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Расширять доступ женщин к инновациям и поддерживать возглавляемые женщинами предприятия для сокращения бедности — представитель АБР

Расширять возглавляемые женщинами предприятия и поддерживать доступ женщин к инновациям в целях сокращения бедности в государствах – членах программы Центральноазиатское региональное экономическое сотрудничество (ЦАРЭС) – именно это участники ключевого совещания лидеров и экспертов региона услышали на этой неделе. На инаугурационном совещании Региональной гендерной экспертной группы ЦАРЭС (РГЭГ) Директор департамента Центральной и Западной Азии по региональному […]

Expand women’s access to innovation, support women-led businesses to help reduce poverty — ADB official

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 Bank […]

New Platform to Facilitate Partnerships for Startups in Central Asia Region

Manila, June 30, 2022: The Central Asia Economic Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program has launched a new platform to improve the ecosystem for startup businesses and discuss potential avenues for collaboration in the program’s member countries.   The platform consists of an interactive startup ecosystem map that will help locate and identify different players in the […]

Digitalization in these Six Sectors can Boost Regional Cooperation in Central Asia

Call for Research Proposals: Trade Facilitation in CAREC – A 10 Year CPMM Perspective

Our Selection Committee, composed of ADB Chief Economist Albert Park, ADBI Dean Tetsushi Sonobe, and CAREC Institute Chief Economist Hans Holzhacker selected seven excellent research proposals out of 13 submitted to our call for proposals.

CAREC Secretariat launches the CAREC University Startup Generator Challenge

The CAREC University Startup Generator is live and accepting sign-ups from university students in the CAREC region. The challenge, which is hosted on the ADB Challenges platform, will support students to develop their startup ideas that can improve issues in key areas (agriculture, education, environment, finance, and health). The initiative is organized by the CAREC Secretariat and is supported by the Asian Development Bank and Republic of Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund. The challenge is being organized as part of the CAREC Digital Month.

WTO Members Initiate Membership Talks for Turkmenistan

WTO members agreed at a meeting of the General Council on 23 February 2022 to initiate negotiations on the accession of Turkmenistan to the organization. Turkmenistan, a country in Central Asia with a population of about 6.2 million, is the last of the former Soviet republics to apply for WTO membership. Click here to find more […]

Kun.uz has conducted a written interview with Safdar Parvez, Director, CWRC, ADB

Kun.uz has conducted a written interview with Safdar Parvez, the Director of Regional Cooperation and Operations Coordination Division of the Central and West Asia Department at ADB, on Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program (CAREC).

Regional Workshop on Implementation of the Road Map of the Shymkent-Tashkent-Khujand Economic Corridor (STKEC) Development

On 20 April, a regional workshop on implementing a road map for Shymkent-Tashkent-Khujand Economic Corridor (STKEC) development was co-organized virtually with Tajikistan. More than 100 participants including deputy minister level officials from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, and representatives from development partners and the private sector attended the event and deliberated the prospects and measures in implementing the STKEC road map.

В Центральной Азии будут развивать два экономических коридора