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Regional Transit Development

Transit development stands as a key initiative because of the small-economy and land-locked nature facing most of the member countries.

Without effective transit systems that facilitate intra-regional trade and also help move goods in and out of the Region, several member countries risk being further marginalized and unable to take advantage of the increasingly global economy.

On the other hand, viable transit arrangements would help transform the Region into a modern "Silk Road" or "land-bridge" connecting East Asia with Europe.

ADB activities:

• A Regional Seminar on the Trade Facilitation and Customs Modernization was held in Issyk-kul, Kyrgyz Republic on 4-8 August 2003 to build the capacity of the participants on transit, joint border processing, and ICT for information sharing and customs modernization.
  
  
• A Regional Seminar on the Development of Simplified Transit Systems was organized in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic on 21-23 February 2004 to review issues and constraints in the development of simplified transit systems and suggest measures in line with international best practices.
  
  
• A Forum on TIR Transit Customs Transit Sytem was held in October 2005 in Shanghai, China to support PRC's accession to the Transport Internationaux Routiers (TIR) Convention as well as to address bilateral transit agreements among Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan.
  
  
• ADB supported the establishment of SafeTIR – a risk management tool that allows for early detection of fraud in the TIR system - in Kyrgyz Republic in December 2006.
  
  

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