Second CAREC Think Tanks Development Forum

Second CAREC Think Tanks Development Forum was held in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous, People’s Republic of China on 7-8 September 2017. I.Odonchimeg, deputy director of the EPCRC participated in this forum. During the forum, important regional issues and the possibility of informally establishing a network of think tanks of CAREC region were discussed.

Advisory panel members were chosen during the forum which is to provide strategic guidance and leadership for an annual development forum. The Panel will consist of fourteen (14) members. Each 11 CAREC member countries will have one representative on the panel. EPCRC is chosen to be the member of the advisory panel as representing Mongolia.

CAREC Institute (CI) is a knowledge institution which was established to enhance the quality of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program, initiated by ADB, through knowledge generation and capacity building towards the goal of accelerating economic growth in the CAREC region. CAREC Program comprises of 11 members including Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

For more information, visit http://www.carecprogram.org/