In 1985, the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) was established by Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey to promote economic, technical, and cultural cooperation among the member states. ECO is the successor organization of Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD) which remained in existence since 1964 up to 1979. In 1992, the Organization was expanded to include seven new members, namely: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
The transport and communications sector, since the early years of ECO, is on the top of the agenda. Key documents in this field are: the Quetta Plan of Action; the Istanbul Declaration (ECO Long Term Perspectives); the Almaty Outline Plan for the Development of Transport Sector in the ECO region; the Ashgabat Declaration of 1997; the Programme of Action for ECO Decade of Transport and Communications; and the Transit Transport Framework Agreement.
The 19th Meeting of the ECO Regional Planning Council Tehran, Iran (12 - 14 January 2009)
The National Workshops on Multimodal Transport the Republic of Turkey Turkey (25 - 26 November 2008)
Workshop on Regional Energy Trade in the ECO region Almaty, Kazakhstan (10 - 11 November 2008)
The 2nd Meeting of the Insurance Committee and the Extraordinary Meeting of the ECO Transit Transport Coordination Council Tehran (20 - 21 July 2008)
Meeting of the Working Group to finalize the Draft Additional Protocol of the Agreement on Simplification of Visa Procedures for Businessmen of ECO Member States Tehran (18 - 19 August 2008)
Second ECO and WB Workshop on Regional Energy Trade Tehran (08 - 09 July 2008)
3rd ECO Ministerial Meeting on Commerce/Foreign Trade preceded by 3rd High Level Experts Group (HLEG) Istanbul, Turkey (05 - 07 July 2005)
Meeting of National Focal Points and Liaison Officers Almaty, Kazakhstan (01 June 2005)
1st Senior Official Meeting (SOM) Tehran, Iran (30 - 31 May 2005)
4th Meeting of ECO Council of Heads of Customs Administration preceded by 2nd Meeting of Technical Experts on Establishment of Data Bank on Smuggliing and Customs Offences Baku, Azerbaijan (16 - 18 May 2005)
3rd Experts Meeting on Environmental Impact Assessment Ankara, Turkey (09 - 10 May 2005)
10th Meeting of the Governing Board of the ECO Supreme Audit Instituttions (ECOSAI) Baku, Azerbaijan (27 - 29 April 2005)
2nd Meeting of High Level Experts Group on Trade, Investment and Other Related Matters Islamabad, Pakistan (17 - 19 March 2005)
2nd Meeting of Experts Group (EGM) for Preparation of ECO Strategy on Industry Islamabad, Pakistan (14 - 17 March 2005)
3rd Meeting of ECO Working Group on Environment Islamabad, Pakistan (23 - 24 February 2005)
15th Meeting of the Regional Planning Council (RPC) Tehran, Iran (14 - 17 February 2005)
3rd ECO Seminar on Trade and Investment Information Networking in the ECO Region Karachi, Pakistan (31 - 01 February 2005)
