This session is being held from February 24 to 27 at the ECO
Secretariat with the presence of senior officials from ECO member countries to
plan ECO activities for the year 2025.
The ECO Secretary General stated that in recent months, ECO
activities to enhance cooperation between countries in various fields have seen
a significant increase.
According to the ECO Secretary General, this meeting is of
particular importance to mark 2025 as a milestone year with several important
ministerial meetings in the fields of trade, tourism, finance, transportation,
internal affairs, and sustainable development, as well as the 17th ECO Summit
to be held on July 3-4, 2025, in Azerbaijan.
The RPC is the main technical planning body within ECO which
comprises the heads of the Planning Organizations of the Member States as well
as officials and experts from the national sectoral ministries and agencies.
RPC convenes its annual meetings prior to the regular meeting of the Council of
Ministers under the chairpersonship of the representative of the Member State
holding the chairpersonship of the Council of Ministers. Meetings are normally
held in the ECO Headquarters in Tehran.
The RPC is responsible for preparation of the programs of
action for realizing the objectives of the Organization along with stocktaking
of previous programs. It may also propose to the Council of Ministers the
establishment of regional institutions and ad-hoc committees in priority areas
of cooperation.
Annual RPC meetings are normally structured along one
plenary session as well as several parallel sectoral committees dealing with
the priority sectors of the Organization. One-year programs of work and ECO
calendars of meetings are also developed by RPC meetings on the basis of the
proposals made by the Secretariat and the Council of Permanent Representatives.
