Calendar of Meetings for Year 2009

January 2009

	The Climate Game Change - Innovations and Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation 22 January 2009, Bangkok

	Workshop on Improving Agricultural Productivity, Water Use Efficiency and Rural Liveli-hoods 28-30 January 2009, Bangkok

February 2009

	Expert Group Meeting on Developing Eco-efficient and Sustainable Urban Infrastructure in Asia and Latin America 10-12 February 2009, Bangkok

	Fourth Session of the Senior Officials Committee on Energy Cooperation in North-East Asia 19-20 February 2009, Busan, Republic of Korea

March 2009

	Preparatory Expert Group Meeting on Green Industry in Asia 4-5 March 2009, Bangkok

	Workshop on Local Governance and Climate Change Preparedness 10-12 March 2009, Bangkok

	Tentative session on monitoring of investment and results during the 5th World Water Forum 19-20 March 2009, Istanbul, Turkey

	World Water Day 23-25 March 2009, Bangkok

	Workshop on Financing Sustainable Electrification 24-27 March 2009, Bangkok

	First Training the Trainers Seminar: Regional Help Desk on Sustainable Consumption and Production 29 March – 4 April 2009, Beijing, China

	Consultation Meeting for "Development of Guidelines for Eco-Efficient Water Infrastructure 30 March – 3 March 2009, Korea

April 2009

	Expert Group Meeting and 14th Senior Officials Meeting of North East Asia Sub-regional Programme for Environment Cooperation (NEASPEC) 8-9 April 2009, Moscow

	65th Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 23-29 April 2009, Bangkok

May 2009

	East Asia Climate Forum 29 May 2009,Seoul

June 2009

	Task Force on the Development of the Strategy for the Implementation of the Intergovernmental Collaborative Mechanism on Energy Cooperation in North-East Asia, First Meeting 1 June 2009, Bangkok

	Seventh Meeting of the Working Group on Energy Planning and Policy (Energy Cooperation in North-East Asia) 3-4 June 2009, Bangkok

	Workshop on Financing Sustainable Electrification (e8, in collaboration with DESA and ESCAP) 9-11 June 2009, Bangkok

	Training of Trainers Course IWRM as a basis for River Basin Organisations (RBO) Management “Improve efficiency and effectiveness for Water Security” 8-12 June 2009, Bangkok

	Expert Group Meeting on "Towards a Low Carbon Development Path for Asia and the Pacific: Challenges and Opportunities to the Energy Sector" 17-20 June 2009, Beijing

	Policy Dialogue on Energy Efficiency for Low Carbon Development in Cities: Challenges and Opportunities 18-19 June 2009, Beijing

	Regional Workshop on Eco-efficient Urban Water Infrastructure in Southeast Asia 22-24 June 2009,Singapore

	First training of trainers seminar on the application of the Green Growth tools 22-27 June 2009, Bangkok

	South-East Asia Workshop on Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) 29 June - 1 July 2009, Bangkok

July 2009

	Asia-Pacific Regional Preparation Meeting for 9th Session of the Conference of Parties (COP9) 13-17 July 2009, Bangkok

	Green Growth Policy Tools Training for Thailand Policymakers and Stakeholders Open, Bangkok

August 2009

	Singapore Economic Review Conference 2009 6-8 August 2009, Singapore

	Expert Group Meeting on Housing Finance Network 10-12 August 2009, Jakarta, Indonesia

	2nd Regional workshop for development of eco-efficient water infrastructure in Asia and the Pacific 18-20 August 2009, Incheon, Republic of Korea

	UNDESA/UNESCAP Workshop on Local Governance and Climate Change Preparedness  Open, Bangkok

	4th  Policy Consultation Forum of the Seoul Initiative Open, Incheon, Republic of Korea

September 2009

	Asia-Pacific Housing Forum 7-11 September 2009, Manila, Philippines

	CITYNET Congress 7-11 September 2009, Yokohama, Japan

	Green Industry in Asia: Managing the Transition to Resource-Efficient and Low Carbon Industries 9-11 September 2009, Manila, Philippines

	Preparatory Meeting for MCED6 and EGM on SOE Open, To be confirmed

	Fifth Senior Officials Committee on Energy Cooperation in North-East Asia Open, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

	Second North-East Asia Government-Business Dialogue Open, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

October 2009

	Regional Workshop on Household Water Security and Ministers of Water Security Initiative 27-29 October 2009, Bangkok

	Second Asia-Pacific Mayors’ Forum on Environmentally Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Development 27-29 October 2009, Ulsan, Republic of Korea

	4th Seoul Initiative Leadership on Green Growth Open, Incheon, Republic of Korea

November 2009

	High-level Symposium on Pro-Poor Housing Finance/establishment network 9-11 November 2009, Bangkok

	Regional Implementation Meeting for CSD-18 22-23 November 2009, Bangkok

	Committee on Environment and Development 24-26 November 2009, Bangkok

	Eighth Meeting of the Working Group on Energy Planning and Policy (Energy Cooperation in North-East Asia) Open, To be confirmed