Past Events

8th Almaty–Bishkek Economic Corridor Subcommittee Meeting

The event details and the documents can be accessed through the ABEC Website, Event Page.

Consultation Meeting and Regional Workshop on Shymkent-Tashkent-Khujand Economic Corridor Development

On 12-14 September, ADB held a consultation meeting and regional workshop on STKEC development in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, with over 60 participants from transport, trade, customs, tourism agencies and business community in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, and development partners. Participants discussed two prefeasibility studies prepared by ADB delegated consulting firm, and deliberated on the next steps […]

2023 ADB RCI Conference on Economic Corridor Development

Knowledge Sharing Program on Promoting Regional Cooperation and Integration for Economic Corridor Development in the CAREC Region

On 15-19 May, ADB and the Government of Georgia jointly organized a knowledge sharing program in Batumi for government officials from customs, transport, and tourism agencies of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan (STKEC countries), with Kyrgyz Republic participating as observers. Senior officials from the State Revenue Service, National Food Agency and Road Carriers Association of Georgia […]

Webinar on Promoting Spatial Economic Growth in Asia: Role of Economic Corridor Development

7th Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor Subcommittee Meeting

On 16–17 February 2023, more than 50 representatives from the governments of Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic met in Bishkek. CWRD DG Eugenue Zhukov joined the meeting that was co-chaired by Deputy Minister of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic Kanatbek Abdrakhmanov and Vice-Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan Abzal Abdikarimov. The meeting proposed […]

CAREC Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring (CPMM): (i) Methodology Review Study and (ii) Consultation Workshop

6th Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor Subcommittee Meeting

Kazakh Executive Secretary of the Ministry of National Economy Mr. Danabek Kerimrai and Kyrgyz Deputy Minister for Economy and Commerce Mr. Kanatbek Abdrakhmanov co-chaired the sixth Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor subcommittee meeting on 15 March. Both expressed their full support for ABEC projects implementation and strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries. The meeting highlighted 2021 […]

ADB Consults Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan on Prefeasibility Studies for Trilateral Economic Corridor Development

From 8 to 16 December, ADB and the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) India and associated firms conducted five virtual country consultations with public and private sector stakeholders in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan on the prefeasibility studies for the establishment of an International Center for Industrial Cooperation between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and a Trade and Logistics Center in […]

Third Regional Workshop on Implementation of the Road Map of the Shymkent-Tashkent-Khujand Economic Corridor (STKEC) Development

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan discuss prospects and measures for economic corridor development On 20 April, a regional workshop on implementing a road map for Shymkent-Tashkent-Khujand Economic Corridor (STKEC) development was co-organized virtually with Tajikistan. More than 100 participants including deputy minister level officials from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, and representatives from development partners and the […]