CAREC - The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (Kazakhstan)

The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) is an independent, non-political and non-for-profit international organisation with regional mandate to assist the Central Asian governments, regional and international stakeholders in addressing environmental and sustainability challenges across Central Asian region and Afghanistan. 

By promoting dialogue and collaboration among all environmental stakeholders, CAREC has today become a leading regional knowledge hub in the field of environment and sustainable development recognised by national, regional and international partners.

CAREC was established in 2001 by a joint decision of all five Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), European Union and UNDP, following the resolution of the IV Pan-European Conference held in 1998, Aarhus (Denmark). 

The regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) is an environmental non-governmental organization that provides environmental policy development and implementation expertise in support of regional cooperation on sustainable development issues in Central Asia. CAREC has provided hands-on assistance with NAMA preparation and capacity building in Central Asia, promotes South-South cooperation, and has a strong network across a broad spectrum of environmental policy issues in those countries where it operates. It has also collaborated with UN agencies and developed country development agencies in its work.