Welcoming the proposed plan of the Geological Survey of Iran entitled landslide risk zonation of ECO member states

Welcoming the proposed plan of the Geological Survey of Iran entitled landslide risk zonation of ECO member states following the 33rd ECO Regional Planning Council (RPC) meeting

The 33rd meeting of ECO regional planning council (RPC) was held with the presence of representatives from ten member states in the Secretariat of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member states. The Geological Survey of Iran, as an ECO representative in the mining sector, attended the meeting with Mr. Omid Ardebili, director general of the National Geosciences Database, and Ms. Hanieh Bakhshaee, director of international affairs at the Geological Survey of Iran, while participating in two committees of energy, mining and environment as well as human resources and sustainable development. During the meeting, welcoming the participants, Khosrow Nazeri, Secretary General of ECO, put emphasis on the importance of holding the ECO Regional Planning Council (RPC) meeting on evaluating the current activities of ECO as well as new and future projects and programs of the secretariat in order to support the regional development process of ECO. Mr. Orkhan Zeinalev, special representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, was also present as the head of the RPC General Meeting.

It is worth noting that the Council at the Energy, Mine and Environment Committee thanked the Geological Survey of Iran for holding the eighth meeting of mineral experts group of eco member states in Isfahan and called on the member states to follow up the results of the meeting through their proposals to implement decisions in providing the appropriate context for the next MEGM meeting.

It should be noted that the Council at the Committee on Human Resources and Sustainable Development welcomed the proposal of the Geological Survey of Iran entitled Landslide Risk Zonation of ECO Member States (LHZ) sponsored by the Member States at the 2022 Validation Meeting, and called on Iran and the ECO Secretariat to cooperate in providing joint financing and commissioning of the project during 2023.

On the other hand, other Member States were invited to support the successful launch and implementation of the project, and the approvals were included in the executive calendar of the 33rd meeting of the ECO Regional Planning Council for 2023. The Regional Planning Council meets once a year in the presence of the Eco Secretary General, ambassadors of ten member states, heads of eco specialized agencies and representatives from ten member states, and is responsible for tasks such as formulating practical plans for achieving the organization's goals and reviewing past plans.