Events

The main objective of the workshop is to assess the role of big data in gauging the spillover effects of infrastructure growth. The invited experts will present and discuss how big data can be used to determine the spillover effects of infrastructure and policies for harnessing them to address project funding gaps.

The CAREC Institute in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB)，ADB-PRC Regional Knowledge Sharing Initiative (RKSI) and Xinjiang Institute of Ecology & Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XIEG) delivered the 2nd Water Dialogue on Sustainable Water Governance in Central Asia Aimed Climate Vulnerabilities on April 27.

The CAREC Institute, in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), held a country-specific online road safety workshop with government representatives and road safety experts from Turkmenistan. The virtual workshop was divided into six sessions over three weeks from 12 to 28 April 2022.

The book COVID-19 and Potential for Economic Recovery in the CAREC Region is an inaugural volume of the CAREC Institute Annual Book, published with the Asian Development Bank Institute.

Organized in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank Institute and Asian Development Bank, the second CAREC Institute Research Conference takes place on 11-12 April 2022 on the theme “Resilience and Economic Growth in Times of High Uncertainty in CAREC Region” in a virtual mode.

The CAREC Institute in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) delivered the five-days virtual workshop on Input-Output analysis from April 4 to April 8, 2022.

This initiative aims at bringing together the leading experts, top academics, think tanks, development partners, and CAREC government representatives to exchange views and share opinions on prospects of connectivity and cooperation in the CAREC region.

The CAREC Institute, in collaboration with the China Association of Trade in Services (CATIS), national partner from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is organizing 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 pm, Beijing time.

The IMF’s Caucasus, Central Asia, and Mongolia Regional Capacity Development Center (CCAMTAC), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the CAREC Institute will hold a webinar on Regional Economic Integration on 24 February 2022, 15:00 – 16:30 Almaty time/17:00 – 18:30 Beijing time.

On 23 February 2022, the CAREC Institute in collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) held a roundtable to discuss findings of the recent research titled “Digital CAREC: Analysis of the Regional Digital Gap.”

The CAREC Institute delivered its first regional water dialogue in partnership with other implementing partners on 10 February 2022.

The CAREC Institute, and the Shanghai National Accounting Institute (SNAI) of the PRC, in partnership with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) have launched a capacity building and knowledge sharing program titled “China-Central Asia Accounting Elites Exchange Program” on 16 December 2019.

The CAREC Institute has organized the Silk Road Knowledge Dialogue session in the framework of the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum which was held under the patronage of the Prime Minister of Georgia, H.E. Giorgi Gakharia, during 22-23 October 2019 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

The CAREC Institute and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) have organized a joint workshop on achieving energy security in Asia during 22-23 October 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The CAREC Institute in cooperation with the Xinjiang Institute for Ecology and Geography has delivered a workshop on “Application of Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Central Asia” during 16-26 October 2019 in Urumqi.

In cooperation with the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) and the American University of Central Asia, the CAREC Institute has organized a workshop for senior personnel of state bodies in charge of managing state-owned enterprises (SOE) and public-private partnerships (PPP) to discuss existing SOE practices and reform strategies in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, during 26-27 September 2019.