Past Events

CAREC High-Level Session at the 53rd ADB Annual General Meeting

Ministers and senior government officials of CAREC countries joined a high-level session at the 53rd Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual General Meeting to discuss the potential role of regional cooperation platforms such as CAREC in building countries resilience to future crisis after COVID-19.

Second Regional Workshop on Trilateral Economic Corridor Development

The second regional workshop on economic corridor development among Shymkent (Kazakhstan), Tashkent (Uzbekistan), and Khujand (Tajikistan) cities, and their surrounding oblasts was jointly organized virtually with the Government of Kazakhstan Government, with Asian Development Bank (ADB) support.

Consultation Meeting with CAREC National Focal Points

CAREC national focal points (NFPs) held a virtual meeting to discuss the economic impact of and response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the region.

Roundtable on Tourism Development in the Kyrgyz Republic

Kyrgyz Republic Prime Minister Muhammedkalyi Abylgaziev chaired the meeting to coordinate the next steps to implement the Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor Tourism Master Plan.

Fourth Almaty–Bishkek Economic Corridor Subcommittee Meeting

The meeting agreed to further improve border crossing point infrastructure, accelerate tourism reforms, and improve health laboratories in the region.

18th Ministerial Conference on CAREC

Highlights of this year’s meeting include (i) a roundtable in discussion on the new CAREC Transport and Energy strategies and CAREC 2030 implementation and (ii) a high-level public–private dialogue on promoting sustainable tourism development in the CAREC region through public–private partnerships.

Consultation Meeting with CAREC National Focal Points (2019)

CAREC national focal points and development partners met to deliberate on the final draft of the CAREC Transport Strategy 2030 and CAREC Energy Strategy 2030, with an aim of endorsement at the 18th CAREC Ministerial Conference in November.

CAREC Senior Officials’ Meeting

Senior officials from 11 CAREC countries and development partners discussed the progress of the CAREC 2030 strategy implementation.

CAREC Corridors for the Future: Learning from Economic Corridor Development in Asia

Panelists discussed opportunities and challenges in developing the regional economic corridors, and the role of development institutions and CAREC.

Third Almaty–Bishkek Economic Corridor Subcommittee Meeting

The third joint ABEC Subcommittee meeting aimed to, among others, review current ABEC projects and initiatives based on the meeting protocol of sector working groups, and develop pipeline and priority projects.