Past Events

22nd CAREC Transport Sector Coordinating Committee Meeting

Objectives The upcoming 22nd CAREC Transport Sector Coordinating Committee (TSCC) meeting will discuss the CAREC Transport Strategy 2030 Midterm Review (CTS MTR) recommendations as well as ongoing and planned investment projects and policy actions of the CAREC member countries and their needs for financial and technical assistance from the international development community. The CAREC development […]

9th CAREC Railway Working Group Meeting

Background At this 9th meeting of the Railway Working Group (RWG), findings of the prefeasibility studies in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Pakistan will be presented, together with an update on plan to develop a direct railway link between the People’s Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan (CKU Railway). Further sessions will examine rail-port connectivity, […]

58th ADB Annual Meeting Side Event: CAREC Session on Trans-Caspian Connectivity: Unlocking Green Transport and Energy Corridors

A CAREC high-level session held on May 6, on the sidelines of ADB’s 58th Annual Meeting in Milan, Italy, gathered CAREC high-level officials, regional leaders, and experts, delving into the transformative potential of the Trans-Caspian connectivity, focusing on transport and green energy corridors. The Caspian Sea plays a strategic role in the CAREC region and presents […]

23rd CAREC Customs Cooperation Committee Meeting

The 23rd Meeting of the CAREC Customs Cooperation Committee (CCC) was held on 15-16 August 2024 in Astana, Kazakhstan, and attended by high-level customs officials from Azerbaijan, the People’s Republic of China, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The CCC noted the implementation progress of member countries, including Azerbaijan, the […]

Training on Improvement in Crash Data Management

ADB’s TA 6591-REG: Enhancing Road Safety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries (Phase 2) is assessing road crash data management practices for ten CAREC countries and developing guidance and tools to improve road crash data management and move towards greater harmonization of crash data across the region. Reliable safety and traffic data are […]

8th Railway Working Group Meeting

The main objectives of the seventh meeting of the RWG are to report on progress achieved in TA implementation, agree on next steps, and share knowledge and experience on railway commercialization, reform and investment: At this 8th meeting, main findings of two studies, rail corridor development and the rolling stock financing study, will be presented. […]

21st CAREC Transport Sector Coordinating Committee Meeting

Objectives During 2022-2023, following the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the CAREC developing member countries succeeded in mitigating negative impacts of the pandemic but encountered new challenges in the global and regional logistics and transport operations. Despite the recent ongoing geopolitical instability, the regional transportation system demonstrated strong resilience and adaptability to new challenges. The […]

Meeting of the Joint Meeting of the Kazakh-Kyrgyz ABEC Working Group on Transport and Infrastructure Development

Under the Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor (ABEC), back-to-back meetings of the Transport and Infrastructure Development Working Group and the Tourism Working Group gathered officials from Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic in Almaty on 27 and 28 February 2024 respectively. Transformative regional investment projects like the Almaty-Issyk-Kul Alternative Road PPP project, Almaty-Bishkek E-bus project, the ABEC Regional Improvement of Border Services project, […]

Sustainable CAREC Road Safety Capacity Building Program-Residential Workshop on CAREC Road Safety and Sustainable Mobility Course

CAREC Road Safety and Sustainable Mobility Course