Past Events

CAREC Workshop on Trade and Trade Facilitation Reforms—WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and Consolidated Trade Agenda

The workshop follows two important milestones affecting global and regional trade—the entry into force of the World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement and the endorsement of a new long-term strategy CAREC 2030.

Workshop on CAREC 2030 Strategy Implementation

About 50 participants from 17 line government agencies and development partners shared their views and initiatives on operationalizing the CAREC 2030 strategy and Pakistan’s possible role.

CAREC Energy Sector Coordinating Committee Meeting (November 2017)

ADB and government officials gave updates on the Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan–Tajikistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan (TUTAP), Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan (TAP), and CASA 1000 projects.

16th CAREC Ministerial Conference

The ministerial conference, held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, was a cornerstone event for the CAREC Program as it involved endorsement by the ministers of a new CAREC strategy leading to 2030.

CAREC Corridors Performance Measurement and Monitoring Workshop

In the meeting, CAREC Corridors Performance Measurement and Monitoring (CPMM) partner associations underscored the importance of increasing CPMM stakeholder awareness and use and collecting behind–the–border indicators

First Almaty–Bishkek Economic Corridor Subcommittee Meeting

Concrete steps for the implementation of the economic corridor were agreed in a government protocol and reported to the Prime Minister’s Kazakhstan–Kyrgyz Republic Intergovernmental Council.

Second Workshop on CAREC Advanced Transit System and CAREC Customs Information Common Exchange

Working group meetings prepared a trilateral agreement and an action plan to pilot test prototypes of the CAREC Advanced Transit System and CAREC Customs Information Common Exchange in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Kazakhstan.

Consultation Meeting with the CAREC National Focal Points (2017)

The meeting discussed the new CAREC long-term strategy; updates on sector deliverables; and preparations for the 16th CAREC Ministerial Conference to be held on 27 October in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Joint Meeting of the CAREC Customs Cooperation Committee and CAREC Federation of Carrier and Forwarder Associations

The joint meeting agreed on enhancing collaboration between customs authorities and the private sector in various trade facilitation activities.

16th CAREC Customs Cooperation Committee Meeting

The meeting of the CAREC Customs Cooperation Committee (CCC) agreed to pilot the CAREC Advanced Transit System and the CAREC Customs Information Common Exchange, support the implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement in CAREC countries, and the formulation of the new Trade Facilitation Strategic Framework.