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1 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 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 23 June 365th session of ACPR UNCC OES N/A Others August August 366th session of ACPR UNCC OES N/A Others October October 367th session of ACPR UNCC OES N/A Others December December 368th 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 TID 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

2 20-21 September First Session of the Governing Council of the Asian and Pacific Centre for Disaster Information Management (APDIM) October 2016 Tehran, Iran IDD TBC Extra Budgetary 5-7 October Committee on ICT, 5th Session UNCC IDD TBC CEFR Regular Budget 8-12 November The 7th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific, 2016 UNCC EDD TBC CEFR November Ministerial Conference on Transport, Third Session UNCC TD TBC CEFR Extra Budgetary November Twelfth session of SIAP Governing Council UNCC SD TBC Regular Budget 30 November - 2 December Fifth Session of Committee on Statistics UNCC SD TBC Regular Budget Subprogramme 1: Macroeconomic policy and inclusive development 14 January Launch of Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2015: Year-end Update UNCC MPDD PB Regular Budget 27 January Launch of World Economic Situation and Prospects 2016 UNCC MPDD 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 April Subregional consultation workshop on SDGs (South Asia) New Delhi, India April Subregional consultation workshop on SDGs (South-East Asia) UNCC 27 April 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 MPDD TBC Regular Budget 29 April Launch of Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2016 UNCC MPDD TBC Regular Budget

3 May 2016 Date Title of Meetings/Activities Venue Division May Subregional consultation workshop on SDGs (Central Asia) Almaty, Kazakhstan June Subregional consultation workshop on SDGs (Pacific) Suva, Fiji 6-8 September Subregional Meeting on Capital Market Development Manila, Philippines 13 September Regional Launch of ESCAP-ADB-UNDP SDG Report 2016 Manila, Philippines 27 September Global Launch of ESCAP-ADB-UNDP SDG Report 2016 New York, USA October October Subregional Meeting on Capital Market Development Thimphu, Bhutan November Regional Modelling for SDGs UNCC November Expert Group Meeting on Macroeconomic Prospects and Policy Challenges in Asia and the Pacific including Countries with Special Needs December 2016 UNCC MPDD TBC Regular Budget 1 December Launch of Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2016: Year-end Update Bangkok, Thailand MPDD TBC Regular Budget Subprogramme 2: Trade and investment 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' January Interim Meeting of the Legal ing Group of the Interim Intergovernmental Steering Group on Cross-border Paperless Trade Facilitation UNCC TID Extra Budgetary UNCC TID PB Regular Budget UNCC TID PB Extra Budgetary

4 21-22 January Training shop on Trade Policy and Sustainable Development in Lao PDR Vientiane, Lao PDR TID TBC Section 23 4 February Assessment of the Nairobi Outcome and Implications for Asia and the Pacific UNCC TID 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 TID TBC Section 23 TID TBC Section 23 7 March The First Meeting of Advisory Board on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) UNCC, Bangkok 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 TID Regular Budget TID Section 23 UNCC TID PB ER Extra Budgetary 31 March - 1 April 11th EBAC meeting UNCC TID TBC Regular Budget 31 March - 1 April ITD/ESCAP-ARTNeT workshop on Trade in Services Negotiations UNCC TID TBC Section April The 49th Standing Committee of Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement UNCC TID TBC Regular Budget 27 April The Fourth Ministerial Council of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) UNCC, Bangkok TID To be advised Regular Budget April ITD/ESCAP-ARTNeT workshop on Environmental Goods and Services Negotiations UNCC TID TBC Section 23 May May The 50th Standing Committee of Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement Seoul, Republic of Korea TID TBC Regular Budget May ITD/ESCAP-ARTNeT workshop on Government Procurement Negotiations UNCC TID TBC Section May Training on FDI for Sustainable Development UNCC TID TBC Regular Budget 2-3 June Regional GMS Value Chains Seminar UNCC TID TBC Regular Budget

5 August August The 51st Standing Committee of Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement Colombo, Sri Lanka 10 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 TID TBC Regular Budget TID TBC Extra Budgetary September Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation shop UNCC TID Extra Budgetary September UN/CEFACT Forum UNCC TID Extra Budgetary 2-3 November 12th EBAC meeting Dhaka, Bangladesh 2-3 November 13th Asia-Pacific Business Forum Dhaka, Bangladesh November The 52nd Standing Committee of Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement Seoul, Republic of Korea December 2016 TID TBC Regular Budget TID TBC Regular Budget TID TBC Regular Budget December Training on FDI for Sustainable Development UNCC TID TBC Regular Budget Subprogramme 3: Transport 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 March Expert Group Meeting on standardization of PPP processes: ESCAP PPP project screening methodology manual and model TD TBC Regular Budget UNCC TD TBC Regular Budget March Regional capacity building workshop on PPP project development UNCC TD TBC Regular Budget March Expert Group Meeting on development of Border Special Development Zones to promote regional connectivity in the ESCAP region, Shillong, India 29 March - 1 April Fourth consultation meeting among China, Mongolia and Russian Federation on draft Agreement on international road transport along the Asian Highways Other TD PB Section 23 Irkutsk, Russian Federation TD TBC Section 23

6 Date Title of Meetings/Activities Venue Division 6-8 April Meeting on Maritime connectivity with representatives of Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Island Suva, Fiji TD PB Extra Budgetary April National capacity building workshop on road safety performance reviews Hanoi, Vietnam 11 April - 8 May 4 weeks training course on road design, construction and maintenance for officials and road engineers of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Omsk, Russian Federation TD TBC Others TD PB Extra Budgetary April Expert Group Meeting on Sustainable Urban Transport Index TBC TD TBC Extra Budgetary April Joint ESCAP - ADB CAREC Railway ing Group (RWG) UNCC TD TBC Others April Intelligence Transport System Seminar UNCC TD TBC Regular Budget April Training on the online knowledge portal/information exchange platforms developed for the participating countries April Expert group meeting on documentation and procedures at seaports and land borders for intermodal transport operations in Northeast Asia May 2016 UNCC TD TBC Regular Budget Incheon, Republic of Korea TD TBC Extra Budgetary 9-10 May Regional seminar to discuss the revised road safety goals and targets for the Asia/Pacific region UNCC TD TBC Section May National forum to support PPP project development and implement policy documents May National Technical shop on Electronic Customs and Transport Data Exchange on May 2016 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan Thimphu, Bhutan Dushanbe, Tajikistan May National forum to review the Cambodian PPP procurement rules Phnom Penh, Cambodia TD TBC Regular Budget TD Extra Budgetary TD TBC Regular Budget 1-2 June Expert group meeting on advance information systems for facilitation of intermodal transport operations in Northeast Asia Moscow, Russian Federation TD TBC Extra Budgetary June Expert working group on a sustainable urban transport index TBC TD TBC Extra Budgetary June Seminar on Electronic Data Exchange and Second Inter-regional EGM on the UNDA Project 1213AA Geneva, Switzerland August 2016 TD TBC Regular Budget August Regional Expert Group Meeting on National Urban Transport Policies TBC TD TBC Extra Budgetary

7 7-8 September National workshops to promote implementation of the recommendations of the studies on documentation and advance information systems for intermodal transport in Northeast Asia September shop on the "Development of Technical Standards on Road Infrastructure Safety Facilities and Model Intelligent Transport Systems Deployments for the Asian Highway Network" October 2016 Irkutsk, Russian Federation TD TBC Extra Budgetary UNCC TD PB Extra Budgetary 6-7 October Regional Seminar on a sustainable urban transport index TBC TD TBC Section October National capacity building workshop on implementation of road safety related legal instrument Hanoi, Viet Nam TD TBC Regular Budget November Regional meeting on rural transport connectivity to wider networks (in association with UNCRD EST Forum) December 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 Lao PDR TD TBC Section 23 other TD PB Extra Budgetary

8 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 24 February 18th Governing Council Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum (video conference) UNCC EDD TBC Regular Budget 23 March World Water Day 2016 and World Water Development Report launch UNCC EDD TBC 6-7 June Expert Group Meeting on Means of Implementation of Internationally Agreed Development Goals for Cities in Asia and the Pacific July 2016 UNCC EDD TBC July The 11th Policy Consultation Forum of the Seoul Initiative Network on Green Growth Republic of Korea EDD TBC Others 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 March Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Pacific SIDS: South-South Cooperation Forum for Knowledge Sharing Suva, Fiji IDD TBC Regular Budget March Asia-Pacific regional forum on space technology applications for drought monitoring and early warning Guangzhou, China IDD TBC Extra Budgetary 1 April Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway: Private Sector meeting UNCC IDD TBC Extra Budgetary

9 26-28 April Regional conference on disaster information management in Asia and the Pacific Tehran, Iran IDD TBC Extra Budgetary May May WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones 43rd session New Delhi, India IDD PB Regular Budget 7-8 June Second ing Group meeting of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway Beijing, China IDD TBC Extra Budgetary August August IDS: Use of ICT for Effective Management of Disaster-Related Information in the Asia-Pacific Region Almaty, Kazakhstan IDD TBC Extra Budgetary September IDS: Interagency ing group meeting on ICT UNCC IDD TBC Regular Budget October October Thematic ing Group on Environment and Disaster Risk Management UNCC IDD TBC Regular Budget 4 October IDS: Concluding meeting of Use of ICT for Effective Management of Disaster-Related Information in the Asia-Pacific Region UNCC IDD TBC Extra Budgetary 4 October IDS: Conclusion of 2nd WG meeting of Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway UNCC IDD TBC Extra Budgetary 4 October IDS: Regional meeting on Open Government Data in collaboration with DPADM/DESA UNCC IDD TBC 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 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

10 18-19 February Regional Seminar on Financing for the Advancement of Gender Equality and Women s Empowerment in Asia-Pacific 2-4 March Third Session of the ing Group on the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities Bangkok, Thailand UNCC SDD PB Extra Budgetary SDD TBC Extra Budgetary 8 March Commemoration of International Women s Day UNCC SDD PB Regular Budget March Expert Group Meeting on promoting access to affordable HIV medicines, diagnostics and vaccines UNCC SDD TBC 29 March Asia-Pacific shop on building Capacity to Develop Youth Policies UNCC SDD PB Others 7-8 April ASEAN Forum on Advancing Women s Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship UNCC SDD PB Extra Budgetary April Advocacy Forum on Facilitating Migration Management in North and Central Asia Almaty, Kazakhstan SDD PB Extra Budgetary 7-8 June Regional Consultation on Review of Implementation of MIPAA with a focus on long term care UNCC SDD TBC Extra Budgetary 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 8 March Partners for Statistics Development in Asia-Pacific, 9th meeting New York, USA SD TBC April shop for beneficiary countries to share outcomes and lessons learnt from technical assistance projects in support of improving national CRVS systems May 2016 UNCC SD TBC Regular Budget 2-4 May Asia-Pacific Economic Statistics Week UNCC SD TBC 2-4 May Expert Group Meeting for CRVS officials and other experts to review and validate the 'training-oftrainers manual UNCC SD TBC Regular Budget

11 5-6 May Meeting of the Steering Group for the Regional on Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific May DA Gender Project Closing shop Bangkok or Lithuania May High Level Consultation on Equity Focused Social Statistics and Information Bangkok, Thailand August 2016 UNCC SD TBC August Asia Pacific Regional shop: Transformative Agenda for Statistics UNCC SD TBC SD TBC Regular Budget SD TBC Others September shop on Forging Partnerships in Statistical Training in Asia and the Pacific UNCC SD TBC Extra Budgetary 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 SONCA TBC Regular Budget 8-9 November SPECA Economic Forum and Governing Council Ganja, Azerbaijan SONCA TBC Extra Budgetary 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

Tentative ESCAP calendar of meetings and training programmes

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