Past Events

Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program Side Event at the 10th Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Forum: Transit Facilitation for CAREC Economic Integration

ADB organized a side event at the 10th Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Forum: Transit Facilitation for CAREC Economic Integration in Singapore. The workshop contributed to the identification of potential improvements in transit regimes for effective transit operations which are important to ensure regional integration and economic development. Transport experts were invited to share their knowledge and […]

Debt and Financial Sustainability in the CAREC Region

The CAREC Institute will hold a webinar on Debt and Financial Sustainability in the CAREC Region at 14:00 Beijing time on 24th August 2022, to discuss a comprehensive overview of the debt situation and fresh evidence on broad-based debt accumulation in the CAREC region by considering the individual countries’ growth dynamics. Experts from the World […]

ADB organizes the 2022 RCI Conference to Discuss Midterm Review of S2030 Operational Priority 7

With more than 200 participants from Developing Member Countries, regional cooperation institutions, development partners, and the private sector, the 2022 Regional Cooperation and Integration (RCI) Conference was held in hybrid format in Bangkok on 23-25 August. The Finance Minister of the Royal Thai Government and ADB Governor for Thailand, Arkhom Termpittayapaisith opened the Conference, expressing […]

CAREC participants brainstorm on key issues in strengthening the CAREC program

​​​​​​​At the sideline of the RCI conference 2022 held in Bangkok, Thailand on 23-25 August, CAREC country participants deliberated, on 25 August, the key issues in strengthening the CAREC program amid the current challenging environment. They discussed the strategic focus in fostering a resilient and sustainable economic growth, ways to develop a robust pipeline, measures […]

Dissemination Workshop on FTAs in CAREC (FTA Report)

As part of the ongoing activities of ADB’s knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) for Strengthening Knowledge and Capacities for the Design and Implementation of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) involving CAREC countries, the Regional Dissemination Workshop on FTA Report will be held on 19 August 2022, 13:00 – 15:30 (Manila time) via Zoom. The objective […]

Conference: Trade Facilitation in CAREC: A 10-year CPMM Perspective

Online registration for the webinar https://adb-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpdOispj0sEtBQbTLsiwP3UbF05z9Dl8bR Key Materials Agenda |  Русский Bios Presentations 01 Trade Facilitation in CAREC: A 10-year CPMM Perspective |  Русский 02 CPMM Success Stories: Case of Pakistan |  Русский 03 Analysis of the Impact of Trade Costs on exports of final and intermediate goods at micro and macro sectoral level in Central […]

CAREC Agricultural Development and Food Security Workshop

The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program is developing a long-term strategy that will help improve agricultural development and food security in the region amid global challenges such as climate change and trade disruptions. CAREC member countries, development partners, and experts today concluded a two-day workshop where they shared ideas to develop a framework […]

CAREC Forum on Women Economic Empowerment

  Expand women-led businesses and support women’s access to innovation to help reduce poverty in member countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program, participants heard at a key gathering of leaders and experts in the region this week.  At the inaugural meeting of the CAREC Regional Gender Expert Group (RGEG), Asian Development […]

Форум ЦАРЭС по расширению экономических прав и возможностей женщин

Мы рады пригласить вас на мероприятие «Инклюзивность, расширение прав и возможностей и устойчивость для всех: Форум ЦАРЭС по расширению экономических прав и возможностей женщин», в котором примут участие правительства стран – участниц ЦАРЭС, партнеры по развитию, организации гражданского общества, частный сектор и женщины в регионе ЦАРЭС. На первой сессии женщины-лидеры в деловой и социальных сферах […]

2nd CAREC Institute Climate Dialogue

The CAREC Institute hosted its Second Climate Change Dialogue on 2 August 2022 with representatives of regional organizations in the CAREC region to discuss the CAREC Climate Scoping Study, commissioned by ADB CAREC Program. In his opening speech, Mr. Syed Shakeel Shah, Director of the CAREC Institute, said that with emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, […]