Past Events

CAREC Senior Officials’ Meeting

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

Uzbekistan: Inception and Consultation Mission 2019

  A PRC Fund-supported TA inception mission led by CWRC’s Guoliang Wu, visited Tashkent in Uzbekistan on 30-31 May to discuss regional economic corridor development potentials and challenges among Shymkent (Kazakhstan), Tashkent, and Khujand (Tajikistan) cities and their surrounding regions. The team met Uzbekistan Deputy Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade and CAREC National Focal […]

Tajikistan: Inception and Consultation Mission 2019

    An inception mission for a CAREC economic corridor TA, financed by PRCF, and led by CWRC’s Guoliang Wu, visited the cities of Dushanbe and Khujand in Tajikistan on 24-28 May to discuss regional economic corridor development potentials and challenges among Shymkent (Kazakhstan), Tashkent (Uzbekistan), and Khujand cities and their surrounding regions. The team […]

Kazakhstan: Inception and Consultation Mission 2019

  A TA inception mission led by CAREC Unit Head Guoliang Wu visited Nur-Sultan, Turkestan and Shymkent in Kazakhstan on 20-23 May, to deliberate on regional economic corridor development potential and challenges among Shymkent (Kazakhstan), Tashkent (Uzbekistan), and Khujand (Tajikistan) cites and surrounding regions. The mission met Kazakh Invest Chairman Saparbek Tuyakbayev, Deputy Governor of […]

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.

17th CAREC Ministerial Conference

This year’s ministerial conference focused on expanding regional trade and promoting economic diversification. CAREC ministers unanimously endorsed the CAREC Integrated Trade Agenda (CITA) 2030 and its Rolling Strategic Action Plan (RSAP) 2018–2030.

Consultation Meeting with CAREC National Focal Points (2018)

CAREC national focal points discussed the implementation progress of CAREC 2030, in preparation for the 17th Ministerial Conference on CAREC to be held in Ashgabat.

CAREC Senior Officials’ Meeting (June 2018)

Senior government officials of the 11 CAREC countries and representatives of multilateral development partners reviewed the progress made to date on the implementation of the CAREC 2030 strategy.

Second Almaty–Bishkek Economic Corridor Subcommittee Meeting

The meeting facilitated the discussions and agreements toward establishing modern agricultural wholesale markets, developing tourism clusters, and facilitating efficient border crossings in the Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor.