Past Events

CAREC Water Pillar Consultation Held in the Kyrgyz Republic

On 4 April, KYRM CD Kanokpan Lao-Araya and CWER Senior Water Resources Specialist Kazuhiro Yoshida opened the national consultation meeting in Bishkek and discussed a framework for regional cooperation on water management, transboundary water infrastructure, climate resilient irrigation, urban and rural water supply and sanitation services, and water-energy planning models. The national consultation aimed to (i) present the framework for the Water […]

Input-Output Analysis

The CAREC Institute in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will deliver a five-day virtual workshop on input-output analysis from 4th April to 8th April 2022. The input-output framework is essential to many macroeconomic analyses and gives guide in the development of policies, strategies and plans for economic growth. It is vital for depicting […]

Knowledge Sharing Series: Chinese Best Practice in Cross-border E-commerce

The CAREC Institute, in collaboration with the China Association of Trade in Services (CATIS) and ADB-PRC Regional Knowledge Sharing Initiative (RKSI), organized a multi-session training series on cross-border e-commerce for national technical vocational educational and training (TVET) institutions of CAREC countries and others interested from 5 March 2022 to 2 July 2022, every Saturday, 3-6 […]

ADB–WTO–Pakistan Seminar on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures

Access to global markets is very important but has been undermined by inadequate and outdated sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures. At the sidelines of WTO’s Trade Policy Review for Pakistan, the ADB-WTO joint webinar on 31 March to 1 April 2022 shared good regulatory practices and initiatives to enhance SPS measures in Pakistan. Mr. Javed […]

CAREC Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring (CPMM): (i) Methodology Review Study and (ii) Consultation Workshop

Training Seminars on CAREC Disaster Risk Modelling Interface

Azerbaijan’s Accession to the World Trade Organization: Stakeholders’ Seminar

ADB discussed with government stakeholders the outcome of the ex-ante assessment of Azerbaijan’s accession to the World Trade Organization. The webinar presented the outcomes of the impact assessment on Azerbaijan’s accession ADB discussed with government stakeholders the outcome of the ex-ante assessment of Azerbaijan’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). In her opening remarks, […]

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