Past Events

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 […]

Liberalizing Services and Promoting Digital Services: Prospects for Enhancing Trade in CAREC Countries

Webinar discusses challenges and priorities in enhancing CAREC services trade. EARD DG M. Teresa Kho, in her opening remarks at the RCI-POD webinar on 15 March, underscored the need for deregulation and digital transformation to promote services development, expand trade, and foster economic diversification in CAREC countries. EAPF Director Emma Fan and CWRC Director Lyaziza Sabyrova shared views on opportunities for regional cooperation […]

Women in Energy Summit

Webinar on Regional Economic Integration

On 24 February 2022, the CAREC Institute, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the Regional Capacity Development Center (CCAMTAC) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) hosted a webinar on regional integration to share a multidimensional assessment of regional integration in Asia in general, and in CAREC more specifically. For further event details and documents, please […]

Digital CAREC Virtual Policy Dialogue: Analysis of the Regional Digital Gap

On 23 February 2022, the CAREC Institute in collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) held a roundtable to discuss findings of the recent research titled “Digital CAREC: Analysis of the Regional Digital Gap.” For further event details and documents, please follow the link below. Read More

Dialogue on Sustainable Water Governance and Management in Central Asia in Times of Growing Climate Uncertainty

The CAREC Institute delivered its first regional water dialogue in partnership with other implementing partners on 10 February 2022. The dialogue brought together prominent water and development experts from leading development partners active in the region to discuss and explore collaboration opportunities in support of the ongoing efforts and reforms in sustainable water management in […]

Virtual CAREC Workshops on Digital Skills and Virtual Connectivity for CAREC Related Agencies in Pakistan

A series of workshops was conducted between 8th and 24th February 2022 for CAREC related government agencies in Pakistan. These workshops were conducted by the CAREC Secretariat as part of the ongoing Virtual CAREC initiative. The workshops had a cumulative attendance from over 80 officials, almost half of whom were women, from the Ministry of […]

Kyrgyz Republic Crash Investigation Training

Road Safety Engineering Manual V for CAREC Countries

CAREC Chai: Keeping a hand on the economic pulse of the CAREC region (and beyond)

On 17 December 2021, the CAREC Institute in collaboration with the ADB launched the first CAREC Chai webinar. This initiative aims at bringing together prominent speakers, on a regular basis, to discuss the trajectory of economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in the CAREC region, the progress achieved, obstacles, and the outlook. The inaugural event […]