In 2016, the Central Asia Energy-Water Development Program (CAEWDP) continued to support efforts to deepen regional cooperation in energy and water and to advocate sustainable solutions to development challenges in these sectors that are central to the economies of the Central Asian countries. CAEWDP aims at strengthening the enabling environment through the generation of knowledge (data and diagnostic analyses), strengthening of institutions (capacity building), dialogue processes and investments that promote energy and water security and help realize the benefits of regional cooperation to advance sustainable development and climate resilience, goals that are inherent to energy and water security.