Past Events

Webinar on Enhancing Regional Trade Facilitation Through National Single Window: Pakistan’s Experience

CAREC Digital Strategy 2030 Implementation Roll-Out: Consultations on Digital Infrastructure, Startup Ecosystem & Entrepreneurship in Universities

Mongolia: National Workshop on Potential CAREC-wide FTA

Regional Workshop in Enhancing and Accelerating the Implementation of the AEO Program in Central Asia

The Regional Workshop in Enhancing and Accelerating the Implementation of the AEO Program in Central Asia was held on 31 October – 1 November 2023 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It was attended by representatives from the customs authorities of the CAREC countries, AEO experts from Korea Customs Service, Indonesia Customs, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of […]

Second Capital Market Regulators’ Forum

Tbilisi Silk Road Forum

National Focal Points’ Meeting 2023

National Focal Points (NFPs) of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program met virtually on 18 October to discuss the deliverables for and structure of the 22nd CAREC Ministerial Conference on 30 November in Tbilisi, Georgia. The NFPs reviewed the proposed CAREC Climate Change Vision and the Concept for the proposed Climate and Sustainability […]

CAREC Road Safety and Sustainable Mobility Course

Facilitation of Regional Transit Trade in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation: Testing Phase of CATS and ICE

On 3rd October, high-level customs officials from selected CAREC countries signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Baku to implement pilot testing activities of the CAREC Advanced Transit System and Information Common Exchange that will simplify transit documentation and procedures and promote intra-regional trade among these CAREC countries. Shahin Baghirov, Chairman of the State Customs […]

Accession of Turkmenistan to the World Trade Organization: Technical Working Sessions on the Memorandum of Foreign Trade Regime

On 2-6 October, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) organized technical working sessions on policies affecting trade in goods, which form part of the Memorandum of Foreign Trade Regime (MFTR) – a key document for WTO accession negotiations. The activity builds on the series of capacity building on Turkmenistan’s accession […]