBC Section 23 IDD TBC Section 23 27-28 ugust Expert Group Meeting on sia-pacific Plan of ction on Space Science and Technology pplications, 2018-2030 UNCC IDD TBC 27-28 ugust Second session of the sia-pacific Information Superhighway Steering Committee Meeting UNCC IDD TBC R Regular Budget 29 ugust 22nd Intergovernmental Consultative Committee (ICC) on the Regional Space pplications for Sustainable Development (RESP) UNCC IDD TBC
Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division 6 November 20th dvisory Council Meeting of the ESCP Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Tsunami, Disaster and Climate Preparedness 6-7 November Meeting of the regional review of the World Summit on the Information Society action line implementation UNCC IDD TBC UNCC IDD TBC Regular Budget 8-9 November Expert Group consultation on financing mechanisms for the sia-pacific information superhighway UNCC IDD TBC Regular Budget Subprogramme 6: Social development 23 February Regional Preparatory Meeting for the sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women UNCC SDD PB171460 28 February EGM on Inequality in sia and the Pacific in the era of the 2030 genda for Sustainable Development UNCC SDD TBC Regular Budget 9 March Commemoration of International Women's Day UNCC SDD PB171467 Regular Budget Subprogramme 7: Statistics 24-26 January Regional shop on the Use of Electronic Data Collection Technologies in Population UNCC SD PB170505 Regular Budget 2 February SD meeting SD Regular Budget 7-8 May 5th Regional for the Improvement of Economic Statistics in sia and the Pacific (Phase II) Project Support Meeting UNCC SD TBC 7-9 May 3rd sia-pacific Economic Statistics Week UNCC SD TBC June 2018 10 May Steering group for the Regional for Economic Statistics UNCC SD PB170470 6-8 June The use of non-traditional and complimentary data sources in official statistics UNCC SD TBC Regular Budget ugust 2018 8-10 ugust Strengthening national statistical systems for enhanced quality and trust in official statistics 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
Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division Subprogramme 8 - Subregional Office for East and North - East sia 21 February Expert Group Meeting on Science Technoly and Innovation Incheon, ROK SROENE 26-27 March NESPEC shop on Transboundary Nature Conservation China (TBC) SROENE 23-24 May sia Carbon Footprint Network nnual Meeting and Seminar TBC SROENE 30-31 May NESPEC shop on Marine Protected reas China (TBC) SROENE September 2018 17-18 September Subregional shop on Population geing Technology China (TBC) SROENE PB170954 Regular Budget 24-25 October GTI-ESCP Seminar on Trade Facilitation in North-East sia Russian Federation (TBC) SROENE 30-31 October Urban Innovation Challenge: Policy Dialogue on Youth Entrepreneurshiip Seoul, Republic of Korea SROENE 15-16 November Drought Monitoring Capacity Building Project Wrap-up Meeting Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia SROENE Subprogramme 8 - Subregional Office for North and Central sia 16-17 October Expert group meeting on policy and programme options to address emerging economic and social development issues in North and Central sia lmaty, Kazakhstan SONC TBC Regular Budget 20 SPEC Economic Forum lmaty, Kazakhstan SONC TBC Regular Budget Subprogramme 8 - Subregional Office for South and South - West sia
Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division 6 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 6-7 November Expert Meeting on energy connectivity and regional cooperation Beijing, China ED SF2018-2019 20-21 November Expert ing Group Meeting on Regional Cooperation on Energy for Sustainable Development UNCC ED SF2018-2019 Regular Budget 22-23 November Policy Dialogue on regional cooperation for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 7 UNCC ED SF2018-2019 Regular Budget