Cosponsored by Indonesia's Directorate General of Land Communication (DGLC), Indonesia's Environmental Impact Management Agency (BAPEDAL) and JASIC, with support from Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the 6^th Government-Industry Meeting was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from January 30 to February 1, 2002 with approximately 140 participants from a total of 16 regions: government offices (involved in transportation, the environment or regulations) and automobile industry organizations (manufacturers, etc.) from 13 Asian regions, plus a guest speaker and observers. 

At the 6^th G-I meeting, which was held as the final session of the second series of G-I meetings for the purpose of promoting observer participation in WP29, the state of progress in regulation harmonization activities undertaken at G-I meetings thus far was confirmed and opinions were exchanged, primarily on the following four points, in order to confirm the future orientation of G-I meetings.

*Reconfirmation of the factors inhibiting participation in WP29, about which opinions had been exchanged at the 2nd series of G-I meetings, as well as methods for overcoming such inhibiting factors, and re-acknowledgement of the importance of participating in WP29/GR.
*Confirmation of nations planning to join the 1958 Agreement or the 1998 Agreement and of progress in activities aimed at regulation harmonization and mutual recognition of approvals.
*Confirmation of the proper format of G-I meetings in the future.
*Determination of themes to be discussed at subsequent G-I meetings so that the aforesaid can be realized at future G-I meetings.

As a result, a joint statement of the second series of G-I meetings was adopted.

Cosponsored by LTO of the Philippines, the 7^th G-I Meeting is scheduled as follows.