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The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program countries’ National Focal Points gathered in Manila from 5 to 7 March to operationalize the CAREC 2030 Strategy Midterm Review recommendations and discuss strengthening the program’s initiatives through strategic planning and prioritization. Vice-President for South, Central and West Asia Yingming Yang delivered opening remarks and Central Asia Regional Department […]

The 5th Technical Working Group Meeting on the CAREC Advanced Transit System and Information Common Exchange (CATS/ICE) Pilot Phase Implementation was held on 12-13 March 2025 at the WCO Regional Office for Capacity Building in Baku, Azerbaijan. Officials from Customs authorities, ministry of Economy, and representatives from the freight forwarding and insurance companies actively participated […]

On 15 October, the CAREC National Focal Points (NFP) meeting endorsed-in-principle the Midterm Review of the CAREC 2030 Strategy and the proposed CAREC Climate Change Action Plan 2025-2027 for consideration at the upcoming CAREC Ministerial Conference on 7-8 November 2024 in Astana. Director General Eugene Zhukov of ADB’s Central and West Asia Department underscored reinvigorating regional […]

  On 26 September 2024 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of the PRC, government and private sector representatives from CAREC members discussed the transformative role of emerging technologies, particularly, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in digital trade and cross-border e-commerce. At the Opening Session of the 3rd Global Digital Trade Expo (GDTE) with the theme […]

The CAREC Working Group on Climate Change (WGCC) has been established in 2024 to support the implementation of the Regional Action on Climate Change: a Vision for CAREC (CAREC Climate Change Vision). To support the implementation of the Vision, the WGCC with support from the CAREC Secretariat is developing a CAREC Climate Change Action Plan. […]

A joint WGCC virtual meeting was held on 8 July 2024 to present the consolidated inputs from the series of consultations and discuss and agree on the next steps for the further development of the CAREC Climate Change Action Plan. Key Docuemnts Agenda | RUS Summary of the Meeting | RUS News Release Presentations Session […]

CAREC High-Level Session at the 57th ADB Annual Meeting: “Financing Greener Value Chains in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Region”  in Tbilisi on May 2024 On 2 May 2024, CAREC officials, private sector representatives, and development partners met in Tbilisi during ADB’s 57th Annual Meeting to explore policy options and regional initiatives for reducing […]