Railway Infrastructure Management Training for CAREC Countries Twenty seven railway officials from nine CAREC countries participated in the training on international best practices for modern railway infrastructure asset management.
Consultation Meeting with CAREC National Focal Points (2019) CAREC national focal points and development partners met to deliberate on the final draft of the CAREC Transport Strategy 2030 and CAREC Energy Strategy 2030, with an aim of endorsement at the 18th CAREC Ministerial Conference in November.
CAREC Development Partners’ Meeting The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the experience with development partners’ engagement in CAREC and to explore how the role and cooperation of development partners can be strengthened in support of an effective implementation of the CAREC 2030 strategy.
First CAREC Capital Market Regulators Forum Asian Development Bank and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan organized the first CAREC Capital Market Regulators Forum to discuss access to finance reforms and private sector development through strengthened regional cooperation and integration of capital markets.
Fourth CAREC Think Tanks Forum Participants from think tanks, academe, private sector, and governments deliberated on trade expansion from increased market access, greater diversification, and stronger institutions for trade under the CAREC Integrated Trade Agenda 2030.
CAREC Advanced Transit System/Information Common Exchange: Technical Working Group Meetings Customs officials from Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Kazakhstan met to finalize the draft CAREC Advanced Transit System agreement and discuss each country’s domestic requirements for possible signing of the agreement within the year.
CAREC Senior Officials’ Meeting Senior officials from 11 CAREC countries and development partners discussed the progress of the CAREC 2030 strategy implementation.
Second CAREC Regional Trade Group Meeting The second CAREC Regional Trade Group meeting reviewed the CAREC Integrated Trade Agenda 2030's implementation since its endorsement in 2018.
First CAREC Sanitary and Phytosanitary Regional Working Group Meeting Representatives from 11 CAREC Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) national working groups and trade-related agencies and development partners joined the meeting.
Fifth Joint Meeting of the CAREC Customs Cooperation Committee and CAREC Federation of Carriers and Forwarder Associations CCC and CFCFA had substantial exchange on private sector concerns with custom administrations at borders, possible joint activities for 2019–2021, and possibility of conducting customs–private sector dialogue at national level.
