Past Events

Eighth CAREC Transport Sector Coordinating Committee Meeting

The meeting reviewed progress in implementation of the Action Plan for the CAREC Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy, and discussed the Transport Sector Coordinating Committee work plan for 2009–2010 and the 3-year rolling plan for 2010–2012.

CAREC Senior Officials’ Meeting (May 2009)

The meeting reviewed progress on implementation of the CAREC sector strategies and work plans, the program's private sector development initiative, and the CAREC Institute work plan.

CAREC Partnership Forum: Maximizing Impact of Transport and Trade Facilitation Investments

Discussions highlighted opportunities to harmonize approaches to regional issues, to reduce gaps in development, and to strengthen coordination among funding agencies and countries.

Workshop on National and Regional Joint Transport and Trade Facilitation Committees

The workshop brought together representatives from trade, transport, and customs ministries, as well as freight forwarders associations from the CAREC counties to exchange experience related to the establishment and strengthening of national joint transport and trade facilitation committees.

Joint Dissemination Workshop on the Study of Zamyn-Uud and Erlian Border Development Program

The workshop between Mongolia and the People's Republic of China (PRC) sought the views of both countries on the findings and recommendations of the study, Development of Regional Cooperation Programs for Mongolia and the PRC.

CAREC Workshop on Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring

The seminar was held to discuss in more detail the technical issues in implementing the Time-Cost-Distance methodology and validate the ppropriateness of selected CAREC corridors.

CAREC Workshop on Training Needs Assessment

The seminar brought together customs and transport senior officials (public sector) and the representatives of freight forwarders associations, road carriers associations and logistics groups (private sector) from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, PRC, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Seventh CAREC Ministerial Conference

The 7th CAREC Ministerial Conference marked a turning point in the CAREC Program. With the endorsement of key strategic documents, the Program is now entering the implementation phase.

CAREC Senior Officials’ Meeting (September 2008)

The meeting reviewed and discussed drafts of key documents for consideration by the 7th Ministerial Conference on CAREC in November 2008: the Implementation Action Plan for the CAREC Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy, the CAREC Trade Policy Strategic Action Plan, and the Strategy for Regional Cooperation in the Energy Sector of the CAREC Countries.

Joint Meeting of the Transport Sector Coordinating Committee and Trade Facilitation/Customs Cooperation Committee on CAREC

The revised drafts of the CAREC Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy Report and the Action Plan for Implementation were discussed.