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Timeline and Schedule for Key Milestones*
Updated: 7 July 2008

Milestones
Date
Web posting of initial SPU announcement [ PDF: 39kb | 2 pages ] July 2005
Web posting of the SPU Discussion Note [ PDF: 999kb | 21 pages ] October 2005
Stakeholder comment period on the Discussion Note November 2005- March 2006
Web posting of stakeholder comments on the Discussion Note and the SPU ongoing
OED Special Evaluation Studies on ADB's Safeguard Policies 2nd quarter of 2006 - 1st quarter of 2007
Web posting of the Consultation Draft of the Safeguard Policy Statement [ PDF: 509kb | 86 pages ] 12 October 2007
Stakeholder comment period on the Consultation Draft of the Safeguard Policy Statement 12 October 2007 – 30 April 2008
External stakeholder consultations
     Central and West Asia Consultation (Bishkek)      14-15 November 2007
     Consultation with Indigenous Peoples (Manila)      26-27 November 2007
     Philippines Consultation (Manila)      28-29 November 2007
     South Asia Consultation (New Delhi)      16-17 January 2008
     Consultation with Civil Society (New Delhi)      18 January 2008
     Pacific Consultation (Sydney)      30-31 January 2008
     Indonesia Consultation (Jakarta)      12-13 February 2008
     East Asia Consultation (Beijing)      27-28 February 2008
     Mekong Consultation (Hanoi)      5-6 March 2008
     Pakistan Consultation (Islamabad)            26-27 March 2008
     North America Consultation
          US (Washington) [ PDF: 42kb | 1 page ]
          Canada (Quebec) [ PDF: 41kb | 1 page ]
     1 April 2008
     3 April 2008
     Europe Consultation (Frankfurt)      17 April 2008
     Japan Consultation (Tokyo)      22 April 2008
Web posting of second draft of the Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) internal safeguard review procedures (draft Operations Manual) and the comment-response matrix* 3rd quarter 2008
Minimum 30 day comment period
Consultation Workshop on the second draft of SPS in Manila Minimum 30 days after the web posting of second draft of the SPS
Web posting and circulation to the ADB Board of the draft Working paper** 4th quarter 2008
30 day comment period
ADB Board's consideration of the draft Working paper 4th quarter 2008
ADB Board's consideration of the final draft R-paper** Early 2009

* Timeline is subject to change. Stakeholders will be kept informed of major changes.
** Working papers and restricted papers are draft policy documents prepared at certain stages of ADB's policy formulation cycle.