Calendar of Events 2011 (Updated as of July 5, 2011)

No

Title of Meeting

Tentative Date

Venue

Status

1. DGCA Training on Safety, Security, ATM and Ground Handling

11-15 April 2011

Ankara-Turkey

Held

2. Second Agricultural Ministerial Meeting on Food Security

16-18 May 2011

Tehran-Iran

Held

3. The 5th DGCA Meeting

8-9 June 2011

Jakarta-Indonesia

Held

4. D-8 Young Diplomats Program

25 June - 13 July 2011

Iran

Postponed

5. D-8 Business Forum/Exhibition

11-13 July 2011

Abuja/Lagos - Nigeria

Confirmed

6. 30th Session of D-8 Commission Meeting and 14th Session of D-8 Council of Ministers

11-14 July 2011

Abuja-Nigeria

Confirmed

7. Seminar on Banking Supervision and Financial Policy and Regulation

18-19 July 2011

Abuja-Nigeria

Confirmed

8. 1st Expert Meeting on D-8 Joint Investment Fund

25-26 July 2011

Tehran-Iran

Confirmed

9. 2nd Ministerial Meeting on Industrial Cooperation and 6th WGIC

4-6 October 2011

Istanbul-Turkey

Confirmed

10 D-8 Humanitarian Assistance Forum

11-12 October 2011

Ankara-Turkey

Confirmed

11. 2nd Working Group Meeting on Shipping

17-18 October 2011

Nigeria

Confirmed

12. D-8 WGIC - Textile Task Force Meeting

27-28 October 2011

Indonesia

Confirmed

13. 3rd D-8 Working Committee on the Establishment of Seed Bank

2nd Week of November 2011

Izmir-Turkey

Confirmed

14. The D-8 Workshop on Islamic Finance

October 2011

Yogyakarta-Indonesia

Waiting Date

Confirmation

15. First Meeting of Heads of D-8 Trade Promotion Organizations

Second half of 2011

Pakistan

Pending

16. A meeting on Migrant Workers and Remittances

Third quarter 2011

Bangladesh

Pending

17. D-8 Workshop on cooperation between Customs Administrations of the D-8 member states as well as the member states of ECO

Last quarter 2011

Ankara-Turkey

Confirmed

18. D-8 Cooperation in Technical and Vocational Education

End of 2011

Pakistan

Pending

19. Working Group meeting on Transportation

2011

Turkey

Pending

20. D-8 Workshop on E-health and telemedicine

2011

Turkey

TBA

21. Working Group on Mother and Child Health Care

2011

Istanbul-Turkey

TBA

22. D-8 Water Forum

2011

Istanbul-Turkey

TBA

23. 2nd Working Group Meeting on SMEs

October 2011

Nigeria

Confirmed

24. Stakeholder Workshop on Investment on Animal/Livestock Feeds Production (Livestock/Fish Feeds)

25-27 October 2011

Nigeria

Proposed by Min. Agric Nigeria on 17.06.2011

25. Second Working Committee Meeting on Renewable Energy

To be announced

Indonesia

Pending

26. Working Group on D-8 Global Vision

28 February-01 March 2011

Istanbul-Turkey

Turkey proposed to hold this meeting in 4th Quarter of 2011

27. Working Group Meeting on D-8 Charter

28 February-01 March 2011

Istanbul-Turkey

Turkey proposed to hold this meeting in 4th Quarter of 2011

28. Private Sector Investment Workshop on Gene Bank Development and Management & Investment in Fertilizer Production

15-17 May 2012

Nigeria

Proposed by Min. Agric Nigeria on 17.06.2011