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On 21 April 2021, our Chief Economist Hans Holzhacker participated as a panelist in a virtual policy dialogue for North and Central Asia organized by UNESCAP.

the CAREC Institute Deputy Director One Dr. Liang Ziqian participated in Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2021 in Hainan

The CAREC Institute Deputy Director Two Dr. Iskandar Abdullaev participated in a webinar organized in the framework of the program titled “Water as a driver of sustainable recovery: economic, institutional and strategic aspects of water resources management in Central Asia,” supported by the Blue Peace of Central Asia initiative of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the Stockholm International Water Institute, with attendance of experts from sector ministries of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; EU, GIZ, and academia.

In an interview with China Daily, our Chief Economist Dr. Hans Holzhacker mentions that CAREC members could benefit from finding the right niche for the Chinese market to increase exports to the world's second largest economy.

On 16 February 2021, the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies (ISRS) under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Institute jointly held a roundtable on interconnectivity and cooperation opportunities between Central and South Asia.

The CAREC Institute, represented by Director Syed Shakeel Shah, and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), represented by AIIB Vice President Konstantin Limitovskiy, met on 25 January 2020 in a virtual mode to discuss post-COVID-19 recovery in CAREC.

The delegation of CAREC Institute led by director Mr. Sanjaasuren Bayaraa visited Ashgabad, Turkemnistan on 15th November to participate in the 17th Ministerial Conference.

On 9th November, 2018, the Director General of International Cooperation and Service Center/Foreign Airlines Service Center of CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China), Mrs. Qingfen Meng and two retinues visited CI and a meeting was held to discuss the collaboration between two organizations.

Delegation of CAREC Institute led by director Mr. Bayaraa Sanjaasuren traveled to Baku, Azerbaijan for signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the CAREC Institute and the Permanent Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Commission TRACECA (TRACECA).

CAREC Institute staff celebrated the 1st anniversary of the establishment of the Institute as an intergovernmental knowledge and research institution.

Sanjaasuren Bayaraa, director of the CAREC Institute in Urumqi, PRC, to enhance CAREC programs through knowledge generation and capacity building, said that CAREC should coordinate and collaborate with the Belt and Road Initiative for win-win results for all sides involved.

Asian Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved $198 million in additional financing to scale up its support in enhancing horticulture value chain development in all 12 regions in Uzbekistan as well as in the autonomous region of the Republic of Karakalpakstan.

Members of Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of Parliament (Majlisi Oli) have unanimously endorsed the law on ratification of an agreement on establishment of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Institute that was signed in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, in 2014.