4. UNDP has also prepared a project document on capacity building of the ECO secretariat, which is currently under consideration by ECO.

16. ECO has already approached IDB concerning the funding of the project.

21. UNCTAD is an active partner in the ECO ESCAP IDB UNCTAD inter agency project on international transport development in the ECO region.

15. ESCAP is also seeking cooperation with ECO in the implementation of a project on investment promotion for the mining industry in the ECO countries.

24. In cooperation with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), ESCAP has been implementing a project on international transport development in the ECO region.

23. A project document on the establishment of a Drug Control Coordination Unit in the ECO secretariat was signed between the ECO Secretary General and the Executive Director of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme in Vienna on 5 March 1998, during an official visit of the Secretary General of ECO to the Programme s headquarters. This project, which will last one year, commenced in July 1998.

Cooperation between the five central Asian countries and Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Pakistan and Turkey, all of which are members of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), will be enhanced through a UNDCP ECO project to promote coordination and cooperation in drug control in the region covered by ECO.

42. In the context of promoting regional cooperation with the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO),UNDCP provided assistance in the creation of a mechanism within ECO for the coordination of drug control and in the training of national coordinators from all ECO member States under a new UNDCP regional project scheduled to start in the second half of 1997.

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The objectives of the project were determined during a mission undertaken to ECO headquarters by the ESCAP Regional Adviser on Mineral Policy and Mineral Economics.

3. In 1997, the Executive Heads of ECO and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) exchanged official visits and both organizations agreed to undertake a joint project on support to ECO member countries in trade efficiency and economic cooperation, to be funded by UNDP.

5. Under a joint UNDP United Nations Institute for Training and Research project, a guide book has been prepared about ECO countries and their economies. It is primarily meant for use in the Web site and is to be regularly updated by the ECO secretariat.

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(a) Eco restructuring for sustainable development.

5. Eco restructuring for sustainable development

8. Eco restructuring for sustainable development

(b) Eco restructuring for sustainable development.

The secretariat continued to provide technical cooperation through project activities under (a) the Norway funded project on assessment of trade facilitation needs and priorities (Project INT 0T 2CS) (b) the Sweden funded project on the establishment of trade facilitation platforms (Project INT 0T 3BJ) and (c) the Islamic Development Bank funded project on international multimodal transport operations in the ECO region (Project RAS 0T 1BR).

As executing agency for the project, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) undertook with ECO a follow up joint ECO UNCTAD mission to Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan from 4 to 14 March 1998, in order to explore the opportunities for cooperation in the fields of trade efficiency, trade and transport facilitation, and reforms and modernization of customs procedures among the ECO member States.

Support to the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)

10. In addition, an ESCAP project on strengthening subregional economic cooperation in trade and investment among the south western States members of the Commission, aims to assist ECO countries in exploiting new trade and investment opportunities provided by the progressive development of physical infrastructure in the ECO region.

11. A study commissioned under the project will focus on the requirements of ECO countries in soft infrastructure for trade and investment, including border and non border measures.

It is also the executing agency for the UNDP sponsored project on support to ECO member countries in trade efficiency and economic cooperation, mentioned in paragraph 3 above.

The ECO secretariat is also involved in a project to strengthen subregional economic cooperation in trade and investment among member countries in the southwestern part of the ESCAP region.

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(b) Regional investment programme for ECO member countries.

The project is being implemented in consultation with ECO and has received funding on a cost sharing basis from the Government of the Netherlands and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB).

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Table 3. Financially relevant ( eco financial ) environmental performance indicators

Of the more recent ESCAP activities in transport and in the context of Commission resolution 52 11 of 24 April 1996 on the strengthening of subregional economic cooperation among the south western States members of the Commission, including the States members of the Economic Cooperation Organization, ESCAP cooperated with ECO in formulating a project on transport development in the ECO region, for funding by the Islamic Development Bank and joint execution by ECO, ESCAP and UNCTAD.

ECO member States have agreed on the following strategy strengthening the capacity of the ECO Secretariat, and supporting ECO countries in achieving increased trade efficiency in selected areas in order to assist countries in attaining their goal of more efficient economic cooperation within and outside the region.

(d) Promote sustainable consumption through pricing, incentives and eco labelling schemes

(b) Assist developing countries in sourcing and acquiring eco efficient technologies

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(a) Programme for technology capacity building in the ECO member States

Kazakhstan is a member of the regional Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).

Concentration of air polluters in eco posts in Banja Luka, 1998 2002

sector specific data including industry agreed EPIs (including eco efficiency based EPIs)

Bodies such as the European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies and the Swiss Bankers Association have led the way in calling for the publication of standardized eco efficiency eco financial indicators.

Cooperation between ESCAP and ECO in this sector goes back to 1993, when ESCAP provided an input into the Outline Plan for the Development of the Transport Sector in the ECO Region.

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Monitoring of air pollution is carried out through measurements in seven eco posts.