Bangkok, Thailand – October 27–29, 2025 – The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) took part in the 7th SWITCH-Asia Annual Meeting, held under the theme “Scaling Up the Circular Economy in Asia: Bridging Policy, Practice, and Investments through the EU Global Gateway.” The event gathered policy makers, private sector representatives,
Photo: UNDP Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan – April 17-18, 2025. A kick-off meeting for the regional project “Stakeholder Engagement for Uranium Legacy Remediation in Central Asia” (Phase III) was held in Tashkent on April 17-18, 2025. The main purpose of this event was to present and discuss the plans for Phase III
Ursula von der Leyen. Photo: Presidential Press Service EU to allocate €12 billion investment package for Central Asia on transport, raw materials, green energy and satellite internet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a €12 billion investment package for Central Asia to develop four areas, including transport corridors
On 25 February, the second meeting the Second Steering Committee Meeting of the “EU for a green Turkmenistan: Policy Dialogue and Climate Action for 2024–2028” project took place in the Conference Hall of the Natural Gas Research Institute in Ashgabat. The EU funded project is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für
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Dushanbe, Tajikistan – January 21-22. A two-day Training of Trainers (ToT) on interactive modelling of the Nexus approach (Nexus game) was held at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan. The training was organized by the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia
Since 2018, the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) has been actively disseminating interactive modeling of Nexus approach (Nexus game) in Central Asia. The introduction of the game in the region began within the framework of the European Union’s (EU) project “Nexus Dialogue in Central Asia”, implemented by CAREC
Astana, Kazakhstan – On April 16, 2024, the Department of Regional Studies of the Faculty of International Relations and the Department of International Law of the Faculty of Law of the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University jointly held the Nexus Game to better understand the basics of water, energy and
University of Central Asia: training for trainers on the Nexus approach Khorog, Tajikistan – Last week, USAID Central Asia’s Regional Water and Vulnerable Environment Activity (WAVE) organized the WEFE Nexus simulation game at the University of Central Asia (UCA), where teachers and students from the Department of Earth and
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan – In the first half of December 2023, students of the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University (KRSU) named after. B.N. Yeltsin and the Kyrgyz National Agrarian University (KNAU) named after. K.I. Scriabin in the field of «Environmental management and water use» held a joint Nexus game on the topic «Agreement
