Upcoming Calendar of Events Form 2018 Dates Organization Event Title Who can Location (City/ Country) Links (Website/Social Media etc) JANUARY 29-30 UNECE First Meeting of the UNECE Team of Specialists on Sustainable Fisheries UN member States, experts, observers, private sectors, IOs, NGOs Geneva, Switzerland MARCH 6 WTO Informal Consultations for the Committee on Trade Facilitation WTO Members and Observers Geneva, Switzerland 15-16 ITC National Workshop on the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and its Impact for Businesses Private sector, governmental agencies, institutions Dakar, Senegal 19-20 ITC National Workshop on the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and its Impact for Businesses Private sector, governmental agencies, institutions Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire APRIL 4 UNECE SC1 eCMR Working Party Meeting (Launch of UN/CEFACT e CMR) UNECE members and international organizations Geneva, Switzerland 5 ITC 1st Public-Private Consultation on Sri Lanka National Single Window – “What Functionalities for Sri Lanka Single Window? Private sector, National Trade Facilitation Committee, Colombo, Sri Lanka members,
30 Apr – 1 May UNECE UN/CEFACT 24th Plenary Session All UN/CEFACT Delegates, UNECE members Geneva, Switzerland MAY 2-3 WTO Meeting of the Committee on Trade Facilitation WTO Members and Observers Geneva, Switzerland 3-4 WCO 18th Meeting of the Revised Kyoto Convention Management Committee WCO Members and Observers Brussels, Belgium 4 ICC Regional Forum on Customs and Trade Facilitation Private Sector, Customs administrations, IOs Buenos Aires, Argentina 7-10 ITC Regional Workshop on Pre-Arrival Processing, Customs Valuation and Implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Customs officers Cairo, Egypt 14-16 WCO Data Model Project Team WCO Members and Observers Brussels, Belgium 17-18 WCO 74th Meeting of the Information Management (IMSC) WCO Members and Observers Brussels, Belgium 22-25 EAEU, Kyrgyz Ministry of Economy Workshop on supply chain management, facilitation of imports and exports procedures, and single window implementation Workshop on Risk Management in Regulatory frameworks Conformity Assessment and Market Surveillance Public and private sector officials, in Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgysztan Bishkek, Kyrgysztan 28-29 UNECE, EAEU, Kyrgyz Ministry of Economy Workshop on supply chain management, facilitation of imports and exports procedures, and single window implementation Workshop on Risk Management in Regulatory frameworks Conformity Assessment and Market Surveillance Public and private sector officials, in Kyrgyzstan Jalal-Abad, Kyrgysztan Osh, Kyrgyzstan 31 May – 1 June UNECE, EAEU, Kyrgyz Ministry of Economy Workshop on supply chain management, facilitation of imports and exports procedures, and single window implementation Public and private sector officials, in Kyrgyzstan Osh, Kyrgyzstan JUNE
6-8 WCO WCO IT Conference & Exhibition WCO Members and Observers Lima, Peru 28-30 JULY WCO 132nd Session of the Council WCO Members And Observers Brussels, Belgium 2-11 WCO Knowledge Academy WCO Members and Observers Brussels, Belgium AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 2-4 WTO WTO Public Forum WTO Members and Observers Geneva, Switzerland NOVEMBER 27-29 TBC ITC, UNCTAD, UNECE Regional African Forum of National Trade Facilitation Committees (NTFC) NTFC representatives, governmental officials Addis Ababa, Ethiopia DECEMBER