Mission and objectives

The Central Asian Gateway Project aims at facilitating regional integration and sustainable development through supporting cooperation between the governments and expert community in formulation and implementation of regional cooperation initiatives. CAG project will strengthen capacities of think tanks and media institutions in development and promotion of policy advice to governments through building partnerships and networking for knowledge sharing and information exchange, joining expertise and promoting successful solutions in the area of regional development.

CAG Mission Statement

CAG portal will facilitate knowledge sharing and information exchange for sustainable socio-economic development and integration of Central Asian countries.

CAG goals and objectives:

Support a dialogue and knowledge sharing on regional and national levels through building regional knowledge network focused on the issues of economic cooperation;
Strengthen capacities of think tanks and media institutions in developing and promoting policy advice through delivering trainings and conducting joint research studies;
Facilitate proactive and constructive dialogue on and involvement of regional development stakeholders and other parties interested in regional cooperation, integration and trade issues;
Providing access to high quality online and offline information and resources on regional development and cooperation.

The goals and objectives of CAG will be reached by activities designed to provide relevant information and communication support, learning and networking opportunities to expert communities for strengthening their capacities and expertise. The expected outcome of the Project's activities is facilitation of cooperation and development in Central Asia.

The 4th Meeting of the Central Asian Gateway's Steering Committee, dedicated to elaboration of the results for 2006 and discussion of the projects' future prospects, took place in Dushanbe (Tajikistan) on November 27-28, 2006 .

The meeting's agenda and the list of participants are available here.

Concept of the Central Asian Gateway project's Steering Committee meeting "Building knowledge network for facilitating integration in Central Asia" is available here.

The presentation "Results of the project activities in 2005 and prospects for 2007" is available here.

The presentation "Central Asian Gateway: Regional web-site on development issues" is available here.

The presentation "New resources of the Central Asian Gateway project" is available here.