Events

The CAREC Institute held its Fourth Advisory Council (AC) Meeting on July 29, 2022. The AC comprises renowned regional and global experts on Central Asia and the thematic priorities of the CAREC Program and the CAREC Institute. The meeting was aimed at soliciting feedback and input on CAREC Institute's strategic and operational priorities, post-pandemic regional recovery report, and the fifth CAREC cluster – human development.

On 19 July 2022, in partnership with the Asian Development Bank, the CAREC Institute will conduct its first Climate Dialogue, dedicated to “CAREC Climate Scoping Study”. The study aims to explore how CAREC can best intensify its support for regional actions to respond to climate change. One key aspect of the preparation of this scoping study involves consultation with CAREC-national and international climate experts.

The CAREC Institute, in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), will deliver an online training course on “Industrial Value Chain Diagnostics for Policymaking”

The CAREC Institute will host a third CAREC Chai event on 7 June 2022, at 15:00 Beijing time, in partnership with Asian Development Bank (ADB).

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.