Projects List

Energy Emergency Assistance Project

The project will help the government increase the volume and security of the energy supply especially the supply of thermal power in the winter season, in accordance with the Energy Emergency Mitigation Action Plan.

CAREC Corridor I (Bishkek-Torugart Road), Phase 1

The project will upgrade a 39-kilometer section of the Bishkek–Torugart Road that links the Kyrgyz Republic with the People's Republic of China and other Central Asian countries. It will also improve border-crossing facilities at the Torugart border.

Strategic Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Hydropower Development

The technical assistance aims to develop a strategy for the small to medium sized hydropower sector, assist in setting up a conducive tariff policy and regulatory framework, review and advise on financing options as well as to conduct feasibility studies for four small to medium sized hydropower projects in the country.

Expanding Trade by Connecting Central Asia Countries

This study focuses on three countries of Central Asia —Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan—and applies the framework used by the World Development Report 2009. The study recommends that these three countries anchor their export diversification and growth strategy on three spatial scales—urban (leading city), area (city-hinterland), and regional (integration with regional markets).

CAREC Transport Corridor 1 (Bishkek–Torugart Road)

The outcome of the TA will be the agreed design and feasibility study that will make the Project suitable for ADB financing as well as Kazakhstan national standards and regulations.

Reconstruction of Taraz–Talas–Suusamyr Road, Phase 2

The second phase of the project will reconstruct 199 kilometers of the Taraz–Talas Suusamyr Road.

Disaster Risk Management

Improving Distribution and Transit Services in Central Asia

Improving Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Heat and Hot Water Supply, PIF

The project is to lay the foundation for sustainable development of energy efficiency in municipal heat and hot water supply systems in Kazakhstan.

Road Rehabilitation Project Environmental and Social Analysis

Small Hydro Power Development

The project focused on acceleration of sustainable small hydropower (SHP) electricity generation in the Kyrgyz Republic.

CAREC Regional Road Corridor Improvement Project (Kyrgyz Republic Component)

The project will improve 263 kilometers of the 550-kilometer road corridor linking the People's Republic of China, Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan. It will also upgrade border infrastructure and prepare the cross-border agreement among these countries to facilitate regional trade and transport.

Cross-Border Agreement among the Kyrgyz Republic, People’s Republic of China, and Tajikistan

The technical assistance (TA) helped prepare a cross border agreement (CBA) between the PRC, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan to facilitate smooth regional trade and traffic.

Preparing the Central Asia–South Asia Regional Electricity Market Project

The project preparatory technical assistance (TA) will assess the economic and technical feasibility of electricity trade between Central Asia and South Asian countries through an initial project to export 100MW from Tajikistan/Kyrgyz Republic to Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Reconstruction of Osh-Irkeshtam Road

Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening for Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development (Kyrgyz Republic Component)

The technical assistance was a continuation of ADB’s support for customs reforms and modernization following the 2002 launch of the Regional Trade Facilitation and Customs Cooperation Program (RTFCCP). During the initial phase of the RFTCCP, ADB supported the strengthening of legal and regulatory framework and the operational efficiency of customs organizations through a program loan and a regional TA.

Regional Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development Project (Kyrgyz Republic Component)

The objectives of the project are to (i) improve the efficiency and transparency of customs services and reinforce the ongoing customs legal reforms and simplification of customs procedures; and (ii) facilitate regional trade and promote regional customs cooperation through concerted customs reforms and modernization in the region.

Improving Road Maintenance and Strengthening the Transport Corridor Management Department

Piggybacked on the Southern Transport Corridor Road Rehabilitation Project loan, the technical assistance helps the Ministry of Transport and Communications improve maintenance of the Kyrgyz road network.

Southern Transport Corridor Road Rehabilitation Project

The project will promote economic growth and reduce poverty by improving the transport network and increasing regional trade and cooperation through rehabilitation of the road linking the Kyrgyz Republic, the People's Republic of China, and Uzbekistan.

Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development Project (Kyrgyz Republic Component)

The project preparatory technical assistance (PPTA) will help prepare Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development Project to support the East and Central Asia Regional Trade Facilitation and Customs Cooperation Program (RTFCCP).