Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program

The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program is a program established in 1997 by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to encourage economic cooperation among countries in Central Asia and nearby parts of Transcaucasia and South Asia.

CAREC Member countries
The 11 CAREC Member countries are:
 * 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
 * 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
 * 🇨🇳 China
 * Georgia
 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
 * Kyrgyz Republic
 * 🇲🇳 Mongolia
 * 🇵🇰 Pakistan
 * 🇹🇯 Tajikistan
 * 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
 * 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan

Multilateral Institution Partners
CAREC has seven multilateral institutions partners:
 * Asian Development Bank (ADB). ADB serves as the CAREC Secretariat.
 * Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
 * European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
 * International Monetary Fund (IMF)
 * Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
 * United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
 * World Bank

Ministerial Conferences
CAREC holds an annual ministerial conference.
 * 2011 – Baku, Azerbaijan
 * 2012 – Wuhan, People's Republic of China
 * 2013 – Astana, Kazakhstan
 * 2014 – Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
 * 2015 – Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
 * 2016 – Islamabad, Pakistan
 * 2017 – Dushanbe, Tajikistan
 * 2018 - Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
 * 2019 - Tashkent, Uzbekistan
 * 2020 - Virtual Meeting
 * 2021 - Virtual Meeting
 * 2022 - Virtual Meeting
 * 2023 - Tbilisi, Georgia