Fourth CAREC Transport Sector Coordinating Committee Meeting The meeting discussed studies on the harmonization and simplification of cross-border agreements, documentation, and transport regulations in CAREC participating countries, and the potential for liberalization of the aviation sector in Central Asia.
Seminar on Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure in Central Asia: National and Regional Solutions The seminar was conducted in cooperation with the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEIK).
CAREC Senior Officials’ Meeting (April 2005) Participants reviewed the progress made since the Third Ministerial Conference on CAREC held in Astana, Kazakhstan on November 2004 and the work plans for the four priority sectors: transport, trade facilitation, trade policy, and energy.
Third CAREC Transport Sector Coordinating Committee Meeting Participants reviewed and endorsed the Regional Transport Sector Roadmap and Transport Sector Coordinating Committee Meeting work plan for 2005. In particular, the meeting discussed and endorsed proposals for harmonization of cross-border transport procedures and documents among the CAREC member countries.
Third CAREC Ministerial Conference High-level government delegations representing the CAREC member countries—Azerbaijan, the People's Republic of China, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan—attended the conference.
CAREC Senior Officials’ Meeting (September 2004) Participants (i) discussed the progress made since the Second Ministerial Conference on CAREC held in November 2003 in Tashkent; (ii) reported on the sector outcomes in each of the priority areas of energy, trade facilitation, trade policy, and transport; (iii) made recommendations on certain issues for ministerial consideration and guidance; and (iv) discussed preparations for the Third Ministerial Conference.
First CAREC Transport Sector Coordinating Committee Meeting This was the inaugural meeting of the Transport Sector Coordinating Committee Meeting, which is one of several sector committees under the overall institutional framework of the CAREC Program.
CAREC Senior Officials’ Meeting (April 2004) Participants discussed (i) the progress made since the Second Ministerial Conference on CAREC in each of the priority areas of energy, trade facilitation, and transport; (ii) ways of strengthening the overall institutional framework, including the establishment of a sector coordinating committee for trade policy; and (iii) preparations for the Third Ministerial Conference on CAREC scheduled in the fourth quarter of this year.
Second CAREC Ministerial Conference Under the established Overall Institutional Framework (OIF), this high-level conference reviewed the progress in regional cooperation activities since the First Ministerial Conference on CAREC held on March 2002. It also sought to provide guidance and direction to the OIF and its future activities.
Regional Preparatory Meeting on CAREC The Regional Preparatory Meeting was a key step in the preparation of the coming Second Ministerial Conference on CAREC to be held in the same venue on 11-12 November 2003. Senior officials from member countries of the regional cooperation program and observers from invited multilateral institutions participated in the meeting.
