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 Meeting for the 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) Cambodia Balikpapan, Indonesia 2-3 3 rd Meeting of ASEAN Working Group on Chemicals and Waste (AWGCW) Thailand Malaysia 7-11 ASEAN-China Environmental Cooperation Week i) The ASEAN-China National Focal Point Meeting on Environmental Cooperation, ii) The Seminar on ASEAN-China Cooperation for Eco-Friendly Cities 2018, and iii) The Task Force Meeting and Workshop on Operation and Technical Issues of China-ASEAN Environmental Information Sharing Platform (EISP). 10 Ascension Day of Jesus Christ Beijing, China 22-24 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) 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 JUNE
30 May 1 June Planning Meeting for Environmental Education Leaders to Explore the Opportunities for a Regional Environmental Education Summit in 2019 - Taipei, Taiwan 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)* 7 th Meeting of the Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee on Transboundary Haze Pollution in the Mekong Sub-Region (MSC Mekong)* Viet Nam Da Nang, Viet Nam 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 13-17 1 st PSC Meeting of BCAMP 20 th Meeting of Governing Board of ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity Malaysia 29 th Meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials on Environment (ASOEN) & Related Meetings
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