Virtual CAREC Senior Officials’ Meeting and Sector Consultations Senior officials from 11 CAREC countries discussed overall implementation progress of the CAREC 2030 Strategy, as well as the draft CAREC Program Results Framework, Tourism Strategy 2030, and Gender Strategy 2030.
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.
CAREC Federation of Carrier and Forwarder Associations Executive Board Meeting The CAREC Federation of Carrier and Forwarders Associations (CFCFA) held a virtual Executive Board meeting to agree on the specific actions to strengthen its governance structure.
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.
Road Asset Management System and Performance-Based Contracting Training The training introduced basic principles and concept of road asset management system and performance-based contracting, presented best practices and solutions to common problems in road management, and provided guidance on how to design and implement a performance-based contract.
Fifth CAREC Railway Working Group Meeting Railway specialists reported on progress made in TA implementation, including the findings of rail sector assessments, updates on the traffic modelling, and rail project preparation facility.
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.
CAREC Road Safety Engineering Workshop (Afghanistan) The technical training course covered topics on treating hazardous locations, roadside hazard management, road safety audits, safer road work sites, and pedestrian safety.
Railway Infrastructure Management Training for CAREC Countries Twenty seven railway officials from nine CAREC countries participated in the training on international best practices for modern railway infrastructure asset management.
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.
