SPECA was launched in 1998 to address challenges faced by Central Asian countries. It particularly aims to strengthen sub-regional cooperation and integrate the region into the world economy.
The Project Working Group (PWG) on Transport and Border Crossing is a subsidiary body of SPECA. It focuses on developing new, and extending existing, road and rail networks in the region, as well as preparing for the Mid-Term Review (2008) of the Almaty declaration of Land-Locked and Transit Developing Countries
News and Events
The 16th session of SPECA Project Working Group on Transport and Border Crossing (PWG-TBC) was held on 20-21 April 2010 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It was hosted by the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the lead SPECA country in the field of transport.
Representatives of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Azerbaijan Republic, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Tajikistan participated in the session. The session was also attended by representatives of UNECE, UNESCAP, EurAsEC, USAID Regional Trade Liberalization and Customs project, Asian Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank, World Bank and private sector.
During the session, the Project Working Group reviewed and adopted the SPECA PWG-TBC Programme of Work for 2012-2013 and the Draft Agenda for the 17th session of the Group, with the date and venue to be decided later (March 2012).
Documents
ECE-TRANS-WP6-160e
ECE/TRANS/WP.6/160 - PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR THE SIXTY-SECOND SESSION
ECE-TRANS-2011-03r
Towards Unified Railway Law
ECE-TRANS-2011-03e
Towards Unified Railway Law
Conclusions and recommendations final 15 session Rus
Agenda Almaty Wkshop 210411
Draft Agenda of the Transport Statistics Workshop
