Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
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INDICATIVE ASEAN NOTIONAL CALENDAR 2018
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
January 1 January
(Monday)
New Year’s Day
4 January
(Thursday)
Myanmar’s Independence Day
5 – 6 January
(Friday – Saturday)
3rd
RCEP Inter-sessional Trade
Negotiating Committee (TNC)
ASEAN Caucus
Bangkok, Thailand
9 – 12 January
(Tuesday – Friday)
ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’
Meeting Working Group (ADSOM
WG) and ADSOM-Plus WG
Singapore
11 – 12 January
(Thursday – Friday)
4th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting
on Agriculture and Forestry
New Delhi,
India
12 January
(Friday)
Special ASEAN Senior Officials’
Meeting (SOM) Retreat
Singapore
15 January (Monday) 3rd
Japan ASEAN Science,
Technology and Innovation Platform
(JASTIP) Steering Committee
Meeting
Kyoto, Japan
16 – 17 January
(Tuesday –
Wednesday)
3rd
ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting
Responsible for Information (SOMRI)
Working Group on Information,
Media and Training (WG-IMT)
Boracay,
the Philippines
17 – 18 January
(Wednesday –
Thursday)
5th ASEAN Coordinating Committee
on E-Commerce (ACCEC)
Singapore
17 – 18
January
(Wednesday –
Thursday)
1st ASEAN Business Advisory
Council (ASEAN-BAC) Meeting
Singapore
18 – 19 January
(Thursday – Friday)
10th ASEAN Trade Facilitation Joint
Consultative Committee (ATF-JCC)
Meeting
Singapore
19 January (Friday) 14th Cambodia - Lao PDR – Myanmar
- Viet Nam (CLMV) Senior
Economic Officials Meeting (SEOM)
Singapore
20 January
(Saturday)
ASEAN-European Union Free Trade
Agreement Joint Working Group
(AEUFTA-JWG)-ASEAN Caucus
Singapore
21 January
(Sunday)
8th Committee of Whole (COW)
Singapore
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
2
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
22 – 24 January
(Monday –
Wednesday)
1st Meeting of the Senior Economic
Officials for the 49th ASEAN
Economic Ministers’ Meeting (SEOM
1/49) and related meetings
Singapore
22 – 26 January
(Monday – Friday)
ASEAN Tourism Forum 2018
- 47th Meeting of ASEAN NTOs
- 19th ASEAN-India Tourism
Working Group
- 8th ASEAN-Russian Federation
Tourism Consultation
- 32nd
Meeting of ASEAN, China,
Japan and Korea (ROK) NTOs
- 21st Meeting of ASEAN Tourism
Ministers
- 17th Meeting of ASEAN, China,
Japan, and Korea (ROK) Tourism
Ministers
- 1st Meeting of ASEAN-China
Tourism Ministers
- 8th Meeting of ASEAN-India
Tourism Ministers
Chiang Mai,
Thailand
22 – 26 January
(Monday – Friday)
22nd
Meeting of Expert Working
Group on the Harmonization of MRLs
of Pesticides among ASEAN Member
States and Workshop on ASEAN-
WTO STDF Pilot Project on Pesticide
Residues Data Generation for Setting
Codex MRLs for Selected Tropical
Fruits
Vientiane,
Lao PDR
23 – 25 January
(Tuesday – Thursday)
17th Customs Procedures and Trade
Facilitation Working Group
(CPTFWG) Sub-Working Group
Meeting on the ASEAN Customs
Transit System (SWG-ACTS)
Singapore
23 – 25 January
(Tuesday – Thursday)
ASEAN+3 Taskforce Meeting
(Finance)
Singapore
23 – 25 January
(Tuesday - Thursday)
3rd
ASEAN-Japan Consultation on
Regional Air Services Agreement
(AJC RASA)
Sapporo,
Japan
23 – 26 January
(Tuesday – Friday)
26th Meeting of the ASEAN
Intergovernmental Commission on
Human Rights (AICHR)
Singapore
24 – 25 January
(Wednesday-Thursday)
33rd
Meeting of the High-Level Task
Force on ASEAN Economic
Integration (HLTF – EI)
Singapore
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
3
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
25 to 26 January
(Thursday – Friday)
ASEAN-India Commemorative
Summit
New Delhi,
India
29 – 31 January
(Thursday – Friday)
2nd
Joint Working Group for the
ASEAN-EU Free Trade Agreement
(FTA)
Brussels, Belgium
30 January
(Tuesday)
6th Project Steering Committee (PSC)
Meeting of EU-ASEAN-Migration
and Border Management Programme
(EA-MBMP) II
Jakarta,
Indonesia
30 – 31 January
(Tuesday - Wednesday)
Special Senior Officials’ Meeting on
Energy (SOME) and ASEAN Centre
for Energy (ACE) Governing Council
Meetings
Metro Manila,
the Philippines
30 January – 1
February (Tuesday –
Thursday)
7th Working Group Meeting on the
Model ASEAN Extradition Treaty
Singapore
31 January – 1
February (Wednesday
– Thursday)
15th Meeting of the ASEAN
Community Statistical System Sub-
Committee on Planning and
Coordination (SCPC)
ASEAN Secretariat,
Jakarta, Indonesia
February 2 – 9 February
(Friday – Friday)
21st Regional Comprehensive
Economic Partnership – Trade
Negotiating Committee (RCEP-TNC)
and Related Meetings
Yogyakarta,
Indonesia
4 – 6 February
(Sunday – Tuesday)
ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat Singapore
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
4
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
5 - 9 February
(Monday – Friday)
ASEAN Finance and Central Bank
Working Group Meetings:
- 57th Working Committee on
Financial Services Liberalisation
(WC-FSL) Meeting
- 4th Working Committee on
ASEAN Banking Integration
Framework (WC-ABIF) Meeting
- 35th Working Committee on
Capital Account Liberalisation
(WC-CAL) Meeting
- Working Committee on Capital
Market Development (WC-CMD)
Meeting
- 5th Working Committee on
Financial Inclusion (WC-FINC)
Meeting
- 17th Working Committee on
Payment and Settlement Systems
(WC-PSS) Meeting
- Workshop on Infrastructure
Project Structuring
- ASEAN Finance and Central
Bank Deputies’ Working Group
Meeting (AFCDM-WG)
Singapore
5 - 9 February
(Monday – Friday)
GHSA Regional Meeting and second
joint ASEAN Veterinary
Epidemiology Group (AVEG) –
ASEAN + 3 Field Epidemiology
Training Network (FETN)
Bangkok, Thailand
5 – 6 February
(Tuesday)
ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting
(ADMM) Retreat
Singapore
6 – 9 February
(Tuesday – Friday)
ASEAN Online Content Producers
Workshop
Singapore
13 February (Tuesday) ASEAN-Australia Workshop: Future
of Digital Transformation among
ASEAN MSMEs
Bangkok, Thailand
18 – 19 February
(Monday – Tuesday)
ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)
Workshop on Enhancing Regional
Maritime Law Enforcement
Cooperation
Nha Trang,
Viet Nam
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
5
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
19-20 February
(Monday -Tuesday)
Steering Committee on Capacity
Building (SCCB)
15th ASEAN Senior Level Committee
(SLC) on Financial Integration
Brunei Darussalam
20 – 23 February
(Wednesday - Friday)
5th Round of Negotiations on
ASEAN-EU Comprehensive Air
Transport Agreement (CATA)
ASEAN Secretariat,
Jakarta, Indonesia
20 – 23 February
(Tuesday – Friday)
42nd
Working Group on Technical
Matters for the ASEAN Single
Window (TWG)
Surabaya, Indonesia
20 – 25 February
(Tuesday – Sunday)
26th Meeting of the Coordinating
Committee for the Implementation of
the ASEAN Trade in Goods
Agreement – ATIGA (CCA) and Sub-
Committee on ATIGA Rules of
Origin (SC-AROO)
Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
23 February
(Friday)
Brunei Darussalam’s National Day
20 – 25 February
(Tuesday – Sunday)
26th Meeting of the Coordinating
Committee for the Implementation of
the ASEAN Trade in Goods
Agreement – ATIGA (CCA) and Sub-
Committee on ATIGA Rules of
Origin (SC-AROO)
Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
27 February – 1 March
(Tuesday to Thursday)
23rd
Customs Enforcement and
Compliance Working Group
(CECWG) Meeting
Malaysia
27 February – 1 March
(Tuesday – Thursday)
35th ASEAN Maritime Transport
Working Group Meeting
Singapore
28 February – 2 March
(Wednesday – Friday)
24th ASEAN Economic Ministers’
Retreat (AEM-R) and 16th AEM-EU
Trade Commissioner Consultations
Singapore
March 1 – 2 March
(Thursday – Friday)
23rd
Meeting of the ASEAN-China
Joint Working Group on the
Implementation of the Declaration on
the Conduct of Parties in the South
China Sea (JWG-DOC)
Nha Trang,
Viet Nam
2 March (Friday) 6th ASEAN – EU Business Summit Singapore
3 March
(Saturday)
4th Regional Comprehensive
Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Intersessional Ministerial Meeting
Singapore
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
6
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
5 – 6 March
(Monday – Tuesday)
ASEAN+3 Taskforce Meeting
(Finance)
Republic of Korea
5 – 8 March
(Monday – Thursday)
19th ASEAN Committee of Culture
and Information (COCI), Sub-
Committee of Information (SCI)
Meeting
Yangon, Myanmar
6 - 8 March
(Tuesday – Thursday)
ASEAN Joint Consultative Meeting
(JCM)
Singapore
6 - 8 March
(Tuesday – Thursday)
ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)
Workshop on Raising Awareness and
Promoting Cooperation on CBRN
Risk Mitigation
Manila,
the Philippines
6 - 10 March
(Tuesday – Saturday)
5th ASEAN Drug Monitoring
Network (ADMN) Operational
Workshop
Bangkok,
Thailand
7 – 8 March
(Wednesday –
Thursday)
ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)
Workshop on International
Cooperation on Maritime Domain
Awareness
Tokyo,
Japan
7 – 8 March
(Wednesday –
Thursday)
1st TELSOM-ATRC Leaders’ Retreat
of 2018
Nay Pyi Taw,
Myanmar
11 – 14 March
(Sunday – Wednesday)
5th Meeting of the Board of Advisers
(BAC) to the Committee on Science
and Technology (COST) and BAC
Retreat
Bangkok, Thailand
12 March (Monday) 54th Meeting of Initiative For ASEAN
Integration (IAI) Task Force
ASEAN Secretariat,
Jakarta, Indonesia
12 – 15 March
(Monday – Thursday)
37th ASEAN Air Transport Working
Group (ATWG) and Related
Meetings
Malaysia
13 – 14 March
(Tuesday –
Wednesday)
6th ASEAN Plus Three Emergency
Rice Reserve (APTERR) Council
Meeting
Vientiane, Lao PDR
13 – 15 March
(Tuesday – Thursday)
24th Customs Procedures and Trade
Facilitation Working Group
(CPTFWG)
Singapore
14 – 16 March
(Wednesday – Friday)
2nd
ASEAN-BAC Meeting Sydney, Australia
17 – 18 March
(Saturday – Sunday)
ASEAN-Australia Special Summit Sydney, Australia
18 – 19 March
(Sunday – Monday)
6th ASEAN Coordinating Committee
on E-Commerce (ACCEC)
ASEAN Secretariat,
Jakarta, Indonesia
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
7
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
18 - 22 March
(Sunday – Thursday)
24th
Meeting of Senior Officials
Committee for the ASCC (SOCA)
and 19th Meeting of ASEAN Socio-
Cultural Community (ASCC) Council
Singapore
19 – 22 March
(Monday – Thursday)
14th
Meeting of the ASEAN Working
Group on Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora (CITES) and
Wildlife Enforcement
Luang Prabang, Lao
PDR
20 – 21 March
(Tuesday –
Wednesday)
13th ASEAN-AVRDC Regional
Network for Vegetable Research and
Development (AARNET) Steering
Committee Meeting
Tagaytay city,
Philippines
20 – 22 March
(Tuesday – Thursday)
20th Meeting of the ASEAN Single
Window Steering Committee
(ASWSC)
Cambodia
20 – 23 March
(Tuesday – Friday)
Best Practices Workshop on Climate
Change Projections and their
Applications for Southeast Asia (by
ASMC)
Singapore
21 - 25 March
(Wednesday – Sunday)
2nd
Meeting of the Senior Economic
Officials for the 49th ASEAN
Economic Ministers’ Meeting (SEOM
2/49) and Related Meetings
Indonesia
22 – 23 March
(Thursday – Friday)
4th ASEAN-China SPS Cooperation
Technical Working Group
Kunming,
China
26 – 29 March
(Monday – Thursday)
55th Meeting of the ASEAN Working
Group on Intellectual Property
Cooperation (AWGIPC)
Brunei Darussalam
27-28 March (Tuesday
– Wednesday)
Workshop on Strengthening ASEAN
Rapid Alert System for Food and
Feed (ARASFF) Operation
Bangkok
Thailand
27 – 28 March
(Tuesday –
Wednesday)
10th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)
Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on
Maritime Security
Brisbane, Australia
27 – 29 March
(Tuesday – Thursday)
22nd
Customs Capacity Building
Working Group (CCBWG)
Lao PDR
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
8
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
27 – 29 March
(Tuesday – Thursday)
11th ASEAN Committee on the
Implementation of the ASEAN
Declaration on the Protection and
Promotion of the Rights of Migrant
Workers (ACMW) Meeting
Singapore
April
2 – 3 April
(Monday – Tuesday)
31st ASEAN-United States Dialogue Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
2 – 3 April
(Monday - Tuesday)
52nd
Meeting of the Sub-Committee
on Science and Technology
Infrastructure Research and
Development (SCIRD)
Banten, Indonesia
2 – 3 April
(Monday - Tuesday)
2nd
Meeting of the ASEAN Expert
Working Group on Organic
Agriculture (EWG-OA)
Putrajaya, Malaysia
2 – 6 April
(Monday – Friday)
5th ACCMSME and Related Meetings Luang Prabang, Lao
PDR
2 – 6 April
(Monday – Friday)
ASEAN Tourism Working Group
Meetings
Luang Prabang, Lao
PDR
3 – 4 April
(Tuesday –
Wednesday)
29th Meeting of the Sub-Committee
on Space Technology and
Applications (SCOSA)
Singapore
3 – 4 April (Tuesday –
Wednesday)
49th Meeting of the Sub-Committee
on Food Science and Technology
(SCFST)
Selangor, Malaysia
2 – 6 April
(Monday – Friday)
5th ACCMSME Meeting and Related
Meetings
Luang Prabang, Lao
PDR
2 – 6 April
(Monday – Friday)
5th ASEAN Coordinating Committee
on Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (ACCMSME) Meeting
and Related Meetings
Luang Prabang, Lao
PDRAMM
3 – 4 April
(Tuesday –
Wednesday)
29th Meeting of the Sub-Committee
on Space Technology and
Applications (SCOSA)
Singapore
3 – 4 April
(Tuesday –
Wednesday)
49th Meeting of the Sub-Committee
on Food Science and Technology
(SCFST)
Selangor, Malaysia
3 – 5 April
(Tuesday – Friday)
28th Meeting of the Coordinating
Committee on Customs (CCC)
Indonesia
3 – 5 April
(Tuesday - Thursday)
34th ASEAN Transport Facilitation
Working Group (TFWG) Meeting
Brunei Darussalam
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
9
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
3 – 6 April
(Tuesday – Friday)
ASEAN Finance Ministers’ and
Central Bank Governors’ and Related
Meetings:
- ASEAN Finance Deputies’
Meeting (AFDM)
- ASEAN Central Bank Deputies’
Meeting (ACDM)
- ASEAN Finance and Central
Bank Deputies’ Meeting
(AFCDM)
- ASEAN+3 Finance and Central
Bank Deputies’ Meeting
(AFCDM+3)
- 22nd
ASEAN Finance Ministers’
Meeting (AFMM)
- 14th ASEAN Central Bank
Governors’ Meeting (ACGM)
- 4th ASEAN Finance Ministers’
and Central Bank Governors’
Meeting (AFMGM)
Singapore
3 – 6 April
(Tuesday – Friday)
6th ASEAN Medical Device
Committee-Medical Devices
Pharmaceutical Working Group
(AMDC-MDPWG) and related
meetings
Singapore
4 April
(Wednesday)
17th ASEAN Regional forum (ARF)
Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on
Disaster Relief
Republic of Korea
4 – 6 April
(Wednesday - Friday)
9th Meeting of the Expert Working
Group on ASEAN Good Agriculture
Practices (EWG-GAP)
Putrajaya, Malaysia
4 – 8 April
(Wednesday - Sunday)
10th AANZ FJC and Related
Meetings
CTG (SCROO, SC-SPS, SC-
STRACAP)
COI
CTS
IPC
CC
EC-SC
Da Nang, Viet Nam
5 – 6 April (Thursday –
Friday)
32nd
Meeting of the Working Group
on International Investment Statistics
(WGIIS)
Singapore
5 – 6 April (Thursday –
Friday)
20th ASEAN-India Senior Officials’
Meeting (SOM)
Viet Nam
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
10
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
5 – 6 April (Thursday –
Friday)
10th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)
Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on
Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
Seoul,
Republic of Korea
10 – 11 April
(Tuesday –
Wednesday)
The 2nd Expert Working Group on
Good Animal Husbandry Practices
(EWG-GAHP)
Nay Pyi Taw,
Myanmar
11 – 12 April
(Wednesday –
Thursday)
25th ASEAN-New Zealand Dialogue
Indonesia
16 – 20 April
(Monday - Friday)
29th Meeting of the Traditional
Medicines and Health Supplement
Product Working Group (TMHS
PWG)
Siem Reap,
Cambodia
17 April
(Tuesday)
Inaugural meeting of the Joint Task
Force (JTF) on ASEAN Business
Travel Card (ASEAN BTC)
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
18 – 22 April
(Wednesday – Sunday)
7th ASEAN Coordinating Committee
on E-Commerce (ACCEC)
Singapore
17 – 20 April
(Tuesday – Friday)
22nd
Annual Meeting of the ASEAN
Energy Efficiency and Conservation
Sub Sector Network (EE&C-SSN)
Singapore
19 – 20 April
(Thursday – Friday)
15th Meeting of the Working Group
on Data Sharing and Dissemination of
Statistics (WGDSA)
ASEAN Secretariat,
Jakarta,
Indonesia
19 – 20 April
(Thursday-Friday)
- 10th ASEAN Forum on Taxation
Sub-Forum on Excise-Taxation
Palawan, the
Philippines
19 – 20 April
(Thursday - Friday)
Meeting of the Sub-Committee on
Marine Science and Technology
(SCMSAT)
Manila, the
Philippines
19 – 21 April
(Thursday – Saturday)
Inter-sessional Meeting of the Sub-
Committee on ATIGA Rules of
Origin (SC-AROO)
Singapore
23 – 24 April
(Monday –Tuesday)
48th Meeting of the Sub-Committee
on Sustainable Energy Research
(SCSER)
Ha Noi, Viet Nam
23 – 24 April (Monday
– Tuesday)
Task Force on ASEAN Trade in
Services Agreement (TF-ATISA)
Singapore
23 – 24 April (Monday
– Tuesday)
5th Meeting of the ASEAN National
Focal Points for Veterinary Products
Siem Reap,
Cambodia
24 – 25 April
(Tuesday –
Wednesday)
48th Meeting of the Sub-Committee
on Materials Science and Technology
(SCMST)
Bandar Seri
Begawan, Brunei
Darussalam
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
11
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
25 – 27 April
(Wednesday – Friday)
26th ASEAN Sectoral Working Group
for Livestock
Siem Reap,
Cambodia
24 – 30 April
(Tuesday - Monday)
26th Meeting of the Prepared
Foodstuff Product Working Group
and Related Meetings
Langkawi, Malaysia
25 – 26 April
(Wednesday –
Thursday)
14th Meeting of the ASEAN
Committee on Disaster Management
Working Group Meeting on
Preparedness and Response, 12th
Project Steering Committee Meeting
on DELSA, 7th Meeting of the
Technical Working Group (TWG) on
Civil-Military Coordination (CIMIC)
Bangkok, Thailand
25 – 28 April
(Wednesday –
Saturday)
32nd
ASEAN Summit
ASEAN Economic Community
(AEC) Council Meeting
(25 April: Prep-SEOM Meeting;
26 April: AEC Council Meeting)
Singapore
25 – 27 April
(Wednesday – Friday)
13th Meeting of the ASEAN Technical
Working Group on Agricultural
Research and Development
(ATWGARD) & 4th ASEAN Climate
Resilience Network
Bali,
Indonesia
26 – 28 April
(Thursday – Saturday)
Senior Officials Meeting for Health
Development (SOMHD)
Cambodia
27 – 28 April
(Friday – Saturday)
12th Meeting of the ASEAN Food
Testing Laboratory Committee
(AFTLC)
Langkawi, Malaysia
28 April – 8 May
(Saturday –Tuesday)
22nd
Regional Comprehensive
Economic Partnership – Trade
Negotiating Committee (RCEP-TNC)
and Related Meetings
Singapore
May 1 – 4 May
(Tuesday – Friday)
28th Meeting of the ASEAN
Cosmetic Committee (ACC)
Vientiane, Lao PDR
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
12
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
2 – 3 May
(Wednesday –
Thursday)
50th Meeting of the Sub-Committee
on Biotechnology (SCB)
Vientiane, Lao PDR
2 – 4 May
(Wednesday – Friday)
ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers’ and
Central Bank Governors’ Meeting
(AFMGM+3)
ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank
Deputies’ Meeting (AFCDM+3)
ASEAN+3 Taskforce Meeting
Manila,
the Philippines
2 – 3 May
(Wednesday –
Thursday)
15th ASEAN-Canada Dialogue Puerto Princesa,
Palawan,
the Philippines
2 – 4 May
(Wednesday - Friday)
27th Meeting of the ASEAN
Directors-General of Customs
Malaysia
2 – 4 May
(Wednesday - Friday)
40th Meeting of the Sub-Committee
on Meteorology and Geophysics
(SCMG)
Singapore
2 – 4 May
(Wednesday - Friday)
15th ASOMM Working
Groups Meetings and Related
Meetings
Puerto Princesa
City, the
Philippines
3 – 4 May (Thursday -
Friday)
9th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting
on Youth (SOMY IX) and 8th ASEAN
Plus Three Senior Officials Meeting
on Youth (8th SOMY+3)
Jakarta, Indonesia
7 – 8 May
(Monday - Tuesday)
10th ASEAN Fisheries Consultative
Forum (AFCF)
Bangkok, Thailand
7 – 10 May
(Monday – Thursday)
27th Meeting of the Automotive
Product Working Group (APWG)
Vientiane, Lao PDR
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
13
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
7 – 10 May
(Monday – Friday)
17th ASEAN Committee on Consumer
Protection (ACCP) Meeting Manila, the
Philippines
7 – 11 May
(Monday – Friday)
40th Meeting of the Working Group 1
on Standards
Singapore
7 – 11 May
(Monday – Friday)
16th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting
Responsible for Information
(SOMRI), 14th Conference of ASEAN
Ministers Responsible for Information
(AMRI) and Related Meetings
Singapore
8-9 May
(Tuesday-Wednesday)
47th Meeting of the Sub-Committee
on Microelectronics and Information
Technology (SCMIT)
Chiang Mai,
Thailand
8 – 10 May
(Tuesday – Thursday)
45th ASEAN Senior Transport
Officials Meeting (STOM)
Phuket, Thailand
8 – 11 May
(Tuesday – Friday)
74th Meeting of the Committee on
Science and Technology (COST-74)
and COST Retreat
Chiang Mai,
Thailand
8 – 11 May
(Tuesday – Friday)
43rd
Meeting of the Working Group
on Technical Matters on ASEAN
Single Window (TWG)
Yangon, Myanmar
8 – 11 May
(Tuesday – Friday)
17th ASEAN Committee on Consumer
Protection (ACCP) Meeting The Philippines
9 - 11 May
(Wednesday – Friday)
Participatory Review of the ASEAN
Children Forum
Manila, the
Philippines
9 - 12 May
(Wednesday –
Saturday)
26th Meeting of the ASEAN Sectoral
Working Group on Fisheries
(ASWGFi)
Bangkok,
Thailand
12 – 13 June
(Tuesday –
Wednesday)
33rd
ASEAN-Japan Forum
Japan
12 – 17 May (Saturday
– Thursday)
27th Meeting of the ASEAN
Intergovernmental Commission on
Human Rights (AICHR)
Jakarta, Indonesia
14 – 15 May
(Monday – Tuesday)
4th Meeting of the ASEAN Committee
for Disaster Management Working
Group on Knowledge and Innovation
Management
Hanoi, Vietnam
14-16 May
(Monday –
Wednesday)
4th AQRF Committee Meeting and
NQF Phase 4 Technical Workshop Bangkok, Thailand
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
14
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
14-16 May
(Monday –
Wednesday)
20th TFBC Meeting of the Task Force
on Building and Construction (TFBC) Malaysia
14-16 May
(Monday –
Wednesday)
18th Meeting of the ASEAN Task
Force on Codex Vientiane, Lao PDR
15 – 17 May
(Tuesday - Thursday)
EPO-ASEAN Workshop on Re-using
the Work Products from Other Patent
Offices (Training the Trainers)
Ha Noi, Viet Nam
15 – 18 May (Monday
– Thursday)
43rd
Meeting of the Working Group
on Technical Matters for the ASEAN
Single Window (TWG)
Myanmar
17 – 18 May
(Wednesday –
Thursday)
15th ASEAN-Russia Senior Officials’
Meeting (ARSOM)
Russia
21 – 23 May
(Monday –
Wednesday)
8th ASEAN Coordinating Committee
on E-Commerce (ACCEC)
Jakarta, Indonesia
21 – 26 May
(Monday – Saturday)
90th ASEAN Coordinating Committee
on Services (CCS) and Related
Meetings
Singapore
22 – 24 May
(Tuesday – Thursday)
14th AWG on Forest Management Pakse,
Champasack
Lao PDR
22-25 May
(Tuesday - Friday)
6th ASEAN Contact Point Meeting, 8
th
ASEAN-Committee SPS Meeting and
6th ASEAN – China Contact Points
Meeting
Chiang Mai,
Thailand
23-25 May
(Wednesday – Friday)
25th ASEAN Sectoral Working Group
on Agricultural Training and
Extension (AWGATE)
Hanoi, Vietnam
24 – 25 May
(Thursday – Friday)
Special Coordinating Committee on
Investment (Special CCI) Singapore
24 – 25 May (Thursday
– Friday)
13th Coordinating Conference on the
ASCC (SOC-COM)
ASEAN Secretariat,
Jakarta, Indonesia
24 – 25 May (Thursday
– Friday)
16th AFSIS Focal Point Meeting and
3rd
Regional Workshop on Improving
Statistics Data on Food Processing
and Distribution Related to
Agricultural Crops in ASEAN Region
Bangkok, Thailand
28 May – 2 Jun
(Monday – Sunday)
27th Meeting of the Coordinating
Committee for the Implementation of
ATIGA (CCA) and Sub-Committee
on ATIGA Rules of Origin (SC-
AROO)
Vientiane, Lao PDR
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
15
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
29 May – 1 June
(Tuesday – Friday)
6th Round of Negotiations on
ASEAN-EU Comprehensive Air
Transport Agreement (CATA)
Brussels, Belgium
31 May – 1 June
(Thursday-Friday) 20
th Meeting of the Technical
Working Group on
Transboundary Haze Pollution
(TWG Mekong)
20th Meeting of the Sub-Regional
Ministerial Steering Committee
on Transboundary Haze Pollution
(MSC Mekong)
Thailand
ASEAN Workshop on Leadership
for Innovation at MOE’s
International Conference on
Teaching and Learning with
Technology
Singapore
June
3 - 4 June
(Sunday - Monday)
34th High Level Task Force on
ASEAN Economic Integration
(HLTF– EI)
Singapore
4 – 8 June
(Monday – Friday)
ASEAN SOM, ASEAN Plus Three
(APT) SOM, East Asia Summit
(EAS) SOM, and ASEAN Regional
Forum SOM, 25th ASEAN-China
Senior Officials’ Consultation
(ACSOC) and Southeast Asia Nuclear
Weapons Free Zone (SEANWFZ)
Executive Committee Working Group
Meeting
Singapore
5 June
(Tuesday)
Digitize ASEAN 2018
Singapore
5 – 7 June
(Tuesday – Thursday)
20th TFBC Meeting of the Task Force
on Building and Construction (TFBC) Malaysia
25-28 June
(Monday – Thursday)
5th Intersessional Meeting of the
ASEAN Senior Officials on Drug
Matters (ASOD) Working Group on
Law Enforcement (5th IWG on LE)
Hanoi, Vietnam
6 June
(Wednesday) 3rd ASEAN-BAC Meeting Singapore
7 – 8 June
(Thursday – Friday)
9th ASEAN Coordinating Committee
on E-Commerce (ACCEC)
Singapore
12 June
(Tuesday)
Philippine’s Independence Day
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
16
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
23 June (Saturday) ASEAN Dengue Day Observation
and Conference
Singapore
18 – 21 June
(Monday – Thursday)
1st AIPA Advisory Council on
Dangerous Drugs (AIPACODD)
Singapore
20 – 21 June
(Wednesday –
Thursday)
22nd
ASEAN-ROK Dialogue Republic of Korea
20 – 22 June
(Wednesday – Friday)
29th Meeting of the Working Group 3
– Legal Metrology
Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
20 – 21 June
(Wednesday -
Thursday)
The 2nd
International Conference on
ASEAN MRA-TP
Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
20 – 22 June
(Wednesday – Friday) Senior Officials Conference on Gender Mainstreaming in the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Sectoral Bodies
Cebu, the Philippines
21 – 22 June (Thursday
– Friday)
13th Meeting of the Technical
Working Group on Transboundary
Haze Pollution in the Mekong Sub-
Region (TWG Mekong)
7th Meeting of the Sub-Regional
Ministerial Steering Committee on
Transboundary Haze Pollution in the
Mekong Sub-Region (MSC Mekong)
Da Nang, Viet Nam
24 – 27 June (Sunday –
Wednesday)
24th
Meeting of the ASEAN-China
Joint Working Group on the
Implementation of the Declaration on
the Conduct of Parties in the South
China Sea (JWG-DOC) & 15th
ASEAN-China Senior Officials’
Meeting on the Implementation of the
DOC (SOM-DOC)
Changsha, China
25 – 29 June
(Monday – Friday)
ASEAN-EU Joint Training Workshop
on GMO Quantitative Detection and
15th Meeting of the ASEAN
Genetically Modified Food Testing
Network
Singapore
26 June (Tuesday) 1st ASEAN+3 Clean Energy
Roundtable Dialogue
Singapore
26 – 28 June
(Tuesday – Thursday)
16th ASEAN – Japan STOM Leaders
Conference Mie, Japan
25 – 29 June
(Monday - Friday)
49th Meeting of the ASEAN
Consultative Committee for Standards
and Quality
Lombok, Indonesia
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
17
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
25 – 29 Jun
(Monday – Friday)
RCEP Inter-sessional Trade
Negotiating Committee (Special
Session on “Rules”)
Tokyo, Japan
26 – 28 June (Tuesday
– Thursday)
5th ASEAN Network of Regulatory
Bodies on Atomic Energy
(ASEANTOM) Annual Meeting
Technical Workshop on Nuclear
Safety and Human Resource
Development
Singapore
27 – 28 June
(Wednesday –
Thursday)
17th Annual Meeting of the ASEAN
Regional Energy Policy and Planning
Sub Sector Network (REPP-SSN)
Singapore
26 - 28 June
(Tuesday – Thursday)
2nd
Special Meeting on ASEAN Crisis
Communication
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
26 – 29 June (Tuesday
– Friday)
9th Meeting of ASEAN Working
Group on Climate Change
(AWGCC)ASEAN Partnership
Conference on Climate Change
Manila, the
Philippines
26 – 29 June
12th ASEAN Working Group on
Social Forestry Meeting
Danang, Vietnam
26 – 28 June
(Tuesday - Thursday)
32nd
Meeting of the ASEAN
Committee on Disaster Management
and related meetings.
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
27 – 29 June
(Wednesday – Friday)
29th Meeting of the Working Group 3
– Legal Metrology
Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
27 – 29 June
(Wednesday – Friday)
14th ASEAN Coordinating Centre for
Animal Health and Zoonoses
(ACCAHZ) Preparatory Committee
Meeting
Yogyakarta,
Indonesia
30 June –
2 July 2018 (Saturday –
Monday)
ASEAN Plus Three Youth
Environment Forum 2018
Singapore
27 – 29 June 2018
(Wednesday – Friday)
TELSOM-ATRC Joint Working
Group (JWG) and Related Meetings
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
July 1 July
(Sunday)
5th Inter-sessional RCEP Ministerial
Meeting
Tokyo, Japan
2 – 6 July
(Monday – Friday)
48th ASEAN National Tourism
Organisations (NTOs) Meeting
Brunei Darussalam
2 - 4 July
(Monday –
Wednesday)
10th ASEAN Coordinating Committee
on E-Commerce (ACCEC)
Singapore
4 – 5 July
(Wednesday –
Thursday)
12th ASEAN Trade Facilitation-Joint
Consultative Committee (ATF-JCC)
Meeting
Singapore
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
18
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
2 – 3 July
(Monday – Tuesday)
Special Coordinating Committee on
Investment (Special CCI)
Singapore
3 – 4 July (Monday –
Tuesday)
3rd
Meeting of Health Cluster 3 Singapore
3 – 4 July
(Tuesday –
Wednesday)
ASEAN Committee on the
Implementation of the ASEAN
Declaration on the Protection and
Promotion of the Rights of Migrant
Workers (ACMW) Workshop on
Education Initiatives for Migrant
Workers
Singapore
3 – 5 July (Tuesday to
Thursday)
18th Meeting of the CPTFWG Sub
Working Group on the ASEAN
Customs Transit System (SWG-
ACTS)
Viet Nam
3 – 5 July (Tuesday –
Thursday)
11th ASEAN-China Working Group
on Regional Air Services
Arrangements
Beijing
3 – 6 July
(Tuesday-Friday)
2018 ASEAN Digital Commerce
Forum (organised by ASEAN-Korea
Centre)
Seoul, Republic of
Korea
3 – 8 July
(Tuesday – Sunday)
4th ASEAN Foundation Model
ASEAN Meeting
Singapore
4 – 5 July
(Wednesday –
Thursday)
12th ASEAN Trade Facilitation-Joint
Consultative Committee (ATF-JCC)
Meeting
Singapore
4 -5 July
(Wednesday –
Thursday)
9th ASEAN Energy Regulators'
Network (AERN)
Cambodia
4 – 8 July
(Wednesday – Sunday)
The 3rd
Meeting of the Senior
Economic Officials for the 49th
meeting of the ASEAN Economic
Ministers (SEOM 3/49) and Related
Meetings
Singapore
6 July
(Friday)
15th CLMV Senior Economic
Officials Meeting Singapore
9 – 11 July (or 5 – 7
June)
(Monday –
Wednesday)
20th TFBC Meeting of the Task Force
on Building and Construction (TFBC) Malaysia (TBC)
9 – 13 July
(Monday – Friday)
The 21st ASEAN Senior Official
Meeting on Forestry (ASOF),
21st ASEAN Working Group on
Forest Products Development (AWG-
FPD) and 19th ASOF International
Seminar
Nay Pyi Taw,
Myanmar
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
19
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
10 July (Tuesday) Special ASEAN Meeting on Climate
Action (SAMCA)
Expanded Special ASEAN Meeting
on Climate Action (Expanded
SAMCA)
Singapore
10 – 13 July
(Tuesday – Friday)
ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’
Meeting (ADSOM) and ADSOM-
Plus
Singapore
16 – 20 July
(Monday – Friday)
15th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting
on Rural Development and Poverty
Eradication (SOMRDPE) and
SOMRDPE+3, Workshop
Singapore
17 – 27 July (Tuesday
– Friday)
23rd
Regional Comprehensive
Economic Partnership – Trade
Negotiating Committee (RCEP-TNC)
and Related Meetings
Bangkok, Thailand
18 – 19 July
(Wednesday –
Thursday)
10th Meeting of ASEAN Working Group on Environmental Education (AWGEE)
Ho Chi Minh (tbc), Viet Nam
19 – 21 July (Thursday
– Saturday)
ASEAN Plus Three Field
Epidemiology Training Network
(FETN) Steering Committee Meeting
(HC2-SOMHD)
Tokyo, Japan
23 July (Monday) 55th Meeting of Initiative For ASEAN
Integration (IAI) Task Force
ASEAN Secretariat,
Jakarta, Indonesia
23 – 25 July
(Monday –
Wednesday)
ASEAN-USPTO Creating Outreach
Initiatives in the ASEAN Region
Bangkok, Thailand
23 – 25 July
(Monday –
Wednesday)
ASEAN+3 Cybercrime Conference
2018
Singapore
23 – 27 July (Monday –
Friday)
36th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting
on Energy (SOME) and Associated
Meetings
Singapore
23 – 26 July (Tuesday
to Thursday)
44th Meeting of the Technical
Working Group on ASEAN Single
Window (ASW-TWG)
Thailand
24 - 26 July
(Tuesday-Thursday)
4th Meeting of Working Group on
International Merchandise Trade
Statistics (IMTS)
Manila,
the Philippines
25 – 26 July
(Wednesday -
Thursday)
11th China-ASEAN Education
Cooperation Week
Guiyang, China
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
20
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
25 – 28 July
(Wednesday –
Saturday)
40th ASEAN Law Association
Governing Council Meeting, 13th
ALA General Assembly and ASEAN
Law Conference
Singapore
27 July 2018
(Friday)
ASEAN Judiciaries Portal (AJP)
launch ceremony followed by 6th
Council of ASEAN Chief Justices
(CACJ) meeting
Singapore
28 – 29 July
(Saturday – Sunday)
15th ASEAN Genetically Modified
Food Testing Network
Singapore
30 July – 4 August
(Monday – Saturday)
51st ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
(AMM), Post-Ministerial Conferences
(PMCs), 19th ASEAN Plus Three
Foreign Ministers Meeting
(APTFMM), 8th East Asia Summit
Foreign Ministers Meeting
(EASFMM) and 25th ASEAN
Regional Forum (ARF)
Singapore
30 July – 3 August
(Monday – Friday)
28th Meeting of the ASEAN
Intergovernmental Commission on
Human Rights (AICHR) & ASEAN
Ministerial Meeting’s (AMM)
Interface with AICHR
Singapore
31 July – 1 August
(Tuesday –
Wednesday)
16th Meeting of the Working Group
on Data Sharing, Analysis,
Dissemination and Communication
Statistics (WGDSA)
(back-to-back with a Workshop on
ASEAN Statistical Indicators-
Consolidated Template Enhancement
on 30 July 2018)
Singapore
31 July – 1 August
(Tuesday - Wednesday)
ASEAN Counter Terrorism
Conference on Aviation Security
2018
Singapore
31 July – 1 August
(Tuesday –
Wednesday)
6th ASEAN Transport Search and
Rescue (SAR) Forum (ATSF)
Bangkok, Thailand
July
(TBC)
4th Meeting of Health Cluster 2 Myanmar
28 – 29 June
(Thursday – Friday)
26 June
9th Meeting of ASEAN Working
Group on Climate Change (AWGCC)
ASEAN Climate Change Partnership
Conference 2018
4th ASEAN-EU Dialogue on Climate
Change
The Philippines
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
21
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
July
(TBC)
3rd
ASEAN Seaport Interdiction Task
Force (ASITF)
TBC
July
(TBC)
7th Project Steering Committee (PSC)
Meeting of EU-ASEAN-Migration
and Border Management Programme
(EA-MBMP) II
Jakarta, Indonesia
9 – 13
July
(Monday – Friday)
6th ASEAN Drug Monitoring
Network (ADMN) Operational
Workshop
Changi Rai,
Thailand
July
(TBC)
ASEAN Smart Cities Network
Meeting
Singapore
July
(TBC)
Health Cluster 3 Meeting Singapore
9 – 13 July
(Monday – Friday)
20th Expert Working Groups on the
Harmonisation of Phytosanitary
Measures
25th ASEAN Sectoral Working Group
on Crops
Nay Pyi Taw,
Myanmar
24 – 26 July
(Tuesday – Thursday)
4th Working Group on International
Merchandise Trade Statistics
(WGIMTS) Meeting back-to-back
with 4th Regional IMTS Workshop
Manila, The
Philippines
TBC (end July/early
August)
72nd
Coordinating Committee on
Investment (CCI)
Brunei Darussalam
TBC ASEAN Seminar on Sexual Offences
Against Children: Stop It!
(SOMSWD)
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
TBC 12th China-ASEAN Forum on Social
Development and Poverty Reduction
(SOMRDPE+3)
China (TBC)
TBC 2nd
Meeting of the Network of Experts
on Inclusive Entrepreneurship
(SOMSWD)
Bangkok, Thailand
(TBC)
TBC Workshop on Sharing of Experiences
in Disaster Management at
Community and Rural/Poor
Household Levels (SOMRDPE)
Indonesia (TBC)
TBC
3rd
Japan-ASEAN Science,
Technology and Innovation Platform
(JASTIP) Steering Committee
Meeting
Bangkok, Thailand
(TBC)
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
22
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
TBC
36th ASEAN Consultative Committee
on Standard and Quality (ACCSQ)
Working Group (WG1) on Standards
and Mutual Recognition Arrangement
(MRA)
Singapore
TBC ASEAN Social Work Consortium
(ASWC) (SOMSWD)
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia (TBC)
TBC 6th Meeting of Project Working
Group 1 on Regional Collaboration
Tools, ARCh Project (HC2-SOMHD)
Bangkok, Thailand
TBC ASEAN Active Ageing Conference
(HC1-SOMHD)
TBC
End July/ Early August
(TBC)
72nd
Coordinating Committee on
Investment (CCI)
Brunei Darussalam
August 1 – 3 August
(Wednesday – Friday)
11th ASEAN Coordinating Committee
on E-Commerce (ACCEC)
Singapore
(TBC)
1-4 August
(Wednesday –
Saturday)
3rd
ASEAN Seaport Interdiction Task
Force (ASITF)
Pattaya, Thailand
2 – 3 August (Thursday
– Friday)
16th Meeting of the ASEAN
Community Statistical System Sub-
Committee on Planning and
Coordination (SCPC)
Singapore
4 – 13 August
(Saturday – Monday)
25th ASEAN Labour Ministers’
Meeting (ALMM) and Related
Meetings
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
5 – 8 August (Sunday –
Wednesday) (TBC)
Towards Promoting Healthy Lifestyle
Awareness Campaign:
1- Launching ASEAN Car Free Day
2- Youth for Health and Sports
Forum
Jakarta, Indonesia
(main launching)
5 – 9 August
(Sunday – Friday)
22nd
ASEAN Director-General of
Immigration Departments and Heads
of Consular Affairs Division of the
Ministries of Foreign Affairs Meeting
(DGICM)
12th DGICM + Australia Consultation
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
5 – 9 August
(Sunday – Friday)
12th ASEAN Immigration Intelligence
Forum (AIIF)
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
23
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
5 – 9 August
(Sunday – Friday)
3rd
Ad Hoc Working Group on
ASEAN Common Visa (AHWG on
ACV)
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
5 – 9 August
(Sunday – Friday)
2nd
ASEAN Heads of Major
Immigration Checkpoints Forum
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
5 – 9 August
(Sunday – Friday)
2nd
meeting of the Joint Task Force
(JTF) on ASEAN Business Travel
Card (ASEAN BTC)
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
5 – 12 August (Sunday
– Sunday) 14
th Senior Labour Officials’
Meeting (SLOM)
16th SLOM+3
ASEAN-ILO/Japan PCC
Meeting
6th ASEAN Human Resources
Conference
25th ASEAN Labour
Ministers Meeting
10th ASEAN Plus Three
Labour Ministers Meeting
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
7 August
(Tuesday)
- 5th Working Committee on
ASEAN Banking Integration
Framework (WC-ABIF) Meeting
Brunei
7 - 9 August
(Tuesday - Thursday)
6th Meeting of the ASEAN National
Focal Points (NCP) for ASEAN
Rapid Alert System for Food and
Feed (ARASFF) and 4th Meeting of
Steering Committee (SC) for
ARASFF
Siem Reap,
Cambodia
9 August
(Thursday)
Singapore’s National Day
13 – 14 August
(Monday – Tuesday)
6th Meeting of the Working Group on
Student Mobility and Quality
Assurance of Higher Education
among ASEAN Plus Three Countries
(APTWG)
Nay Pyi Taw,
Myanmar
13-14 August
(Monday-
Tuesday)
20th Meeting of the Governing Board
of the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
Singapore
13 - 15 August
(Monday-Wednesday)
1st Meeting of Working Group on
Sustainable Development Goals
Indicators (WGSDGI)
Jakarta, Indonesia
13 – 16 August
(Monday – Thursday)
36th ASEAN Maritime Transport
Working Group Meeting
Singapore
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
24
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
14 – 17 August
(Tuesday – Friday)
24th ATRC and Related Meetings
2nd
TELSOM-ATRC Leaders’ Retreat
of 2018
Singapore
14-15 August
(Tuesday - Wednesday)
- 6th Working Committee on
Financial Inclusion (WC-FINC)
Meeting
Manila, Philippines
13-17 August (Monday
– Friday)
Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Predictions
Workshop for Southeast Asia (S2S-
SEA II) (by ASMC)
Singapore
15 – 17 August
(Wednesday – Friday) The 2
nd ASEAN Red Ribbon for
outstanding Workplace (ARROW)
Award Ceremony
The 4th Meeting of ASEAN
Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS
(BCA)
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
16 – 17 August
(Thursday – Friday)
ASEAN Strategic Policy Dialogue on
Disaster Management 2018
Singapore
17 August
(Friday)
Indonesia’s Independence Day
20 – 24 August
(Monday – Friday)
Workshop on Law Enforcement Best
Practices Against Cable and Satellite
Signal, and Online Streaming Piracy
3rd
ANIEE Meeting
Bangkok, Thailand
26 – 27 August
(Sunday – Monday)
4th ASEAN-BAC Meeting
Singapore
26 – 29 August
(Sunday – Wednesday)
(TBC)
25th Meeting of the ASEAN-China
Joint Working Group on the
Implementation of the Declaration on
the Conduct of Parties in the South
China Sea (JWG-DOC) & ASEAN-
China Seminar on the Implementation
of the DOC and Progress towards the
Code of Conduct in the South China
Sea (COC)
Siem Reap,
Cambodia
26 – 29
August
(Sunday –
Wednesday)
ASEAN Forum on Women’s
Economic Empowerment (ACWC
and AICHR)
Singapore
26 August – 2
September
(Sunday – Sunday)
50th ASEAN Economic Ministers’
Meeting & Related Meetings
Singapore
26 – 31 August
(Sunday – Saturday)
39th ASEAN Senior Officials on Drug
Matters (ASOD)
Brunei Darussalam
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
25
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
26 – 31 August
(Sunday – Friday)
Special Senior Officials’ Meeting
(SOM)-39th ASEAN Ministers on
Agriculture and Forestry
(AMAF),Special SOM-17th AMAF
Plus Three and 3rd
ASEAN-Russia
SOM on Agriculture Meetings
Pattaya, Thailand
27 – 31 August
(Monday - Friday)
27th ASEAN Land Transport Working
Group (LTWG), ASEAN Highway
Sub-Working Group and ASEAN
Multisector Road Safety Special WG
Meetings
Thailand
28 – 30 August
(Tuesday-Thursday)
24th Meeting of the ASEAN Customs
Enforcement and Compliance
Working Group (CECWG)
Singapore
30 – 31 August
(Wednesday –
Thursday)
5th Meeting of the Working Group on
Statistics of International Trade in
Services (WGSITS)
Cambodia (TBC)
31 August
(Friday)
Malaysia’s National Day
31 August
(Friday)
36th Working Committee on Capital
Account Liberalisation (WC-CAL)
Meeting
Hanoi, Vietnam
13 – 17 August
(Monday – Friday)
29th Meeting of the ASEAN Senior
Officials on the Environment
(ASOEN) and Related Meetings
Singapore
TBC 8th ASEAN Ministers
Responsible for Culture and
Arts (AMCA) Meeting
14th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting
on Culture and the Arts (SOMCA)
Solo/Manado
(TBC), Indonesia
TBC ASEAN Women’s Business
Conference (AWEN)
Bangkok, Thailand
(TBC)
TBC 5th ASEAN Children Forum Brunei Darussalam
(TBC)
TBC ASEAN Regional Workshop on
Children Bullying at Schools and
Online
Ha Noi, Viet Nam
TBC Creative Cities Launch ASEAN Secretariat,
Jakarta, Indonesia
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
26
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
TBC 4th PSC Meeting of CARE4Biodiv
1st PSC Meeting of BCAMP
20th Meeting of Governing Board of
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
29th
Meeting of ASEAN Senior
Officials on Environment (ASOEN)
& Related Meetings
14th ASEAN Plus Three Senior
Officials Meeting on Environment
(SOME)
12th ASEAN-Japan Dialogue on
Environment
1st Officials Meeting for Preparation
of the 6th EAS EMM (TBC)
Singapore
TBC 60th Working Committee on Financial
Services Liberalisation (WC-FSL)
Meeting
Hanoi, Vietnam
September
2 September
(Sunday)
Viet Nam’s National Day
3 – 7 September
(Monday – Friday)
39th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary
Assembly (AIPA) General Assembly
Singapore
3 – 7 September
(Monday – Friday)
56th AWGIPC Meeting and Related
Meetings;
9th ASEAN-China Heads of IP
Offices Meeting;
8th ASEAN-Japan Heads of IP Offices
Meeting
Singapore
4 – 6 September
(Tuesday-Thursday)
1st Meeting of Working Group on
System of National Accounts
Statistics (WGSNA)
Jakarta, Indonesia
4 – 6 September
2nd
Meeting of the Working Group on
System of National Account
(WGSNA)
Jakarta, Indonesia
4 – 7 September
(Tuesday – Friday)
(TBC)
ASEAN Connectivity Symposium
and ASEAN Connectivity
Coordinating Committee (ACCC) and
Related Meetings
Singapore
11 – 14 September
(Tuesday - Friday)
(TBC)
7th Round of Negotiations on
ASEAN-EU Comprehensive Air
Transport Agreement (CATA)
Singapore
11 – 13 September
(Tuesday-Thursday)
23rd
Meeting of the Customs Capacity
Building Working Group (CCBWG)
The Philippines
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
27
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
12 – 15 September
(Wednesday –
Saturday)
15th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO)
Nanning, China
17 – 21 September
(Monday-Friday)
2018 Investment Facilitation Seminar
on ICT Startup
(organised by ASEAN-Korea Centre)
Seoul, Korea
23-28 September
(TBC)
(Sunday – Friday)
18th Senior Officials Meeting on
Transnational Crime (SOMTC) and
Related Meetings
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
18 – 20 September
(Tuesday to Thursday)
21st Meeting of the ASEAN Single
Window Steering Committee
(ASWSC)
Viet Nam
18 – 20 September
(Tuesday to Thursday)
1st Meeting of Working Group on
Sustainable Development Goals
Indicators (WGSDGI)
Jakarta,
Indonesia
18 – 20 September
(Tuesday to Thursday)
- ASEAN+3 Taskforce Retreat
- ASEAN+3 Taskforce Meeting
Korea
30 September – 4
October
(Sunday – Thursday)
25th Senior Officials Committee for
the ASCC (SOCA) and 20th ASEAN
Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC)
Council
Singapore
September
(TBC)
5th ASEAN Senior Officials
Responsible for Information (SOMRI)
Working Group on Content and
Production (WG-CP)
Hanoi, Viet Nam
September
(TBC)
Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
and Related Meetings in New York
New York
September
(TBC)
4th Project Steering Committee (PSC)
Meeting of Protection of Biological
Diversity in the ASEAN Member
States in Cooperation with the
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
Programme (CARE4Biodiv)
20th Meeting of Governing Board of
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
TBC
September
(TBC)
ASEAN-German Regional Workshop
on Sustainable Urban Development
and Climate Resilience in the ASEAN
Region
Singapore
September
(TBC)
2nd
ASEAN Heads of Major
Immigration Checkpoints Forum
TBC
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
28
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
September
(TBC)
22nd
ASEAN Regional Forum Heads
of Defence
Universities/Colleges/Institutions
Meeting (HDUCIM)
Japan
September
(TBC)
2nd
Meeting of Project Appraisal
Group (PAG-2) to Board of Advisers
to Committee on Science and
Technology (COST) (BAC)
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia (TBC)
September
(TBC)
18th Working Committee on Payments
Systems and Settlements (WC-PSS)
Meeting
TBC
September
(TBC)
6th ASEAN Plus Three Working
Group on Mobility of Higher
Education and Ensuring Quality
Assurance of Higher Education
Nay Pyi Taw,
Myanmar
September
(TBC)
4th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting
Responsible for Information (SOMRI)
Working Group on ASEAN Digital
Broadcasting (WG-ADB)
Bangkok,
Thailand
September
(TBC)
2nd
Meeting of Project Appraisal
Group (PAG-2) to Board of Advisers
to Committee on Science and
Technology (BAC)
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia (TBC)
September / October
(TBC)
ASEAN+3 Taskforce Meeting
(Finance)
Republic of Korea
6 – 14 September
(Friday – Sunday)
17th Meeting of ASEAN Commission
on the Promotion and Protection of
the Rights of Women and Children
(ACWC), 5th ACWC-ACW
Consultation Meeting, 17th Meeting of
the ASEAN Committee on Women
(ACW), 3rd
ASEAN Ministerial
Meeting on Women (AMMW)
Viet Nam
20 – 24 November
(Tuesday – Saturday)
(TBC)
13th ASEAN Government
Organisations-Non Governmental
Organisations (GO-NGO) Forum on
Social Welfare and Development, 14th
ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on
Social Welfare and Development
(SOMSWD), 13th SOMSWD+3
Singapore
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
29
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
TBC 14th Meeting of the Committee
under the Conference of Parties to
the ASEAN Agreement on
Transboundary Haze Pollution
(COM-14)
14th Meeting of the Conference of
Parties to the ASEAN Agreement on
Transboundary Haze Pollution(COP-
14)
Myanmar
TBC ASEAN-China Environmental
Cooperation Forum 2018
Nanning, China
TBC 17th ACWC Meeting,
5th ACWC-ACW Consultation
Meeting, 17th Meeting of the
ASEAN Committee on Women
(ACW),
4th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on
Women (AMMW)
17th Meeting of the ASEAN
Committee on Women (ACW)
10th ACW+3
EU-ASEAN Policy Dialogue
3rd
ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on
Women (AMMW) (and side event on
Gender and Media Literacy)
Viet Nam
TBC Regional Forum on Village Resources
Management for Rural Development
and Poverty Eradication
Indonesia (TBC)
TBC 16th ASEAN and Japan High Level
Officials Meeting on Caring
Societies
TBC 2nd
ASEAN Student Mobility Forum Yangon, Myanmar
TBC 2nd
ASEAN University Student
Council Union (AUSCU) Conference
Singapore
Q3
(TBC)
15th Meeting of the ACDM Working
Group on Preparedness and Response
TBC
Q3
(TBC)
5th Meeting of the ACDM Working
Group on Knowledge and Innovation
Management
TBC
October 1 – 4 October
(Monday – Thursday)
38th ASEAN Air Transport Working
Group and related Meetings
Kota Kinabalu,
Malaysia
1 – 4 October
(Monday – Thursday)
Forum for sharing of best practices
and knowledge, policy discussion;
trainings; and exchange visits aiming
at promoting informal sector, SMEs,
entrepreneurship, micro credit
schemes, micro equity, alternative
schemes to micro finance and
agricultural loans, asset reform
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia (TBC)
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
30
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
2 – 5 October
(Tuesday - Friday)
20th Meeting of ASEAN Tourism
Professionals Monitoring Committee
6th ASEAN Tourism Competitiveness
Committee (ATCC) Meeting
6th ASEAN Tourism Resourcing and
Monitoring and Evaluation
Committee (ATRMEC) Meeting
6th ASEAN Sustainable and Inclusive
Tourism Development Committee
(ASITDC) Meeting
Kota Kinabalu,
Malaysia
4– 6 October (TBC)
(Thursday – Saturday)
1st ASEAN-EUIPO Heads Meeting
(ARISE+ IPR)
Alicante, Spain
1st week 14
th Meeting of the Committee
under the Conference of Parties to
the ASEAN Agreement on
Transboundary Haze Pollution
(COM-14)
14th Meeting of the Conference of
Parties to the ASEAN Agreement on
Transboundary Haze Pollution(COP-
14)
Myanmar
10 October
(Wednesday)
ASEAN Capital Markets Forum
Singapore
8 – 11 October
(Monday – Thursday)
35th ASEAN Transport Facilitation
Working Group and ASEAN Transit
Transport Coordinating Board
Meetings
Brunei Darussalam
8 – 12 October
(Monday – Friday)
22nd
AEGC Meeting and related
Meetings Singapore
8 – 14 October
(Monday – Sunday)
Preparatory SOM-40th AMAF,
Preparatory SOM-18th AMAF Plus
Three, 40th AMAF, 18
th AMAF Plus
Three, 6th ASEAN-China Ministerial
Meeting on SPS Cooperation
Ha Noi, Vietnam
9 – 11 October
(Tuesday – Thursday)
8th Session of the ASEAN
Community Statistical System
Committee (ACSS8)
Singapore
9 – 12 October
(Tuesday – Friday)
18th ASEAN Senior Law Officials
Meeting and 10th ASEAN Law
Minister’s Meeting
Laos
14 - 16 October
(Sunday – Tuesday)
ASEAN Joint Consultative Meeting
(JCM), ASEAN SOM, ASEAN Plus
Three (APT) SOM, East Asia Summit
(EAS)
Singapore
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
31
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
15 – 19 October
(Monday – Friday)
10th Informal ASEAN Ministerial
Meeting on Science and Technology
(IAMMST-10);
75th Meeting of the Committee on
Science and Technology (COST-75)
6th Meeting of the Board of Advisers
to COST (BAC-6);
53rd
Meeting of Sub-Committee on
Science and Technology
Infrastructure and Resource
Development (SCIRD-53);
9th Meeting of the ASEAN-Japan
Cooperation Committee on Science
and Technology (AJCCST-9) (TBC);
8th ASEAN-EU Dialogue on Science
and Technology (AEUDST-8) (TBC);
and
8th ASEAN-US Consultation on
Science and Technology (AUSCST-8)
(TBC)
Cebu, the
Philippines
16 to 18 October
(Tuesday-Thursday)
19th Meeting of the CPTFWG Sub
Working Group on the ASEAN
Customs Transit System (SWG-
ACTS)
Cambodia
16 - 19 October
(Tuesday – Friday)
6th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on
Drug Matters (AMMD)
Ha Noi,
Viet Nam
16 - 19 October
(Tuesday – Friday)
- 15th Steering Committee on
Capacity Building
- 17th Meeting of the Senior Level
Committee (SLC)
Kota Kinabalu,
Malaysia
18 – 20 October
(Thursday – Saturday)
12th ASEAN Defence Ministers’
Meeting (ADMM) and the 5th
ADMM-Plus
Singapore
19 – 23 October
(Monday – Friday)
(TBC)
18th ASEAN Committee on Consumer
Protection (ACCP) Meeting Singapore
22 – 23 October
(Monday – Tuesday)
8th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting
on Sports (SOMS-8)
1st ASEAN Plus Japan Senior
Officials Meeting on Sports (1st
SOMS+Japan)
Nay Pyi Taw,
Myanmar
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
32
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
23 – 25 October
(Tuesday – Thursday)
The Senior Officials Meeting and the
Heads of Civil Service Meeting of the
19th ASEAN Cooperation on Civil
Service Matters (ACCSM), The
Senior Officials Meeting and 4th
Heads of Civil Service Meeting of the
19th ACCSM Plus Three and Forum
on Good Governance
Singapore
23 – 25 October
(Tuesday – Thursday)
25th Customs Procedures and Trade
Facilitation Working Group
(CPTFWG)
Indonesia
23 – 26 October
(Tuesday – Friday)
(TBC)
26th Meeting of the ASEAN-China
Joint Working Group on the
Implementation of the Declaration on
the Conduct of Parties in the South
China Sea (JWG-DOC) & 16th
Meeting of the ASEAN-China Senior
Officials Meeting on the
Implementation of the DOC (SOM-
DOC)
Manila, the
Philippines
25 – 30 October
(Thursday – Tuesday)
36th ASEAN Ministers on Energy
Meeting (AMEM) and Associated
Meetings1
Singapore
October
(TBC)
Preparatory Senior Officials Meeting
(SOM)-40th ASEAN Ministers on
Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF)
Preparatory SOM-18th AMAF+3
40th
AMAF
18th
AMAF+3
Ha Noi,
Viet Nam
October
(TBC)
33rd
ASEAN Committee on Disaster
Management (ACDM) and Related
Meetings
6th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on
Disaster Management (AMMDM)
Putrajaya, Malaysia
October
(TBC)
ASEAN-China Environmental
Cooperation Forum 2018
Nanning,
China
October
(TBC)
12th Meeting of the ASEAN Plus
Three Centre for Gifted in Science
(ACGS) Board of Directors (BODs)
TBC
1 The Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW) will be held in conjunction with AMEM, and from
29 October to 2 November 2018.
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
33
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
29 October – 1
November (Monday –
Thursday)
13th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting
on Education (SOM-ED), 9th SOM-
ED+3 and 5th EAS SOM-ED
10th ASEAN Education Ministers
Meeting (ASED), 4th ASEAN Plus
Three (APT) Education Ministers
Meeting and 4th East Asia Summit
(EAS) Education Ministers Meeting
Nay Pyi Taw,
Myanmar
October / November
(TBC)
ASEAN+3 Taskforce Meeting
(Finance)
China
October – November
(TBC)
22nd
ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting Brussels
29 October – 2
November (TBC)
(Monday – Friday)
12th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on
Transnational Crime (AMMTC) and
Related Meetings
Nay Pyi Taw,
Myanmar
October – November
(TBC)
11th ASEAN Plus Three Leadership
Programme on Sustainable
Consumption and Production
Indonesia
29-30 October
(Monday –Tuesday)
(TBC)
11th ASEAN Forum on Migrant
Labour (AFML)
Singapore
November
4 – 9 November
(Sunday – Friday)
ASEAN-China STEM Camp for
Youth
Singapore
5 – 9 November
(Monday – Friday)
46th
ASEAN Senior Transport
Officials Meeting (STOM), 24th
ASEAN Transport Ministers Meeting
(ATM) and Related Meetings
Bangkok, Thailand
5 – 9 November
(Monday-Friday)
6th ACCMSME Meeting and Related
Meetings
Nay Pyi Taw,
Myanmar
6 to 8 November
(Tuesday to Thursday)
1st Meeting of the Technical Sub
Working Group on Classification
(TSWGC)
Indonesia
9 November
(Friday)
Cambodia’s National Day
11 – 15 November
(Sunday – Thursday)
33rd
ASEAN Summit & Related
Summits
ASEAN Economic Community
(AEC) Council Meeting
Singapore
12 – 13 November
(Monday - Tuesday)
ASEAN Business and Investment
Summit
Singapore
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
34
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
13 – 16 November
(Tuesday to Thursday)
45th Technical Working Group on
ASEAN Single Window (ASW-
TWG)
The Philippines
26 – 29 November
(Monday – Thursday)
29th Meeting of the ASEAN
Intergovernmental Commission on
Human Rights (AICHR)
Singapore
26 – 29 November
(Monday – Thursday)
- 4th ASEAN Cross-Sectoral
Coordination Committee
(ACSCC) Meeting
- 61st Working Committee on
Financial Services Liberalisation
(WC-FSL) Meeting
- 5th ASEAN Insurance Forum
(AIFo)
- 5th ASEAN Insurance Regulators
Meeting (AIRM)
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
29 – 30 November
(Thursday – Friday)
(TBC)
11th ASEAN Senior Labour Official
Meeting Working Group (SLOM-
WG) Meeting
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
27 – 29 November
(Tuesday - Thursday)
18th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting
on Minerals (ASOMM) and
Associated Meetings/Events
The Philippines
27 – 29 November
(Tuesday to Thursday)
29th Meeting of the Coordinating
Committee on Customs (CCC)
Thailand
November
(TBC)
53rd
Meeting of ASEAN Committee
on Culture and Information (ASEAN-
COCI)
Myanmar
November
(TBC)
4th Informal Dialogue between
ASEAN Sub-Committee on Space
Technology and Applications
(SCOSA) and Executive Committee
on Asia-Pacific Regional Space
Agency Forum (APRSAF)
TBC
November
(TBC)
57th Meeting of the ASEAN Working
Group on Intellectual Property
Cooperation (AWGIPC)
TBC
November
(TBC)
Senior Executive Programme on
Disaster Management for ASEAN
Singapore
November (TBC) 10th ASEAN Climate Outlook Forum
(ASEANCOF) (by ASMC)
Malaysia
November
(TBC)
2nd
ASEAN Regional Forum Training
on USAR Capacity Building
Singapore
November
(TBC)
ASEAN+3 Taskforce Meeting
China
November / December
(TBC)
ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank
Deputies’ Meeting (AFCDM+3)
Republic of Korea
Updated as of Friday, 6 July 2018
35
Month Tentative Date Meeting Venue
December 2 December
(Sunday)
Lao PDR’s National Day
3 – 6 December
(Monday – Thursday)
4th ASEAN SOMRI Working Group
on Information, Media and Training
(WG-IMT)
Brunei Darussalam
3 – 7 December
(Monday - Friday)
19th ASEAN Telecommunications and
Information Technology Senior
Officials’ Meeting (TELSOM), 18th
ASEAN Telecommunications and
Information Technology Ministers
Meeting (TELMIN) and Related
Meetings
Bali, Indonesia
3 – 7 December
(Monday – Friday)
28th Meeting of the Coordinating
Committee on the Implementation of
ATIGA (CCA) and the Sub-
Committee on ATIGA Rules of
Origin (SC-AROO)
Brunei Darussalam
5 December
(Wednesday)
King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s Birthday,
National Day and Father’s Day
11 – 12 December
(Tuesday -Wednesday)
ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank
Deputies’ Meeting
Korea
2H
(TBC)
ASEAN Senior Officials on Culture
and the Arts (SOMCA)
Indonesia
2H
(TBC)
ASEAN Ministers Responsible for
Culture and Arts (AMCA) Meeting
Indonesia
Q4 (TBC) 11th SLOM-WG Meeting
Malaysia
January
2019
21 – 23 January
(Monday –
Wednesday)
Special Senior Officials Meeting on
Energy (SOME) and 21st ASEAN
Centre for Energy (ACE) Governing
Council Meeting
Singapore
TBC TBC 11th ASEAN-Japan Aviation Security
Experts’ Group Meeting
Singapore
TBC ASEAN Regional Forum Defence
Official’s Dialogue (ARF DOD)
New Zealand
TBC 12th ARF Experts and Eminent
Persons Meeting (ARF EEPs)
Viet Nam
TBC ASEAN+1 Free Trade Agreement
(FTA) Review
Singapore