Past Events

Meeting of the Joint Meeting of the Kazakh-Kyrgyz ABEC Working Group on Transport and Infrastructure Development

Under the Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor (ABEC), back-to-back meetings of the Transport and Infrastructure Development Working Group and the Tourism Working Group gathered officials from Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic in Almaty on 27 and 28 February 2024 respectively. Transformative regional investment projects like the Almaty-Issyk-Kul Alternative Road PPP project, Almaty-Bishkek E-bus project, the ABEC Regional Improvement of Border Services project, […]

Virtual Regional Workshop on Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) Program – Enhancement and Sustainability

Over 40 participants including CAREC government officials, resource speakers from ADB, Korea Customs Service (KCS), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretariat (ASEAN), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), International Trade Center (ITC), and representatives from the private sector joined the Virtual Regional Workshop on the Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) Program – Enhancement […]

Sustainable CAREC Road Safety Capacity Building Program-Residential Workshop on CAREC Road Safety and Sustainable Mobility Course

Workshop and Korea Showcase: Universities as Enablers of Vibrant Startup Ecosystems

For more details on the event, please follow the link below: https://events.development.asia/learning-events/workshop-and-korea-showcase-universities-enablers-vibrant-startup-ecosystems

Regional Workshop on the Fintech Development in the CAREC Region

The Asian Development Bank, in collaboration with the CAREC Institute, the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, and the National Bank of Georgia, convened a regional workshop on fintech development in the CAREC region on February 21-22, 2024, in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Forum ignited a policy dialogue and encouraged knowledge sharing among representatives […]

CAREC Chai VIII: Surviving Socioeconomic Challenges in Afghanistan: The Resilience of the Middle Class

3rd Technical Working Group Meeting on CAREC Advance Transit System/Information Common Exchange Pilot Phase Implementation

ADB is supporting the implementation of the CAREC Integrated Trade Agenda (CITA) 2030 by enhancing the capacity of customs agencies and the CAREC Customs Cooperation Committee (CCC) to better respond to the rapidly evolving trade environment in CAREC countries and increasing private sector demand for better services. The development of regional transit trade is one […]

Global Health Security Summit

Global Health Security Summit in Pakistan discusses building health sector resilience and trade facilitation ADB supported Pakistan’s first Global Health Security Summit held on 10-11 January 2024, chaired by the Caretaker Prime Minister Mr. Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar in Islamabad. The summit brought together over 580 international and national participants to discuss global preparations for future public health […]

Seventh CAREC Chai VII: “Regulatory Frictions in Digital Payments: Cross-Border Interoperability”

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CAREC Chai VI “Enhancing the Middle Transport Corridor: Unlocking Opportunities in the Heart of Eurasia”

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