Workshop on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Control Technology for CAREC Countries As part of its capacity development initiatives, the CAREC Program supported a series of activities to help participating countries prepare against the multiple threats arising from outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
Policy and Management Mechanisms for Economic Development Areas The workshop focused on the set up and management of economic development areas, using case studies and site visits of development zones along the border of the People's Republic of China.
The Benefits of Regional Cooperation: An Exchange Learning Program between CAREC and the Greater Mekong Subregion The program brought together participants of the CAREC Program and the Greater Mekong Subregion Program to exchange experiences and lessons learned in the key areas of transport infrastructure, trade, and investment.
Workshop on Trade Facilitation Strategy This workshop discussed a draft outline of a CAREC Trade Facilitation Strategy.
Trade Policy Challenges: Global and Regional Perspectives CAREC with support from IMF delivered a seminar on benefits of accession to WTO, foreign direct investment, trade facilitation, and trade agreements.
CAREC Senior Officials’ Meeting (March 2007) The meeting reviewed sector updates and strategies, proposals to establish a CAREC Institute, 'second tier' activities, capacity building initiatives, possible new participants, and the way forward.
Seminar on Implementation Challenges in Joint Customs Control, Risk Management, and Post-Entry Audit The seminar focused on challenges in the implementation of joint customs control, risk management and post-entry audit, and how to address them.
Fifth CAREC Ministerial Conference Ministers from the eight countries participating in the CAREC Program adopted the Urumqi Declaration and endorsed the CAREC Comprehensive Action Plan.
Fifth CAREC Customs Cooperation Committee Meeting The meeting was held to assess the progress and chart the strategic direction of the CAREC's Trade Facilitation Program.
CAREC Senior Officials’ Meeting (August 2006) The Senior Officials' Meeting discussed the strategic framework and pathways to implementation of the draft Comprehensive Action Plan, a two-tier approach to "broadening and deepening" the CAREC Program, and approaches to a program of capacity building and research network development, among others.
