Task Force on Regional Energy Cooperation in Central and Southern Asia

  
The Task Force on Regional Energy Cooperation in Central and Southern Asia was set up as a means to intensify and develop cross-border energy trade on the basis of the Energy Charter Treaty. At the start, when the initial participating countries Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan signed the founding Bishkek Declaration on 26 April 2007, their focus was on electricity:

The delegations recommend:

Enhancing their cooperation within the framework of the Energy Charter Treaty through a systematic channel for sharing information and know-how;

Establishing a task force made up of national focal points, and focal points in the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and other stakeholders;

Developing a legal and technical framework for facilitating a sustainable and secure regional power trade based on the Energy Charter Treaty.

With time, the Task Force grew to include more participating countries and to cover not just electricity, but also other energy sources. As of June 2011, the Task Force brings together:

Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan...
   

Task Force Meetings:

   
8th meeting: Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 20 July 2012 (Download the 2012 Dushanbe Declaration)

  
7th meeting: Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, 23 June 2011 (Download the Issyk-Kul Declaration)

  
6th meeting: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 9 July 2010 (Download the Ulaanbaatar Declaration)

  
5th meeting: Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, 18 November 2009 (Download the Ashgabat Declaration)

  
4th meeting: Almaty, Kazakhstan, 21 April 2009 (Download the Almaty Declaration)

   
3rd meeting: Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 23 April 2008 (Download the Dushanbe Declaration)

    
2nd meeting: Kabul, Afghanistan, 18 November 2007 (Download the Kabul Declaration)

    
1st meeting: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 26 April 2007 (Download the Bishkek Declaration)
   

Some Precursors:

Round Table: Instruments to Foster Cooperation in the Electricity Sector
Brussels, 16 May 2006

Seminar: Regional Energy Cooperation in Central Asia and the Role of the Energy Charter Process
Tashkent, 23-24 September 2003

Publication: Regional Electricity Markets in the ECT Area
1 August 2003

Conference: Liberalising Trade and Investment in the Eurasian Power Sector
Brussels, 3 October 2002