ASEM Senior Officials' Meeting
27 Oct 2011 to 28 Oct 2011
Tokyo, Japan
Senior Officials from ASEM partners hold regular meetings for coordination work on ASEM activities.
9th ASEM Customs Directors-General/Commissioners' Meeting
11 Oct 2011 to 12 Oct 2011
Hua hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan province, Thailand
ASEM Customs Directors-General and Commissioners meet regularly once every two years to discuss relevant developments and priorities of customs work.
10th ASEM Conference of the Directors-General of Immigration
05 Sep 2011 to 07 Sep 2011
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
The 10th ASEM Conference of the Directors-General of Immigration will focus on the theme: "Encouraging Skilled Migration and Preventing Irregular Employment: Role for Immigration Agencies".
1st Preparatory Senior Officials Meeting for the 5th ASEM Culture Ministers Meeting
12 Jul 2011 to 14 Jul 2011
Lombok, Indonesia
ASEM Senior Officials met to make preparations for the 5th ASEM Culture Ministers' Meeting (2012, Yogjakarta, Indonesia).
ASEM Senior Officials' Meeting
05 Jun 2011 to 05 Jun 2011
Budapest, Hungary
A Senior Officials' Meeting will be held on the eve of the 10th ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Budapest, Hungary.
5th meeting of the ASEM Working Group on Customs Matters (AWC)
19 Apr 2011 to 20 Apr 2011
Utrecht, Netherlands
The 5th meeting of the ASEM Working Group on Customs Matters (AWC) will be held back-to-back with the 2nd ASEM Customs-Trade Day.
ASEM Senior Officials' Meeting
18 Apr 2011 to 19 Apr 2011
Godollo / Budapest, Hungary
Senior Officials from ASEM partners hold regular meetings for coordination work on ASEM activities. Senior Officials from ASEM will meet to discuss arrangements for the 10th ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Godollo, Hungary.
ASEM Officials Meetings: 12th ASEM Senior Officials' Meeting on Trade and Investment (SOMTI)
15 Feb 2011 to 16 Feb 2011
Egmont Palace, Brussels, Belgium
ASEM Senior Officials for Trade and Investment held an informal meeting to discuss future activities as mentioned in the ASEM8 Final Declaration. They identified new activities to promote sustainable development in countries of the ASEM.
ASEM Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM)
27 Jan 2011 to 28 Jan 2011
Copenhagen, Denmark
A Senior Officials’ Meeting to discuss preparations for the 3rd ASEM Education Ministers' Meeting in May 2011 in Copenhagen.
ASEM Coordinators' Meeting
02 Dec 2010 to 02 Dec 2010
Egmont Palace, Brussels, Belgium
ASEM Coordinators' Meeting
9th Conference of the Directors-General of Immigration and Management of Migratory Flows
21 Nov 2010 to 23 Nov 2010
Terhulpen, Belgium
Managing migration flows is a challenge where cooperation and exchange of information is imperative to achieve an efficient migration policy between Asia and Europe. The 9th ASEM Conference of the Directors-General of Immigration will discuss the detection of unaccompanied minors, the detection of irregular migrants, the selection of labour migrants and the selection of students.
ASEM ICT Senior Officials' Meeting
01 Nov 2010 to 31 Dec 2010
Brussels, Belgium
Co-sponsored by the European Commission. More information will be posted once it is available.
ASEM Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM)
03 Oct 2010 to 03 Oct 2010
Brussels, Belgium
A Senior Officials’ Meeting will be held to discuss preparations for the upcoming 8th ASEM Summit in Brussels, Belgium.
ASEM Coordinators' Meeting
06 Sep 2010 to 07 Sep 2010
Seoul, Korea
ASEM coordinators (Belgium, European Commission, Cambodia and South Korea) met to make preparations for the 8th ASEM Summit (October 2010).
ASEM Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM)
13 Jul 2010 to 15 Jul 2010
Brussels, Belgium
Senior Officials from ASEM partners hold regular meetings for coordination work on ASEM activities.
4th meeting of the ASEM Working Group on Customs Matters (AWC)
06 May 2010 to 07 May 2010
Hanoi, Vietnam
The 4th Meeting of the ASEM Working Group on Customs Matters (the 4th AWC Meeting)
took place on 6-7 May 2010 in Ha Noi, Viet Nam.
ASEM Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM)
05 May 2010 to 06 May 2010
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Senior Officials from ASEM partners hold regular meetings for coordination work on ASEM activities.
2nd Preparatory Senior Officials' Meeting for the 4th ASEM Culture Ministers' Meeting
16 Apr 2010 to 17 Apr 2010
Solo, Indonesia
The 4th ASEM Culture Ministers' Meeting (CMM) will be held in Poznan, Poland in September 2010. In preparation for this, the 2nd Preparatory Meeting for the 4th CMM was held on 16-17 April 2010 in Solo, Indonesia, as a follow-up to the 1st Preparatory Meeting held in Krakow, Poland from 08-10 October 2009.
ASEM Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM)
25 Jan 2010 to 25 Jan 2010
Madrid, Spain
Senior Officials from ASEM partners hold regular meetings for coordination work on ASEM activities, this time in preparation for the 8th ASEM Summit to be held in Brussels, Belgium on 4-5 October 2010.
8th ASEM Customs Director-General Commissioner Meeting
15 Oct 2009 to 16 Oct 2009
Herakleion (Crete), Greece
The meeting is held once every two years to discuss relevant developments and priorities of customs work, provide guidance to the ASEM Working Group on Customs Matters (AWC) and approve the "Trade Facilitation Action Plan (TFAP) on customs matters" to be presented for adoption to the ASEM Economic Ministers.
1st Prepatory Senior Officials Meeting for the 4th ASEM Culture Ministers Meeting (ASEM-CMM)
08 Oct 2009 to 10 Oct 2009
Krakow, Poland
At the ASEM Culture Ministers Meeting in Paris, 2005, Poland claimed the readiness to host the 4th CMM. The proposal was approved and the Meeting in Poland was re-scheduled to 2010, after the previous CMM in Kuala Lumpur was moved from 2007 to 2008.
Poland reconfirmed the willingness of hosting the 4th CMM during the plenary session of Ministers in Kuala Lumpur, April 2008 (see 3rd CMM Chairman's Statement).
Recently, it has been decided that the venue of the 4th CMM will be the City of Poznań, which successfully hosted the United Nations Climate Change Conference last year, and which is at the same time a boosting cultural and academic centre.
Poland, being the hosting country of the 4th CMM, will organize the first Preparatory Meeting in Cracow with the intention of carrying out a presentation of the plans, agenda and details of the 4th Culture Ministers Meeting in Poznań 2010.
ASEM Finance Deputies' Meeting
19 Jun 2009
Madrid, Spain
The ASEM Finance Deputies Meeting represents an opportunity to discuss on general economic situation and on recent challenges on economic issues such as financial markets and labor markets developments and to exchange views on financial and economy policy responses.
3rd meeting of the ASEM Working Group on Customs Matters (AWC)
28 Apr 2009 to 29 Apr 2009
Budapest, Hungary
The 3rd meeting of the ASEM Working Group on Customs Matters (3rd AWC Meeting) took place on 28-29 April 2009 in Budapest, Hungary.
Senior Officials' Meeting
02 Feb 2009 to 03 Feb 2009
Prague, Czech Republic
This is one of regular meetings of Senior Officials to refine the coordination process and discuss the technicalities of ASEM activities.
2nd meeting of the ASEM Working Group on Customs Matters (AWC)
22 Jan 2009 to 23 Jan 2009
Chiang Mai, Thailand
The 2nd Meeting of the ASEM Working Group on Customs Matters (The 2nd AWC Meeting) took place from 22 - 23 January 2009 in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
ASEM Senior Officials' Meeting
19 Jan 2009 to 20 Jan 2009
Hanoi, Vietnam
ASEM Senior Officials will gather to prepare for the second ASEM Conference of Ministers responsible for Higher Education in Hanoi
7th ASEM Conference for Directors General on Migratory Flows
17 Nov 2008 to 18 Nov 2008
Paris, France
The purposes of this conference are to strengthen links between member states immigration authorities and to permit exchanges of information and of good practices in the field of international migrations.
Asia-Europe Tourism Forum: "Enhancing Asia-Europe Partnership for Sustainable Tourism Development"
11 Sep 2008 to 12 Sep 2008
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
The Forum is organised to develop various forms of partnership and recommend ways and means to encourage two-way tourism exchange between Asia and Europe for sustainable tourism development.
1st ASEM Social Partners Forum
30 Jun 2008 to 01 Jul 2008
Brussels, Belgium
First proposed during ASEM V in Hanoi, ASEM Social Forum is to meet on equal terms and ideally simultaneously to the Asia-Europe Business Forum (AEBF) as part of the official process.
ASEM Senior Officials' Meeting
29 Jun 2008 to 30 Jun 2008
Beijing, China
Senior Officials from ASEM partners hold regular meetings for coordination work on ASEM activities.
ASEM Finance Deputies' Meeting
15 Jun 2008
Jeju Island, Korea
This meeting is to immediately precede the 8th ASEM Finance Ministers' Meeting.
Asian ASEM Senior Officials' Meeting
12 Jun 2008 to 13 Jun 2008
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Senior Officials from ASEM partners hold regular meetings for coordination work on ASEM activities.
ASEM Labour Senior Officials' Meeting
03 Jun 2008 to 04 Jun 2008
Geneva, Switzerland
Senior Officials from specific sector hold a meeting from time to time to discuss issues that are pertinent to ASEM countries.
1st meeting of the ASEM Working Group on Customs Matters (AWC)
14 May 2008 to 15 May 2008
Lille, France
The first meeting of the AWC was hosted by the French Customs and was held on 14-15 May 2008 in the French Customs Training Centre in Tourcoing, France.
ASEM Senior Official's Meeting on Trade and Investment (SOMTI)
15 Apr 2008 to 16 Apr 2008
Maribor, Slovenia
Senior Officials' Meetings on Trade and Investment (SOMTI) assist with the work of ASEM Economic Ministers.
ASEM Senior Officials' Meeting
02 Mar 2008 to 03 Mar 2008
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Senior Officials from ASEM partners hold regular meetings for coordination work on ASEM activities.
ASEM Senior Officials' Meeting on Trade and Investment (SOMTI)
17 Dec 2007
Lisbon, Portugal (date tbc)
Senior Officials' Meetings on Trade and Investment (SOMTI) assist with the work of ASEM Economic Ministers.
6th ASEM Immigration Directors' Meeting
19 Nov 2007 to 26 Nov 2007
Seoul, Korea
The Meeting will be attended by about 200 participants including government representatives from 43 ASEM countries (27 European nations, 16 Asian nations), representatives of international organizations, academic experts.
7th ASEM Customs Director-General Commissioner Meeting
12 Nov 2007 to 13 Nov 2007
Yokohama, Japan
Director Generals and Commissioners of Customs administrations from ASEM partners met to discuss common issues facing customs administrations of Asia and Europe.
ASEM Senior Officials' Meeting
29 Oct 2007 to 30 Oct 2007
Guilin City, China
Senior Officials from ASEM partners hold regular meetings for coordination work on ASEM activities.
Preparatory Meeting to the 2nd ASEM Labour and Employment Ministers' Conference
11 Sep 2007 to 13 Sep 2007
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
This is a preparatory meeting for the 2nd ASEM Labour and Employment Ministers' Conference that will be hosted in Indonesia in 2008.
5th ASEM Meeting for Directors General on Management of Migratory Flows between Asia and Europe
11 Dec 2006 to 12 Dec 2006
Kuopio, Finland
5th ASEM Meeting for Directors General on Management of Migratory Flows between Asia and Europe
the 9th ASEM Customs Enforcement Working Group(EWG) Meeting
20 Apr 2006 to 21 Apr 2006
Seoul, South Korea
All of the 39 ASEM members will be participating to share the view of international cooperation and best practices over the issues of Customs Enforcement field such as Drugs, Security, Commercial fraud, IPR etc.
ASEM Finance Deputies Meeting
09 Mar 2006 to 11 Mar 2006
Vienna, Austria
In preparation of Finance Ministers' Meeting 7, the Deputies will hold a meeting in Vienna. More at http://asem2006.portal.at
ASEM Senior Officials' Meeting
08 Mar 2006
Vienna, Austria
SOM preparation for the Finance Ministers' Meeting 7
ASEM Senior Officials' Meeting
29 Nov 2005 to 30 Nov 2005
London, UK
Periodic meetings of senior officials for coordination work on ASEM activities.
6th ASEM Customs DG-Commissioner Meeting
27 Jun 2005 to 29 Jun 2005
Peebles, Scotland
6th ASEM Customs DG-Commissioner Meeting
8th Meeting of the ASEM Customs Enforcement Working Group (EWG)
30 May 2005 to 31 May 2005
Brussels, Belgium
8th Meeting of the ASEM Customs Enforcement Working Group (EWG)
ASEM SOM
05 May 2005
Kyoto, Japan
Preparation of FMM 7
ASEM Finance Deputies Meeting
21 Apr 2005 to 22 Apr 2005
Xian, China
ASEM Finance Deputies Meeting
Economic Coordinators' Meeting
18 Apr 2005 to 19 Apr 2005
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Economic Coordinators' Meeting
2nd Preparatory Meeting for ASEM Conference on Cultures and Civilizations
21 Mar 2005 to 22 Mar 2005
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2nd Preparatory Meeting for ASEM Conference on Cultures and Civilizations
2nd Preparatory Meeting of ASEM Interfaith Dialogue
12 Mar 2005 to 13 Mar 2005
Jakarta, Indonesia
2nd Preparatory Meeting of ASEM Interfaith Dialogue
ASEM SOM
11 Mar 2005 to 12 Mar 2005
Jakarta, Indonesia
ASEM SOM
ASEM SOM (back-to-back with the ASEAN-EU SOM and AEMM*)
11 Mar 2005 to 12 Mar 2005
Jakarta, Indonesia
ASEM SOM (back-to-back with the ASEAN-EU SOM and AEMM*)
11th ASEM/TFAP Meeting on Standards and Conformity Assessment (SCA)
02 Feb 2005 to 03 Feb 2005
Tokyo, Japan
11 ASEM/TFAP Meeting on Standards and Conformity Assessment (SCA)
Preparatory Meeting for 2nd ASEM Conference on Cultures and Civilizations
17 Jan 2005 to 18 Jan 2005
Malaysia
Preparatory Meeting for 2nd ASEM Conference on Cultures and Civilizations
ASEM Coordinators' Meeting
22 Dec 2004
Bali, Indonesia
Participants: Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands and the EC. Luxembourg and Japan would also participate in their respective capacity as new European coordinator as of January 2005 and as the host of FMM 7 in Kyoto in May 2005.
Preparatory Meeting of the ASEM Interfaith Dialogue
20 Dec 2004 to 21 Dec 2004
Bali, Indonesia
Participants: All sponsors and co-sponsors of the dialogue, namely, Indonesia, the UK, the Netherlands, the European Commission, Malaysia, Singapore, Spain and Denmark
Asian ASEM SOM
19 Dec 2004 to 20 Dec 2004
Bali, Indonesia
Senior Officials' Meeting with Asian countries participants: ASEAN countries, China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ASEAN+3).
ASEM DGs Migration Annual Meeting
25 Nov 2004 to 26 Nov 2004
The Hague, Netherlands
ASEM DGs Migration Annual Meeting
ASEM SOM
06 Oct 2004 to 07 Oct 2004
Hanoi, Vietnam
Preparatory SOM for ASEM 5
ASEM 5 Preparatory SOM
05 Oct 2004
Hanoi, Vietnam
For preparation of ASEM 5 Hanoi
Coordinators' Meeting (CM)
09 Jul 2004
Tokyo, Japan
Coordinators' Meeting (CM)
SOMTI 10
29 Jun 2004 to 30 Jun 2004
Qing Dao, China
Senior Officials' Meeting on Trade and Industry X
5th Meeting of Taskforce for Closer Economic Partnership
17 May 2004
Barcelona, Spain
Meeting of Taskforce for Closer Economic Partnership
ASEM Core Group Meeting
24 Apr 2004
Washington DC, USA
ASEM Core Group Meeting
ASEM FMM 6 Preparatory SOM
16 Apr 2004
Kildare, Ireland
ASEM SOM on preparation of FMM6
ASEM Task Force Economic pillar
12 Mar 2004 to 13 Mar 2004
Bangkok, Thailand
ASEM Task Force Economic pillar
4th Meeting of Taskforce for Closer Economic Partnership
11 Mar 2004 to 12 Mar 2004
Bangkok, Thailand
Meeting of Taskforce for Closer Economic Partnership
Coordinators' Meeting (CM)
10 Mar 2004
Hanoi, Vietnam
Coordinators' Meeting (CM)
ASEM Coordinators Meeting (CM)
10 Mar 2004
Hanoi, Vietnam
ASEM Coordinators Meeting (CM)
ASEM Economic Coordinators' Meeting (ECM)
05 Mar 2004
Malahide. Ireland
ASEM Economic Coordinators' Meeting (ECM)
ASEM Economic Coordinators Meeting
05 Mar 2004
Dublin, Ireland
ASEM Economic Coordinators Meeting
Asian Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM)
02 Mar 2004 to 03 Mar 2004
Vietnam
Asian Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM)
ASEM Deputy Finance Ministers' Meeting
01 Mar 2004 to 02 Mar 2004
Cork, Ireland
ASEM Deputy Finance Ministers' Meeting
Coordinators' Meeting (CM)
16 Jan 2004
Dublin, Ireland
Coordinators' Meeting (CM)
Asem Coordinators Meeting
16 Jan 2004
Ireland
Coordinators Meeting
3rd Meeting of Taskforce for Closer Economic Partnership
22 Nov 2003
Frankfurt, Germany
Meeting of Taskforce for Closer Economic Partnership
Informal ASEM SOM
13 Nov 2003 to 14 Nov 2003
Rome, Italy
Informal ASEM SOM
2nd Meeting of Taskforce for Closer Economic Partnership
08 Sep 2003 to 09 Sep 2003
Tokyo, Japan
Meeting of Taskforce for Closer Economic Partnership
Coordinators' Meeting (CM)
07 Jul 2003 to 08 Jul 2003
Tokyo, Japan
Coordinators' Meeting (CM)
ASEM Deputy Finance Ministers' Meeting
07 Jun 2003 to 08 Jun 2004
Bali
ASEM Deputy Finance Ministers' Meeting
ASEM SOMTI 9
05 Jun 2003 to 06 Jun 2003
Paris, France
Senior Officials' Meeting on Trade and Industry 9
1st Meeting of Taskforce for Closer Economic Partnership
06 May 2003
Madrid, Spain
Meeting of Taskforce for Closer Economic Partnership
ASEM Economic Coordinators' Meeting (ECM)
14 Apr 2003
Brussels, Belgium
ASEM Economic Coordinators' Meeting (ECM)
ASEM Economic Coordinators' Meeting (ECM)
25 Feb 2003
Tokyo, Japan
ASEM Economic Coordinators' Meeting (ECM)
Coordinators' Meeting (CM)
28 Jan 2003 to 29 Jan 2003
Brussels, Belgium
Coordinators' Meeting (CM)
3rd ASEM Customs DG-Commissioners Meeting
23 Jun 1999 to 23 Jun 1999
Brussels, Belgium
The ASEM Customs DG-Commissioners Meetings follow up on the agreement made between ASEM Leaders during the 1st ASEM Summit of Heads of State and Government (Bangkok, 1-2 March 1996). ASEM Customs bureaus are to undertake facilitation and liberalization measures involving the simplification and harmonization of Customs procedures, to deal with illicit drug trafficking and to consider the development of closer co-operation in these areas among the Customs authorities in Asia and Europe.
2nd ASEM Customs DG-Commissioners Meeting
20 Jun 1997 to 21 Jun 1997
Vienna, Austria
The ASEM Customs DG-Commissioners Meetings follow up on the agreement made between ASEM Leaders during the 1st ASEM Summit of Heads of State and Government (Bangkok, 1-2 March 1996). ASEM Customs bureaus are to undertake facilitation and liberalization measures involving the simplification and harmonization of Customs procedures, to deal with illicit drug trafficking and to consider the development of closer co-operation in these areas among the Customs authorities in Asia and Europe.
1st ASEM Customs DG-Commissioners Meeting
21 Jun 1996 to 21 Jun 1996
Shenzhen, China
The Meeting followed up on the agreement made between ASEM Leaders during the 1st ASEM Summit of Heads of State and Government (Bangkok, 1-2 March 1996). ASEM Customs bureaus are to undertake facilitation and liberalization measures involving the simplification and harmonization of Customs procedures, to deal with illicit drug trafficking and to consider the development of closer co-operation in these areas among the Customs authorities in Asia and Europe.
