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Economic Cooperation Organization and DOCCU in a Nutshell

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1964 1985 1992 Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD)

Revived as

Economic Cooperation Organization

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Enlargement to 10 Member States:

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Republic of Azerbaijan Islamic Republic of Iran Republic of Kazakhstan Kyrgyz Republic Islamic Republic of Pakistan Republic of Tajikistan Republic of Turkey Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

ECO Region

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8 Million Square Kilometers

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440 Million Inhabitants (57 % Under 24)

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Young GenerationVulnerable to Drug

Share of Countries in Total Population of the Region

Country Afghanistan Azerbaijan Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyz Pakistan Tajikistan Turkey Turkmenistan Uzbekistan ECO Region Population and Population Density of ECO countries (000)

35,320 9,173 74,799 16,559 5,515 176,745 6,977 73,640 5,105 29,341 433,174

Population (%)

8.2

2.1

17.3

3.8

1.3

40.8

1.6

17.0

1.2

6.8

100.0

Population Density (population per km 2 ) Birth Rate (per 1000 people) Death Rate (per 1000 people) Fertility Rate (births per woman)

54.2

105.9

45.4

6.1

27.8

222.0

48.8

95.0

10.4

65.4

54.4

18 21 21 43 19 17 23 27 27 28

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5 8 5 16 6 7 6 5 9 7

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6.2

1.9

1.6

2.6

3.1

3.3

3.2

2.1

2.4

2.5

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Country Afghanistan Azerbaijan Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyz Pakistan Tajikistan Turkey Turkmenistan Uzbekistan ECO Region GDP

Mln US$

18,034

%

1.0

63,404 514,060 188,050 6,198 210,741 6,522 774,775 28,062 3.4

27.7

10.1

0.3

11.4

0.4

41.8

1.5

45,324 1,855,169 2.4

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GDP and Economic Indicators of ECO Member States in 2011

GDP per capita (US$) GDP Growth Rate (%)

620

Inflation Rate (%)

7.0

5.7

6,912 1.0

7.9

6,816 3.2

20.6

11,357 7.5

8.3

1,124 6 16.5

1,196 3 11.9

835 7.4

12.4

10,605 8.8

6.5

5,495 14.7

6.1

1,545 4,283 8.3

7.6

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FDI (Mln US$)

83 4,485 4,150 13,227 694 1,309 11 16,047 3,186 1,403

External Debt (Mln US$)

2,623 8,427 19,113 124,437 5,486 60,182 3,323 307,007 445 8,382 44,595 539,427

Unemployment Rate (%)

… 5.4

12.3

5.4

2.5

6.0

2.3

9.8

5.3

7.0

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Foreign Trade of Merchandise of ECO Countries in 2012 Country Afghanistan Azerbaijan Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyz Pakistan Tajikistan Turkey Turkmenistan Uzbekistan ECO Region Exports

370 32,634 104,000 92,286 1,894 24,567 1,358 152,469 16,500 10,836 436,914

Foreign Trade (Bln US$) Imports

5,500 10,417 57,092 44,539 5,374 44,157 3,778 236,545 9,900 11,296 428,599

Total

5,870 43,051 161,092 136,825 7,268 68,724 5,136 389,014 26,400 22,132 865,513

Balance

-5,130 22,217 46,908 47,747 -3,480 -19,590 -2,420 -84,076 6,600 -460 8,315 0.7

5.0

18.6

15.8

0.8

7.9

0.6

44.9

3.1

2.6

Regional share (%) Foreign Trade to GDP (%)

37.5 * 62.9

37.4 * 67.8

112.3

29.7

73.5

49.3

76.3

43.2

Share of Inter regional Trade in 2011(%)

52.3

7.2

4.7

8 18.2

6.8

37.9

7.1

16.7

23.6

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Activities

Trade and related areas Energy Transport Environment and Sustainable Development Human Development and Health Agriculture and Food Security Industry Economic Research and Statistics Tourism Disaster Risk Reduction Reconstruction of Afghanistan Drugs Control and Organized Crime

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ECO Secretariat

Based in Tehran, 70 Staff, nationals of Member States Secretary General, 3 DSGs Directorates and Units – Directorate of Trade and Investment – – Directorate of Transport and Communications, Directorate of Agriculture, Industry and Tourism – Directorate of Human Resources and Sustainable Development – – Directorate of Energy, Minerals and Environment Directorate of Project, Economic Research and Statistics – – External Relations Coordination and Follow-up – Drug and Organized Crime Unit

Regional Centers and Affiliated Bodies

External Relations and Outreach

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Observership MoU with UN System agencies, and regional and International organizations Joint projects and activities with partners

Drugs and Organized Crime Coordination Unit

An Overview of ECO and Establishment of DOCCU

Chronology

1993 1996 1999 2006 2009

Istanbul Declaration ( Upgraded as DOCCU Drugs as major ECO concern) ECO Plan of Action on Drug Control ( Fully integration in ECO structure revised in 2008) MOU with UNDCP and establishment of DCCU

Main Components of Joint Regional Strategy Joint Regional Strategy to Combat Drugs, Terrorism and Trans-national Organized Crime (2008) Drug Control Cooperation Combating Trans-national Organized Crime (

terrorism, drug-trafficking, human trafficking, illegal migration, money laundering etc. )

Training and Capacity Building

Action Plans Originated from the Joint Regional Strategy ECO Plan of Action on Drug Control (2008) ECO Plan of Action on Combating Tans-national Organized Crime (2010)

Key Elements of Plan of Action on Drug Control ECO Plan of Action on Drug Control (2008) Supply Reduction Fight against illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances Demand reduction, treatment and rehabilitation of drug users

ECO Plan of Action on Combating Trans-national Organized Crime (2010

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Drug Control Law Enforcement Cooperation Counter-Terrorism Terrorism Border Control & Management Trafficking

Activities by DOCCU Training and Capacity Building Networking Meetings Publications Partnerships Public Relations and Visibility Institutional initiatives

RCCACO, ..) (ECOPOL,

MOUs of ECO

• Technical Cooperation • Advisory services • Exchange of Information • Drug abuse prevention and

control

MOU with UNDCP 1995 MOU with Colombo Plan 2003

MOUs of ECO

• Narcotics control

MOU with ASEAN (2006)

• Preparation of ECO Plan of

Action on Fight against Human Trafficking

MOU with IOM (2009)

MOUs of ECO

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is technical the ECO providing assistance, Member a total contribution of 9.5 ME to finance training activities, holding of seminars and purchasing equipments for States, including countries along the Western Heroin Traffiking ruote.

MOU with EC (2009)

EC Financed Project

Component I

• Strengthening the capacities of the ECO-DOCCU Component II • Establishing I-24/7 as the central communication system for information and intelligence exchange at the regional and trans-regional levels.

Component III • Developing a network of border control cooperation at Land/Air/Sea Ports of Entry for container control to stem the flow of drugs, precursors and other illegal trafficking Component IV • Establishing a network of forensic laboratories in the ECO region, notably with regard to drugs, precursors and forged documents, but possibly also other elements of evidence

Activities in the Frames of EC-funded Project International Kick off Conference for the EU-funded project “Fight against Trafficking from/to Afghanistan with the ECO Member States (Tehran, Iran, 24 th January, 2011)

Activities in the Frames of EC-funded Project The Workshop on “Counter Narcotics Investigation” (Ankara: 14 – 16 )

Activities in the Frames of EC-funded Project The Second Workshop on Prevention of HIV / AIDS related to Drugs 15th – 17th October, 2012 Workshop on “Undercover and Surveillance Techniques” 4–8 March 2013

Activities in the Frames of EC-funded Project The National Focal Points (NFPs) Meeting on Drug Control Matters (Tehran: 8 – 9 May, 2013)

Activities in the Frames of EC-funded Project The workshop titled “Train the Trainers” (Ankara, 17-21 June, 2013)

Activities in the Frames of EC-funded Project The workshop titled “Interview and Interrogation Techniques” (2 – 6 December 2014)

Activities in the context of EC-funded Project

Publications and Public Relations

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Upcoming Events

• • • • • • • • 1 st ECO Drug Liaison Officers (DLO) Meeting (2-3 September 2014, Baku) Workshop on Drug Interdiction at Airports (3-7 November 2014, Istanbul) Technical meeting with decision making bodies of ECO Member States on "Drug Demand Reduction" (25-26 August 2014, Tehran) Brainstorm meeting/workshop on “Alternative Development Program in Afghanistan” (17-18 September 2014, the ECO Secretariat.

Field Visits to the Member States Regional Conference in association with Copenhagen University on legal policies (September 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark) Workshop for three focal points(Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan) on legal policies (16-17 September, 2014, ECO Secretariat) Closing Conference of the Project (November 2014, ECO Secretariat)

Useful Links ECO Secretariat ECO-DOCCU ECO Statistical Network

www.eco.int

http://www.ecodoccu.org/ http://ecosn.org/

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