The ECO Workshop on Industrial Property Rights was held on 21-22 February 2017 in Tehran, hosted by the Center for Intellectual Property Rights of Iran. The Workshop was attended by participants from Iran, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan and Tajikistan.

The 13th ECO Summit was held on 1 March 2017 in Islamabad, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

At the request of the DRR authorities of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, a joint mission by ECO and UNESCAP is now in Kabul for a needs assessment and training exercise.

The meeting of the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran Railway Corridor (KTI) was held on 6th February, 2017 at the ECO Secretariat where senior officials of the concerned authorities of the enroute Member States and the representatives of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and the ECO Secretariat discussed the issue of Commercialization of KTI corridor.

The 7th (Extra-Ordinary) Meeting of ECOTA Cooperation Council was organized by the ECO Secretariat on January 23-24, 2017 in Tehran which was attended by the delegates from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Republic of Turkey.

The Study on "Nanotechnology Progress in ECO Region" conducted by the Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council was formally released at a ceremony on 22 January 2017 in Tehran attended by high ranking officials and ambassadors from Member States and ECO Secretary General.