The First Meeting of the ECO High Level Expert Group (HLEG) on the ECO Framework of Cooperation and the Plan of Action on Statistics will be held in the Statistical Centre of Iran26-28 October 2008. The following ECO member states will attend this meeting: Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Azerbaijan , Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Republic of Tajikistan, Republic of Turkey, and Republic of Turkmenistan.This meeting will be formally inaugurated at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday 26th of October 2008  with speech made by Dr. Madad, the Head of Statistical Centre of Iran. The list of attending delegates is as follows: Deputies, director generals and experts of the Statistical Centre of Iran  Deputy for Strategic Planning and Supervision, Presidential Office Representatives for ECO administrative affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs High level expert group of Eco member states.