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1 Tentative ESCAP calendar of meetings and training programmes (1 January to 31 ) Date Title of Meetings/Activities Venue Division Work Programme Code Language Funding ACPR (Session of the Advisory Committee of Permanent Representatives and Other Representatives Designated by Members of the Commission) 22 January 358th session of ACPR UNCC OES N/A CEFR Others 23 March 359th session of ACPR UNCC OES N/A CEFR Others 25 June 360th session of ACPR UNCC OES N/A CEFR Others 20 August 361st session of ACPR UNCC OES N/A CEFR Others 22 October 362nd session of ACPR UNCC OES N/A CEFR Others 3 December 363rd session of ACPR UNCC OES N/A CEFR Others Intergovernmental meeting 27 January Civil Society Forum on the Asia-Pacific Intergovernmental Meeting on HIV and AIDS UNCC SDD PB Regular Budget January Asia-Pacific Intergovernmental Meeting on HIV and AIDS UNCC SDD PB CEFR Regular Budget March Fourth session of the Committee on Statistics UNCC SD PB CEFR Regular Budget 1-3 April First Meeting of the Interim Intergovernmental Steering Group on Cross-border Paperless Trade Facilitation UNCC TID PB CEFR Extra Budgetary May Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2015 UNCC EDD PB CEFR Regular Budget May Seventy-first Commission session UNCC OES PB CEFR Regular Budget

2 27-29 October Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction, fourth session UNCC IDD PB CEFR Regular Budget 4-6 November Committee on Trade and Investment, fourth session UNCC TID PB CEFR Regular Budget November Committee on Environment and Development, fourth session UNCC EDD PB CEFR Regular Budget November 19th Session of Intergovernmental Consultative Committee on RESAP UNCC IDD PB Extra Budgetary 30 November - 4 December Committee on Macroeconomic Policy, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Development, third session UNCC MPDD TBC Regular Budget 3 December 10th Session of APCICT Governing Council Incheon, Republic of Korea APCICT PB Extra Budgetary December 11th session of SIAP Governing Council Chiba, Japan SD PB Regular Budget Subprogramme 1: Macroeconomic policy and inclusive development 13 January Launch of Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2014: Year-end Update Bangkok, Thailand MPDD PB Regular Budget 15 January United Nations Regional Thematic Working Group on Poverty and Hunger in Asia and the Pacific UNCC MPDD PB Regular Budget 2-3 February ESCAP/ADB/UNDP Partnership Working Group Retreat UNCC MPDD PB Extra Budgetary 4-6 February Preparatory meeting for drafting Regional MDG report 2014/15 UNCC MPDD PB Extra Budgetary February Policy Dialogue on "The Role of Technology Transfer in Agriculture for Sustainable Development Outcomes" Bogor, Indonesia MPDD PB Extra Budgetary February 11th Governing Council session of CAPSA Bogor, Indonesia MPDD PB Extra Budgetary 4-6 March High-level Policy Dialogue on the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the decade March Second Meeting of the Working Group on Finance Cooperation and Integration in Asia and the Pacific Siem Reap, Cambodia MPDD PB Section 23 UNCC MPDD TBC Others March Working group meeting on moving towards the formation of an integrated market UNCC TID To be informed Extra Budgetary 15 April Meeting for Regional MDG Report 2015 UNCC MPDD PB Extra Budgetary April Asia-Pacific Consultation for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development Jakarta, Indonesia MPDD PB Extra Budgetary 14 May Launch of Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2015 UNCC or FCCT MPDD PB Regular Budget

3 14-15 October Training on Transfer of Improved and Environmentally Sound Technologies Yangon, Myanmar MPDD PB Extra Budgetary November Training on Poverty Reduction through Sustainable Agriculture Yangon, Myanmar MPDD PB Extra Budgetary 9-10 December Training on Agricultural engineering and Farm Mechanization Yangon, Myanmar MPDD PB Extra Budgetary 15 December Launch of Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2015: Year-end Update UNCC or FCCT MPDD PB Regular Budget December Expert Group Meeting on Peer Review of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific UNCC MPDD PB Regular Budget Subprogramme 2: Trade and investment January 2nd UNNExT Masterclass: Single Window in the Context of WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation Cheon-An, Republic of Korea TID PB Extra Budgetary January Advanced Regional Government Procurement Workshop for Asian Economies UNCC TID Regular Budget 2-4 February UNNExT Workshop on Paperless Trade Facilitation for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises UNCC TID TBC Others February Myanmar and Asia-Pacific: Role of policy research in country s economic and trade reform Yangon, Myanmar TID PB Extra Budgetary 12 March Regional Workshop on Key Features of the WTO Almaty, Kazakhstan March The 46th Standing Committee of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement Seoul, Republic of Korea TID PB Extra Budgetary TID PB Regular Budget 31 March Capacity Building Workshop on Cross Border Paperless Trade UNCC TID PB Extra Budgetary 2 April ARTNeT Seminar on the implementation of Bali decisions and the way forward: What research community can contribute? April Towards Sustainable Development: Partnership for Innovation and Technological Capacity Building in the Least Developed Countries of Asia and the Pacific Region 4-6 May UNNExT workshop on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Systems for Agrifood Products Almaty, Kazakhstan 4-7 May UNNExT Workshop on Paperless Trade Facilitation for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises - part 2 UNCC TID PB Extra Budgetary UNCC TID Regular Budget Almaty, Kazakhstan TID TBC TID TBC Others May Ninth Meeting of the ESCAP Business Advisory Council Meeting UNCC TID PB Regular Budget 20 May Business & SDG's meeting UNCC TID TBC Regular Budget

4 5 June The Fourth Ministerial Council of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement UNCC TID PB Regular Budget 9 June Regional consultation on inclusive growth for South East Asia UNCC TID PB Extra Budgetary June 10th ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop for Trade Research UNCC TID Extra Budgetary June The 47th Standing Committee of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement UNCC TID PB Regular Budget September September The 48th Standing Committee of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement Other TID PB Regular Budget September The 48th Standing Committee of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement TBC TID PB Regular Budget 2 November ARTNeT Symposium UNCC TID PB Others 2 November Launch of Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Review 2015 UNCC TID PB Regular Budget 2-3 November Asia-Pacific Business Forum 2015 TBC TID Regular Budget 3 November Fifth Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Network for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) UNCC TID Regular Budget 3-4 November The 49th Standing Committee of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement UNCC TID PB Regular Budget 4 November Workshop for journalists UNCC TID Section November ESCAP/WIPO/UNEP IP Workshop UNCC TID Section November Training on evidence-based policymaking in trade and investment UNCC TID Section November Eleventh Session of APCTT Technical Committee TBC TID PB Regular Budget 24 November Eleventh Session of CSAM Technical Committee TBC TID PB Regular Budget 15 December Eleventh Session of APCTT Governing Council UNCC TID PB Regular Budget 15 December Eleventh Session of CSAM Governing Council UNCC TID PB Regular Budget Subprogramme 3: Transport January Asia-Pacific Forum on Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) for Transport Infrastructure Development February National training workshop on sustainable and inclusive transport development in collaboration with the Ministry of Transport UNCC TD PB Others Colombo, Sri Lanka TD PB Section March National Workshop on Improving Road Safety Situation Hanoi, Viet Nam TD PB Section 23

5 12-13 March Ad hoc Expert Group Meeting on Facilitation of International Railway Transport UNCC TD PB Extra Budgetary March 2nd Meeting of the Regional Network of Legal and Technical Experts on Transport Facilitation Incheon, Rep. of Korea TD PB Extra Budgetary March 2nd Meeting of Working Group on the Development of Seamless Connectivity UNCC TD PB Others June Regional Meeting on Logistics Information Service Systems UNCC TD PB Extra Budgetary 25 June Regional Forum of Freight Forwarders, Multimodal Transport Operators and Logistics Services Providers UNCC TD PB Section August Regional Road Safety Seminar UNCC TD PB Section November Working Group on the Asian Highway Network, 6th meeting Seoul, Rep. of Korea TD PB CER Regular Budget November Working Group on the Trans-Asian Railway network, 4th meeting UNCC TD PB CER Regular Budget November Working Group on Dry Ports UNCC TD PB CER Regular Budget Subprogramme 4: Environment and development February Workshop on Water and Green Growth in Asia and the Pacific UNCC EDD PB Section March Expert Group Meeting on Mainstreaming Climate Change into National Urban Policies UNCC EDD PB Others 19 March National Dialogue on the Urban Nexus in Thailand UNCC EDD PB E Regular Budget 23 March World Water Day Commemoration Bangkok, Thailand EDD PB Regular Budget March Integrating climate and forest financing in Southeast Asia UNCC EDD PB Others 2 April Regional Policy Workshop on Wastewater Management and Sanitation in South-East Asia UNCC EDD PB Extra Budgetary April The Water and Green Growth session at 7th World Water Forum Daegu/Gyeongbuk, RoK EDD PB Extra Budgetary April Inauguration of the Pilot Project on 5P Dubang, Nepal EDD PB Extra Budgetary 15 May Regional Inter-agency Consultative Meeting on Good Urban Governance UNCC EDD PB Regular Budget June Fifth Regional Workshop on Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities: the Urban Nexus Chiang Mai, Thailand EDD PB Extra Budgetary

6 July July The Tenth Policy Consultation Forum of the Seoul Initiative Network on Green Growth Republic of Korea EDD PB Extra Budgetary 6-10 July 5P Workshop on Widening Acces to Energy Services TBC EDD PB Extra Budgetary 6-10 July Expert Group Meeting on Urban Dimensions in Promoting Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific UNCC EDD PB August Expert Group Meeting on Sustainable Development and Energy Security in Asia and the Pacific UNCC EDD PB Regular Budget September September National Workshop on PPP's for Rural Electrification Vientiane, Lao PDR EDD PB Extra Budgetary October The Tenth Seoul Initiative Leadership Programme on Green Growth Republic of Korea EDD PB Extra Budgetary October Expert Consultation on Sustainable Development and the Implementation of post-2015 Development Agenda UNCC EDD PB Regular Budget October National Workshop on PPP's for Rural Electrification Kathmandu, Nepal EDD PB Extra Budgetary October Asian Energy Highway Connectivity Workshop TBC EDD PB Section November Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Seventh Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific UNCC EDD PB Policy Dialogue on Energy for Sustainable Development UNCC EDD PB Extra Budgetary Subprogramme 5: Information and communications technology and disaster risk reduction and management 3-6 February National Implementation meeting on the regional drought mechanism in Myanmar and Cambodia Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar & Phnom Penh, Cambodia 9-13 February ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee and Panel on WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones Joint Session February Regional conference on strategies and tools for integrating disaster risk reduction into development planning and financing IDD PB Extra Budgetary UNCC IDD PB156722, PB Regular Budget UNCC IDD PB Others February National Implementation meeting on the regional drought mechanism in Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal IDD PB Extra Budgetary February Workshop on the utilization of drought monitoring software in Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka February EGM on GIS Application for Urban Disaster Management in Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia IDD PB Extra Budgetary IDD PB Extra Budgetary

7 17 March Expert group meeting towards developing a basic range of disaster-related statistics Sendai, Japan IDD Res 70/2 Extra Budgetary March 2nd meeting of the Regional Economic Cooperation and integration group on connectivity UNCC IDD TBC March Second meeting of the Working Group on Increasing Economic and Technical Cooperation to Address Shared Vulnerabilities and Risks UNCC IDD Resolution 70/1 Others 6-8 April Regional workshop on ICT for Disaster Management in Asia Pacific Paro, Bhutan IDD N/A Others 7-9 April Technical Assistance on Geo-DRM in Bhutan Thimphu, Bhutan IDD PB April Nepal Coordination Meeting UNCC IDD PB Regular Budget April Expert Group Meeting on APDR UNCC IDD PB Extra Budgetary May Join Sub-regional Workshop with AHA center Jakarta/Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2-5 June Regional Training WS on the use of geospatial in formation for sustainable development: modeling & modality (in collaboration with UNGGIM) IDD PB Beijing, China IDD PB Extra Budgetary 8-10 June EGM in GIS Application for Urban Disaster Management in Philippines Manila, Philippines IDD PB Extra Budgetary June Working Group on Asia Pacific Information Superhighway UNCC IDD N/A Others June SPECA project working group meeting on knowledge development Dushanbe, Tajikistan June Regional workshop on ICT for Disaster Management in Asia Pacific in conjunction with the Working Group on the Asia Information Superhighway July 2015 IDD PB Regular Budget UNCC IDD N/A Others July Expert group meeting on disaster risk assessment and resilience-building in Asia and the Pacific UNCC IDD PB Regular Budget July Seminar on the Asia Pacific gateway in conjunction with the Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction UNCC IDD N/A Others August Join Regional Training on Space Technology applications with CSSTEAP Dehradun, India IDD PB Section 23 September September Thematic Working Group on Environment and Disaster Risk Management UNCC IDD PB September Side event on Trade and Transport Facilitation system in LDCs and LLDs China or Indonesia IDD N/A Others November UN Space Inter-agency meeting UNCC IDD PB Extra Budgetary Subprogramme 6: Social development

8 6 February Dialogue on Urban Youth: Engine for Sustainable Development through Regional Cooperation UNCC SDD PB Others 16 February 25th Meeting of the Thematic Working Group on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (TWG-GEEW) 19 February Asia-Pacific Regional Coordination Mechanism Thematic Working Group on International Migration, including Human Trafficking, 36th session UNCC SDD PB Regular Budget UNCC SDD PB Regular Budget February Preparation Meeting for the Regional Dialogue on Rights and Health in Asia and the Pacific UNCC SDD PB Others February Regional Dialogue on Rights and Health in Asia and the Pacific UNCC SDD PB Others 2-3 March Second session of the Working Group on the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, New Delhi, India SDD PB Extra Budgetary March National Training on Youth Volunteerism and Empowerment UNCC SDD WP March South Asia Subregional Consultation on Youth Volunteerism to Promote Participation, Development and Peace 7-8 April Subregional EGM on Facilitating Migration Management in North and Central Asia Moscow, Russian Federation July 2015 Kathmandu, Nepal SDD PB Regular Budget 29 July 2015 Art for All UNCC SDD PB August National consultation on designing and implementing social protection programmes to tackle inequalities September 2015 Colombo, Sri Lanka SDD PB Extra Budgetary SDD PB Others September Workshop on Income Security for Older Persons (India) India SDD PB Extra Budgetary September Asia-Pacific Workshop on building Capacity to Develop Youth Policies UNCC SDD PB Others October Workshop on Income Security for Older Persons (Sri Lanka) Colombo, Sri Lanka SDD PB Extra Budgetary October Workshop to review the draft training manual on disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction UNCC SDD PB Extra Budgetary 4-6 November ASEAN Forum on Women's Economic Participation and Entrepreneurship UNCC SDD PB Regular Budget 25 November Commemoration of International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women UNCC SDD PB Regular Budget 9-16 December ESCAP South-South Cooperation Programme on Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities Shanghai and Hong Kong, China SDD PB Extra Budgetary Subprogramme 7: Statistics

9 16 January The 10th Meeting of the Bureau members of the Committee on Statistics UNCC SD PB Regular Budget January Workshop: Supporting developing countries measure progress towards achieving a Green Economy UNCC SD PB Regular Budget March The 2nd Meeting of the Expert Group on Disaster-related Statistics Sendai, Japan SD PB Regular Budget 17 March Second Meeting of the Expert Group on Disaster-related Statistics Sendai, Japan SD TBC March Fifth meeting of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for population and social statistics UNCC SD PB Regular Budget March Fourth Meeting of the Steering Group for the Regional Programme on Economic Statistics UNCC SD PB Regular Budget 24 March Collaborating to Strengthen Statistical Institutions UNCC SD PB Regular Budget 24 March Inception workshop for Phase II of Strengthening capacity of NSSs in priority countries to produce and disseminate economic statistics, including national accounts in accordance with 2008 System of National Accounts (SNA) UNCC SD PB Extra Budgetary 24 March Meeting of Partners for Statistics Development in Asia and the Pacific UNCC SD PB Regular Budget 27 April ARTNeT Seminar on "Caspian energy corridor and political puzzle" UNCC TID PB Extra Budgetary 5-8 May Regional Workshop: Supporting developing countries measure progress towards achieving a Green Economy Hanoi, Viet Nam SD PB Regular Budget 2 June The 11th Meeting of the Bureau members of the Committee on Statistics UNCC SD PB Regular Budget June Inter-regional Workshop on Sustainable Communities of Knowledge for Gender Statistics UNCC SD PB Others 3-5 August Regional Course on Core Set of Gender Indicators Chiba, Japan SD PB Others September September The 12th Meeting of the Bureau members of the Committee on Statistics UNCC SD PB Regular Budget September 2015 SDMX (Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange) Global Conference UNCC SD PB Others 30 September Meeting of the Chief Statisticians of the UN Systems UNCC SD PB October Meeting of the Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX) Technical and Statistical Working Groups UNCC SD PB Regular Budget 1-2 October The Twenty-Sixth Session of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) UNCC SD PB Others 2 October Meeting of Partners for Statistics Development in Asia and the Pacific UNCC SD PB156949

10 12-13 November Inter-regional Project Closure Workshop: DA Project on Gender Statistics UNCC SD PB Others 1 December The 13th Meeting of the Bureau members of the Committee on Statistics UNCC SD PB Regular Budget Subprogramme 8: Subregional activities for development 25 May Luncheon meeting for SSWA member States UNCC SOSSWA 8.4 Extra Budgetary May Unlocking potential of regional cooperation in South Asia UNCC SOSSWA 8.4 Extra Budgetary

Tentative ESCAP calendar of meetings and training programmes

19 Tentative ESCAP calendar of meetings and training programmes (1 January to 31 December 2016) Date Title of Meetings/Activities Venue Division ACPR (Session of the Advisory Committee of Permanent Representatives