CAREC National Focal Points' Meeting 2024
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 cooperation to build a more integrated and resilient CAREC region and welcomed the opportunity to raise the profile of the CAREC Program’s climate initiatives at COP29 in Baku in November 2024. Director General Ehsan Khan of ADB’s East Asia Department reiterated ADB’s continued commitment to the CAREC Program highlighting ADB’s Strategy 2030 Midterm Review’s climate finance and RCI and regional public good targets. Ms. Lyaziza Sabyrova, Regional Head of Regional Cooperation and Integration of Central and West Asia Department introduced plans for high-level sessions on regional energy, innovation for climate action through AI, and development of CAREC Corridor 2 (largely coinciding with the Middle Corridor) to support development of new generation of regional projects pipeline. Elmar Mammadov, Co-Lead of the COP29 Global and Regional Initiatives at the Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs joined the Meeting and briefed the NFPs about the upcoming CAREC Session at COP29. Mr. Olzhas Syzdykov, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of National Economy of Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan co-chaired the meeting. Virtually attended by over 90 participants, the NFP meeting also discussed the ongoing CAREC Institute reforms.
Key Documents
List of Participants (ENG)
Presentations
CAREC Climate Change Action Plan COP29 (ENG, RUS, CHN)
CAREC 2030 Midterm Review (MTR) (ENG, RUS, CHN)
CAREC Institute Revitalization Plan (ENG, RUS, CHN)
23rd Ministerial Conference Theme and Agenda (ENG, RUS, CHN)
Prerecorded Presentations