GMS PROGRAM CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR 2016

Draft as of 22 April 2016

MONTH/DAY/
WEEK

EVENT

VENUE

JANUARY
6-8, Wednesday
- Friday

36th Meeting of the GMS Tourism Working Group

23-25, Saturday
- Monday

Drafting meetings for proposed CBTA revision (alignment

of GMS and ASEAN transit regimes)

Nan, Thailand
Brussels, Belgium

FEBRUARY
5, Friday

ADB DFAT discussions on proposed SP2 zero cost extension

to December 2017

Bangkok, Thailand

17, Wednesday

GMS Senior Officials Meeting on 2016 Work Plan, including

preparations for ECF-8 and 21st GMS Ministerial Conference

Videoconference

12 - 18, Saturday
- Friday

Manual of Procedures Development for SSI/SWI at Lao Bao

(VN) Dansavanh (LA)

Lao Bao and

Dansavanh Borders

17, Thursday

Briefing with China Customs Department to Discuss CN-LATHA Draft Transport Agreement and ACTS Implementation

Kunming, PRC

MARCH

21, Monday

TBC

CARM/ LRM/ MYRM

Naypyitaw/ VRM/
TRM/ ADB HQ

NTFC SOM Videoconference

Signing Ceremony of Lao PDR Thailand Addendum and
Technical Arrangements for 2005 MOU on SSI/SWI at
Savannakhet (LA) Mukdahan (TH)

TBC

APRIL
18 22, Monday
- Friday

Manual of Procedures Development for SSI/SWI at

Savannakhet (LA) Mukdahan (TH)

28, Thursday
(TBC)

1st Preparatory Meeting for the 8th GMS Economic Corridors

Forum and 21st GMS Ministerial Conference

TBC

2nd Bilateral Meeting on the Exchange of Traffic Right for

Cross-Border Transport Between the Royal Government of
Cambodia and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand

Savannakhet and
Mukdahan Borders
Videoconference
Phnom Penh,
Cambodia

MAY
18-19,
WednesdayThursday (TBC)
31, Tuesday
(TBC)
TBC

JC and NTFC-SOM Retreat on CBTA

2nd Preparatory Meeting for the 8th GMS Economic Corridors

Forum
Detailed Site Review for SSI/SWI at Mocbai (VN) Bavet
(KH)

Bangkok, Thailand

Videoconference
Mocbai - Bavet

MONTH/DAY/
WEEK

EVENT

VENUE

TBC

Initial Site Review for SSI/SWI at Mae Sot (TH) Myawaddy

(MM)

Mae Sot Myawaddy

TBC

Initial Site Review for SSI/SWI at Cham Yeam (KH) Hat Lek
(TH)

Cham Yeam - Hat Lek

TBC

Initial Site Review for SSI/SWI at Aranyaprathet (TH)

Poipet (KH)

TBC

Working Level Talks on Myanmar Thailand Traffic Rights

Exchange

TBC

TBC

Working Level Talks on Myanmar Lao PDR Traffic Rights

Exchange

TBC

TBC

Signing Ceremony of Cambodia Thailand Addendum II

TBC

Aranyaprathet
Poipet

JUNE
27-28, MondayTuesday

20th Meeting of the Regional Power Trade Coordination

Committee (RPTCC-20)

29-30,
Wednesday
-Thursday (TBC)

20th GMS Subregional Transport Forum (STF-20)

Kien Giang Province,

Viet Nam
Nanning, Guangxi
Zhuang Autonomous
Region, PRC (TBC)

TBD

22nd Annual Meeting of the GMS Working Group on

Environment (WGE-22)

Da Nang, Viet Nam

(TBC)

5, Tuesday,
(TBC)

3rd Preparatory Meeting for the 8th GMS Economic

Corridors Forum

Videoconference

JULY

6-8, WednesdayFriday
TBD

37th Meeting of the GMS Tourism Working Group and 2016

Mekong Tourism Forum
13th Annual Meeting of the GMS Working Group on
Agriculture (WGA-13)

Sihanoukville,
Cambodia
TBD

AUGUST
2, Tuesday (TBC)
3, Wednesday
(TBC)

4, Thursday
(TBC)
5-9, FridayTuesday (TBC)
25-26,
Thursday-Friday
(TBC)

Workshop on Draft Report of Study GMS Institutional

Framework

Phnom Penh,
Cambodia

2nd Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) for the 21st GMS

Ministerial Conference, Final SOM for the 8th GMS Economic
Corridors Forum and 1st Task Force Meeting for the 6th GMS
Summit

Phnom Penh,
Cambodia

8th GMS Economic Corridors Forum

Phnom Penh,
Cambodia

Training on Special Economic Zones

Phnom Penh,
Cambodia

Fifth Meeting of the GMS Urban Development Task Force

SEPTEMBER

Thailand (TBD)

MONTH/DAY/
WEEK
20, Tuesday,
(TBC)

EVENT

VENUE

3rd Senior Officials Meeting for the 21st GMS Ministerial

Conference

Videoconference

4th Senior Officials Meeting for the 21st GMS Ministerial

Conference

Thailand (TBD)

OCTOBER
18, Tuesday
(TBC)
4th Quarter (TBD)

15th Meeting of the GMS Working Group on Human

Resource Development

PRC (TBD)

NOVEMBER
24, Thursday
(TBC)
25, Friday (TBC)

Final Senior Officials Meeting for the 21st GMS Ministerial

Meeting and 2nd Task Force Meeting for the 6th Summit

Chiang Rai, Thailand

(TBC)

21st GMS Ministerial Meeting

Chiang Rai, Thailand

(TBC)

TBD

11th Semi-Annual Meeting of the GMS Working Group on

Environment

TBD

38th Meeting of the GMS Tourism Working Group

TBD

21st Meeting of the Regional Power Trade Coordination

Committee (RPTCC-21)

DECEMBER

Notes:
1.
2.

TBC- to be confirmed, TBD to be determined

Some ASEAN events to be hosted by Lao PDR in 2016 are:
5 - 9 May 2016
21 - 26 July 2016
6 - 8 September
2016

ASEAN Senior Offcials Meeting

ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
ASEAN Summit

Viet Nam (TBD)

PRC (TBD)
Cambodia (TBC)