23rd CAREC Transport Sector Coordinating Committee Meeting

Background

The 23rd CAREC Transport Sector Coordinating Committee (TSCC) Meeting will discuss the status of actions and new initiatives recommended by the Midterm Review (MTR) of the CAREC Transport Strategy (CTS) 2030 and necessary ensuing actions together with recent developments and plans for 2026 in the CAREC transport sector. After the endorsement from the 22nd TSCC, the MTR was endorsed by the CAREC Ministers in November 2025 and published on 11 March 2026.

The 23rd TSCC will also discuss ongoing and planned investment projects and policy actions of the CAREC countries and their needs for financial and technical assistance from the international development community. CAREC transport development partners will respond by summarizing their priorities, aligned with the CAREC countries’ needs.

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A. Key Documents

    1. Agenda (ENG | RUS)
    2. Participants (ENG)
    3. Transport Sector Progress Report and Work Plan (ENG | RUS)
    4. Summary of Proceedings (ENG | RUS)

B. Presentations

Session 1: Updates on Strategy and Actions in CAREC and CAREC Transport

  1. Overall CAREC Updates and 2026 Deliverables (ENG | RUS)
  2. Status of Recommended Actions from the CAREC Transport Sector Strategy 2030 Midterm Review (ENG | RUS)
  3. CAREC Transport Model and Pan-Asian Supply Chain Analysis (ENG | RUS)
  4. CAREC Transport and Logistics Center (ENG | RUS)
  5. CAREC Transport Project Portfolio Analysis (ENG | RUS)

Session 2: Subsector and Thematic Topics

Cluster 1: Cross-border Transport and Aviation

  1. Overview and Updates in the Subsector (ENG | RUS)
  2. CAREC Border Upgrades for Integration, Logistics, and Development (BUILD) Facility (ENG | RUS)
  3. Joint Border Crossing Point between Georgia and Azerbaijan (ENG | RUS)
  4. CAREC Corridor 2 Economic Corridor Working Group (ENG | RUS)
  5. Strategic Utilization of the Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring (CPMM) and the Asian Transport Observatory (ATO) (ENG | RUS)
  6. Recent Developments in Aviation (ENG | RUS)

Cluster 2: Railways, Waterborne Transport, and Logistics

  1. Rail Freight Development in Central and West Asia (ENG | RUS)
  2. Initiatives in the Waterborne Transport (ENG | RUS)
  3. Establishing an Integrated International Road Transport Insurance System at the Regional Level (ENG | RUS)

Cluster 3: Road, Road Asset Management, and Road Safety

  1. Overview and Updates in the Subsector (ENG | RUS)
  2. 1st Road Working Group—Results and Working Plan (ENG | RUS)
  3. Road Safety and Asset Management in Mongolia (ENG | RUS)
  4. Emerging Areas and Utilization of Artificial Intelligence (ENG | RUS)

Cluster 4: Smart Mobility

  1. Overview and updates in the Subsector (ENG | RUS)
  2. 1st Smart Mobility Working Group—Results and Working Plan (ENG | RUS)
  3. Digitalization and Digital Transformation in Transport Sector—Initiatives in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyz Republic
  4. Replicable Battery Swapping Models for Electric Heavy-Duty Trucks (ENG | RUS)
  5. Impact and Opportunities of Carbon Pricing in CAREC Transport (2026 Flagship Publication) (ENG | RUS)

Session 3: CAREC Development Partners’ Response to Regional Transport and Logistics Challenges

  1. EBRD (ENG | RUS)
  2. GIZ (ENG | RUS)
  3. ITF (ENG | RUS)
  4. IRU (ENG | RUS)
  5. UNESCAP (ENG | RUS)
  6. World Bank (ENG | RUS)

Session 4: Country Transport Priority Programs

Cluster 1: Caucasus and Caspian Region:

  • Georgia (ENG | RUS)
  • Azerbaijan (ENG | RUS)
  • Turkmenistan (ENG | RUS)

Cluster 2: Connecting East and Central Asia:

Cluster 3: Connecting South and Central Asia:

  • Pakistan (ENG | RUS)
  • Tajikistan (ENG | RUS)
  • Uzbekistan (ENG | RUS)