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1 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 and Other Representatives Designated by Members of the Commission) 19 January 363rd session of ACPR UNCC OES N/A Others 24 March 364th session of ACPR UNCC OES N/A Others 25 August 365th session of ACPR UNCC OES N/A Others 27 October 366th session of ACPR UNCC OES N/A Others December December 367th session of ACPR UNCC OES N/A Others Intergovernmental meeting 19 February The 12th Session of CAPSA Governing Council Meeting UNCC CAPSA TBC Extra Budgetary March Second Meeting of the Interim Intergovernmental Steering Group on Cross-border Paperless Trade Facilitation UNCC TIID PB ER Extra Budgetary March Committee on Social Development, fourth session UNCC SDD TBC CEFR Regular Budget 2-5 April Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development, third session UNCC EDD TBC CEFR Regular Budget May May Seventy-second session of the Commission UNCC OES N/A CEFR Regular Budget 3-7 October Fifth session of the Committee on Information and Communications Technology UNCC IDD TBC CEFR Regular Budget

2 2 November First Session of the Governing Council of the Asian and Pacific Centre for Disaster Information Management (APDIM) December 2016 New Delhi, India IDD PB Extra Budgetary 5-9 December Ministerial Conference on Transport, Third Session Moscow, Russian Federation TD TBC CEFR Extra Budgetary December Twelfth session of SIAP Governing Council UNCC SD TBC Regular Budget December Fifth Session of Committee on Statistics UNCC SD TBC Regular Budget

3 Subprogramme 1: Macroeconomic Policy and Financing for Development 14 January Launch of Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2015: Year-end Update UNCC MPFD PB Regular Budget 27 January Launch of World Economic Situation and Prospects 2016 UNCC MPFD TBC Others 18 February Sub Committee Meeting in preparation for the 12th Session of CAPSA Governing Council UNCC CAPSA TBC Extra Budgetary March First High-level Follow-up Dialogue on Financing for Development in Asia and the Pacific Incheon, Republic of Korea MPFD TBC Extra Budgetary 28 April Launch of Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2016 UNCC MPFD TBC Regular Budget June June shop on the adaptation of the 2030 Agenda in Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh MPFD TBC November Expert Group Meeting on the regional implementation of the Vienna Declaration and of Action adopted at the Second UN conference on LLDCs from 3 to 5 November 2014 UNCC MPFD TBC Regular Budget November Regional Modelling for SDGs UNCC MPFD TBC Extra Budgetary November Expert Group Meeting on Macroeconomic Prospects and Policy Challenges in Asia and the Pacific including Countries with Special Needs December 2016 UNCC MPFD TBC Regular Budget 1 December Launch of Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2016: Year-end Update Bangkok, Thailand (TBC) MPFD TBC Regular Budget Subprogramme 2: Trade, Investment and Innovation January ESCAP-ADB Meeting on the baseline study of Trade and Transport Facilitation Monitoring Mechanism (TTFMM) for the SASEC countries 18 January Fifth Meeting of the Task Force on Preparations for the Theme Study of the 72nd Commission session: 'Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development' UNCC TIID Extra Budgetary UNCC TIID PB Regular Budget

4 19-21 January Interim Meeting of the Legal ing Group of the Interim Intergovernmental Steering Group on Cross-border Paperless Trade Facilitation January Training shop on Trade Policy and Sustainable Development in Lao PDR Vientiane, Lao PDR UNCC TIID PB Extra Budgetary TIID TBC Section 23 4 February Assessment of the Nairobi Outcome and Implications for Asia and the Pacific UNCC TIID TBC Section February Training shop on "Trade Policy and Sustainable Development in Cambodia" Phnom Penh, Cambodia 29 February ARTNeT shop - Just Jobs in Global Value Chains: Inclusive Industrialization in ASEAN Pullman Hotel, Bangkok TIID TBC Section 23 TIID TBC Section 23 7 March The First Meeting of Advisory Board on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) UNCC TIID PB Regular Budget 11 March ARTNeT-LES Seminar on the New Generation FTAs and their Implications on Health Systems and Policies March Third Meeting of Legal and Technical ing Groups of the Interim Intergovernmental Steering Group on Cross-border Paperless Trade Facilitation UNCC TIID TBC Section 23 UNCC TIID PB ER Extra Budgetary 25 March Capacity Building shop on Cross-border Paperless Trade Facilitation: Gains from implementation UNCC TIID PB ER Extra Budgetary 31 March - 1 April ARTNeT-ITD Training on Trade in Services Negotiations UNCC TIID TBC Section April ARTNeT-GIZ-SANEM shop on Gravity Modelling for Trade Policy Analysis Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia May 2016 TIID 2-3 May International Conference on WTO Dispute Settlement: Between Honest Admiration and Candid Criticism New Delhi, India 9-11 May ARTNeT-RIS-CESD Training shop on Regional Cooperation and Integration Yangon, Myanmar May The 2nd Technical ing Groups Meeting of the Asian and Pacific Network for Testing of Agricultural Machinery May Capacity Building shop on Trade Facilitation: Global Agenda and Regional Priorities, Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar TIID TIID Extra Budgetary UNCC CSAM TBC Extra Budgetary May ITD/ESCAP-ARTNeT workshop on Government Procurement Negotiations UNCC TIID TBC Section 23 TIID

5 June 2016 Date Title of Meetings/Activities Venue Division 6-10 June ARTNeT Capacity Building for Trade Policy Researchers TIID Section 23 7 June Roundtable on addressing the issue of e-waste in consumer electronics value chains through responsible business conduct (RBC) in South-East Asia June Regional workshop on Opportunities and challenges in using evidence-based trade policy for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals UNCC TIID TBC Thimphu, Bhutan TIID TBC Section 23 July July Policy Dialogue on Post-WTO Accession Implementation Strategy/Road-Map UNCC TIID TBC Section August Regional Seminar on Enhancing the Competitiveness of SMEs and their Capacity to Effectively Integrate into Global and Regional Value Chains through innovation and adoption of ICT Incheon, Rep. of Korea TIID TBC Extra Budgetary August ITD/ESCAP-ARTNeT workshop on Environmental Goods and Services Negotiations UNCC TIID TBC Section August ARTNeT-GIZ Capacity Building shop on Advanced issues in Gravity Modelling Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia TIID PB September 28th UN/CEFACT Forum UNCC TIID Extra Budgetary September Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation shop UNCC TIID Extra Budgetary 6 October ARTNeT Seminar on the impact of Chinese import competition on innovation UNCC TIID PB Regular Budget October 11th EBAC meeting Bangkok, Thailand TIID TBC Regular Budget 2-3 November 13th Asia-Pacific Business Forum Dhaka, Bangladesh 2-3 November EBAC Meeting Dhaka, Bangladesh November Subregional Seminar on International Investment Agreements and Sixth Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Network November The 52nd Standing Committee of Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement Seoul, Republic of Korea TIID TBC Regular Budget TIID TBC Regular Budget UNCC TIID TBC Regular Budget TIID TBC Regular Budget November UNNExT Advisory Group Meeting on Cross-border Paperless Trade Facilitation UNCC TIID PB Extra Budgetary November UNNExT Advisory Group on Legal Framework for National and Regional Single Window UNCC TIID PB Extra Budgetary

6 30 November - 1 December Subprogramme 3: Transport shop on Using Advancements in etrade to Develop a New Model of Public-Private Partnership in Capacity Building UNCC TIID to be provided 3-5 February Expert Group Meeting on development of Border Special Development Zones to promote regional connectivity in the ESCAP region Shillong, India TD PB Section March National forum to review the Myanmar PPP policy document Naypyitaw, Myanmar TD TBC Regular Budget March Regional capacity building workshop on PPP project development UNCC TD TBC Regular Budget 29 March - 1 April Fourth consultation meeting among China, Mongolia and Russian Federation on draft Agreement on international road transport along the Asian Highways Moscow, Russian Federation TD TBC Section April National capacity building workshop on road safety performance reviews Hanoi, Vietnam TD TBC Others April Joint ESCAP - ADB 2nd CAREC Railway ing Group meeting UNCC TD TBC Others April Policy Dialogue on Regional Connectivity and Border Special Development Zones, Shillong, India Shillong, India TD PB Section April Capacity Building shop on National PPP Portal Content Management UNCC TD TBC Regular Budget May May WB-ESCAP shop on Legal Instruments for Subregional Connectivity between Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan 24 May National Technical shop on Electronic Customs and Transport Data Exchange on May 2016 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan May Capacity-Building shop on Model Contract for Dry Port Development through Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) UNCC TD TBC Others Dushanbe, Tajikistan TD Extra Budgetary UNCC TD TBC Regular Budget June June Expert group meeting on advance information systems for facilitation of intermodal transport operations in Northeast Asia Moscow, Russian Federation June Seminar on Electronic Data Exchange and Second Inter-regional EGM on the UNDA Project 1213AA Geneva, Switzerland TD TBC Extra Budgetary TD TBC Regular Budget

7 July 2016 Date Title of Meetings/Activities Venue Division July Capacity building workshop on maritime connectivity in the pacific region Nadi, Fiji TD PB July Regional Meeting on Revising Regional Road Safety Goals and Targets Other TD TBC August Expert Group Meeting on Documentation and Procedures for Rail-Based Intermodal Transport Services in Northeast and Central Asia TD TBC Extra Budgetary 2 September Expert group meeting on improvement of maritime transport safety in the ESCAP region UNCC TD TBC September Expert Group Meeting on Planning and Assessment of Urban Transportation Systems Kathmandu, Nepal TD TBC Extra Budgetary 3-4 October Expert Group Meeting on Asian Highway UNCC TD PB Extra Budgetary 3-4 October National workshops to promote implementation of the recommendations of the studies on documentation and advance information systems for intermodal transport in Northeast Asia Irkutsk, Russian Federation October National capacity building workshop on implementation of road safety related legal instrument Hanoi, Viet Nam TD TBC Extra Budgetary TD TBC Regular Budget November Regional meeting on rural transport connectivity to wider networks (in association with UNCRD EST Forum) December 2016 Lao PDR TD TBC Section December National workshops to promote implementation of the recommendations of the studies on documentation and advance information systems for intermodal transport in Northeast Asia, China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation other TD PB Extra Budgetary December Regional Seminar on Maritime Transport Sector and Port Infrastructure Development TD TBC Extra Budgetary Subprogramme 4: Environment and development January Policy dialogue on pro-poor and sustainable solid waste management Islamabad, Pakistan January Pro-Poor Public-Private Partnership (5P) for Energy Access - Knowledge Management Consultation shop EDD TBC Extra Budgetary UNCC EDD PB Extra Budgetary January Review shop for the Regional Habitat III Report for Asia-Pacific UNCC EDD PB Extra Budgetary

8 24 February 18th Governing Council Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum UNCC EDD TBC Regular Budget 23 March World Water Day 2016 and World Water Development Report launch UNCC EDD TBC 7-11 April shop on Results-based Management of Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities: The Urban Nexus for Phase II UNCC EDD PB Extra Budgetary Policy Dialogue on Energy for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific UNCC EDD TBC Extra Budgetary May May June 2016 Video Conference: Preparations of Habitat III UNCC EDD TBC Regular Budget 21 June VC with Regional Commissions and UN-Habitat UNCC EDD Regular Budget July July Lecture on WEconomics Seoul s Solution for Sustainability UNCC EDD TBC Regular Budget 27 July Urban Development in Asia and the Pacific-University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia visits to ESCAP UNCC EDD 4 August Audio recordings for the waste management e-learning course UNCC EDD 9 August Audio recordings for the waste management e-learning course UNCC EDD 7-9 September The 11th Policy Consultation Forum of the Seoul Initiative Network on Green Growth Republic of Korea EDD TBC Others 3 October Commemorations of World Habitat Day UNCC EDD Regular Budget November Expert Group Meeting on Urban Nexus and Implementation of Urban related SDGs Preferably: Room H November Expert Group meeting on implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for Asian and Pacific cities November Expert group meeting on regional strategy for implementation of internationally agreed development goals EDD PB UNCC EDD Regular Budget UNCC EDD PB171551

9 Subprogramme 5: Information and communications technology and disaster risk reduction and management January ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee 48th session Honolulu, USA IDD PB Regular Budget 8-9 March Training shop on Information, Knowledge and Policy Gaps in Disaster Risk Reduction UNCC IDD TBC Regular Budget March Training Course on Information Economy Statistics UNCC IDD TBC Extra Budgetary 23 March 4th ASEAN workshop on Simulation exercise on the procedural guidelines for sharing space-based information during emergency response Bogor, Indonesia IDD TBC Section 23 1 April Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway: Private Sector meeting UNCC IDD TBC Extra Budgetary 6 April Inception meeting for the Regional Drought Mechanism in Myanmar Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar IDD TBC Extra Budgetary April Regional conference on disaster information management in Asia and the Pacific Tehran, Iran IDD TBC Extra Budgetary April Progress of the Regional Drought Mechanism in Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka May May WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones 43rd session New Delhi, India IDD TBC Extra Budgetary IDD PB Regular Budget August IDS: Use of ICT for Effective Management of Disaster-Related Information in the Asia-Pacific Region Almaty, Kazakhstan IDD TBC Extra Budgetary August Second ing Group meeting of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway Beijing, China IDD TBC Extra Budgetary September IDS: Interagency ing group meeting on ICT UNCC IDD TBC Regular Budget 31 October - 2 November Asia-Pacific Space Leader Forum New Delhi, India IDD PB Extra Budgetary November Space leaders forum on applications of space technology for disaster risk reduction New Delhi, India IDD PB Extra Budgetary November Regional workshop in disaster risk management and resilient development planning UNCC IDD TBC Regular Budget

10 17-18 November The 20th session of Intergovernmental Consultative Committee on Regional Space Applications for Sustainable Development Subprogramme 6: Social development New Delhi, India IDD PB Extra Budgetary January TWG-GEEW ing Group on Women, Peace and Security UNCC SDD TBC Extra Budgetary 28 January Asia-Pacific Regional Coordination Mechanism Thematic ing Group on International Migration, including Human Trafficking, 39th Session UNCC SDD PB Regular Budget 4 February UN RITA Review & Planning Meeting UNCC SDD TBC Regular Budget February Regional Seminar on Financing for the Advancement of Gender Equality and Women s Empowerment in Asia-Pacific UNCC SDD PB Extra Budgetary 2-4 March Third Session of the ing Group on the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities Bangkok, Thailand SDD TBC Extra Budgetary 8 March Commemoration of International Women s Day UNCC SDD PB Regular Budget March Regional Experts Consultation on Access to Affordable Medicines, Diagnostics and Vaccines UNCC SDD TBC 18 March Asia-Pacific Regional Coordination Mechanism Thematic ing Group on International Migration, including Human Trafficking, 40th Session UNCC SDD PB Regular Budget March Asia-Pacific shop on building Capacity to Develop Youth Policies UNCC SDD PB Others 21 April The 28th RCM Thematic ing Group on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (TWG- GEEW) UNCC SDD PB Extra Budgetary June June Youth driving forward inclusive and peaceful societies in Asia-Pacific UNCC SDD TBC June Advocacy Forum on Facilitating Migration Management in North and Central Asia Almaty, Kazakhstan July 2016 SDD PB Extra Budgetary July Regional Expert Forum on Population Ageing UNCC, Bangkok 28 July 29th RCM Thematic ing Group on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (TWG- GEEW) SDD TBC Extra Budgetary UNCC SDD PB Extra Budgetary

11 25-26 August National Forum on Gender Responsive Budgeting Vientiane, Lao PDR SDD PB Extra Budgetary 29 September Subregional Consultation on Income Security for Older Persons and National workshop on Income Security for Older Persons Delhi, India SDD PB Extra Budgetary September National Forum on Gender Responsive Budgeting Phnom Penh SDD PB Extra Budgetary 4-5 October shop on Enhancing Capacity for E-Government for Women s Empowerment UNCC SDD PB Regular Budget October National Forum on Gender Responsive Budgeting Beijing SDD PB Extra Budgetary 7-9 November Regional shop on Strengthening the Collection and Use of International Migration Data for the Achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development November Expert Group Meeting to identify synergies between the ICPD of Action and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Asia-Pacific Region UNCC SDD Regular Budget UNCC SDD Regular Budget 25 November Commemoration of International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women UNCC SDD PB Regular Budget Subprogramme 7: Statistics 22 January The 11th Meeting of TWG-GEEW ing Group on Gender Statistics UNCC SD PB Regular Budget 1 March The 12th Meeting of TWG-GEEW ing Group on Gender Statistics UNCC SD PB Regular Budget 4 March Meeting of Network for the Coordination of Statistical Training in Asia and the Pacific Region Chiba, Japan SD TBC Extra Budgetary 7 March The 13th Meeting of TWG-GEEW ing Group on Gender Statistics UNCC SD PB Regular Budget 10 March Partners for Statistics Development in Asia-Pacific, 9th meeting New York, USA 21 March The 14th Meeting of TWG-GEEW ing Group on Gender Statistics UNCC SD PB Regular Budget 28 March The 15th Meeting of TWG-GEEW ing Group on Gender Statistics UNCC SD PB Regular Budget 31 March The 15th meeting of TWG-GEEW ing group on Gender Statistics UNCC SD PB Regular Budget 18 April The 16th meeting of TWG-GEEW ing group on Gender Statistics UNCC SD PB Regular Budget SD TBC

12 18-19 April Regional shop on outcomes and lessons learnt from technical assistance projects in support of improving CRVS systems UNCC SD TBC Regular Budget 21 April 15th meeting of Bureau of the ESCAP Committee on Statistics UNCC SD PB Regular Budget April The Second Technical Session on Equity Analysis/Child Deprivation Profiling UNCC SD PB Regular Budget May May Asia-Pacific Economic Statistics Week UNCC SD TBC 5-6 May Meeting of the Steering Group for the Regional on Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific UNCC SD TBC 9-11 May Regional Training shop on Enterprise Architecture and Business Process Mapping for CRVS UNCC SD PB Extra Budgetary May Sex-disaggregated data for the SDG indicators in Asia and the Pacific UNCC SD PB Regular Budget 31 May - 1 June Expert Group Meeting for CRVS officials and other experts to review and validate the 'training-oftrainers manual June June Interregional workshop on strengthening statistics for advancement of gender equality and women s empowerment July July United Nations Regional Meeting on Disability Measurement and Statistics in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 2020 World Population and Housing Census Addis Ababa SD TBC Regular Budget UNCC SD PB Regular Budget UNCC SD PB August Asia Pacific Regional shop: Transformative Agenda for Statistics UNCC SD TBC 6-7 September Second Meeting of the Regional Steering Group for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) UNCC Bangkok September shop on Forging Partnerships in Statistical Training in Asia and the Pacific UNCC SD TBC Extra Budgetary SD TBC Subprogramme 8 - Subregional Office for North and Central Asia September Expert group meeting on policy and programme options to address emerging economic and social development issues in North and Central Asia Almaty, Kazakhstan (TBC) SONCA TBC Regular Budget 8-9 November SPECA Economic Forum and Governing Council Ganja, Azerbaijan SONCA TBC Extra Budgetary

13 Subprogramme 8 - Subregional Office for the Pacific February shop on Medium-Term Expenditure Planning for National Sustainable Development Nadi, Fiji EPO Activities related to DA implementation Extra Budgetary Subprogramme 9: Energy 5-7 September Pro-Poor Public Private Partnership (5P) shop on Financing for Widening Access to Energy Services UNCC ED TBC

Tentative ESCAP calendar of meetings and training programmes

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