GMS PROGRAM CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR 2015

As of 3 November 2015

MONTH/DAY/
WEEK

EVENT

VENUE

JANUARY
27 January

Senior Officials Meeting of the Working Group on

Environment
Biodiversity Landscapes Forum
Natural Capital Business Forum
Environment Youth Meeting

Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

28 January

Natural Capital Dialogue

Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

29 January

4th GMS Environment Ministers Meeting (EMM-4) and Retreat

Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

FEBRUARY
27 February

GMS Senior Officials Meeting

Videoconference

1st Preparatory Meeting for the 7th GMS Economic Corridors

Forum

Videoconference

8 May

2nd Preparatory Meeting for the 7th GMS Economic Corridors

Forum

Videoconference

8 May

GMS Urban Task Force Consultation Meeting on the Final

Draft GMS Urban Development Strategic Framework, 20142022

Videoconference

GMS Urban Development and Planning Training Program

Tengchong, PRC

18th Meeting of the GMS Regional Power Trade Coordination

Committee (RPTCC-18)

Bagan, Myanmar

MARCH
30 March

APRIL
MAY

11-15 May

JUNE
9-10 June
10 June

1st Senior Officials Meeting for the 20th GMS Ministerial

Conference

Kunming, PRC

GMS Economic Corridors Week

Kunming, PRC

10 June

Governors Forum

Kunming, PRC

11 June

7th GMS Economic Corridors Forum

Kunming, PRC

12-16 June

GMS Commodities Trade Fair

Kunming, PRC

16-19 June

35th Meeting of Tourism Working Group (TWG-35) and 2015

Mekong Tourism Forum

10-13 June

Da Nang, Viet Nam

MONTH/DAY/
WEEK

EVENT

VENUE

23 June

21st Annual Meeting of the GMS Working Group on

Environment

Bangkok, Thailand

24 June

Joint Knowledge Event between the Working Group on

Agriculture and the Working Group on Environment

Bangkok, Thailand

25 June

GMS Core Environment Program Technical Workshop

Bangkok, Thailand

12th Annual Meeting of the GMS Working Group on

Agriculture (WGA-12)

Bangkok, Thailand

2nd Senior Officials Meeting for the 20th GMS Ministerial

Conference

Videoconference

25-26 June

JULY
23 July

AUGUST
3-4 August

19th GMS Subregional Transport Forum (STF-19)

Phnom Penh,
Cambodia

10 August

3rd Senior Officials Meeting for the 20th GMS Ministerial

Conference

Videoconference

18-19 August

4th Meeting of the GMS Urban Development Task Force

Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

9 September

Final Senior Officials Meeting for the 20th GMS Ministerial

Conference

Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

9 September

Development Partners Meeting

Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

10 September

20th GMS Ministerial Conference

Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

15 September

International Conference on Healthy Soil for Healthy Crops for

Healthy People

SEPTEMBER

Manila, Philippines

OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
11-12 November

10th Semi-Annual Meeting of the GMS Working Group on

Environment

16-17 November

19th Meeting of the GMS Regional Power Trade Coordination

Committee (RPTCC-19)

19-20 November

14th Meeting of Working Group on HRD (WGHRD-14)

23-25 November

36th Meeting of Tourism Working Group (TWG-36)

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Bangkok, Thailand
Siem Reap,
Cambodia
Nakhon Phanom,
Thailand

DECEMBER
2-3 December
3 December

Semi-Annual Meeting of the GMS Working Group on

Agriculture
National Transport Facilitation Committee (NTFC) Senior
Officials Meeting (SOM) Retreat

Kunming, PRC
Bangkok, Thailand