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1 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 June 376th session of CPR UNCC OES N/ Regular Budget ugust ugust 377th session of CPR UNCC OES N/ Regular Budget 11 October 378th session of CPR UNCC OES N/ Regular Budget December 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 March 4th Meeting of the Interim Intergovernmental Steering Group on Cross-border Paperless Trade Facilitation UNCC TIID PB ER March Fifth sia-pacific Forum on Sustainable Development UNCC EDD TBC CEFR Regular Budget pril pril The Second sian and Pacific Energy Forum UNCC ED SF PB CEFR Regular Budget

2 Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division 9-10 May Regional Consultation Meeting on South-South Cooperation for sia and the Pacific UNCC SPMD N/ Regular Budget May Seventy-fourth session of the Commission UNCC OES N/ CEFR Regular Budget ugust ugust Eleventh session of PCICT Governing Council UNCC PCICT TBC 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 October SIP Governing Council UNCC SD TBC October 6th Session of the Committee on Statistics UNCC SD TBC CEFR Regular Budget 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 November Committee on Transport (5th session) UNCC TD TBC CEFR Regular Budget 21 November Thirteenth Session of the SPEC Governing Council lmaty, November Regional intergovernmental review meeting on the outcomes of the Sixth sian and Pacific Population Conference SONC TBC Regular Budget UNCC SDD PB CEFR Regular Budget November 14th Session of PCTT Governing Council UNCC PCTT TBC November Fifth session of the Committee on Social Development UNCC SDD TBC CEFR Regular Budget Subprogramme 1: Macroeconomic Policy and Financing for Development pril 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 (2018) UNCC MPFD TBC Regular Budget

3 Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division 6 November Expert group meeting on Survey 2019 UNCC MPFD TBC Regular Budget December 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 Regular Budget 5-6 March 1st Meeting of PT ing Group UNCC TIID PB Regular Budget 7-9 March 52nd Session of PT Standing Committee UNCC TIID PB Regular Budget March 5th Meeting of the legal and Technical ing Groups on Cross-border Paperless Trade Facilitation UNCC TIID PB ER pril pril sia Pacific Business Forum 2018 Hong Kong, China ugust 2018 TIID TBC Others 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 pril 2018 UNCC TD tbc pril Seminar on ESCP Dry port regional framework implementation in landlocked countries of Central sia and Northeast sia stana, TD TBC May Seminar on ESCP dry port regional framework implementation in Southeast sia UNCC TD TBC May Technical assistance and advisory service to Joint Committee of the sian Highway Operation greement UNCC TD TBC

4 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 September pplication of the Sustainable Urban Transport Index in Cities TBC TD TBC Section 23 Subprogramme 4: Environment and development January Regional Training on Protected griculture Technology in sian Countries Nanjing, China January National shop on benefits of Integrated Resource Recovery Center and its replication in Indonesia Jambi, Indonesia CSM PB EDD PB 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 9 February World Urban Forum Side Event: Funding City Mandates for genda 2030 and the New Urban genda: Leveraging Debt Capital Financing for Sustainable Infrastructure in sia Pacific Cities Kuala Lumpur EDD PB Kuala Lumpur EDD PB Kuala Lumpur EDD PB Kuala Lumpur EDD PB Kuala Lumpur EDD PB March Regional shop on Sustainable municipal solid waste management in secondary cities and towns and way forward Quy Nhon, Viet Nam EDD PB 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 pril Coordination Meeting of the International Organizations related to griculture(fo, WFP, IFD, CIP) with relevant Stakeholders Zhengzhou, China CSM PB May Third National Dialogue on the Urban Nexus in Thailand EDD TB May 4th Technical ing Group Meeting of the sian and Pacific Network for Testing of gricultural Machinery (NTM) & Regional Database shop Malaysia CSM PB171115

5 June 2018 Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division June Regional Training on Harvesting and Post-Harvesting Machienry Technologies China CSM PB June The 13th Policy Consultation Forum of the Seoul Initiative Network on Green Growth Republic of Korea July 2018 EDD TBC July 4th Training of Trainer of the sian and Pacific Network for Testing of gricultural Machinery (NTM) ugust ugust 4th Member Meeting of Regional Council of gricultural Machinery ssociations in sia and the Pacific (ReCM) China CSM PB UNCC CSM PB October The 6th Regional Forum on Sustainable gricultural Mechanization in sia and the Pacific China CSM PB 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 PB November 5th nnual meeting of the sian and Pacific Network for Testing of gricultural Machinery (NTM) December 2018 Jakarta, Indonesia CSM PB 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 January Expert Consultation on Regional Cooperation Mechanism for Flood Forecasting and Early Warning in Transboundary River Basins 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, IDD PB IDD TBC 1-2 February Expert group meeting on the regional drought mechanism DataCube UNCC IDD TBC

6 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 UNCC IDD TBC Regular Budget IDD PB February Preparatory meeting for PFSD side event UNCC IDD To be confirmed Regular Budget 16 February Video Recording with DES Kaveh UNCC IDD TBC 28 February - 3 March 50th Session of the ESCP/WMO Typhoon Committee Hanoi, Vietnam 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 pril Regional workshop for multi-hazard early warning system in the Pacific Nadi, Fiji IDD PB May 45th Session of the WMO/ESCP Panel on Tropical Cyclones TBC IDD TBC June 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 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 UNCC IDD TBC July SPEC: Thematic ing Group on Knowledge-based Development lmaty, Kazakshtan July Expert Consultation on resilience-building through regional cooperation Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia ugust 2018 IDD TBC Section 23 IDD TBC Section ugust Expert Group Meeting on sia-pacific Plan of ction on Space Science and Technology pplications, UNCC IDD TBC ugust Second session of the sia-pacific Information Superhighway Steering Committee Meeting UNCC IDD TBC R Regular Budget

7 Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division 29 ugust 22nd Intergovernmental Consultative Committee (ICC) on the Regional Space pplications for Sustainable Development (RESP) 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 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 December December Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2018 UNCC IDD To be confirmed 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 PB 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 PB Regular Budget 13 March TWG Sustainable Society UNCC SDD PB Regular Budget Subprogramme 7: Statistics January Regional shop on the Use of Electronic Data Collection Technologies in Population UNCC SD PB 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 May Steering group for the Regional for Economic Statistics UNCC SD PB June The use of non-traditional and complimentary data sources in official statistics UNCC SD TBC Regular Budget

8 Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division ugust 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 Subprogramme 8 - Subregional Office for East and North - East sia 12 March Inception Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation Report Incheon, ROK SROENE March NESPEC shop on Transboundary Nature Conservation China (TBC) SROENE May sia Carbon Footprint Network nnual Meeting and Seminar TBC SROENE May NESPEC shop on Marine Protected reas China (TBC) SROENE September September Subregional shop on Population geing Technology China (TBC) SROENE PB Regular Budget October GTI-ESCP Seminar on Trade Facilitation in North-East sia Russian Federation (TBC) SROENE October Urban Innovation Challenge: Policy Dialogue on Youth Entrepreneurshiip Seoul, Republic of Korea SROENE November Drought Monitoring Capacity Building Project Wrap-up Meeting Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia SROENE

9 Date Title of Meetings/ctivities Venue Division Subprogramme 8 - Subregional Office for North and Central sia October Expert group meeting on policy and programme options to address emerging economic and social development issues in North and Central sia lmaty, SONC TBC Regular Budget 20 SPEC Economic Forum lmaty, SONC TBC Regular Budget Subprogramme 8 - Subregional Office for South and South - West sia 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 SF November Expert ing Group Meeting on Regional Cooperation on Energy for Sustainable Development UNCC ED SF Regular Budget November Policy Dialogue on regional cooperation for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 7 UNCC ED SF Regular Budget

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