CAREC Webinar on Facilitating Diversification—and Economic Recovery—through the Services Sector CAREC members discussed the challenges and opportunities of enhancing services trade within the region.
CAREC Federation of Carrier and Forwarder Associations Executive Board Meeting The CAREC Federation of Carrier and Forwarders Associations (CFCFA) held a virtual Executive Board meeting to agree on the specific actions to strengthen its governance structure.
Consultation Meeting with CAREC National Focal Points CAREC national focal points (NFPs) held a virtual meeting to discuss the economic impact of and response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the region.
CAREC–SASEC Inter-Subregional Knowledge-Sharing Forum on Trade Facilitation and Customs Modernization Customs authorities from CAREC and SASEC programs shared knowledge, experience, and best practice on the challenging aspects of trade facilitation reform and modernization efforts.
CAREC Advanced Transit System/Information Common Exchange: Technical Working Group Meetings Customs officials from Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Kazakhstan met to finalize the draft CAREC Advanced Transit System agreement and discuss each country’s domestic requirements for possible signing of the agreement within the year.
CAREC Senior Officials’ Meeting Senior officials from 11 CAREC countries and development partners discussed the progress of the CAREC 2030 strategy implementation.
Second CAREC Regional Trade Group Meeting The second CAREC Regional Trade Group meeting reviewed the CAREC Integrated Trade Agenda 2030's implementation since its endorsement in 2018.
First CAREC Sanitary and Phytosanitary Regional Working Group Meeting Representatives from 11 CAREC Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) national working groups and trade-related agencies and development partners joined the meeting.
Fifth Joint Meeting of the CAREC Customs Cooperation Committee and CAREC Federation of Carriers and Forwarder Associations CCC and CFCFA had substantial exchange on private sector concerns with custom administrations at borders, possible joint activities for 2019–2021, and possibility of conducting customs–private sector dialogue at national level.
18th CAREC Customs Cooperation Committee Meeting The CAREC Customs Cooperation Committee expressed support to Uzbekistan’s State Customs Committee on the development of an Integrated Information Exchange System for the CAREC region.
