Past Events

Forum on Public-Private Partnership on Customs Modernization

The forum was co-sponsored by the Bureau of Customs, Philippines, and was part of ADB's ongoing support for the Regional Trade Facilitation and Customs Cooperation Program for East and Central Asia.

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 Trade Policy Sector Coordinating Committee

The first meeting of the Trade Policy Coordinating Committee was held in advance of the Senior Officials' Meeting in September.

Conference on Customs Reforms and Modernization

The conference achieved two objectives: exchanging views and sharing country experiences in the outgoing customs reforms and modernization; and contributing to the agreement on the scope, technology requirement, and financing plan for the data-sharing arrangement launched in the Customs Cooperation Committee meeting in Issyk-kul in August 2003.

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.

CAREC Customs Cooperation Committee Regional Meeting on Development of Simplified Transit Systems

This meeting was part of ADB's ongoing support for the implementation of the 7-point Common Action Plan endorsed in August 2002 by the Customs Cooperation Committee.

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.

Second CAREC Customs Cooperation Committee Meeting

The meeting reviewed progress of the committee's common action plan and identified and recommended future action for customs cooperation in the region.

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.

CAREC Customs Cooperation Committee Regional Workshop on Risk Management and Post-Entry Audit

The workshop was a combination of training and group discussion on risk management and post-entry audit which was an integral item in the Common Action Plan.