| Project Name | Strengthening Knowledge and Capacities for the Design and Implementation of Free Trade Agreements Involving Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Countries | ||||||
| Project Number | 54070-001 | ||||||
| Country | Regional Afghanistan Azerbaijan Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyz Republic Mongolia Pakistan China, People's Republic of Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth Regional integration |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions Partnerships Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Industry and trade / Industry and trade sector development |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Some gender elements | ||||||
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| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | |||||||
| Impact | Global and regional trade and investment opportunities expanded. (Pillar 2 of ADB Strategy 2030 Operational Priority 7: Fostering Regional Cooperation and Integration) Integration of CAREC countries in the global economy enhanced. (CAREC Integrated Trade Agenda 2030 and Rolling Strategic Action Plan 2018 2020) |
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| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | CAREC countries' capacities for designing, negotiating, implementing, and monitoring of FTAs improved |
| Progress Toward Outcome | |
| Implementation Progress | |
| Description of Project Outputs | Evidence-based policy recommendations generated and action plans developed Technical capacity of CAREC member countries to design, negotiate, implement, and monitor FTAs improved Roadmap for a CAREC FTA developed |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | |
| Geographical Location | Afghanistan - Nation-wide; Azerbaijan - Nation-wide; China - Nation-wide; Georgia - Nation-wide; Kazakhstan - Nation-wide; Kyrgyz Republic - Nation-wide; Mongolia - Nation-wide; Pakistan - Nation-wide; Tajikistan - Nation-wide; Turkmenistan - Nation-wide; Uzbekistan - Nation-wide |
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| Involuntary Resettlement | |
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| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
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| Business Opportunities | |
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| Consulting Services | The TA will require an estimated 60 person-months of international and national consultant inputs, including resource persons to be recruited to serve as presenters or facilitators at workshops. ADB will engage consultants and resource persons following the ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and its associated project administration instructions and/or staff instructions. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Karimova, Zulfia K. |
| Responsible ADB Department | East Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Public Mgt, Financial Sector and Regional Coop Division, EARD |
| Executing Agencies |
Asian Development Bank 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Philippines |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 13 Apr 2020 |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 05 Sep 2020 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 05 Sep 2020 |
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 0.00 | 2,400,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,400,000.00 | - | 0.00 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Strengthening Knowledge and Capacities for the Design and Implementation of Free Trade Agreements Involving Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Countries: Technical Assistance Report | Technical Assistance Reports | Aug 2020 |
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Tenders
| Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
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| Technical Assistance Coordinator and Program Manager for Strengthening Knowledge and Capacities for the Design and Implementation of Free Trade Agreements Involving CAREC Countries | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 25 Sep 2020 | 01 Oct 2020 |
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