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ASEAN NOTIONAL CALENDAR 2016

TENTATIVE DATE MEETING VENUE REMARKS

APRIL
23rd APWG Meeting Brunei
TBC
Darussalam
TBC 10th ASEAN-Japan Counter-Terrorism Malaysia
(AJCT) Dialogue
TBC 2nd ASEAN-Japan Cybercrime (AJCC) Malaysia
Dialogue
TBC ASEAN Cyber Capacity Development Singapore
Project - Training on Cybercrime
Investigations
ASEAN Joint Disaster Response Plan
TBC Indonesia (TBC)
(AJDRP) Table-Top Exercise (TTX)

28th ACDM Meeting, back to back with

the 4th Meeting of Governing Board of
Semarang,
TBC AHA Centre, ACDM Session on EAS
Indonesia
Cooperation on DM, ACDM Open
Session with Partners

Semarang,
TBC 3rd AADMER Partnership Conference
Indonesia

16th Meeting of the ASEAN Working

April/May (TBC) Group on Water Resource Management Laos
(AWGWRM)
14th Meeting of the ASEAN Working
Brunei
TBC Group on Environmentally Sustainable
Darussalam
Cities (AWGESC)

Workshop to Develop the Work Plan

2016-2020 of the ASEAN Committee on
the Implementation of the ASEAN
TBC TBC
Declaration on the Protection and
Promotion of the Rights of Migrant
Workers (ACMW)

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2nd Meeting of the SOMRI Working Group Brunei

TBC on Information, Media and Training Darussalam

1st Meeting of Cluster 1: Promoting Health

TBC Indonesia
Lifestyle

MAY
2-3 May Formal ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Frankfurt,
(Monday-Tuesday) Bank Deputies’ Meetings (AFCDM+3) Germany
18th ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers and
Central Bank Governors’ Meeting (18th
AFMGM+3)
2 May Formal AFCDM+3
(Monday) Frankfurt,
3 May th
19 AFMGM+3 Germany
(Tuesday)
3-4 May 2nd AMDC ASEAN
(Tueday-Wednesday) Secretariat

 18th Meeting of the Technical Working

Group on Transboundary Haze
3-4 May Pollution (TWG)
(Tuesday-  18th Meeting of the Sub-Regional Singapore
Ministerial Steering Committee on
Wednesday)
Transboundary Haze Pollution (MSC)

5-7 May (TBC) 15th ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Luang Prabang,

(Thursday-Saturday) Economic Partnership (AJCEP) JC and Laos
related meetings
-TIG
-Inv
-Services
-ROO
-Economic Cooperation
5 May ASEAN Regional Forum-Defence Officals Luang Prabang,
(Thursday) Dialogue (ARF DOD) Laos
6 May ASEAN Regional Forum–Security Policy Luang Prabang,
(Friday) Conference (ASPC) Laos
5 – 9 May ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting Luang Prabang,
(Thursday-Monday)  ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials Laos
Meeting (APT SOM)
 East Asia Summit Senior Officials

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Meeting (EAS SOM)

 ASEAN Regional Forum Senior
Officials Meeting (ARF SOM)
th
TBC 6 ASEAN Airport Interdiction Task Force TBC, Viet Nam
(AAITF)
9 – 12 May TELSOM-ATRC JWG + DP
(Monday – Thursday) Indonesia

9th Meeting of ASEAN-China Working

9-13 May Group on Regional Air Services China
(Monday-Friday) Arrangements
The 23rd Meeting of ASEAN Centre for
Development of Agricultural Cooperatives
9-12 May (ACEDAC), 18th Meeting of the ASEAN Indonesia
(Monday-Thursday) Sectoral Working Group on Agricultural
Cooperatives (ASWGAC)
10 May 8th ADMM-Plus Experts’ Working Group Tokyo, Japan
(Tuesday) on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster
Relief (EWG on HADR)
10-12 May (Tuesday- 10th ACFTA JC meetings
Thursday) or 17-19
Indonesia (TBC)
(Tuesdy-Thursday)
(tbc)
17th Meeting of the ASEAN Working
10-12 May Group on Coastal and Marine
Malaysia
(Tuesday-Thursday) Environment (AWGCME)

 9th ASEAN Committee on the

Implementation of ASEAN Declaration
on the Protection and Promotion of the
Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW)
Meeting (10-11 May)
 12th Senior Labour Officials Meeting Vientiane, Laos
10-16 May (SLOM) (11-12 May)
(Tuesday-Monday)  14th ASEAN Plus Three Senior Labour
Officials Meeting (SLOM+3) (13 May)
 ILO/Japan Unemployment Insurance
Project Coordinator Committee (13
May)

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 Working Group Meeting of ASEAN-

Japan Human Resource Development
Programme (13 May)
 5th ASEAN Human Resource
Conference (14 May)
 24th ASEAN Labour Ministers’ Meeting
(ALMM) (15 May)
 9th ASEAN Plus Three Labour
Ministers’ Meeting (ALMM+3) (16
May)

11-12 MAY ASEAN-US Dialogue Malaysia

12-13 May ASEAN Culture and Arts Cooperation
(Thursday-Friday) ASEC, Jakarta
Dialogue
28-30 Mar or Meeting of Implementing Committee of Luang Prabang,
5-7 Mar ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Laos
Partnership (AJCEP)
TBC ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Crop Vientiane, Laos
The 4th ASEAN SPS Contact Points
16-18 May (ASCP), and the 6th ASEAN Manila,
(Monday- Coordinating Committee on SPS (AC- Philippines
Wednesday) SPS) Meetings
16-18 May 13th ASEAN Committee on Consumer
Protection Meeting (13th ACCP) Siam Reap,
(Monday- Cambodia
Wednesday)
16-18 May 6th ASEAN Committee on the Sanitary Manila,
(Monday- and Phyto-Sanitary Philippines
Wednesday)
16-20 May 36th WG1 Laos
(Monday-Friday)
16-20 May 23rd PPWG Brunei
(Monday-Friday) Darussalam
17-18 May 4th ASEAN Transport SAR Forum
(Tuesday- Singapore
Wednesday)
19-20 May The 3rd ASEAN-China Technical Working Manila,
(Thursday-Friday) Groups (TWGs) Meeting on Food Safety,

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Animal Inspection and Quarantine, Plant Philippines

Inspection and Quarantine
19-20 May The 15th Meeting of Pan ASEAN Timber Chiang Mai
(Thursday-Friday) Certification Initiative (PATCI)
19-20 May  ASEAN-Russia Commemorative Sochi, Russia
(Thursday-Friday) Summit
 ASEAN-BAC Exclusive Dialogue with
Russia-ASEAN Business Council
th
22-27 May 16 Senior Officials Meeting on Jakarta,
(Sunday-Friday) Transnational Crime (SOMTC) and Its Indonesia
Related Meetings
23-24 May Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on
(Monday-Tuesday) Disaster Management (back to back with Istanbul,
the World Humanitarian Summit) Turkey

23-27 May 24th ACC Meeting Viet Nam

(Monday-Friday)
17th Meeting of the ASEAN-COCI Sub
24-27 May Committee on Culture (SCC) back-to-
Thailand
back with 5th ASEAN Plus Three Cultural
(Tuesday-Friday) Cooperation Network

24-27 May 21st JSC EEE Meeting Hanoi, Viet Nam

(Tuesday-Friday)
24-27 May 10th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Vientiane, Laos
(Tuesday-Friday) (ADMM)
25-26 May The 23rd Meeting of Joint Committee on Brunei
(Wednesday- ASEAN Cooperation in Agriculture and Darussalam
Thursday) (tentative) Forest Products Promotion Scheme
21st SCROO
May/June Singapore
21st CCA MLE
25-27 May 25th Meeting of ASEAN Customs Phnom Penh,
(Wednesday-Friday) Directors-General Cambodia
 17th JWG on DOC Vung Tau,
May/June
 th
12 SOM on DOC Vietnam

ASEAN National Tourism Organisations Bangkok,

TBC Meetings: Thailand
(1) 44th Meeting of ASEAN NTOs

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(2) 29th Meeting of ASEAN Plus Three

NTOs
(3) 16th Meeting of ASEAN-India Tourism
Working Group
8th ASEAN Fisheries Consultative Forum
30-31 May (Monday-
(AFCF) back to back with the 24th Philippines
Tuesday)
ASWGFi
30 May-2 June 7th AHKFTA TNC and related meetings Hongkong,
(Monday-Friday) China
30 May-3 June 22nd PPFWG
Indonesia
(Monday-Sunday)
31 May-3 June 25th TMHS PWG Meeting
Singapore
(Tuesday-Friday)
38th Sub-Committee on Meteorology and Yangon,
TBC
Geophysics (SCMG-38) Meeting Myanmar

TBC 5th Meeting of the Task Force on TBC

Trademark Cooperation
TBC ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Crop Vientiane, Laos
WG on International Investment Statistics
TBC TBC
(WGIIS) Meeting
24th Meeting of the Coordinating
TBC Malaysia
Committee on Customs (CCC)

26th Meeting of the ASEAN Working

TBC Group on Nature Conservation and Viet Nam
Biodiversity (AWGNCB)

TBC 1st Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group

Indonesia
on Chemical and Waste (AWGCW)

 12th Meeting of the Technical Working

Group on Transboundary Haze
Pollution in the Mekong Sub-Region
May (TBC) Thailand
(TWG Mekong)
 6th Meeting of the Sub-Regional
Ministerial Steering Committee on

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TENTATIVE DATE MEETING VENUE REMARKS

Transboundary Haze Pollution in the

Mekong Sub-Region (MSC Mekong)

Training Workshop on ASEAN Guidelines Pekanbaru,

TBC
on Peatland Fire Management Indonesia (TBC)
1st Meeting of Cluster 4: Ensuring Food
TBC Vientiane, Laos
Safety

31 May – 2 June
41st ASEAN Audit Committee Meeting ASEC
(Tue-Thu)

JUNE
st nd
1 week 2 AMDC Laos
1-3 Jun 7th ASEAN-Japan Transport Cooperation
Seoul, ROK
(Wednesday-Friday) Forum

1-3 Jun Luang Prabang,

16th AWGWRM
(Wednesday-Friday) Laos

1-3 Jun 24th ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on

Fisheries (ASWGFi) back to back with the Philippines
(Wednesday-Friday) 8th AFCF
1-5 Jun 20th Senior Officials Committee for Luang Prabang,
Socio-Cultural Community Council Laos
(Wednesday-Sunday) (SOCA) and 15th ASEAN Socio-Cultural
Community (ASCC) Council
10 Jun (Friday) SEANWFZ Working Group Vientiane, Laos
18th AMBDC Special Working Group on
TBC Singapore-Kunming Rail Link (SWG- TBC
SKRL)
13th RCEP TNC and related meetings
- 13th ASEAN Caucus WGI, 13th WGI
- 13th ASEAN Caucus WGTIS,13th
12-18 Jun WGTIS Auckland, New
(Sunday-Saturday) - 13th WGTIG Zealand
th th
- 12 SWGROO/ 11 SWGCPTF
- 9th SWGSTRACAP/9th SWGSPS/8th
WGLII
- 10th WGETC/10th WGIP/10th WGC

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TENTATIVE DATE MEETING VENUE REMARKS

14-15 Jun
Bangkok,
(Tuesday- ASEAN Dengue Day and Conference
Thailand
Wednesday)

14-15 Jun The 23rd Meeting of the ASEAN Sectoral

Working Group on Agriculture Training Philippines
(Tuesday-
and Extension (AWGATE)
Wednesday)
25-26 Jun 21st Task Force on Enhanced Dispute Vientiane, Laos
(Saturday-Sunday) Mechanism (TF-ESDM) Meeting
27 Jun  CLMV ASEAN Senior Economic Vientiane, Laos
(Monday) Officials’ Meeting
 SEOM Working Dinner
 SEOM 3/47
 ASEAN Caucus for the 15th ASEAN-
Japan Joint Committee (AJCEP JC)
Meeting
28-29 Jun  The 15th ASEAN-Japan Joint
(Tuesday- Committee (AJCEP) Meeting Vientiane, Laos
Wednesday) -TIG
-Inv
-Services
-ROO
 30th SEOM-MOFCOM Consultations
 SEOM-METI 2/21 Consultations
30 Jun (Thursday)  26th SEOM-ROK Consultations Vientiane, Laos
 8th SEOM-CANADA Consultations
25-26 Jun 21st Task Force on Enhanced Dispute Vientiane, Laos
(Saturday-Sunday) Mechanism (TF-EDSM) Meeting
TBC  21st Sub Committee on ASEAN Rules Singapore
of Origins (SC-AROO);
 Meeting of Legal Experts on ATIGA
(MLE); and
 21st Coordinating Committee on the
Implementation of the ATIGA (CCA)
TBC ASEAN Cyber Capacity Development Singapore
Project - Cyber Research Seminar

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TENTATIVE DATE MEETING VENUE REMARKS

3rd Policy Dialogue on EU Support to

Higher Education in ASEAN Region (EU TBC
TBC
SHARE): Higher Education Credit
Transfer Systems and Student Mobility

Launching of the EU Support to Higher

TBC Education in ASEAN Region (EU Malaysia (TBC)
SHARE) Scholarship Programme

2nd Meeting of ASEAN Task Force on

TBC Malaysia
Peatlands

 7th Meeting of the ASEAN Working

June Group on Climate Change (AWGCC)
Malaysia
(TBC)  4th ASEAN-EU Dialogue on Climate
Change
TENTATIVE IN FIRST SEMESTER (JANUARY – JUNE)
5th Meeting of the ACDM Working Group
TBC TBD
on Recovery

5th Meeting of the ACDM Working Group

TBC TBD
on Prevention and Mitigation

4th Meeting of ACDM Working Group on

TBC Philippines
Risk Assessment and Awareness

1st Meeting of ACDM Working Group on

TBC Knowledge and Innovation Management TBD
(KIM)

JULY
 4th SEOM-HONG KONG
Consultations
 25th SEOM-AUSTR Consultations
1 Jul (Friday)  24th SEOM-EU Consultations Vientiane, Laos
 28th SEOM-INDIA Consultations
 5th SEOM – EAS Consultations
 SEOM – EAS Consultations with
ERIA
2 Jul (Saturday)  US-ASEAN Trade Workshop Vientiane, Laos

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TENTATIVE DATE MEETING VENUE REMARKS

 Workshop on AEC 2025 New Focus

Areas
Special Meeting of ASEAN
2-3 Jul (Saturday- Chiang Mai,
Intergovernmental Commission on
Sunday) Thailand
Human Rights

Back-to-back Meetings:

 11th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting

on Education (11th SOM-ED)
 7th ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials
Meeting on Education (7th SOM-
ED+3) Putrajaya,
11-16 Jul
 The Third East Asia Summit Senior Malaysia
(Monday-Saturday) Officials Meeting on Education
 9th ASEAN Education Ministers
Meeting (9th ASED)
 3rd ASEAN Plus Three Education
Ministers Meeting (3rd APT EMM)
 3rd EAS Education Ministers Meeting
(3rd EAS EMM)
21-23 Jul 31st ASEAN Working Group on Vientiane, Laos
(Thursday-Saturday) Pharmaceutical Development Meeting-
AWGPD
68th Coordinating Committee on
Jul (TBC) Philippines
Investment (CCI)
TBC The 11th ACSS-Sub Committee Meeting ASEC
back to back with 4th PSC meeting

22-23 Jul Special Meeting of the ASEAN Vientiane, Laos

(Friday-Saturday) Intergovernmental Commission on
Human Rights and Interface Meeting with
ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
(AMM)
21-26 Jul  49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Vientiane, Laos
(Thursday-Tuesday) Meeting (AMM)
 Post Ministerial Conference (PMC)
 17th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign
Ministers Meeting (APT FMM)
 6th East Asia Summit Foreign
Ministers Meeting (EAS FMM)

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TENTATIVE DATE MEETING VENUE REMARKS

 23rd ASEAN Regional Forum

(ARF)
Jul 1st Conservation Agriculture Vientiane, Laos
th
Jul 17 ASEAN Committee on Culture and Luang Prabang,
Information, Sub-Committee on Laos
th
Information Meeting (17 SCI Meeting)
25 Jul 12th HLTF EI WG
Laos
(Monday)
36th Working Group on Technical Matter
4th Week TBC
on ASEAN Single Window (TWG)
2nd half 2016 31st WG 2 Singapore
Working Groups Meetings of the ASEAN
TBC Senior Officials Meeting on Minerals Malaysia
(ASOMM WGs)
Mid July or August AEC Symposium 2016
TBC
(tbc)
25-27 (Monday- 14th ASEAN-Japan STOM Leaders’
Akita, Japan
Wednesday) Conference
The 19th ASEAN Senior Official Meeting
on Forestry (ASOF), 18th ASEAN Expert
25-29 Jul Group on Herbal and Medicinal Plants
Vientiane, Laos
(Monday-Friday) (AEG-HMP), 7th ASEAN Expert Group on
Forest Products Development (AEG-
FPD) and International Seminar
July / August 8th AHKFTA TNC and related meetings Malaysia
50th AWGIPC Meeting;
TBC 8th AANZFTA IPC Meeting; AMS IPOs- Bali, Indonesia
JPO Heads Meeting
TBC 37th ASEAN Senior Officials on Drug TBC, Thailand
Matters
TBC ASEAN Cyber Capacity Development Singapore
Project - Training on Cybercrime
Specialized Topics
The ASEAN Urban Resilience Forum and
TBC TBC
Workshop

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Back-to-back Meetings:

 8th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on

Youth (SOMY VIII) )
Phnom Penh,
TBC  The 21st ASEAN Youth Day Meeting Cambodia
(21st AYDM)

 7th ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials

Meeting on Youth (7th SOMY+3)

32nd ASEAN University Network Board of

TBC Thailand
Trustee Meeting

AUGUST
th
1-7 (Tuesday) 48 ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting Vientiane, Laos
and Related Meetings

 Prep SEOM / CLMV SEOM

 48th ASEAN Economic Ministers’
Meeting (AEM),
 30th ASEAN Free Trade Area
Council Meeting (AFTA)
 19th ASEAN Investment
Agreement (AIA) Meeting
 ASEAN Economic Ministers’
Meeting Dialogue Partners
Consultations (Canada, China,
Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, India,
Australia-New Zealand, Russia, ,
USTR), AEM+3,
 4th East Asia Summit (EAS)
Economic Ministers Meeting
 4th Regional Comprehensive
Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Ministerial Meeting
 18th ASEAN-Mekong Basin
Development Cooperation
(AMBDC) Ministerial Meeting,
 8th Mekong-Japan Economic
Minister Meeting,
 8th CLMV Economic Ministers
Meeting,

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TENTATIVE DATE MEETING VENUE REMARKS

 ASEAN Economic Ministers’

Meeting (AEM) with ASEAN
Business Advisory Council (BAC)
Consultations
th
5 Aug 30 HLTF-EI-Prepare recommendations Vientiane, Laos
(Friday) to AEM
5-7 Aug  36th EABC Meeting and Related
(Friday-Sunday) Meetings (EABC Members)
 EABC Dialogue with AEM + 3
 ASEAN-BAC Exclusive Dialogue
with China ASEAN Business
Council
 ASEAN-BAC Exclusive Dialogue
with ASEAN-Japan Business
Council
 ASEAN-BAC Exclusive Dialogue
with Australia-ASEAN Business
Council
 ASEAN-BAC Exclusive Dialogue
with Canada-ASEAN Business
Council
 Working Group Meetings
68th ASEAN-BAC Council Meeting
10-13 Aug  ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting Luang Prabang,
(Wednesday- (SOM) Laos
Saturday)  Joint Consultative Meeting (JCM)
 ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials
Meeting (APT SOM)
 East Asia Summit Senior Officials
Meeting (EAS SOM)
TBC 4th Annual Meeting of ASEANTOM TBC
1st week 26th WG 3 Meeting Viet Nam
16 – 20 (Tuesday – ATRC-22 & TELSOM-ATRC Leaders’ Myanmar
Saturday) Retreat 2

Mid October 3rd AMDC Brunei

Darussalam

18-19 (Thursday- PPWG HOD Singapore

Friday)

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TENTATIVE DATE MEETING VENUE REMARKS

7th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers for Bandar Seri

22-25 Aug (Monday- Culture and Arts (AMCA) and Related Begawan,
Thursday) Meetings (SOMCA & Meeting with Brunei
Dialogue Partners) Darussalam

23-25 (Tuesday- 23rd RBPWG Cambodia

Thursday)
2nd half of 2016 24th PPWG Singapore

TBC Cyber Capacity Development Project - Singapore

Cybercrime Workshop for LEA and
Judicial Authorities
17th Meeting of the ASEAN-COCI Sub
TBC Vientiane, Laos
Committee on Information (SCI)

 27th Meeting of the ASEAN Senior

Officials on the Environment
(ASOEN)
 18th Meeting of Governing Board of
the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
TBC  11th Meeting of the ASEAN Plus Three Myanmar
Senior Officials on Environment
 9th ASEAN-Japan Dialogue on
Environment
 EAS Officials Meeting for the 5th EAS
Environment Ministers Meeting
Referee Training for ASEAN Regional
TBC TBD
Disaster Simulation Exercise (ARDEX)

TBC 2016 AADMER Strategic Policy Dialogue Singapore

6th ASEAN Emergency Response and

TBC Assessment Team (ERAT) Induction Philippines
Course

TBC 18th JWG on DOC China

SEPTEMBER
5 Sep  Preparatory ASEAN Senior Economic Vientiane, Lao
(Monday) Officials’ Meeting (Prep-SEOM) for PDR
ASEAN Summit

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TENTATIVE DATE MEETING VENUE REMARKS

6-8 Sep 28th & 29th ASEAN Summit & Related Vientiane, Laos
(Tuesday-Thursday) Summits
Sep/Oct 85th CCS and related meetings TBC

Preparatory ASEAN Senior Economic Vientiane, Laos

Officials’ Meeting (Prep-SEOM) for
ASEAN Summit
ASEAN Business& Investment Summit
5th ASEAN Investment Forum (AIF)
RCEP Summit
 37th EABC Meeting and Related
Meeting
 EABC Interface with ASEAN Plus
Three Leaders (TBC)
 EABC Dialogue with ASEAN + 3
Finance and Central Bank Deputies'
6-8 Sep Meeting (TBC)
(Tuesday-Thursday)  ASEAN-BAC Exclusive Dialogue with
UK-ASEAN Business Council
 ASEAN-BAC Exclusive Dialogue with
New Zealand-ASEAN Business
Council
 ASEAN-BAC Exclusive Dialogue with
ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs Council
 Joint Business Councils Meeting
 ASEAN Business Investment Summit
Opening Ceremony
 ASEAN Business Awards Gala
Dinner
 ASEAN Business & Investment
Summit 2015
 ASEAN Leaders’ Dialogue with
ASEAN-BAC
2nd Week th
17 ASEAN Single Window Steering
Committee (ASWSC)

TBC 14th RCEP TNC and related meetings Indonesia (TBC)

TBC 14th AKFTA IC meetings TBC

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TBC 11th ACFTA JC meetings TBC

Ha long City,
12-16 Sep th
46 ACCSQ Viet Nam
(Monday-Friday)

ASEAN Tourism Working Group and

Committee Meetings:
(1) 16th Meeting of ASEAN Tourism
Professionals Monitoring Committee
(2) 12th Meeting of ASEAN Tourism
Marketing and Communication Working
Group Brunei
TBC (3) 12th Meeting of ASEAN Tourism Darussalam
Product Development Working Group
(4) 12th Meeting of ASEAN Quality
Tourism Working Group
(5) 12th Meeting of ASEAN Tourism
Budget and Integration Committee

19 - 21 Sep (TBC) Workshop on the Implementation of Chiang Rai,

Designation of Persons and Entities Thailand
Related to Terrorism under the United
Nations Security Council Resolution
(UNSCR) 1373
27-28 Sep ASEAN+3 Task Force Meetings Guangxi, China
(Tuesday-
Wednesday)
3rd week of Sep 34th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting
(AMEM) and associated meetings Myanmar
(TBC)
Sep Special Meeting of the ASEAN Hanoi, Viet Nam
Intergovernmental Commission on
Human Rights
TBC 21st Senior Officials Committee for Socio- Vientiane, Laos
Cultural Community Council (SOCA)
TBC 16th ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Vientiane, Laos
(ASCC) Council
TBC Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting New York, US
TBC 18th JWG on DOC TBC
TBC China ASEAN EXPO
Sep/Nov 22nd JSC EEE Brunei

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Darussalam
Sep ADMM-Plus Command Post Exercise & Thailand
Field Training Exercise on HADR and
Military Medicine (CPX & FTX on HADR
&MM)
Communication Exercise for ASEAN
TBC TBC
Regional Disaster Simulation Exercise
(ARDEX)
4th Working Group Meeting on Mobility of
Manila,
TBC Higher Education and Ensuring Quality
Philippines
Assurance of Higher Education

 12th Meeting of the Committee under

the Conference of the Parties to the
ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary
TBC Haze Pollution (COM-12 AATHP) Melaka,
 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Malaysia
Parties to the ASEAN Agreement on
Transboundary Haze Pollution (COP-
12 AATHP)
 9th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on
Social Welfare and Development
(AMMSWD)
 12th Senior Officials Meeting on Social
TBC Welfare and Development (SOMSWD) Indonesia
 11th ASEAN Plus Three Senior
Officials Meeting on Social Welfare
and Development (SOMSWD+3)
 11th ASEAN GO-NGO Forum on
Social Welfare and Development
11th Senior Officials Meeting on Health
Development (SOMHD), 6th ASEAN Plus Brunei
TBC Three SOMHD and 6th ASEAN-China Darussalam
SOMHD

2nd Meeting of the SOMRI Working Group Singapore,

rd
TBC (3 quarter) on ASEAN Digital Broadcasting Singapore

3rd Meeting of the SOMRI Working Group Singapore,

rd
TBC (3 quarter) on Content and Production Singapore

OCTOBER

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37th Working Group on Technical Matter

1st Week TBC
on ASEAN Single Window (TWG)
Preparatory Senior Officials Meeting of
3-8 Oct ASEAN Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry (SOM-38th AMAF); Preparatory Singapore
(Monday-Saturday) SOM-15th AMAF Plus 3; 38th AMAF; and
16th AMAF Plus 3

 13th Senior Officials Meeting on Rural

Development and Poverty Eradication
(SOMRDPE)
5-9 Oct
 9th ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials Cambodia
(Wednesday-Sunday)
Meeting on Rural Development and
Poverty Eradication (SOMRDPE+3)
 5th Forum on RDPE

Brunei
2 nd
half 2016 rd
23 PFPWG Darussalam

2 Oct Islamic New Year

(Sunday)
TBC 16th AJCEP JC meetings TBC
TBC 2nd WGIMTS Meeting TBC
22nd SC AROO
TBC Indonesia (TBC)
22nd CCA, MLE
TBC 14th ACCP Meeting Malaysia
25-27 Oct The Series of ASEAN+3 Task Force
Meetings Japan
(Tuesday-Thursday)
18-20 Oct Network of ASEAN Defence and Security Champasak,
(Tuesday-Thursday) Institutions (NADI) Workshop Laos
18-20 Oct 13th ASEAN Expert Group on Food Vientiane, Laos
(Tuesday-Thursday) Safety Meeting-AEGFS
18-22 Oct 20th ARF Heads of Defence India
(Tuesday-Saturday) Universities/Colleges/Institutions Meeting
(HDUCIM)

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23-28 Oct (Sunday- ASEAN Regional Disaster Emergency Brunei

Friday) Simulation Exercise (ARDEX) 2016 Darussalam

25-27 Oct ASEAN+3 Task Force Meetings TBC, Japan

(Tuesday-Thursday)
TBC 51st Meeting of ASEAN Committee on Luang Prabang,
Culture and Information/COCI Laos
TBC 12th SOM on DOC TBC
TBC 5th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Drug Singapore
Matters (AMMD)
TBC ASEAN Cyber Capacity Development Singapore
Project - Training on Digital Forensics
9th Senior Labour Officials Meeting’s
Vientiane or
Working Group on Progressive Labour
TBC Luang Prabang,
Practices to Enhance Competitiveness of
Laos
ASEAN (SLOM-WG) Meeting
2016 ASEAN Day for Disaster Manado,
TBC Management (ADDM) Indonesia

29th ACDM Meeting, back to back with

the 5th Meeting of Governing Board of
Manado,
TBC AHA Centre, the 5th Meeting of Joint Task
Indonesia
Force on HADR, and 5th Meeting of
AADMER COP and the 4th AMMDM

Table-top Exercise (TTX) on East Asia Ambon,

TBC Summit (EAS) Toolkit Indonesia

6th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Melaka,

TBC Sports (SOMS-6) Malaysia

4th Policy Dialogue on EU Support to

Higher Education in ASEAN Region (EU
TBC TBC
SHARE): Higher Education Quality
Assurances

Training-Workshop on Implementing
Higher Education Credit Transfer System
TBC and Scholarship Scheme under the EU TBC
Support to Higher Education in ASEAN
Region (EU SHARE)

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TENTATIVE DATE MEETING VENUE REMARKS

9th Senior Labour Officials Meeting’s

Vientiane or
TBC Working Group on Progressive Labour
Luang Prabang,
Practices to Enhance Competitiveness of
Laos
ASEAN (SLOM-WG) Meeting

 13th ASEAN Commission on the

Promotion and Protection of the
Rights of Women and Children
TBC (ACWC) Meeting
Singapore
 15th ASEAN Committee on Women
(ACW) Meeting
 8th ASEAN Plus Three Committee on
Women (ACW+3) Meeting

NOVEMBER
th
1-2 Nov 18 ASEAN Experts Group on Luang Prabang,
(Tuesday- Competition and Related Meetings Laos
Wednesday)
6th session of ASEAN Community Vientiane, Laos
1st week of Nov
Statistical System (ACSS) Committee
8-11 Nov 10th China-ASEAN Prosecutors General Vientiane, Laos
Conference
(Tuesday-Friday)
14-17 Nov (Monday- 7th Asian Ministerial Conference on
Thursday) Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) - New Delhi, India
possibly with a side event by ASEAN

15-17 Nov ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Champasak,

(Tuesday-Thursday) Retreat (ADMM Retreat) Laos
 3rd Joint Technical Working Group
Meeting for ACCSM Plus Three
 Forum on Good Governance
15-17 Nov (Tuesday-
 Heads of Civil Service Meeting for 18th Manila,
Thursday) ACCSM Philippines
 3rd Heads of Civil Service Meeting for
ACCSM Plus Three
23-25 Nov 22nd Meeting of the ASEAN Luang Prabang,
(Wednesday-Friday) Intergovernmental Commission on Laos

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Human Rights
29-30 Nov ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank Sichuan, China
(Tuesday- Deputies’ Meetings (AFCDM+3)
Wednesday)
TBC 9th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour Laos
TBC Senior Labour Officials Meeting’s Laos
Working Group/SLOM WG

22-24 Nov 18th ASEAN Experts Group on Luang Prabang,

(Tuesday-Thursday) Competition and related meetings Laos
29-30 Nov  Formal AFCDM+3
(Tuesday- Sichuan, China
 Informal AFCDM+3
Wednesday)
51st AWGIPC Meeting; AMS IPOs-China
TBC Malaysia
Heads Meeting
9th Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
on Science and Technology (IAMMST-9)
Phnom Penh,
TBC 71st Committee on Science and Cambodia
Technology (COST-71) Meeting
And Other Related Meetings
TBC 24th APWG Meeting Viet Nam
17th TELSOM Brunei
TBC
16th TELMIN Darussalam
42nd STOM, 22nd ATM and related
TBC Philippines
meetings
TBC 26th TMHS PWG Meeting Thailand
13th ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting, 7th
ASEAN Plus Three Health Minister Brunei
TBC Meeting and 6th ASEAN-China Health Darussalam
Ministers Meeting

TBC 19th JWG on DOC Indonesia

DECEMBER
2 Dec Lao PDR’s National Day Laos
(Friday)
TBC ASEAN Cyber Capacity Development Singapore
Project - Cybercrime Training for

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Managers
5-6 Dec  Working Group Meetings Manila,
(Monday-Tuesday)  69th ASEAN-BAC Council Meeting Philippines
 Handover Ceremony to Philippines
4-17 Dec 13th Meeting of the Conference of the
Parties to the Convention on Biological Cancun, Mexico
(Sunday-Saturday)
Diversity (CBD COP13)
14-16 Dec
ADMM-Plus EWG on HADR Meeting/ the
(Wednesday-Friday) Vientiane, Laos
3rd Rotation Chirmanchip
TENTATIVE IN QUARTER 4 (OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER)
12th Coordinating Conference on the
TBC ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (12th ASEC, Jakarta
SOC-COM)

9th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

TBC Laos
(AFML)
TENTATIVE IN SECOND SEMESTER (JULY - DECEMBER)
6th Meeting of the ACDM Working Group
TBC on Recovery TBC

6th Meeting of the ACDM Working Group

TBC on Prevention and Mitigation TBC

5th Meeting of ACDM Working Group on

TBC Risk Assessment and Awareness TBC

2nd Meeting of ACDM Working Group on

TBC Knowledge and Innovation Management TBC
(KIM)

11th Meeting of ACDM Working Group on

TBC Preparedness and Response TBC

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