TENTATIVE CALENDAR OF MEETINGS
(1 JANUARY 1998 - 31 MARCH 1999)

As of 1 April 1998

23-25 Feb 98 Bangalore, India Regional networking of trade related training facilities
2-3 Mar 98 Bangkok, CR-4 Ad hoc expert group meeting on BIMST-EC: Promoting government-private sector partnership
31 Mar 98 Bangkok, MR-E Consultative group meeting between the project on AAIEP and cooperating organizations
10 Apr 98 Bangkok, MR-B Informal consultation meeting of the Bangkok Agreement
24-25 Apr 98 Almaty, Kazakhstan Working committee meeting on Asia Pacific International Trade Fair ASPAT'98 Almaty (third session)
25-26 May 98 Bangkok, MR-F Regional seminar on the implication of the General Agreements on Trade in Services (GATS) for Asia Pacific economies
Open (2 days) May 98 Bangkok Working committee meeting on Asia Pacific International Trade Fair ASPAT'99 Seoul (first session)
3-5 Jun 98 Bangkok, MR-A Seminar on policy challenges on multi-track trade liberalization
Open (1 day) Jun 98 Bangkok Consultative meeting of the Private Sector Advisory Group, Indo-China Development Forum
Open (1 day) Jun98 Phnom Penh National seminar on maximizing benefits from ASEAN
Open (1 day) Jun98 Yangon National seminar on maximizing benefits from ASEAN
Open (2 days) Bangkok Standing committee of the Bangkok Agreement, seventeenth session
Jun 98 Open (3 days) Bangkok The Third Round of Negotiations under the Bangkok Agreement
7-8 Jul 98 Bangkok, MR-C Working committee meeting on Asia Pacific International Trade Fair ASPAT'98 Almaty, fourth session
Open (3 days) Jul 98 Bangkok/Singapore Enhancing cooperation in trade and investment between Pacific Island countries and economies of East and Southeast Asia
Open (1 day) Jul 98 Vientiane National seminar on maximizing benefits from ASEAN
Open (1 day) Jul 98 Ho Chi Minh National seminar on maximizing benefits from ASEAN
Open (2 days) Jakarta Indonesia Regional symposium on AFTA
Open (4 days) Jul 98 Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran Seminar on trade and investment information networking in the South-Western subregion of ESCAP
18-20 Aug 98 Bangkok, MR-F Meeting on TCDC and tripartite cooperation in trade and investment between Northeast and Southeast Asia
Open (3 days) Aug 98 Seoul Working Committee meeting on Asia-Pacific International Trade Fair ASPAT'99 Seoul (2nd session)
Open (3 days) Sep 98 Bangkok Steering group of the Committee for Regional Economic Cooperation, tenth meeting
20-21 Oct 98 Almaty, Kazakhstan
Fair - 15 - 19 October 1998 Working Committee Meeting on Asia Pacific International Trade Fair ASPAT'98 (fifth and final session) and holding of the trade fair
26-27 Oct 98 Kathmandu Consultative meeting among executive heads of subregional organizations and ESCAP, fourth meeting
Open (2 days) Oct 98 Bangkok Ad hoc expert group meeting on institutional issues for trade facilitation
Open (2 days) Oct 98 Bangkok ESCAP/UNCTAD/ADB meeting of senior officials on approaches for a positive trade agenda to the year 2000 and beyond for ESCAP developing countries
Open (3 days) Dec 98 Bangkok Working Committee Meeting on Asia-Pacific International Trade Fair ASPAT'99 Seoul (3rd session)
Open (2 days) Jan 99 Singapore Regional symposium on integration of Indo-China into regional and global trading environment
10-12 Mar 99 Bangkok, CR-3 Committee for Regional Economic Cooperation, seventh session
Open (2 days) Mar 99 Bangkok Seminar on skills formation and capacity building in trade promotion in transitional economies of Central Asia and Trans-Caucasus