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As of 20 October 2021
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ASEAN NOTIONAL CALENDAR 2021
Tentative Date Meeting
Format [Videoconference (VC) or physical (venue)] / Chair
JANUARY
1 January New Year’s Day
4 January Independence Day of Myanmar
7 January Cambodia’s Victory Day
11 January ASEAN Senior Economic Officials Meeting Retreat
(SEOM) VC / Brunei Darussalam
13 January
2nd Ad Hoc Videoconference 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)
VC / Co-Chairs: Philippines and
China
13 January
Virtual Briefing on the Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025: Mainstreaming the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
13 – 15 January 11th Steering Committee of ASEAN+3 Field
Epidemiology Training Network VC / Thailand
15 January Webinar Series of ASEAN Expert Panels on COVID-
19: Digital technology for the enhancement of healthcare service delivery
VC / GIZ
19 January Webinar Series of ASEAN Expert Panels on COVID-19: Safe re-opening of economies and communities
in the “new normal” era VC / GIZ
19 January ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) VC / Brunei Darussalam
19 January Virtual Briefing on the Development of the SOMSWD
Work Plan 2021-2025 VC / ASEAN Secretariat
19 – 20 January Special Meeting of Automotive Product Working
Group (APWG) VC / Brunei Darussalam
20 January 88th ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-
BAC) Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
20 – 21 January ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank Taskforce
Meeting (ASEAN+3 TF) VC / Brunei Darussalam
20 – 21 January 1st ASEAN Digital Ministerial Meeting VC / Malaysia
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Tentative Date Meeting
Format [Videoconference (VC) or physical (venue)] / Chair
20 – 21 January 19th ASEAN Trade Facilitation Joint Consultative
Committee (ATF-JCC) VC / Brunei Darussalam
21 January ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat VC / Brunei Darussalam
21 January ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF) Deputies VC / Brunei Darussalam
21 January ASEAN EOC Network Video Conference on
Vaccines Rollout in ASEAN Member States: Sharing experiences by Indonesia and Singapore
VC / Malaysia
21 – 22 January ASEAN Special Senior Official Meeting on Energy
(Special SOME) VC / Brunei Darussalam
22 January Webinar Series of ASEAN Expert Panels on COVID-
19: Vaccine security and self-reliance relevant to COVID-19
VC/GIZ
23 January Committee of the Whole (COW) VC / ASEAN Secretariat
25 January Intersessional Pharmaceutical Product Working
Group (PPWG) Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
25 – 28 January
The First Meeting of the ASEAN Senior Economic Officials for the Fifty-Second ASEAN Economic
Ministers’ Meeting (SEOM 1/52)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
20th CLMV Senior Economic Officials’ Meeting (CLMV SEOM)
VC / Myanmar
26 January
6th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Open Ended Study Group on Confidence Building Measures to
Reduce the Risk of Conflict Stemming from the Use of ICTs (OESG)
VC / Co-Chairs: Malaysia, Singapore
& Japan
26 January 17th ASEAN-Russia Senior Officials’ Meeting
(ARSOM) VC / Co-Chairs:
Indonesia & Russia
26 January Inception Meeting of the Governing Board of ASEAN Training Centre for Social Work and Social Welfare
(ATCSW)
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
27 January ASEAN-ITF Kick Off Meeting on Implementation of
ASEAN Fuel Economy Roadmap VC / Singapore
28 January 2nd Meeting of Governing Council of ASEAN Centre for Sustainable Development Studies and Dialogue
(ACSDSD)
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
28 January 1/2021 ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee
(ACCC) VC / Brunei Darussalam
FEBRUARY
2 February Workshop on Theory of Change (ToC) for the
Development of the ACW Work Plan 2021-2025 VC / ASEAN Secretariat
2 February 17th Joint Business Council Meeting (JBC) VC
2 – 3 February U.S.- ASEAN Trade and Labor Dialogue VC
As of 20 October 2021
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Tentative Date Meeting
Format [Videoconference (VC) or physical (venue)] / Chair
2 – 3 February ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting Working
Group (ADSOM WG) VC / Brunei Darussalam
2 – 5 February
53rd Meeting of the ASEAN National Tourism Organizations (NTOs)
VC/Cambodia
37th Meeting of ASEAN Plus Three NTOs
25th Meeting of ASEAN-India Tourism Working Group
11th ASEAN-Russian Federation Tourism Consultation
24th Meeting of ASEAN Tourism Ministers
20th Meeting of ASEAN Plus Three Tourism Ministers
8th Meeting of ASEAN-India Tourism Ministers
4 February ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting-Plus
Working Group (ADSOM-Plus WG) VC / Brunei Darussalam
4 February 22nd WC-Payments and Settlements Systems (PSS) Meeting
VC / Brunei Darussalam
4 February ASEAN Cross-Sectoral Coordination Committee on
Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (ASCC-DRFI) VC / Brunei Darussalam
4 February 41st WC-Capital Account Liberalisation (CAL)
Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
4 - 5 February 32nd Meeting of the ASEAN Intergovernmental
Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) VC / Brunei Darussalam
5 February Joint ASEAN Capital Market Forum (ACMF) – WC-
Capital Market Development (CMD) VC / Brunei Darussalam
5 February WC-Capital Market Development (CMD) Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
8 February
2nd Meeting of the Sub-Working Group of the ASEAN-China Joint Working Group on the
Implementation of the Declaration of the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (SWG-DOC)
VC / Philippines
8 February
Senior Officials Committee for the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (SOCA) Retreat
VC / Brunei Darussalam
8 February 69th WC-Financial Services Liberalisation (FSL)
Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
8 February 9th WC-ASEAN Banking Integration Framework (ABIF) Meeting
VC / Brunei Darussalam
8 February 11th WC-Financial Inclusion (FINC)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
9 February ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting Working Group (AFCDM-WG)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
9 February Steering Committee for Capacity Building (SCCB)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
9 February 6th TWG Meeting on RPA COEA VC / Thailand
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Tentative Date Meeting
Format [Videoconference (VC) or physical (venue)] / Chair
9 February 13th ASEAN-Korea Centre Directors Council VC / Brunei Darussalam
10 February 21st ASEAN Senior Level Committee (SLC) on
Financial Integration Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
10 – 16 February Traditional New Year (VN)
12 February Myanmar’s Union Day
12 – 13 February Chinese New Year (BD, ID, MY, PH, SG)
15 – 16 February Capacity Building For The Operationalisation of the
ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Blueprint Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) System
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
16 February 1st AANZFTA Sub-Committee on Telecommunication
Meeting (SC-TEL)
VC / Co-Chairs: Singapore, Australia
and New Zealand
16 February ASEAN+3 FETN Planning Meeting for 2021-2025
Priorities Work Plan VC / Thailand
17 February 14th ASEAN-Japan Experts Group Meeting on
Information Platform for Transport Statistics (AJIP)
VC / Co-Chairs: ASEAN Secretariat
and Japan
17 – 18 February 26th Meeting of the Sub Working Group on ASEAN
Customs Transit System (SWG-ACTS) VC / ASEAN Secretariat
17 – 26 February Informal Session of the 24th Meeting of the
Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the CBD
VC / CBD
18 February 18th ASEAN Coordinating Committee on E-
Commerce (ACCEC) VC / Brunei Darussalam
18 February 6th Meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Council Working Group on Public Health Emergencies
(ACCWG PHE)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
18 February 8th AANZFTA Committee on Trade in Services
Meeting (CTS)
VC / Co-Chairs: Thailand, Australia and New Zealand
18 February 12th Meeting of the Technical Working Group on
Civil-Military Coordination (CIMIC) VC / Malaysia &
Singapore
19 February Workshop on the Development of SOMSWD Work
Plan 2021-2025 VC / ASEAN Secretariat
22 February 39th High – Level Task Force on ASEAN Economic
Integration (HLTF-EI) VC / Singapore
22 February 1st Meeting of the Technical Working Group on
Protection, Gender, and Inclusion (TWG on PGI) VC / ASEAN Secretariat
22 February 2nd Regional Consultation Meeting on the
Development of the ASEAN State of Climate Change Report
VC / Cambodia
22 – 24 February 2nd ARF Workshop on Aviation Security and
Information Sharing
VC / Co-Chairs: the Philippines,
Australia, the U.S.
As of 20 October 2021
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Tentative Date Meeting
Format [Videoconference (VC) or physical (venue)] / Chair
22 – 25 February The 54th Working Group on Technical Matters for the
ASW (TWG) Meeting VC / Malaysia
23 February National Day of Brunei Darussalam
24 February 18th ASEAN-Japan Port Technology Group (PTG) Meeting
VC / Philippines
24 February 3rd Intellectual Property (IP) Academy Working Group Meeting
VC
24 February ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Health Development (ASEAN SOMHD) Special Video
Conference on the ASEAN Centre for Public Health Emergencies and Emerging Diseases
VC / Indonesia
24 February Prep AEM – ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) Consultation
VC / Brunei Darussalam
25 February EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary (PH)
25 February 2nd ASEAN-GIZ Expert Group Meeting on
Sustainable Urban Transport Plans (SUMP) and Metropolitan Transport Executives (MTE)
VC / Philippines
25 February 5th ASEAN Seaport Interdiction Task Force (ASITF) VC / Brunei Darussalam
25 February Intersessional ASEAN Consultative Committee for
Standards and Quality (ACCSQ) Meeting VC / Viet Nam
25 February Pre-zero draft of the ACWC Work Plan 2021-2025 &
ACWC Workshop on the development of ACWC Work Plan 2021-2025
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
25 – 26 February 13th ASEAN-Japan Aviation Security AVSEC Experts
Meeting VC / Japan
25 February Working Group ASEAN Forum on Taxation (WG-
AFT) VC / Brunei Darussalam
25 February ASEAN Sub-Forum on Excise Taxation (SF-ET) Meeting
VC / Brunei Darussalam
26 February Makha Bucha Day (TH)
MARCH
1 March Launch of the ASEAN Gender Outlook: Achieving the
SDGs for all and leaving no woman and girl behind VC / ACWC, UN Women, ASEAN
Secretariat
1 March Prep-SEOM for the 27th ASEAN Economic Ministers’
(AEM) Retreat VC / Brunei Darussalam
1 – 2 March 6th Digital Trade Standards and Conformance
Working Group (DTSCWG) VC / Viet Nam
2 March AEM – ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-
BAC) Consultation VC / Brunei Darussalam
2 March Informal ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (IAMM) VC / Brunei Darussalam
2 – 3 March 27th AEM Retreat VC / Brunei Darussalam
As of 20 October 2021
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Tentative Date Meeting
Format [Videoconference (VC) or physical (venue)] / Chair
2 – 4 March ARF Workshop on Women, Peace and Security VC / Co-Chairs:
Indonesia, Thailand, and Canada
2 – 4 March 29th Customs Enforcement and Compliance Working
Group (29th CECWG Meeting) VC / Malaysia
2 – 4 March 17th Meeting of the Task Force on ASEAN Patent
Examination Cooperation (17th ASPEC-TF Meeting) and the 12th Community of Practice (CoP) Forum
VC / Singapore
3 – 4 March ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank Task Force
Meeting (ASEAN+3 TF) VC / Brunei Darussalam
3 – 4 March 6th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus Experts’ Working Group on Cyber Security (ADMM-Plus EWG
on CS)
VC / Co-Chairs: Malaysia and ROK
4 March 3rd ASEAN-Japan Expert Group Meeting on Joint
Research on Bridge Maintenance VC / Co-Chairs:
Thailand and Japan
4 March ASEAN Caucus on ASEAN-EU Comprehensive Air
Transport Agreement (AE-CATA) VC / Singapore
4 – 5 March 32nd Prepared Foodstuff Product Working Group
(PFPWG) – The 18th ASEAN Food Testing Laboratory Committee (AFTLC)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
4 – 5 March Special ASEAN Cosmetic Committee (ACC) HOD
Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
8 March International Women’s Day (CA, LA)
8 March Launch Ceremony of the ASEAN Regional Study on
Women, Peace and Security (WPS) VC / ASEAN Secretariat
8 March [Webinar] Women and the Environment: Achieving
Sustainable Development Goals VC / ASEAN Secretariat
9 March 70th WC-Financial Services Liberalisation (FSL)
Meeting VC / ASEAN Secretariat
9 March
1st Upgrade Intersessional AANZFTA Committee on Investment Meeting (COI)
VC / Co-Chairs: Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand
9 March HelpAge International's webinar “Building back better
in post-pandemic Asia: Back to the future for older people?”
VC / HelpAge International & ADB
9 – 10 March The 21st Meeting of the ASEAN Community
Statistical System Sub-Committee on Planning and Coordination (SCPC21)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
9 – 10 March 40th ASEAN Maritime Transport Working Group
Meeting (MTWG) VC / Thailand
9 – 10 March 2nd ASEAN-Japan Expert Group Meeting on Road
Traffic Safety
VC / Co-Chairs: ASEAN Secretariat
and Japan
As of 20 October 2021
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Tentative Date Meeting
Format [Videoconference (VC) or physical (venue)] / Chair
10 March ASEAN Military Operations Meetings (AMOM) VC / Brunei Darussalam
10 March International Workshop on Partnership to Strengthen
Transparency for co-Innovation (PaSTI) VC
10 – 12 March
15th Conference of ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information (AMRI) and Related Meetings (6th AMRI+3, 18th SOMRI, 6th SOMRI+3 and 3rd
SOMRI+Japan)
VC / Thailand
11 March Ascension of Prophet Muhammad (Isra’ Miraj) (BD,
ID, MY)
12 March 7th Meeting of ASEAN Network of Intellectual
Property Enforcement Experts (ANIEE) VC/ Philippines
12 March
Virtual ASEAN Side-Event to Asia-Pacific Regional Review of Implementation of Global Compact for
Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: “Realizing the Rights of Children in the Context of Migration in
ASEAN”
VC / Thailand & UNICEF
15 March
16th Coordinating Conference on the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (SOC-COM)
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
Launch of the ASEAN Development Outlook VC / ASEAN Secretariat
ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Partnership Conference
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
15 March
3rd Ad Hoc Video Conference 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)
VC / Co-chairs: The Philippines & China
15 – 16 March
32nd Prepared Foodstuff Product Working Group (PFPWG) – 5th Joint Sectoral Committee on MRA for Inspection and Certification System on Food Hygiene for Prepared Foodstuff Products (JSC MRA on PF)
VC / Thailand
16 March ASEAN Military Intelligence Meeting (AMIM) VC / Brunei Darussalam
16 March Virtual Conference in Commemoration of the World
Social Work Day 2021 VC / Thailand
16 March 11th ASEAN Tourism Marketing Partnership Working
Group Meeting (ATMPWG) VC/ Singapore
16 March
Measurable Action for Haze-Free Sustainable Land Management in Southeast Asia (MAHFSA) Regional
Workshop and Consultation Meeting for Capacity Building and Knowledge Product Development
VC / MAHFSA Program
Coordination Unit (PCU)
16 – 17 March 78th Coordinating Committee on Investment Meeting
(CCI 78) VC /
Chair: Viet Nam
As of 20 October 2021
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Tentative Date Meeting
Format [Videoconference (VC) or physical (venue)] / Chair
16 – 17 March ASEAN Committee on Consumer Protection (ACCP)
Virtual Workshop on the Assessment of Data on Product-related Injuries
VC/ Malaysia
16 – 17 March 3rd ARF Workshop on Enhancing Regional Maritime
Law Enforcement Cooperation
VC / Co-Chairs: Viet Nam, Australia and
EU
16 – 18 March 31st Rubber-Based Product Working Group
(RBPWG) Meeting VC / Thailand
16 – 18 March The 35th Sub-Committee on ATIGA Rules of Origin
(SC-AROO) VC / Viet Nam
17 March 33rd ASEAN-Australia Forum VC / Co-Chairs:
Malaysia & Australia
17 March Consultation Meeting on the Development of ASEAN
SCP Framework VC / Indonesia
17 – 18 March 12th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus Experts’
Working Group on Military Medicine (ADMM-Plus EWG on MM)
VC / Co-Chairs: Brunei Darussalam
and Australia
17 – 18 March Consultation Meeting ASEAN Food and Nutrition
Security Report 2021 VC / Philippines
17 – 19 March 28th Customs Capacity Building Working Group (28th CCBWG) VC / Indonesia
18 March ASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forces’ Meeting (ACDFM) VC / Brunei Darussalam
18 March 40th ASEAN-Japan Centre Directors Council VC / Philippine
18 – 19 March
32nd Prepared Foodstuff Product Working Group (PFPWG) – The 3rd ASEAN Committee on
Harmonisation of Prepared Foodstuff Standards (ACHPFS)
VC / Lao PDR
22 March 22nd ACWC Meeting VC / TBC
22 March Project Working Group 2 meeting, Project for
Strengthening the ASEAN Regional Capacity on Disaster Health Management (ARCH Project)
VC / Thailand
22 – 23 March ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting Working
Group (ADSOM WG) VC / Brunei Darussalam
22 – 26 March 26th ASEAN Experts Group on Competition (AEGC)
and Related Meetings VC / Indonesia
23 March Pro Tem ASEAN Taxonomy Board Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
23 March 28th ASEAN-New Zealand Dialogue VC / Co-Chairs:
Cambodia and New Zealand
As of 20 October 2021
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Tentative Date Meeting
Format [Videoconference (VC) or physical (venue)] / Chair
23 March
The 7th Meeting of the Lead Implementing Body for the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) 2025 Strategic Area for Sustainable Infrastructure
(7th LIB-SI Meeting)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
23 March Webinar on "Women’s Leadership and Participation in Mitigating the Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on
the Lives of Women in Southeast Asia" VC / IFES AGENDA
23 March Project Working Group 1 meeting, ARCH Project VC / Thailand
23 – 24 March 40th ASEAN Transport Facilitation Working Group
(TFWG) Meeting VC / Cambodia
24 March
Virtual Side Event of CSW65 on "Who cares?! Understanding the Impact of Unpaid Care and
Domestic Work and Making it Count for a Resilient and Sustainable Recovery
VC / Philippine Commission on
Women and UNESCAP
23 – 25 March 30th Meeting of Customs Procedures and Trade
Facilitation Group (CPTFWG) Singapore (TBC)
23 – 25 March 97th Coordinating Committee on Services Meeting
(CCS 97) VC /
Chair: Malaysia
23 – 25 March The 35th Coordinating Committee on the
Implementation of the ATIGA (CCA) VC / Viet Nam
24 – 25 March ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting (ADSOM) VC / Brunei Darussalam
24 – 25 March 63rd ASEAN Working Group on Intellectual Property
Cooperation (AWGIPC) Meeting VC / Viet Nam
25 March ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank Deputies
Meeting (AFCDM+3) VC / Brunei Darussalam
25 March Ad-Hoc ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting
Working Group (Ad-Hoc ADSOM WG) VC / Brunei Darussalam
25 March 63rd Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) Task Force
Meeting VC / Viet Nam
25 March Workshop on the finalisation of SOMRDPE Work
Plan 2021-2025 (morning) VC / Thailand
25 March 8th ASEAN Public Private-People Partnership Forum
on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication VC / Thailand
26 March ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Deputies’ Meeting
(AFCDM) VC / Brunei Darussalam
As of 20 October 2021
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Tentative Date Meeting
Format [Videoconference (VC) or physical (venue)] / Chair
26 March US Treasury – ASEAN Finance and Central Bank
Deputies’ Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
26 March 17th SOMRDPE Meeting VC / Thailand
26 March 13th SOMRDPE+3 Meeting VC / Thailand
29 March
4th Meeting of ASEAN Working Group on the Declaration on Culture of Prevention (CoP) for a
Peaceful, Inclusive, Resilient, Healthy and Harmonious Society (WG on CoP)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
29 March Workshop on the Development of ACW Work Plan
2021-2025 VC / ASEAN Secretariat
29 March Dialogue for ASEAN Central Bank Governors and
ASEAN Financial Institution CEOs VC / Brunei Darussalam
29 March Intersessional ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework (AQRF) Committee Meeting VC / Cambodia
29 – 30 March 32nd Prepared Foodstuff Product Working Group
(PFPWG) Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
29 – 31 March
5th ASOMM Joint Working Groups (JWG) and associated Meetings:
(i) 5th Joint Working Group (ii) 18th WGTIM (iii) 18th WGSMD (iv) 18th WGCBM (v) 18th WGMID
VC / Viet Nam
30 March Special Senior Economic Officials Meeting (SEOM)
1/2021 VC / Viet Nam
30 March 30th Meeting of the Senior Officials Committee for the
ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (SOCA) VC / Brunei Darussalam
30 March ASEAN Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank
Governors’ Meeting Special Session with International Financial Institutions
VC / Brunei Darussalam
30 March ASEAN Central Bank Governors’ Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
30 March 25th ASEAN Finance Ministers’ Meeting (25th AFMM) VC / Brunei Darussalam
30 March 7th ASEAN Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank
Governors’ Meeting (7th AFMGM) VC / Brunei Darussalam
30 March Seminar on Child Online Protection
VC/ Malaysian Communications and
Multimedia Commission
(MCMC) & UNICEF
As of 20 October 2021
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Tentative Date Meeting
Format [Videoconference (VC) or physical (venue)] / Chair
30 – 31 March 31st Joint Sectoral Committee on Electrical and
Electronic Equipment (JSC EEE) Meeting VC / Thailand
30 March – 1 April 14th Network of ASEAN Defence and Security
Institution (NADI) Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
31 March 25th ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council
(ASCC) Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
31 March 14th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus Experts’
Working Group on Maritime Security (ADMM-Plus EWG on MS)
VC / Co-Chairs: Thailand and the US
31 March
The 5th High-Level Brainstorming Dialogue (HLBD) on Enhancing Complementarities between the
ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
VC / Thailand
APRIL
1 April Maundy Thursday (PH)
2 April Good Friday (ID, MY, PH, SG, TH)
5 April 1st Meeting of the AANZFTA Sub-Committee on
Financial Services ASEAN Caucus VC / Brunei Darussalam
5 April
First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Task Force on the Operationalisation of the ASEAN Travel Corridor Arrangement Framework
(TF-ATCAF)
VC / Indonesia
5 – 7 April 25th ASEAN Energy Efficiency & Conservation Sub-
Sector Network Meeting (EE&C SSN) VC / Brunei Darussalam
5 – 7 April
26th ASEAN Tourism Professional Monitoring Committee Meeting (ATPMC)
11th ASEAN Tourism Competitiveness Committee Meeting (ATCC)
11th ASEAN Sustainable and Inclusive Tourism Development Committee Meeting (ASITDC)
11th ASEAN Tourism Resourcing, Monitoring, and Evaluation Committee Meeting (ATRMEC)
VC / Indonesia, Philippines,
Malaysia, Myanmar
5 – 8 April 11th ASEAN Coordinating Committee on MSMEs
(ACCMSME) Meeting and Related Meetings VC / Malaysia
6 April Chakri Memorial Day (TH)
6 April 14th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus Experts’
Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations (ADMM-Plus EWG on PKO)
VC / Co-Chairs: Viet Nam and Japan
6 – 7 April 1st ASEAN Senior Law Officials (ASLOM) Working
Group WG on Extradition Treaty VC / Singapore
6 – 7 April Capacity Building Initiative for ASEAN Sectoral
Bodies to Integrate the Implementation and Monitoring of the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025
VC / SOMSWD, AGENDA & ADF
As of 20 October 2021
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Tentative Date Meeting
Format [Videoconference (VC) or physical (venue)] / Chair
6 – 8 April 33rd Meeting of the ASEAN Intergovernmental
Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) VC / Brunei Darussalam
6 – 9 April 12th AANZFTA Joint Committee Meeting VC / ASEAN,
Australia and New Zealand
7 April ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) VC / Brunei Darussalam
7 April ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting Plus
Working Group (ADSOM Plus WG) VC / Brunei Darussalam
7 – 8 April ASEAN Regional Workshop on Anticipatory Action VC/Co-Chairs:
Lao PDR Philippines
7 – 8 April
1st ESCAP-ASEAN-ITF Regional Capacity Building to Implement COVID-19 Recovery Guidelines for
Resilient and Sustainable International Road Freight Transport Connectivity in ASEAN
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
7 – 8 April 10th ASEAN Drug Monitoring Network (ADMN)
Meeting VC / Thailand
7 – 9 April AANZFTA Committee on Investment Meeting (COI) VC / Co-Chairs:
Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand
7 – 9 April 26th ASEAN Single Window Steering Committee
(ASWSC) Meeting VC
8 April Ad-Hoc ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting
Working Group (Ad-Hoc ADSOM WG) VC / Brunei Darussalam
8 April ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting-Plus
(ADSOM-Plus) VC / Brunei Darussalam
8 April ASEAN-UK Open-Ended Troika Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
8 April Preparatory Meeting and Senior Officials Meeting of the 21st ASEAN Cooperation on Civil Service Matters
(ACCSM) VC / Viet Nam
8 April 5th ASEAN-China-UNDP Symposium: Enhancing the
Roles of Youth in Achieving the SDGs VC/ASEC, China,
UNDP
8 – 9 April 1st Upgrade AANZFTA Committee on Investment
Meeting (COI) VC/ Co-Chairs:
Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand
9 April Araw ng Kagitingan (PH)
9 April 1st Meeting of the AANZFTA Sub-Committee on
Financial Services Plenary VC / Brunei Darussalam
12 April 1st PSC Meeting on Fostering Greater
Understanding, Tolerance and a Sense of Regional Agendas Among the People of ASEAN
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
12 – 13 April 4th Building and Construction Working Group
(BCWG) Meeting VC/ Cambodia
As of 20 October 2021
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Tentative Date Meeting
Format [Videoconference (VC) or physical (venue)] / Chair
13 April First Day of Ramadhan (BD, ID, MY)
14 – 17 April New Year & Songkran Festival (CA, LA, TH)
19 April Special Pharmaceutical Product Working Group
Meeting – Briefing Session on Viet Nam’s Circular No 29
VC / Brunei Darussalam
19 – 20 April 7th ASEAN Medical Device Technical Committee
(AMDTC) Meeting VC / Indonesia
20 April
ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime (SOMTC) Consultation Workshop on the
ASEAN-Australia Counter-Trafficking (ASEAN-ACT) Work Plan 2020-2023
VC / The Philippines
20 April 4th Japan-ASEAN HADR Meeting VC / Japan
20 April Peer Reviewing Team (PRT) Meeting for the ASEAN
Committee on Consumer Protection (ACCP) Voluntary Peer Review
VC / Malaysia
20 – 22 April 2nd AANZFTA SC-CPTF Meeting VC
21 April Preparatory Meeting for the Special Video
Conference of AHMM on COVID-19 VC / Indonesia
22 April 17th ARF ISM on Counter-Terrorism and
Transnational Crime
VC / Co-Chairs: Malaysia, EU and
New Zealand
22 April Brunei Indonesia Malaysia Philippines-East Asia
Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) SOM / Strategic Planning Meeting (SPM)
VC / Malaysia
22, 23, 26, 28 and 29 April
Workshop on Food Borne Diseases Outbreaks VC / ARISE Plus
23 April 7th Online Meeting of the ACWC-SOMSWD TWG on
ASEAN RPA on COEA VC/Thailand
23 and 26 April 2021
ARF Workshop on Countering the Use of ICTs for Criminal Purposes
VC / Co-Chairs: Viet Nam, China and
Russia
24 April ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting ASEAN Secretariat /
Brunei Darussalam
27 April
The 9th ASEAN SPS Contact Points (ASCP), 11th ATIGA Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary
(AC-SPS) and 5th ASEAN China TWG
VC
27 April 7th ARF Open-Ended Study Group on CBMs to
Reduce the Risk of Conflict Stemming from the Use of ICTs (OESG)
VC / Co-Chairs: Malaysia, Singapore
and Japan
27 April 7th Senior Officials Meeting Responsible for Information Working Group on Content and
Production (SOMRI WG-CP)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
27 April Regional Workshop to Support Knowledge Exchange
and Experience on Shelter Practices Across AMS VC/Philippines
&Thailand
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27 April 3rd ASEAN-New Zealand Working Group on Regional
Air Services Agreement (ANZWG RASA)
VC / Co Chairs: Cambodia and New
Zealand
27 April Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc Task Force on the Operationalisation of the ASEAN Travel Corridor
Arrangement Framework (TF-ATCAF) VC / Indonesia
27 – 28 April 2nd EU-ASEAN Workshop on Intelligent Transport
Systems (ITS) VC / Singapore
27 – 28 April 14th ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion
of the Rights of Migrant Workers (14th ACMW)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
27 – 29 April 34th Coordinating Committee on Customs (CCC) Meeting
Myanmar (TBC)
28 April 23rd ASEAN-India Senior Officials’ Meeting (AISOM) VC / Thailand
28 April 3rd ARF ISM on ICTs Security VC / Co-Chairs:
Malaysia, Singapore and Japan
28 April
First Virtual Consultation Meeting on the Development of an ASEAN Health Sector Statement on Ending AIDS as a Public Health Threat by 2030 to
be delivered at the High-Level Meeting (HLM) on AIDS at the United Nations General Assembly
(UNGA), 8-10 June 2021
VC / Philippines
28 – 29 April 16th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus Experts’
Working Group on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (ADMM-Plus EWG on HADR)
VC / Co-Chairs: Indonesia and India
29 April 12th ARF ISM on Maritime Security
VC / Co-Chairs: Viet Nam, Australia and the European
Union
29 – 30 April
Pharmaceutical Product Working Group (PPWG) – Intersessional Meeting of Joint Sectoral Committee on MRA on GMP Inspection for Manufacturers of
Medicinal Products (JSC MRA GMP)
VC/ Malaysia
30 April Nuzul Al-Quran (BD)
30 April National Reunification Day of Viet Nam
MAY
1 May Labour Day
2 – 3 May
ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting (AFCDM+3),
24th ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting (AFMGM+3) and Related
Meetings
VC / Brunei Darussalam
3 – 6 May 16th International Peatland Congress 2021 VC
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3 – 6 May 22nd ASEAN Committee on Consumer Protection
(ACCP) and Related Meetings VC / Malaysia
4 – 5 May 5th Meeting of the Working Group on ASEAN Our
Eyes VC / Indonesia
4 – 5 May 31st Meeting of Automotive Product Working Group
(APWG) VC/ Viet Nam
4 – 6 May Training Workshop of the ASEAN Guideline on
Gender Mainstreaming into Labour and Employment Policies to Promote Decent Work for All
VC / Vietnam
4 – 6 May ARF Open-Ended Study Group and Symposium on Inclusive Processes for Preventive Diplomacy and
Conflict Resolution
VC / Co-Chairs: Singapore, the
European Union and the United States
4 – 8 May 6th Meeting of the Technical Sub-Working Group on
Classification (TSWGC) VC/ASEAN Secretariat
5 May 1st ASEAN-Hong Kong Sub-Committee on
Investment (AHKFTA SCI) VC / Malaysia
6 May Special Senior Economic Officials Meeting (SEOM)
2/2021 VC / ASEAN Secretariat
6 May 13th Coordinating Conference for the ASEAN
Political-Security Community (ASCCO) VC/ ASEAN Secretariat
6 May 15th ANCM Staff Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
6 May 34th ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue VC / Lao PDR & US
6 May ASEAN Caucus on ASEAN-EU Comprehensive Air
Transport Agreement VC / Singapore
6 – 7 May 2nd ESCAP-ASEAN-ITF Regional Capacity Building to implement COVID-19 Recovery Guidelines for
Resilient and Sustainable International Road Freight Transport Connectivity in ASEAN
VC / ESCAP-ASEAN Secretariat-ITF
7 May 2nd Consultation Meeting on revised draft ASEAN
Food and Nutrition Security Report 2021 VC / Philippines
10 May Royal Ploughing Ceremony Day (TH)
10 May
Third Meeting of the Ad Hoc Task Force on the Operationalisation of the ASEAN Travel Corridor Arrangement Framework
(TF-ATCAF)
VC / Indonesia
13 – 19 May Aidil Fitri (BD, ID, MY)
14 May His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni’s Birthday (CA)
17 – 30 May
ASEAN Side Events at the UN Biodiversity Conference / 15th meeting of the Conference of the
Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 15)
Kunming, China
18 May 27th ASEAN-China Senior Officials’ Consultation
(ACSOC) VC / Philippines &
China
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19 May 19th ARF ISM on Disaster Relief VC / Co-Chairs: Lao PDR, Canada and
China
19 May ASEAN Economic Community Dialogue VC
19 May
Second Virtual Consultation Meeting on the Development of an ASEAN Health Sector Statement on Ending AIDS as a Public Health Threat by 2030 to
be delivered at the High-Level Meeting (HLM) on AIDS at the United Nations General Assembly
(UNGA), 8-10 June 2021
VC / Philippines
19 May Plenary Meeting for the ASEAN Committee on
Consumer Protection (ACCP) Voluntary Peer Review VC / Malaysia
19 – 20 May Special Coordinating Committee on Investment
Meeting (Special CCI) VC /
Chair: Viet Nam
20 May
3rd Meeting of the Sub-Working Group of the ASEAN-China Joint Working Group on the Implementation of
the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (SWG-DOC)
VC / Co-Chairs: The Philippines & China
20 May ARF Defence Officials’ Dialogue (DOD) VC / Co-Chairs:
Brunei Darussalam and Australia
20 May Teleconference Meeting on Smoke Haze Incident in
the Mekong Sub-region VC / ASEAN Secretariat
20 May 27th Meeting of the Sub Working Group on ASEAN
Customs Transit System (SWG-ACTS) VC / ASEAN Secretariat
21, 24 – 25 May 45th Working Group 1 on Standards (WG 1) Meeting VC / Viet Nam
24 May 4th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA)
Advisory Council on Dangerous Drugs (AIPACCOD) VC / Brunei Darussalam
24 May ARF Inter-Sessional Support Group Meeting on Confidence Building Measures and Preventive
Diplomacy (ISG CBM & PD)
VC / Co-Chairs: Brunei Darussalam
and Australia
24 – 25 May Intersessional Meeting of Digital Trade Standards
and Conformance Working Group (DTSCWG) VC/ Viet Nam
24 – 25 May ASEAN-United Kingdom’s Race to Zero Dialogues VC / United Kingdom
25 May 2nd EU-ASEAN Expert Dialogue on COVID-19
Vaccines VC / EU
25 – 26 May ASEAN Military Medicine Conference (AMMC) Virtual
Symposium VC / Brunei Darussalam
26 May Vesak Day (ID, SG, TH)
26 May P4G Ocean Special Session VC / Host: Republic
of Korea
27 May ARF Security Policy Conference (ASPC) VC / Brunei Darussalam
27 May 36th ASEAN-Japan Forum VC / Viet Nam &
Japan
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27 May
4th Ad Hoc Video Conference 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)
VC / Philippines & China
27 May 22nd Meeting of the ASEAN-COCI Sub-Committee on
Information (SCI) VC / Thailand
27 May
ASEAN High Level Regional Cultural Forum on Promoting an Adaptive ASEAN Community of
Greater Understanding, Tolerance and a Sense of Regional Agendas Among the People of ASEAN
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
27 May 22nd Meeting of the ASEAN-COCI Sub-Committee on
Information (SCI) VC / Thailand
27 – 28 May 20th ASEAN Trade Facilitation Joint Consultative Committee (ATF-JCC)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
27 – 28 May 34th Meeting ACCSQ Working Group on Legal Metrology (WG 3)
VC/ Indonesia
27 – 28 May 43rd ASEAN Air Transport Working Group (ATWG)
and Related Meetings VC / Philippines
27 – 28 May
Intersessional Discussion on COVID 19: Responses of ASEAN Member States to Seafarers’ Access to
Crew Change, Repatriation, and National Vaccination Programmes
VC / Thailand
27 – 28 May
9th ASEAN Labour Inspection Conference (ALIC) : Strengthening Labour inspection capability in the
Post Covid-19 VC / Singapore
28 May Virtual Launch: ASEAN Regional Action Plan (RAP)
on Combating Marine Debris in ASEAN Member States
VC / Organised by Thailand, World
Bank and ASEAN Secretariat
28 May Opening Ceremony of the ASEAN-China Year of Sustainable Development Cooperation
Beijing, China
31 May Royal Brunei Armed Force Day (BD)
31 May
ARF Workshop on Protection of ICT-Enabled Critical Infrastructures
VC / Co-Chairs: Singapore and the European Union
31 May – 1 June
74th World Health Assembly
VC / Indonesia (to read a statement on
behalf of ASEAN Health Sector)
JUNE
1 June Pancasila Day (ID)
1 – 2 June ARF Workshop on Implementing UNCLOS and other
International Instruments to address Emerging Maritime Issues
VC / Co-Chairs: Viet Nam, Australia,
Canada, the
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European Union and India
1 – 4 June 33rd ASEAN Cosmetic Committee (ACC) Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
2 June Ad Hoc ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting
Working Group (ADSOM WG) VC / Brunei Darussalam
2 June Extraordinary ASEAN-EU STOM on ASEAN-EU
Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement (AE ESTOM on AE CATA)
VC / Co-Chairs: Cambodia and EU
2 June
Fourth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Task Force on the Operationalisation of the ASEAN Travel Corridor Arrangement Framework
(TF-ATCAF)
VC / Indonesia
2 June
Brainstorming Workshop on ASEAN Mapping Exercise to Promote Synergy with Other Relevant
ASEAN Sectoral Bodies, and Entities Associated with ASEAN on Disaster Management
VC / Singapore
2 June Ad-Hoc ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting
Working Group (Ad-Hoc ADSOM WG) VC / Brunei Darussalam
2 June
The Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) and the ASEAN Committee on
Consumer Protection (ACCP) Workshop on Consumer Protection in E-Commerce
VC / Malaysia
2 June Special Coordinating Committee of the
Implementation of the ATIGA (CCA) Meeting VC / Viet Nam
2 – 3 June 13th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus Experts’
Working Group on Military Medicine (ADMM-Plus EWG on MM)
VC / Co-Chairs: Brunei Darussalam
and Australia
2-3 and 15-17 June; 22 – 23 July
7th Meeting of the Technical Sub-Working Group on Classification (TSWGC)
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
3 June Her Majesty Queen Suthida’s Birthday (TH)
3 – 4 June 39th ACCSQ Working Group on Conformity
Assessment (WG 2) Meeting VC / Viet Nam
3 – 4 June 12th ARF ISM on Non-Proliferation and Disarmament VC / Co-Chairs:
Indonesia, Japan and ROK
4 June 12th CMIM Test Run Coordination Meeting VC / AMRO
7 June Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia’s Birthday
7 June 19th ASEAN-China Senior Officials’ Meeting on the
Implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (SOM-DOC)
Chongqing, China/ Co-Chairs: The Philippines and
China
7 June Ad-Hoc ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting-
Plus (Ad-Hoc ADSOM-Plus WG) VC / Brunei Darussalam
7 – 8 June Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Chongqing, China
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7 – 8 June Workshop on ASEAN Pharmaceutical Regulatory
Policy and ASEAN Pharmaceutical Regulatory Framework (APRP & APRF)
VC / ARISE Plus
7 – 24 June 98th Coordinating Committee on Services (CCS 98)
and related Meetings VC / Chair: Malaysia
8 June ASEAN-UK COP26: Framing the Future for Nature
and Climate VC / ACB
8 June 7th SOMTC Working Group on Cybercrime VC / Singapore
8 June 14th Meeting of the Governing Board of the AHA
Centre VC / Singapore
8 – 9 June 51st ASEAN Senior Transport Officials Meeting
(STOM) VC / Cambodia
8 – 10 June 30th Meeting of ASEAN Customs Directors-General Meeting of Customs (DGs Customs)
VC
8 – 10 June The Second Meeting of the ASEAN Senior Economic
Officials for the Fifty-Second ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (SEOM 2/52)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
8 – 10 June
General Assembly of United Nations – High Level
Meeting on HIV/AIDS
VC / Indonesia (to read a statement on
behalf of ASEAN Health Sector)
9 June 38th Meeting of the ASEAN Committee on Disaster
Management (ACDM) VC / Singapore
9 – 11 June 31st Pharmaceutical Product Working Group (PPWG)
Meeting VC / Cambodia
10 June
1st Meeting of ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) Plus China
VC / Singapore 1st Meeting of ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) Plus Japan
15th Meeting of Joint Task Force to Promote Synergy with Other Relevant ASEAN Bodies on Humanitarian
Assistance and Disaster Relief (JTF on HADR) VC / Singapore
10 June 17th SOMTC Working Group on Counter-Terrorism VC / Indonesia
10 June Special Meeting of ASEAN Tourism Professional Monitoring Committee Meeting (ATPMC)
VC / Indonesia
11 June Ad Hoc ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting-Plus Working Group (ADSOM-Plus WG)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
11 June (TBC) 3rd Regional Consultation Meeting on ASEAN State
of Climate Change Report VC / Cambodia
12 June Philippines’ Independence National Day
14 June
33rd SEOM-AUSTR Consultations
VC / Brunei Darussalam
34th SEOM-ROK Consultations
1/26 SEOM-METI Consultations
15 June 13th SEOM-Canada Consultations
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37th SEOM-Plus Three Consultations
33rd SEOM-India Consultations
39th SEOM-MOFCOM Consultations
15 June ASEAN Dengue Day Observation
ASEAN Dengue Forum VC / Philippines
14 – 17 June
39th ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting on Energy (SOME)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
12th SOME – IEA
3rd SOME – IRENA
20th SOME + 3 EPGG
22nd SOME – METI
12th SOME – Russia
26th EAS ECTF
14 – 17 June The 55th Working Group on Technical Matters for the
ASW (TWG) Meeting VC / ASEAN Secretariat
15 – 17 June 55th ASEAN Consultative Committee for Standards
and Quality (ACCSQ) Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
15 June 3rd SOMTC Working Group on Illicit Trafficking of
Wildlife and Timber VC / Thailand
15 June 15th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (15th ADMM) VC / Brunei Darussalam
16 June 8th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting-Plus (8th
ADMM-Plus) VC / Brunei Darussalam
16 June 12th AIPA Caucus VC / Singapore
16 June 89th ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-
BAC) Meeting and AGM VC / Brunei Darussalam
16 June 8th ASEAN Transport SAR Forum VC / Viet Nam
17 June 2nd Meeting of the AANZFTA Sub-Committee on
Financial Services ASEAN Caucus VC / Brunei Darussalam
17 June RCEP Interim Joint Committee Meeting VC / Indonesia
17 June Joint Consultative Meeting (JCM) VC / Brunei Darussalam
17 June 3rd SOMTC Working Group on Arms Smuggling VC / Cambodia
17 – 18 June 2nd Upgrade AANZFTA Committee on Investment
(COI)
VC / Co-Chairs: Indonesia, Australia,
New Zealand
21 June
ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) VC / Brunei Darussalam
Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (SEANWFZ)
Commission
21 – 23 June The 36th Sub-Committee on ATIGA Rules of Origin
(SC-AROO) VC / Viet Nam
21, 23, 25, 28, 30 June
Training on Food Hygiene VC / ARISE Plus
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22 June ASEAN Plus Three (APT) SOM VC / Brunei
Darussalam
22 June 64th IAI Task Force Meeting VC / Viet Nam
22 – 24 June The 19th Meeting of Working Group on Data Sharing,
Analysis, Dissemination and Communication on Statistics (WGDSA19)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
22 – 25 June ARF Training on Ferry Safety Capacity Building VC / Co-Chairs:
Thailand and China
23 June ASEAN Workshop on Blue Economy VC / Brunei Darussalam
23 June Ad Hoc ASEAN Taxonomy Board Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
24 June 19th ASEAN Coordinating Committee on E-
Commerce (ACCEC) VC / Brunei Darussalam
24 June East Asia Summit (EAS) SOM VC / Brunei Darussalam
24 June 3rd Special Meeting ASEAN Tourism Crisis
Communication Team Covid19 VC/Cambodia
24 June
5th Ad Hoc Videoconference 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)
VC / Co-Chairs: The Philippines & China
25 June 2/2021 ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee
(ACCC) VC / Brunei Darussalam
25 June ASEAN EOC Network: COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout in
Malaysia VC / Malaysia
28 – 29 June The Preparatory Meeting for the Third ASEAN – China FTA Working Group on Investment (Prep-
ACFTA WGI) VC / Malaysia
28 – 30 June
3rd Regional PSC Meetings of ASEAN Peatlands Programmes/Projects (SUPA, MAHFSA, Mekong
Peatland Project) 6th Meeting of the ASEAN Task Force on Peatlands
VC / Philippines
28 – 30 June The 36th Coordinating Committee on the
Implementation of the ATIGA (CCA) VC / Viet Nam
29 June ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) SOM VC / Brunei
Darussalam
29 – 30 June 11th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus Experts’ Working Group on Counter-Terrorism (ADMM-Plus
EWG on CT)
VC / Co-Chairs: Myanmar and Russia
29 – 30 June
Pharmaceutical Product Working Group (PPWG) – 2nd Intersessional Meeting of Joint Sectoral Committee on MRA on GMP Inspection for
Manufacturers of Medicinal Products (JSC MRA GMP)
VC / Malaysia
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30 June – 1 July
2nd AANZFTA Sub-Committee on Telecommunication Meeting (SC-TEL)
VC / Co-Chairs: Singapore, Australia,
New Zealand
JULY
1 July 6th Meeting of ASEAN Working Group on Chemicals
and Waste (AWGCW) VC / Singapore
1 July
4th Meeting of the Sub-Working Group of the ASEAN-China Joint Working Group on the implementation of
the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (SWG-DOC)
VC / Co-Chairs: The Philippines & China
1 July BIMP-EAGA National Secretariat Caucus VC / Malaysia
2 July 15th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus
Experts’ Working Group on Maritime Security and Maritime Security Conferece
VC/ Co-Chairs: Thailand and the
United States
5 July 31st ASEAN-China Joint Working Group on the
Implementation of the DOC (JWG-DOC) Meeting VC / Co-Chairs: The Philippines & China
5 July
The 11th Meeting of the ASEAN Committee on Sanitary and Phyto-
Sanitary Measures (11th AC-SPS Meeting)
VC / Cambodia
5 July 1st Meeting of the Task Force on the Review of the
ADMER Fund VC / Singapore
5 July
19th Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (AWGESC)
Meeting of the Selection Panel of the 5th ESC Award
and 4th Certificate of Recognition
VC / Myanmar / Malaysia
5 July 3rd ASEAN Conference on Biodiversity (Final Virtual
Session) VC / Malaysia
5 July
Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting on the Inception and Implementation of the Regional
Programme on “Empowering women for sustainable peace: preventing violence and promoting social
cohesion in ASEAN”
VC / ASEAN, Canada / UN Women
5 July 38th ASEAN Traditional Medicine and Health Supplement Scientific Committee (ATSC)
VC/Indonesia
5 – 6 July 2nd Special Coordinating Committee on Investment
Meeting (Special CCI) VC / Viet Nam
5 – 9 July 8th Annual Meeting of the ASEAN Network of
Regulatory Bodies on Atomic Energy (ASEANTOM) VC / Brunei Darussalam
5 – 9 July ARF Training on Ferry Safety Capacity Building VC / Co-Chairs:
Thailand and China
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6 July 25th ASEAN – ROK Dialogue VC / Co-Chairs:
Brunei Darussalam & ROK
6 July Special ASEAN-Russia Ministerial Meeting VC / Co-Chairs: Indonesia and
Russia
6 July 8th ASEAN Heritage Parks Committee Meeting VC / Philippines
6 July 14th ARF Experts and Eminent Persons Meeting VC / Co-Chairs:
Myanmar and China
6 – 8 July 9th AANZFTA Committee on Trade in Services (CTS) VC / Co-Chairs:
Thailand, Australia, New Zealand
6 – 9 July
6th ASOMM Joint Working Groups (JWG) and Associated Meetings:
(i) 4th AMCAP Task Force (ii) 6th Joint Working Group (iii) 19th WGTIM (iv) 19th WGSMD (v) 19th WGCBM (vi) 19th WGMID
VC / Viet Nam
7 July 21st Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Water
Resources Management (AWGWRM) VC/ Thailand / Lao
PDR
7 July ARF Workshop on Preventing Terrorist Use of the
Internet
VC / Co-Chairs: Indonesia, Malaysia and New Zealand
8 July ASEAN-EU Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) VC / Singapore & EU
8 – 9 July 31st Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Nature
Conservation and Biodiversity (AWGNCB) VC / Philippines /
Malaysia
12 July 6th Ad-Hoc Working Group Meeting on the ASEAN
Direct Communications Infrastructure (ADI) VC / Brunei Darussalam
12 July ASEAN Caucus on Legal Scrubbing of the ASEAN-
EU CATA VC / Singapore
12 July Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Task Force on the
Operationalisation of the ASEAN Travel Corridor Arrangement Framework (TF-ATCAF)
VC / Indonesia
12 – 14 and 26 July Special Meeting 01/2021 of the ASEAN
Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
12 – 28 July Drafting Committee of the ASEAN SOM VC / Brunei Darussalam
13 July BIMP-EAGA and ROK Senior Officials Meeting VC / Malaysia
13 July 18th ASEAN-Canada Dialogue VC / Canada
13 July ASEAN Seminar on Upholding Multilateralism VC / Brunei Darussalam
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13 July 19th ASEAN-Japan STOM Leaders Conference VC / Co-Chairs:
Cambodia and Japan
13 – 14 July 32nd ASEAN-China Joint Working Group on the
Implementation of the DOC (JWG-DOC) Meeting VC / Co-Chairs: The Philippines & China
13 – 14 July 7th Working Group on International Merchandise
Trade Statistics (WGIMTS7) VC / Brunei Darussalam
14 July Special ASEAN-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting VC / Lao PDR & U.S.
14 July 12th Meeting of ASEAN Working Group on Climate
Change (AWGCC) VC / Cambodia / Viet
Nam
14 July 2nd ASEAN Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) Forum
Finalization of ASEAN Work plan for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis
VC / Philippines
15 July His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of
Brunei Darussalam’s Birthday
15 – 24 July ARF Enhancement Training on Urban Search and
Rescue (USAR) Capacity Building and Comprehensive USAR Drill
VC / Co-Chairs: Thailand and China
16 July
Virtual Table-top Exercise on “Emergency Response to Chemical Incident” under the Network of ASEAN
Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defence Experts
VC / Co-Chairs: Singapore and Thailand (under ADMM/ADSOM)
19 July Meeting of the Working Group of the Executive
Committee of the SEANWFZ Commission VC / Brunei Darussalam
19 July The 13th Meeting of the AANZFTA Joint Committee
(FJC) VC / Brunei Darussalam
19 July BIMP-EAGA-ROK Working Level Meeting VC / Malaysia
19 – 21 July ASEAN Digital Senior Officials’ Meeting (ADGSOM)
and ASEAN Joint Working Group Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
21 July Aidil Adha (BD, ID, MY)
21 - 22 July The 13th Meeting of the AANZFTA Joint Committee
(FJC) VC / Brunei Darussalam
22 July Sixth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Task Force on the
Operationalisation of the ASEAN Travel Corridor Arrangement Framework (TF-ATCAF)
VC / Indonesia
22 July ATSF Intersessional Meeting for the Finalisation of
the ASEAN Agreement on Aeronautical and Maritime SAR Cooperation
VC / Viet Nam
22 July 39th ASEAN Traditional Medicine and Health Supplement Scientific Committee (ATSC)
VC/Indonesia
22 July Legal Scrubbing Meeting of the ASEAN Investment
Facilitation Framework (AIFF) VC / Viet Nam
22 July 8th Online Meeting of the ACWC-SOMSWD TWG on
ASEAN RPA on COEA VC
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22 July Special Video Conference of the AHMM on COVID-
19 Response (with theme: ASEAN COVID-19 Response After One Year)
VC / Indonesia
22 July Soft-launching of ASEAN Portal for Public Health
Emergencies VC / Indonesia
23 July Inaugural Meeting of ASEAN Centre for Active Ageing and Innovation (ACAI) Governing Board
VC / Thailand
24 July Boun Khao Phansa (LA)
26 July Khao Phansa Day (TH)
26 July
2nd Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting dan ASEAN Regional Workshop on Fostering Greater
Understanding, Tolerance and a Sense of Regional Agendas Among the Peoples of ASEAN
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
26 and 28 July 21st ASEAN Trade Facilitation Joint Consultative
Committee (ATF-JCC) VC / Brunei Darussalam
26 – 28 July The ASEAN Committee on Consumer Protection (ACCP) Sustainable Consumption Toolkit Project
Validation Workshop
VC / Malaysia
26 – 29 July 21st SOMTC and Its Related Meetings VC / Brunei
Darussalam
27 July Buddhist Lent Day (TH)
27 July 16th Meeting of the Steering Committee of ASEAN
Regional Mine Action Center (ARMAC) VC / Cambodia
27 July Launching of the ASEAN Working Group on Higher Education Mobility (AWGHEM) and First Meeting of
the AWHGEM
VC/ASEAN Secretariat
27 July ASEAN Caucus on Legal Scrubbing of the ASEAN-
EU CATA VC / Singapore
27 July 7th ASEAN Occupational Safety and Health Network (ASEAN-OSHNET)
Conference and 3rd ASEAN-OSHNET Awards VC/ Lao PDR
27 July 2nd PSC Meeting of ASEANO Project
1st PSC Meeting of 3RproMar VC / Thailand /
Brunei Darussalam
27 – 28 July 35th Meeting of ACSS Working Group on
International Investment Statistics (WGIIS35) VC (TBC)
28 July Birthday of King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand
28 July
3rd Meeting of Technical Working Group (TWG) on the Road Map to Implement Ha Noi Declaration on Strengthening Social Work towards Cohesive and
Responsive ASEAN Community
VC
29 July
ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) VC / Brunei Darussalam
11th Meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Council Working Group on Timor Leste’s ASEAN Membership Application (ACCWG – TL)
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29 July
Closing Event of project on "Strengthening Organisational Structures on Gender Equality and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities at the ASEAN
Secretariat"
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
29 July 2nd Green Logistics Partnership Conference (GLPC) VC / Indonesia
29 July ASEAN Caucus on Legal Scrubbing of the ASEAN-
EU CATA VC / Singapore
29 July The 22nd Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on
Coastal and Marine Environment (AWGCME) VC / Thailand
29 July 1st Virtual Technical Expert and Advisory (TEA)
Panel VC / Thailand
29 – 30 July Special CCS Meeting VC / Malaysia
AUGUST
2 August Special Meeting of Pharmaceutical Product Working
Group (PPWG) VC/Cambodia
2 August
54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (54th AMM)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
ASEAN Prize Presentation ceremony
ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) Interface with AICHR Representatives
Meeting of the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (SEANFWZ) Commission
23rd ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC) Council Meeting
29th ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC) Meeting
3 August
ASEAN-ROK Ministerial Meeting (PMC+ROK)
ASEAN-China Ministerial Meeting (PMC+China)
ASEAN-Japan Ministerial Meeting (PMC+Japan)
22nd APT Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (APT FMM)
2 – 3 August 64th ASEAN Working Group on Intellectual Property
Cooperation (AWGIPC) Meeting VC / PH
3 August Mekong-U.S. Partnership Ministerial VC / U.S.
3 August ASEAN Regional Workshop on Fostering Greater
Understanding, Tolerance and a Sense of Regional Agendas Among the Peoples of ASEAN
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
3 August The ASEAN Committee on Consumer Protection (ACCP) E-learning Modules Validation Workshop
VC / Malaysia
3 – 4 August 4th Meeting of ASEAN Working Group on Sustainable
Development Goals Indicators (WGSDGI4) VC / Brunei Darussalam
3 – 5 August 8th Meeting of the Technical Sub-Working Group on
Classification (TSWGC) VC / ASEAN Secretariat
4 August The ASEAN Committee on Consumer Protection
(ACCP) Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Guidelines Validation Workshop
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4 August Meeting on the Role of Defence Establishments in
Supporting Border Management VC / Thailand
4 – 5 August 3rd Workshop on ASEAN Pharmaceutical Regulatory
Policy and ASEAN Pharmaceutical Regulatory Framework (APRP & APRF)
VC / EU ARISE Plus
4 August
ASEAN-U.S. Ministerial Meeting (PMC+US)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
ASEAN-Australia Ministerial Meeting (PMC+Australia)
ASEAN-Russia Ministerial Meeting (PMC+Russia)
ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting (PMC+India)
11th EAS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (EAS FMM)
5 August ASEAN-Canada Ministerial Meeting (PMC-Canada)
ASEAN-New Zealand Ministerial Meeting (PMC+New Zealand)
5 August Friends of the Mekong Ministerial VC / U.S.
5 August 5th ASEAN Single Window Symposium VC
6 August ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (PMC+EU) VC / Brunei
Darussalam 28th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)
6 August 14th Japan-Mekong Foreign Ministerial Meeting VC / Japan
6 August Launching of the ASEAN Green Initiative VC / ACB
7 August Press Conference by BD FM II Brunei Darussalam
2 – 4 August
The Third Meeting of the ASEAN Senior Economic Officials’ for the Fifty-Second ASEAN Economic
Ministers’ Meeting (SEOM 3/52)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
21st CLMV Senior Economic Officials’ Meeting (CLMV SEOM)
5 August
14th SEOM – Canada Consultations
35th SEOM – ROK Consultations
9th SEOM – HKC Consultations
40th SEOM – MOFCOM Consultations
6 August The Second ASEAN Caucus Meeting of the ASEAN
– Hong Kong Sub-Committee on Investment VC / Malaysia
7, 8, 14, 21, 25 & 27 August
11th ASEAN Youth Forum 2021 VC / Brunei Darussalam
9 August National Day of Singapore
10 August Islamic New Year (BD)
10 – 13 August ASEAN-Japan Workshop on Gender Equality in
Sports (SOMS+Japan) VC/ Japan
11 August ASEAN Navy Chief Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
11 August
34th SEOM-AUSTR Consultations
VC / Brunei Darussalam
34th SEOM – India Consultations
13th SEOM – Russia Consultations
1st SEOM – UK Consultations
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SEOM – Switzerland Dialogue
11 August Trilateral Meeting of Brunei Darussalam, the
Kingdom of Norway and the ASEAN Secretariat VC / Brunei Darussalam
11 August
Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on Enhancing
JTF on HADR,
VC/ASEAN Committee on
Disaster Management and
ASEAN Secretariat.
11 August 22nd Meeting of the ASEAN-COCI Sub-Committee on Culture (SCC) and 10th Meeting of the ASEAN Plus
Three Cultural Cooperation Network (APTCCN) VC / Lao PDR
12 August Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother’s
Birthday (TH)
12 August 7th Meeting of Task Force on Development of ASEAN
Food Safety Regulatory Framework (TF AFSRF) VC/Cambodia (Chair
of PFPWG)
12 August 3rd Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting of ASEAN Standards and Certification for Experts in
Disaster Management (ASCEND) VC / Singapore
12 August
Special Joint ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management /Governing Board of the AHA Centre
Meeting on the Implementation of Point 4 of the Five-Point Consensus
VC / Singapore
13 August 6th Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting of
AHA Centre Executive (ACE) Programme VC / Singapore
13 August The Second Meeting of the ASEAN-Hong Kong Sub-
Committee on Investment (Day 1) VC / Malaysia
Mid-August 3rd ASEAN-GIZ Expert Group Meeting on
Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP) and Metropolitan Transport Executives (MTE)
VC / Philippines
16 August
39th SEOM – CER Consultations
VC / Brunei Darussalam
2/26 SEOM – METI Consultations
36th SEOM – Plus Three Consultations
28th SEOM – EU Consultations
9th SEOM – EAS Consultations
16 August 90th ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-
BAC) Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
16 August
2nd Meeting of the ACDM Working Group on Prevention & Mitigation (WG P&M)
VC / Thailand
2nd Meeting of the Technical Working Group on Protection, Gender, and Inclusion (TWG-PGI)
VC / Thailand
17 August Independence Day of Indonesia
17 – 18 August ASEAN National Workshop on the Establishment of a
Focal Point System of National ACTIP Representatives with Cambodia
VC / Philippines
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17 – 19 August NADI Workshop: Strengthening Defence Cooperation in ASEAN Health Security
VC / Thailand
17, 20, and 24 August
Virtual Risk Communication Workshop: Lesson Learned from COVID-19 Pandemic”
VC / Thailand
18 August 40th High – Level Task Force on ASEAN Economic
Integration (HLTF-EI) VC / Singapore
18 August Pledging Conference to Support ASEAN’s
Humanitarian Assistance to Myanmar VC
18 August 2nd Meeting of the Technical Working Group on
Protection, Gender, and Inclusion (TWG on PGI) VC / ASEAN Secretariat
18 – 19 August 22nd Meeting of the ASEAN Community Statistical
System Sub-Committee on Planning and Coordination (SCPC22)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
18 – 19 August The ASEAN Committee on Consumer Protection
(ACCP) Consumer Impact Assessment (CIA) Guidelines Kickoff/Brainstorm Meeting
VC / Malaysia
19 August Trilateral Meeting of Brunei Darussalam, the
Republic of Turkey and the ASEAN Secretariat VC / Brunei Darussalam
19 August 2nd Meeting of the ACDM Working Group on Global
Leadership (GL) VC / Singapore
19 August Special Coordinating Committee of the
Implementation of the ATIGA (CCA) Meeting VC / Viet Nam
19 – 20 August
Workshop on Strengthening Self-help Group of
Persons with Disabilities in ASEAN+3 Countries,
VC / SOMSWD Thailand & Asia-
Pacific Development Center on Disability
(APCD)
19 – 20 August ASEAN National Workshop on the Establishment of a
Focal Point System of National ACTIP Representatives with the Philippines
VC / Philippines
19 – 20 August ASEAN-Mekong River Commission (MRC) Water
Security Dialogue VC / MRC
20 August 42nd Working Committee on Capital Account
Liberalisation (WC-CAL) Meeting
VC / Brunei Darussalam &
Singapore
23 August The Second Meeting of the ASEAN-Hong Kong Sub-
Committee on Investment (Day 2) VC / Indonesia
23 August 2nd Task Force Meeting on the Review of the
ADMER Fund
VC / Brunei Darussalam and
Singapore
23 August Roll Out and Dissemination of the ASEAN
Development Outlook: Practical Application and Lessons Learned for the Region
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
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23 – 24 August Regional Workshop on Monitoring of Marine and Riverine Plastic Pollution in the ASEAN Region
(ASEANO) VC
23 – 25 August 42nd General Assembly of ASEAN Inter-
Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) VC / Brunei Darussalam
23 – 26 August
3/2021 ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee (ACCC)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
Fourth MPAC 2025 Monitoring, Review and Evaluation (MRE) Meeting
The ACCC Consultations with Dialogue Partners and Other External Partners on Connectivity
12th ASEAN Connectivity Symposium
24 August Second Round of ASEAN Caucus on Legal Scrubbing of the ASEAN-EU CATA
VC / Singapore
24 – 25 August 32nd Rubber-Based Product Working Group (RBPWG) Meeting
VC / Viet Nam
24 – 25 August The 22nd ASEAN-OSHNET Coordination Board Meeting (22nd CBM) and the 8th ASEAN-OSHNET
Conference
VC / Malaysia
24 – 25 August 32nd Joint Sectoral Committee on Electrical and
Electronic Equipment (JSC EEE) Meeting VC / Thailand
24 – 26 August 79th Coordinating Committee on Investment Meeting (CCI)
VC / Viet Nam
24 – 26 August 30th Customs Enforcement and Compliance Working Group (30th CECWG)
VC / Viet Nam
24 – 26 August The ASEAN Strategic Policy Dialogue on Disaster Management (SPDDM) 2021 on Advancing Disaster
Management: Into a Future of Possibilities
VC / Singapore
25 August 3rd Meeting of the AANZFTA Sub-Committee on
Financial Services ASEAN Caucus VC / Brunei Darussalam
25 August Working Committee on Financial Services Liberalisation (FSL) Meeting
VC / Indonesia and Viet Nam
25 August BIMP-EAGA 8th Trade and Investment Facilitation Centre Cluster Meeting
VC / Brunei Darussalam
25 – 26 August
24th ASEAN Directors-General of Immigration Departments and Heads of Consular Affairs Divisions
of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (DGICM) and Its Related Meetings
VC / The Philippines
25 – 26 August 8th Meeting of ACSS Working Group on Statistics of
International Trade in Services (WGSITS8) VC / Singapore
26 August Partnership Conference on Advancing the
Implementation of ASEAN Culture of Prevention Focusing on Post Pandemic Recovery
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
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26 – 27 August 3rd ASEAN-GIZ Expert Group Meeting on
Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP) and Metropolitan Transport Executives (MTE)
VC / Philippines
27 August Joint AAZNFTA COI-CTS (Caucus) VC / Indonesia and
Thailand
27 August Second Round of ASEAN Caucus on Legal
Scrubbing of the ASEAN-EU CATA VC / Singapore
30 August National Heroes Day (PH)
30 August 4th ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN) Annual Meeting
VC / Brunei Darussalam
30 August 2nd Meeting of ACAI Governing Board VC / Thailand
30 August
i. Launch of the ASEA YDI Phase II Report by ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth (AMMY):
Understanding how young people see ASEAN: Awareness, Values and Identity
ii. Youth and Expert Webinar: Unpacking the Fifth Domain of ASEAN YDI
iii. Finalisation Workshop on ASEAN Work Plan on Youth 2021-2025 (Monitoring and
Evaluation Framework) (30 August and 1 September)
VC/ ASEAN Secretariat
31 August National Day of Malaysia
31 August (TBC) 18th Joint Business Councils Meeting (JBC) VC / Brunei Darussalam
31 August Project Working Group 2 meeting, ARCH Project VC / Thailand
TBC Senior Officials Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on
Agriculture and Forestry (SOM-AMAF) Cambodia /VC (TBC)
/ Cambodia
TBC Ministerial Meeting on National Development
Planning Ministries VC / TBC
TBC 3rd SDG Forum on National Planning Agencies VC / TBC
TBC Regional Consultative Meeting for the Feasibility
Study on the BioBanking Establishment VC / Philippines
SEPTEMBER
1 September 2nd ASEAN-ITF Expert Group Meeting on Implementation of ASEAN Fuel Economy Roadmap
VC / Singapore
1 September Joint AANZFTA COI-CTS
VC / Co-Chairs Indonesia, Thailand,
Australia & New Zealand
1 September 16th ASEAN GO-NGO Forum on Social Welfare and
Development VC / SOMSWD
Thailand
1 September 13th Meeting of ASEAN Working Group on
Environmental Education (AWGEE) VC / Brunei Darussalam
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1 September Launch of Situation Assessment and Technical
Guidelines on Mercury-Containing Medical Measuring Devices in Indonesia
VC
1 – 2 September ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank Taskforce
Meeting (ASEAN+3 TF) VC / Brunei
Darussalam and Japan
2 September Catalysing the Development of LTS in ASEAN: LTS
Modeling, Feasibility and Impacts Assessment Launch Event
VC
2 September National Day of Viet Nam
2 – 3 September The 20th Meeting of ASEAN Task Force on Codex
(20th ATFC) VC/ Putrajaya,
Malaysia
6 September 3rd AANZFTA SC-FS Plenary Meeting VC/ Brunei Darussalam
6 September Preparatory CLMV Senior Economic Officials’
Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
6 – 7 September Prep-SEOM for the 53rd ASEAN Economic Ministers’
Meeting (AEM)
6 and 8 September 14th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour VC / Brunei Darussalam
6 – 9 September
30th ASEAN Land Transport Working Group (LTWG), 12th ASEAN Multi-Sectoral Special Working Group
(MRSSWG), and 19th ASEAN Highway Sub-Working Group (AHSWG)
VC / Viet Nam
6 – 9 September
9th ASEAN+3 Village Leaders Exchange Programme Hybrid Platform
/China & ASEAN Secretariat
6 – 10 September
7th PSC Meeting of ASEAN-Germany Cooperation on Biodiversity
VC / Brunei Darussalam /
Myanmar
4th PSC Meeting of BCAMP
23rd Meeting of Governing Board of ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)
Consultation Meeting on ASEAN Joint Statement on Climate Change to UNFCCC COP26
Consultation Meeting on ASEAN Joint Statement on Biodiversity to CBD COP 15
32nd Meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials on Environment (ASOEN) & Related Meetings
15th ASEAN-Japan Dialogue on Environment
17th ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials Meeting on Environment (SOME)
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3rd ASEAN-EU High-Level Dialogue on Environment and Climate Change
ASEAN-ROK Dialogue on Environment and Climate Change
Officials Meeting for Preparation of the 5th EAS EMM (TBC)
7 September 11th ASEAN-ROK Transport Cooperation Forum VC / Co-Chairs:
Cambodia and ROK
7 – 8 September 32nd Meeting of Automotive Product Working Group
(APWG) VC/ Viet Nam
7 – 8 September ASEAN National Workshop on the Establishment of a
Focal Point System of National ACTIP Representatives with Thailand
VC / Philippines
7 – 8 September 11th ASEAN Drug Monitoring Network (ADMN)
Meeting VC / Thailand
7 – 8 September 24th ASOF and Related Meetings VC / Viet Nam
7 – 9 September 9th Meeting of the Technical Sub-Working Group on
Classification (TSWGC) VC / Cambodia
8 September
AEM – 35th ASEAN Free Trade Agreement Council Meeting
VC / Brunei Darussalam
AEM – 24th ASEAN Investment Area Council Meeting
AEM-ASEAN BAC Consultations
8 September Developing a Framework for the Collection and Assessment of Data on Product-related Injuries
Validation Workshop VC/ Malaysia
8 September 7th Project Steering Committee Meeting of the
Disaster Emergency Logistics System for ASEAN (DELSA)
VC/ Singapore
8 September 56th Meeting of the ASEAN-Committee on Culture
and Information (COCI) VC / Thailand
8 September 18th Meeting of the Task Force on ASEAN Patent
Examination Cooperation (18th ASPEC-TF Meeting) VC / Singapore
8 – 9 September 53rd ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
9 September 65th IAI Task Force Meeting VC / Viet Nam
9 September Launch of the OECD Competition Assessment and
Competitive Neutrality Reports on the Logistics Sector in ASEAN
VC / Brunei Darussalam
9 September
The 8th Meeting of the Lead Implementing Body for the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) 2025 Strategic Area for Sustainable Infrastructure
(8th LIB-SI Meeting)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
9 September 2nd Meeting of the ACDM Working Group on
Preparedness, Response and Recovery (PRR) VC/ Singapore
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9 – 10 September ASEAN National Workshop on the Establishment of a
Focal Point System of National ACTIP Representatives with Brunei Darussalam
VC / Philippines
9 – 10 September 17th SLOM and 19th SLOM+3 Meeting VC / Indonesia
10 September 13th Meeting of the Technical Working Group on
Civil-Military Coordination (CIMIC) VC/ Singapore
10 September 13th CLMV Economic Ministers’ Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
10 September 11th Consultation of the IAI Task Force with ASEAN
Partners VC / Viet Nam
13 September
20th AEM – MOFCOM Consultations
VC / Brunei Darussalam
18th AEM – ROK Consultations
13th Mekong – Japan Economic Ministers’ Meeting
AEM Troika Open-ended Dialogue with Switzerland Trade Minister
24th AEM-Plus Three Consultations
13 September ASEAN-Japan Seminar on Proof of Concept (PoC) on ICT Solutions for Overloaded Vehicle Control
VC / Co Chairs: Thailand and Japan
13 September 7th ASEAN China Ministerial Meeting on SPS
Cooperation Contact Points Meeting VC/ China
13 – 16 September
ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting on Energy Preparatory Meeting for the 39th ASEAN Minister on
Energy Meeting (SOME Preparatory Meeting for the 39th AMEM)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
SOME Preparatory Meeting for the 18th AMEM + 3
East Asia Summit Energy Cooperation Task Force Preparatory Meeting for the 15th East Asia Summit
Energy Ministers’ Meeting (EAS ECTF Preparatory Meeting for the 15th EAS
EMM)
39th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM)
7th AMEM – IEA Dialogue (Dialogue with International Energy Agency)
5th AMEM – IRENA Dialogue (Dialogue with International Renewable Energy
Agency)
18th AMEM+3
15th East Asia Summit Energy Ministers’ Meeting (15th EAS EMM)
ASEAN Energy Business Forum 2021
13 – 17 September 7th PSC Meeting of ASEAN-Germany Cooperation on
Biodiversity VC / Brunei
Darussalam / Myanmar 4th PSC Meeting of BCAMP
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23rd Meeting of Governing Board of ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)
Consultation Meeting on ASEAN Joint Statement on Climate Change to UNFCCC COP26
Consultation Meeting on ASEAN Joint Statement on Biodiversity to CBD COP 15
32nd Meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials on Environment (ASOEN) & Related Meetings
15th ASEAN-Japan Dialogue on Environment
17th ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials Meeting on Environment (SOME)
3rd ASEAN-EU High-Level Dialogue on Environment and Climate Change
Launch of ASEAN-EU Scoping Study Report on Laying the Groundwork for the Development of Long-
Term Strategies in ASEAN Launch of ASEAN-EU Natural Capital Report
ASEAN-ROK Dialogue on Environment and Climate Change
Officials Meeting for Preparation of the 5th EAS EMM (TBC)
14 September
AEM – USTR Consultations
VC / Brunei Darussalam
5th AEM – HKC Consultations
18th AEM – India Consultations
17th AEM – EU Consultations
10th AEM – Russia Consultations
14 September 42nd ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Drug
Matters (ASOD) VC / Lao PDR
14 September 10th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus
Experts’ Working Group on Humanitarian Mine Action (ADMM-Plus EWG on HMA)
VC / Cambodia & China
14 – 15 September
Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJC) – ASEAN Committee on Consumer
Protection (ACCP) Conference on “Digitalization – Challenges and Opportunities for Consumer Policy”
VC / Malaysia
14 – 15 September ASEAN National Workshop on the Establishment of a Focal Point System of National ACTIP
Representatives with Singapore VC / Philippines
14 – 15 September ASEAN-ESCAP Joint Capacity Building Webinar on Seamless Operation of SKRL
VC / Malaysia
14 – 16 September 29th Customs Capacity Building Working Group (29th CCBWG)
VC / Indonesia
15 September 26th AEM – CER Consultations VC / Brunei
Darussalam 27th AEM – METI Consultations
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1st AEM – UK Consultations
9th East Asia Summit (EAS) Economic Ministers’ Meeting
15 September Seminar on ASEAN Sea Piracy – Sharing of Knowledge, Information and Best Practices
VC / Malaysia
15 September 23rd Working Committee on Payment and Settlement
Systems (WC-PSS) Meeting VC / Myanmar and
Singapore
15 September ASEAN-FIFA-SEARADO Webinar on Anti-Doping
Education VC/ FIFA-SEARADO
Mid-September (TBC)
Launch of the ASEAN Gender Mainstreaming Strategic Framework and Special Meeting of ACWC
and ACW
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
15 – 16 September 5th Building and Construction Working Group
(BCWG) Meeting VC / Indonesia
16 September Malaysia Day
20 September ACPHEED Follow up Meeting for Host Country
Selection VC / ASEAN Secretariat
20 September 7th ASEAN Senior Officials Roundtable on
Cybercrime (SORC) VC / Singapore
20 – 21 September
33rd Prepared Foodstuff Product Working Group (PFPWG) – The 4th ASEAN Committee on
Harmonisation of Prepared Foodstuff Standards (ACHPFS)
VC / Lao PDR
20 – 23 September The 56th Working Group on Technical Matters for the
ASW (TWG) Meeting VC
20 – 24 September (TBC)
22nd Meeting of the Technical Working Group on Transboundary Haze Pollution (TWG)
22nd Meeting of the Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee on Transboundary Haze Pollution (MSC)
VC / Indonesia
21 September 12th ASEAN Tourism Marketing Partnership Working
Group Meeting (ATMPWG) VC / Singapore
21 September Special Coordinating Committee of the
Implementation of the ATIGA (CCA) Meeting VC / Viet Nam
21 – 22 September 5th Meeting of Working Group on System of National
Accounts (WGSNA5) VC / Malaysia
21 – 22 September 10th ASWC Conference VC / Viet Nam
22 September 4th ASEAN Inclusive Business Summit VC / Brunei Darussalam
22 September Joint Consultative Meeting (JCM) VC / Brunei
Darussalam
22 – 23 September 3rd Meeting of the AANZFTA Sub-Committee on
Financial Services Plenary VC / Brunei Darussalam
23 September ASEAN-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting New York / VC
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23 – 24 September
33rd Prepared Foodstuff Product Working Group (PFPWG) – 6th Joint Sectoral Committee on MRA for Inspection and Certification System on Food Hygiene for Prepared Foodstuff Products (JSC MRA on PF)
VC / Thailand
23 – 24 September 11th Senior Meeting on Youth (SOMY XI) and
Tenth ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials Meeting on Youth (10th SOMY+3)
VC / Malaysia
24 September Constitution Day (CA)
27 September 7th Meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Council Working Group on Public Health Emergencies
(ACCWG-PHE)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
27 September Innovation Platform Dialogue: Youth Employment
and Digitalisation in ASCC Perspectives VC / Brunei Darussalam
27 – 28 September 33rd Prepared Foodstuff Product Working Group
(PFPWG) – The 19th ASEAN Food Testing Laboratory Committee (AFTLC)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
27 – 30 September 10th ASEAN Medical Device Committee (AMDC)
Meeting VC / Viet Nam
27 September – 2 October
AANZFTA Joint Committee Meeting and Related Meetings
VC / TBC
28 September (TBC)
Trilateral Meeting of Brunei Darussalam, the Swiss Confederation and the ASEAN Secretariat
VC / Brunei Darussalam
28 September
31st Meeting of the Senior Officials Committee for the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (SOCA)
SOCA with participants of the Innovation Platform
Dialogue
VC / Brunei Darussalam
28 – 29 September 3rd AANZFTA SC-CPTF Meeting VC / Australia
28 – 30 September 15th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational
Crime (AMMTC) and Its Related Meetings VC / Brunei Darussalam
29 September 26th ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council
(ASCC) Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
29 September – 1 October
16th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Education (SOM-ED), 29 September
VC / Philippines
11th ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials Meeting on Education (SOM-ED+3), 30 September
6th East Asia Summit Senior Officials Meeting on Education (EAS SOM-ED), 30 September
5th ASEAN Plus Three Education Ministers Meeting (APT EMM), 1 October
5th East Asia Summit Education Ministers Meeting (EAS EMM), 1 October
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29 – 30 September Network of ASEAN Defence and Security Institution (NADI) Workshop: Emerging Technologies and Its
Impact to Defence and Security
VC / Brunei Darussalam
30 September ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) VC / Brunei Darussalam
30 September Cross-Sectoral Dialogue on the Development of
the Assessment Report on State of Gender Equality and Climate Change in ASEAN
VC / Cambodia
30 September – 1 October
Workshop on Promoting Drug Price Transparency to Improve the Affordability of Medicines among ASEAN
Member States VC / Philippines
30 September - 1 October
Consultation meeting of ASEAN School Nutrition Guideline
VC / Indonesia
September/October TBC
WC-Capital Market Development (CMD) Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
Joint ASEAN Capital Market Forum (ACMF) – WC-Capital Market Development (CMD)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
TBC ACMF Deputies VC / Brunei Darussalam
TBC Steering Committee for Capacity Building (SCCB) VC / Brunei Darussalam
TBC ASEAN High-Level Meeting on Biodiversity and
Wildlife Conservation ACB
TBC 12th ASEAN Plus Three Leadership Programme on
Sustainable Consumption and Production (TBC) Lao PDR (TBC)
TBC Kick-off Meeting on the Development of the Sixth ASEAN State of Environment Report (SOER6)
VC /TBC
TBC 7th ASEAN Health Cluster 1 – Promoting Healthy
Lifestyle VC / Malaysia
TBC 6th ASEAN Health Cluster 3 Meeting – Strengthening
Health System and Access to Care VC / Thailand
TBC 6th ASEAN Health Cluster 4 Meeting – Ensuring Food
Safety VC / Brunei Darussalam
TBC ASEAN Academic Conference on Disaster Health
Management VC / Thailand
TBC 13th ASEAN-China Working Group Meeting on
Regional Air Services Arrangements (13th ACWG-RASA)
VC (TBC) / Co-Chairs: Indonesia
and China
Q3 (TBC) 1st Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting of the
Expert Panel to Discuss Feasibility of the Establishment of ASEAN Aid
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
Q3 (TBC) Launch of the Report on ASEAN YDI Phase II VC/ Chair: Lao PDR
Q3 (TBC) 1st Technical Working Group Meeting on ASEAN’s
Bid for 2034 FIFA World Cup VC/ Lead: Thailand
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Q3/Q4 (TBC) ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework (AQRF)
Committee Meeting VC / Chair: Cambodia
Q3/Q4 (TBC) Capacity Building Workshop on Antimicrobial
Stewardship VC / Philippines
OCTOBER
4 October 91st ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-
BAC) Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
4 October
ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
24th ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC) Council Meeting
30th ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC) Meeting
4 October 41st ASEAN Maritime Transport Working Group
Meeting (MTWG) VC / Thailand
4 – 7 October 10th ASEAN Senior Law Officials (ASLOM) Working
Group on Harmonisation of ASEAN Trade Laws VC / Malaysia
4 – 7 October 20th ASEAN Senior Law Officials Meeting (ASLOM), VC / Malaysia
4 – 7 October 11th ASEAN Law Ministers Meeting (ALAWMM) VC / Malaysia
4 – 7 October 24th ARF Heads of Defence
Universities/Colleges/Institutions Meeting (HDUCIM)
Islamabad, Pakistan / Malaysia and
Pakistan
5 October Brunei Indonesia Malaysia Philippines-East Asia
Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) SOM VC / Malaysia
5 – 6 October 34th ASEAN Cosmetic Scientific Body (ACSB)
Meeting VC / Philippines
6 October Workshop on ASCC Database for Monitoring and
Evaluation (ADME) System VC / ASEAN Secreteriat
5 – 7 October Pchum Ben Day (CA)
5 – 7 October 31st Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation
Working Group (CPTFWG) Meeting VC / Malaysia
5 – 8 October (TBC)
16th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Environment (AMME)
VC / Indonesia / Philippines
17th ASEAN Plus Three Environment Ministers Meeting (APT EMM)
5th ASEAN ESC Award Ceremony and 4th Certificate of Recognition
16th Meeting of Committee under COP to AATHP (COM-16)
16th Meeting of Conference of the Parties to AATHP (COP-16)
6 October 10th Working Committee on ASEAN Banking
Integration Framework (ABIF) Meeting VC / Lao PDR and
Thailand
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6 – 7 October ASEAN Health Ministerial Conference for Digital
Public Health VC / Brunei Darussalam
6 – 8 October 8th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Minerals (AMMin),
21st ASOMM, 14th ASOMM+3 and Associated Meetings
VC / Viet Nam
7 – 8 October Pharmaceutical Product Working Group (PPWG) –
2nd ASEAN Pharmaceutical Testing Laboratory Committee (APTLC)
VC/ Indonesia
7 October
Launch of the ASEAN State of Climate Change Report (ASCCR) and Kick-off Meeting on the
Development of the 6th ASEAN State of Environment Report (SOER6)
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
8 October (TBC) ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting with the UN Secretary-General and the President of the 76th
UNGA (AUMM)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
8 October
Virtual Consultation on “Evaluating Implementation of the Women and Peace and Security Agenda in
Southeast Asia”
Global Network of Women
Peacebuilders / VC
11 October 24th Brunei Indonesia Malaysia Philippines-East Asia Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) Ministerial Meeting and
Related Meetings VC / Philippines
11 October 27th ASEAN Tourism Professional Monitoring
Committee Meeting (ATPMC) VC / Indonesia
11 – 12 October 33rd Prepared Foodstuff Product Working Group
(PFPWG) Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
11 – 12 October 17th ASEAN Cosmetic Testing Laboratories
Committee (ACTLC) Meeting VC/Thailand
11 – 13 October 41st ASEAN Transport Facilitation Working Group
(TFWG) and 13th ASEAN Transport Transit Coordinating Board (TTCB) Meetings
Cambodia (TBC)
11 – 15 October
39th Meeting of the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM)
VC / Singapore
15th Meeting of the Governing Board of the AHA Centre
16th Meeting of Joint Task Force to Promote Synergy with Other Relevant ASEAN Bodies on Humanitarian
Assistance and Disaster Relief (JTF on HADR)
2nd Meeting ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) Plus China
2nd Meeting ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) Plus Japan
9th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM) and 10th Meeting of the
Conference of Parties to the AADMER
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1st ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM) Plus China
1st ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM) Plus Japan
11 – 15 October 27th ASEAN Experts Group on Competition (AEGC)
and Related Meetings VC / Indonesia
11 – 15 October 4th AMMW, 20th ACW, 23rd ACWC and Related
Meetings VC / Indonesia
12 October 12th ASEAN Tourism Competitiveness Committee
Meeting (ATCC) VC / Philippines
12 – 14 October Full Moon of Thadingyut (MM)
12 – 14 October 11th ASEAN Community Statistical System (ACSS)
Committee Meeting (ACSS11) VC / Brunei Darussalam
13 October King Bhumibol Adulyadej Memorial Day (TH)
13 October 12th WC-Financial Inclusion (FINC) Meeting VC / Cambodia and
Indonesia
13 – 14 October ASEAN Cosmetic Committee (ACC) HODs Meeting VC/Cambodia
13 – 14 October 7th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Drug Matters
(AMMD) VC / Cambodia
14 October Prep-SEOM for the ASEAN Economic Community
(AEC) Council VC / Brunei Darussalam
14 October 12th ASEAN Sustainable and Inclusive Tourism
Development Committee Meeting (ASITDC) VC / Malaysia
14 October 12th ASEAN Tourism Resourcing, Monitoring, and
Evaluation Committee Meeting (ATRMEC) VC / Cambodia
14 October Regional Webinar “Social Entrepreneurship as a
Path to Resilient Post-COVID-19 Recovery” VC / ASEAN Secretariat
14 October Commemoration of ASEAN Day of Disaster
Management (ADDM)
VC/Singapore
14 October Launch of the Report: Addressing Unpaid Care Work
in ASEAN VC/Indonesia
15 October Commemoration of the passing of the late King
Father, Norodom Sihanuk (CA)
18 October Ad-Hoc Technical Committee Meeting on Seamless Operation of SKRL
VC / Malaysia
18 October ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Council VC / Brunei Darussalam
18 October FGD - Joint Study on Urbanisation, People Mobility
and Inclusive Development across Urban-Rural Continuum in ASEAN
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
18 – 19 October
Workshop on the Implementation and Capacity Building for Monitoring Framework of ASEAN
Roadmap on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour by 2025
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
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20 October
17th Senior Officials Meeting on Culture and Arts (SOMCA) and its Related Meetings
VC / Cambodia
21 October Girls’ Voice, Choice and Power During and Beyond
COVID-19: A Joint Celebration of International Day of the Girl Child
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
18 – 20 October
Preparatory Senior Officials Meeting of ASEAN Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (PrepSOM-43rd AMAF); Preparatory SOM-20th AMAF Plus 3; and
43rd AMAF; 21st AMAF Plus 3
VC / Indonesia
18 – 22 October 44th ASEAN Air Transport Working Group (ATWG)
and Related Meetings VC (TBC) / The
Philippines
19 October Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday (BD, ID, MY)
3rd Week 12th AERN and 6th AWG 1 and 2 Meetings Indonesia
19 – 21October 99th Coordinating Committee on Services (CCS 99)
Meeting VC /
Chair: Malaysia
20 – 21 October ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Deputies Meeting
(AFCDM + 3) VC / Brunei Darussalam
21 October 22nd Special Working Group on Singapore-Kunming
Rail Link (SWG-SKRL) Myanmar (TBC) / Chair: Malaysia
21 – 22 October
Pharmaceutical Product Working Group (PPWG) – 10th Joint Sectoral Committee of the ASEAN Sectoral
MRA on GMP Inspection of Manufacturers of Medicinal Products (JSC GMP MRA)
VC/ Malaysia
22 October Boun Ork Phansa (LA)
22 October Lao Boat Racing Festival
23 October King Chulalongkorn Memorial Day (TH)
25 October ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ABIS) VC/Brunei
Darussalam
26 October 22nd ASEAN Senior Level Committee (SLC) on
Financial Integration
VC/ Brunei Darussalam and
Thailand
26 – 27 October 10th ASEAN Labour Inspection Conference VC / Brunei Darussalam
26 – 27 October 7th Digital Trade Standards and Conformance
Working Group (DTSCWG) VC / Viet Nam
26 October
38th ASEAN Summit
VC / Brunei Darussalam
39th ASEAN Summit
22nd ASEAN-ROK Summit
24th ASEAN-China Summit
3rd Mekong-ROK Summit VC / ROK
9th ASEAN-US Summit VC / Brunei Darussalam
27 October
24th ASEAN-Japan Summit VC / Brunei Darussalam 1st ASEAN-Australia Summit
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24th ASEAN Plus Three Summit
16th East Asia Summit
28 October
14th Brunei Darussalam – Indonesia - Malaysia -Philippines - East Asia Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA)
Summit
VC / Brunei Darussalam
13th Indonesia - Malaysia – Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) Summit
18th ASEAN-India Summit
4th ASEAN-Russia Summit to Commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Dialogue Relations
Closing Ceremony of the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits and Related Summits and Handing Over of
the ASEAN Chairmanship to the Kingdom of Cambodia
Press Conference by His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of
Negara Brunei Darussalam
26 – 28 October 27th ASEAN Single Window Steering Committee
(ASWSC) Meeting VC
26 – 28 October
Sixth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Sports (AMMS-6)
VC / Singapore
Third ASEAN + Japan Ministerial Meeting on Sports (3rd AMMS+Japan)
Twelfth ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Sports (SOMS-12)
Second ASEAN-Japan Meeting on Women in Sports
Fourth ASEAN + Japan Senior Officials Meeting on Sports (4th SOMS+Japan)
28 October Forum on Gender and Disaster Risk Reduction: 5
Years After the Ha Noi Recommendations VC / Vietnam
27 – 29 October (TBC)
15th Meeting of the Governing Board of the AHA Centre
VC / Singapore (TBC)
16th Meeting of Joint Task Force to Promote Synergy with Other Relevant ASEAN Bodies on Humanitarian
Assistance and Disaster Relief (JTF on HADR)
2nd Meeting ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) Plus Japan
2nd Meeting ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) Plus China
9th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM) and 10th Meeting of the
Conference of Parties to the AADMER
1st ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM) Plus Japan
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1st ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM) Plus China
28 – 29 October Pharmaceutical Product Working Group (PPWG) – 6th Joint Assessment Coordinating Group (JACG)
VC/Malaysia
29 October
Briefing on the project entitled “Enhancing Gender-Responsive Treatment of Women Offenders and Women Prisoners in ASEAN” (Briefing with the ACWC Representatives on Women’s Rights)
VC / Thailand
29 October
Online Consultation Meeting on the Implementation of the Regional Programme entitled “Empowering women for sustainable peace: preventing violence
and promoting social cohesion in ASEAN”
VC / UN Women
29 October Coronation Day of His Majesty King Norodom
Sihamoni of Cambodia
30 October (TBC) 11th ASEAN Airport Interdiction Task Force (AAITF) VC / Myanmar
Q3 TBC Brunei Indonesia Malaysia Philippines-East Asia
Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) Summit VC / Malaysia
October NADI Workshop: Value and Role of Military History in
Enhancing and Maintaining Peace, Security and Practical Cooperation in the Region
Siem Reap / VC / Cambodia
October ASEAN Defence Interaction Programme (ADIP) VC / Brunei Darussalam
October/November TBC
22nd ASEAN Senior Level Committee (SLC) on Financial Integration Meeting
VC / Brunei Darussalam
TBC RCEP Interim Joint Committee Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
TBC RCEP Ministerial Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
TBC 4th AANZFTA SC-CPTF Meeting VC / New Zealand
TBC 4th Meeting of the AANZFTA Sub-Committee on
Financial Services ASEAN Caucus VC / Brunei Darussalam
TBC ASEAN Senior Level Committee (SLC) on Financial
Integration
TBC 35th ACMF Chairs Meeting
TBC ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry
(AMAF) and Related Meetings Indonesia/VC (TBC) /
Chair: Indonesia
TBC 5th ASEAN-Japan Consultation on Regional Air
Services Agreement (5th AJC-RASA)
VC (TBC) / Co-Chairs: The
Philippines and Japan
TBC 9th Meeting of the Governors/Mayors of ASEAN
Capitals 2021 (MGMAC) VC / Brunei Darussalam
TBC 10th Meeting of the Technical Sub-Working Group on
Classification (TSWGC) VC / Singapore
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TBC
16th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Environment (AMME)
Indonesia (Chair AMME)
Philippines (Chair
COM/COP) / Indonesia
17th ASEAN Plus Three Environment Ministers Meeting (APT EMM)
4th ASEAN ESC Award Ceremony
16th Meeting of Committee under COP to AATHP (COM-16)*
16th Meeting of Conference of the Parties to AATHP (COP-16)*
TBC The 14th Meeting of Senior Labour Officials Working Group on Progressive Labour Practices to Enhance
Competitiveness of ASEAN (14th SLOM-WG)
VC / Indonesia
TBC ASEAN-China Capacity Building on Marine Plastic
Monitoring China (TBC)
TBC 10th AANZFTA Committee on Trade in Services
(CTS) VC / Co-Chairs:
Thailand, Australia and New Zealand
TBC 16th Meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on
Health Development (ASEAN SOMHD) VC / Indonesia
TBC 3rd Meeting of Technical Expert and Advisory (TEA) Panel for the ASEAN+3 Field Epidemiology Training
Network (ASEAN+3 FETN) VC / Thailand
TBC Regional Workshop for the Feasibility Study on
BioBanking: Assessment and Drafting of the Study Report
VC / Philippines
TBC 4th Meeting of ASEAN BioDiaspora Coordination
Committee Meeting (ABCC) VC / Philippines
TBC Video Conference among ASEAN Road Traffic Injury
Prevention Regional Network VC / Indonesia
TBC Consultation Meeting of ASEAN Guidelines on Mandatory Implementation of Food Fortification
VC / Lao PDR
TBC Consultation Meeting of ASEAN Guidelines for the Marketing of Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages to
Children VC / Thailand
TBC
ASEAN-China Environmental Cooperation Forum 2021
High-Level Forum on Green and Sustainable Development
China
NOVEMBER
1 November All Saints’ Day (PH)
1 – 5 November 12th ACCMSME Meeting and Related Meetings VC / Malaysia
2 – 3 November 1st ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting of the Central Authorities on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal
Matters (SOM-MLAT)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
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2 – 4 November NADI Workshop: Strengthening ASEAN Defence and
Security Cooperation in Anticipating the Development of Artificial Intelligence
VC / Indonesia
3 November (TBC) 7th ASEAN Business Coalition on HIV and AIDS
(ASEAN-BCA) Meeting VC / Singapore
3 November (TBC) The 6th Senior Officials Meeting Responsible for
Information Working Group on Information, Media and Training (SOMRI WG-IMT)
VC/ Cambodia
4 November Deepavali (MY, SG)
4 November Inaugural Conference: Farming Technology: Empowering ASEAN Youth Entrepreneurs in
Shaping the Agriculture Sector
VC / Brunei Darussalam
8 November (TBC) Follow-Up Virtual Interface between the ASEAN
Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Pillar and Timor-Leste
VC / ASEAN Secretariat
8 – 9 November Pharmaceutical Product Working Group (PPWG) – 4th Joint Sectoral Committee on MRA on BE Study
Report (JSC BE MRA) VC / Malaysia
8 – 10 November 46th Working Group 1 on Standards (WG 1) Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
8 – 12 November 52nd STOM, 27th ASEAN Transport Ministers (ATM)
Meeting and Associated Meetings VC / Cambodia
9 November National Day of Cambodia
9 November ASEAN Defence Interactions Programme VC / Brunei Darussalam
9 – 10 November (TBC)
35th Meeting ACCSQ Working Group on Legal Metrology (WG 3)
VC/ Indonesia
9 – 11 November 28th Meeting of the Sub Working Group on ASEAN
Customs Transit System (SWG-ACTS) VC / Viet Nam
10 November
ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) Retreat and Handover Ceremony
VC / Brunei Darussalam
ASEAN-Australia Defence Ministers’ Informal Meeting
VC / Brunei Darussalam -
Australia
ASEAN-Republic of Korea Defence Ministers’ Informal Meeting
VC / Brunei Darussalam - ROK
10 November ASEAN Business Awards VC / Brunei Darussalam
11 – 12 November 32nd Pharmaceutical Product Working Group
(PPWG) VC/ Cambodia
11 – 12 November 2nd ASEAN-Russia Working Group on Education
Meeting VC / Russia
15 – 16 November 34th ASEAN Cosmetic Committee (ACC) Meeting VC / Cambodia
16 – 17 November 11th ASEAN Maritime Forum (AMF)
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9th Expanded ASEAN Maritime Forum (EAMF) VC / Brunei Darussalam
18 – 20 November Water Festival (CA)
19 November That Luang Festival (LA)
21 November National Day of Myanmar
22 – 23 November (TBC)
EAS Workshop on Mental Health Cooperation in the COVID-19 Recovery
VC / Brunei Darussalam
22 – 26 November (TBC)
Special Meeting 02/2021 of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights
(AICHR)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
22 – 26 November NADI Workshop: ASEAN Centrality in Era of Great
Power VC / Philippines
22 – 25 November 23rd ASEAN Committee on Consumer Protection
(ACCP) and Related Meetings VC / Malaysia
23 – 25 November 56th ASEAN Consultative Committee for Standards
and Quality (ACCSQ) VC / Brunei Darussalam
23 – 25 November 35th Coordinating Committee on Customs (CCC) VC/ Brunei Darussalam
23 – 26 November (TBC)
The 57th Working Group on Technical Matters for the ASW (TWG) Meeting
VC
23 – 26 November 12th AMRDPE, 18th SOMRDPE, 14th SOMRDPE+3
and Related Meetings VC / Philippines
24 – 25 November 65th ASEAN Working Group on Intellectual Property
Cooperation (AWGIPC) Meeting VC / Philippines
29 November 2nd Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Higher
Education Mobility 2025 (AWGHEM) VC / ASEAN Secretariat
November (TBC) 16th Meeting of the Technical Working Group on Transboundary Haze Pollution in the Mekong sub-
region (16th TWG Mekong)
VC / Myanmar
November (TBC) 10th Meeting of the Sub-regional Ministerial Steering Committee on Transboundary Haze Pollution in the
Mekong sub-region (10th MSC Mekong)
VC / Myanmar
November 15th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus Experts’
Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations (ADMM-Plus EWG on PKO)
VC / Co-Chairs: Viet Nam and Japan
TBC 4th Meeting of the AANZFTA Sub-Committee on
Financial Services Plenary VC / Brunei Darussalam
TBC 11th ASEAN-China Centre Joint Council Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
TBC The 37th Sub-Committee on ATIGA Rules of Origin
(SC-AROO) and the 37th Coordinating Committee on the Implementation of the ATIGA (CCA)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
TBC ASEAN Infrastructure Fund Board of Directors’
Meeting
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TBC WC-Financial Services Liberalisation (FSL) VC / Brunei Darussalam
TBC ASEAN Cross Sectoral Coordination Committee on
Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (ACSCC-DRFI)
VC / Brunei Darussalam
TBC ASEAN-UK Ministerial Forum / High Level Panel Discussion on Climate Change at the side-line of
UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow, UK UK
TBC 11th ASEAN Plus Three Field EpidemiologyTraining
Network (FETN) VC / Brunei Darussalam
TBC 7th Meeting of ASEAN Health Cluster 2 on
Responding to All Hazards and Emerging Threats VC / Philippines
TBC Informal ADMM-Plus Meeting with the Plus Countries VC / Brunei Darussalam
TBC 5th ASEAN-ROK Working Group Meeting on Air
Services Agreement (AKWG-RASA) VC / Co-Chairs:
Myanmar and ROK
TBC 16th Meeting of the Technical Working Group on Transboundary Haze Pollution in the Mekong sub-
region (16th TWG Mekong)
VC / Myanmar
TBC 10th Meeting of the Sub-regional Ministerial Steering Committee on Transboundary Haze Pollution in the
Mekong sub-region (10th MSC Mekong)
VC / Myanmar
TBC 11th ASEAN China Centre Joint Council Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
November / December (TBC)
ASEAN Disability Forum 2021 VC / TBC
November 7th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus Experts’ Working Group on Cyber Security (ADMM-Plus EWG
on CS)
VC / Co-Chairs: Malaysia and ROK
November 17th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus Experts’
Working Group on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (ADMM-Plus EWG on HADR)
VC / Co-Chairs: Indonesia and India
Q4 (TBC) 18th ASEAN-Japan Expert Group Meeting on
Logistics (AJEGML)
VC (TBC) / Co-Chairs: ASEAN Secretariat and
Japan
End of November (TBC)
2nd ITF-ASEAN Expert Group Meeting on Apps-based Mobility Services
TBC ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN) Conference VC / Brunei Darussalam
TBC 15th ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting and Related
Meetings VC / Indonesia
TBC Awarding Ceremony of the ASEAN Aerobic Fun
Dance Competition (AFADC) – AHMM Side Event VC / Indonesia
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TBC ASEAN Risk Assessment and Risk Communication
Centre: Training and Workshop on COVID-19 Lessons
VC / Malaysia
TBC Regional Consultative Meeting and Workshop on
the Rational Use of Antimicrobials through Consumption Surveillance
VC / Indonesia
TBC
Burden of Diseases Networking workshop: Strengthen regional collaboration, cooperation to respond non-communicable diseases burden in
South-East Asia and China
VC / Thailand
TBC Consultation meeting of ASEAN Guideline on the
implementation of Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM)
VC / Cambodia
DECEMBER
1 – 2 December (TBC)
ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Workshop on Promoting the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda in
the ARF
VC / Brunei Darussalam
1 – 2 December 9th ASEAN Competition Conference VC and Hanoi/Viet
Nam
1 – 2 December ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank Task Force
Meeting VC / Brunei Darussalam
2 December National Day of Lao PDR
3 December
Tribute to ASEAN Olympic and Paralympic Medalists and SOMS+Japan Public Campaign on Promoting the Participation of Women and Girls in Sports in
ASEAN
VC/ ASEAN Secretariat
5 – 6 December King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s Birthday, National Day
and Father’s Day (TH)
7 – 8 December (TBC)
35th Meeting ACCSQ Working Group on Legal Metrology (WG 3)
VC/ Indonesia
7 – 8 December 6th ASEAN-China-UNDP Symposium on SDGs
(theme TBD) VC / TBC
8 December Feast of the Immaculate Inception of Mary (PH)
8 December (TBC) First ASEAN-ROK Startup Festival VC / Brunei
Darussalam (TBC)
10 December Constitution Day of Thailand
15 – 17 December 17th SOMSWD and Related Meetings VC / SOMSWD
Thailand
21 – 23 December 12th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus Experts’ Working Group on Counter-Terrorism
(ADMM-Plus EWG on CT)
Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar / Co-
Chairs: Myanmar & Russia
25 December Christmas Day
30 December Rizal Day (PH)
31 December New Year’s Eve
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TBC Workshop on the Logistics Support Framework VC / Brunei
Darussalam
TBC 5th Meeting of the AANZFTA Sub-Committee on
Financial Services ASEAN Caucus VC / Brunei Darussalam
TBC Meeting of ASEAN-China National Focal Point Meeting on Environmental Cooperation
China (TBC)
TBC ASEAN-China Forum on Regional Action on Tackling Climate Change
China (TBC)
TBC ASEAN-China Seminar on Regional Practices of Cooperation of Mangroves Conservation for Tackling
Climate Change
China (TBC)
TBC ASEAN-China Forum on Coastal & Marine Ecosystem Management
China (TBC)
TBC ASEAN-China Tackling Climate Change: Youth Leadership
China (TBC)
Q4 (TBC) Regional Tripartite Social Dialogue
Q4 (TBC) 4th ASEAN-Japan Expert Group Meeting on Joint
Research on Bridge Maintenance
VC (TBC) / Co-Chairs: Thailand and
Japan
Q4 (TBC) 5th ASEAN University Student Council Union
(AUSCU) Conference VC / Brunei Darussalam
TBC 10th ASEAN Labour Inspection Conference VC / Brunei Darussalam
TBC Steering Committee Meeting of ASEAN+3 Field
Epidemiology Training Network VC / Thailand
TBC Coordination Meeting for the Mitigation of Biological
Threats Phase 2 VC / TBC
TBC
TBC ASEAN Symposium on the Implementation of ASCC
Blueprint TBC
TBC 33rd Traditional Medicine and Health Supplements
Product Working Group Meeting VC
TBC Webinar on Socio-economic Impacts of COVID-19
(Series) VC / TBC
TBC 12th ASEAN-Japan Counter-Terrorism (AJCT)
Dialogue and 4th ASEAN-Japan Cybercrime (AJCC) Dialogue
TBC / Myanmar
TBC
ASEAN Regional Workshop on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE): “Taking
Stock of Ongoing and Emerging Threats and Trends” and the 2nd ASEAN Partners Meeting for the
Implementation of the Bali Work Plan 2019-2025
Bali, Indonesia / Indonesia
TBC ASEAN Cross-Sectoral Collaboration Meeting for the Final Review Back-to Back with the Ways Forward
VC / Philippines
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for the Bohol Trafficking in Person (TIP) Work Plan 2017-2020
TBC 6th ASEAN Seaport Interdiction Task Force (ASITF) TBC / Cambodia
TBC AVSSR Webinar Series 2021 I-IV VC / Thailand
2022 (TBC) 12th EAS High-Level Seminar on Environmentally
Sustainable Cities (HLS-SC) Lao PDR
TBC 1st ROK-ASEAN Cooperation Forum on Public
Administration VC/ROK
2022 (TBC) Mid-Term Review of the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan
2025 VC / TBC
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