This event aims to gather expert opinion to inform the implementation of the ESCAP-UNECE Programme on Energy Connectivity in Central Asia and the Caucasus launched in January 2024. The programme includes three technical projects:

•            Project on energy connectivity for sustainable development – Enabling renewable energy resource sharing across borders (ECO-REM). The key activity includes development of a subregional roadmap to inform multilateral power trading linked to sustainable cross-border trade of renewable energy resources.
•            Project on Energy Connectivity in Central Asia. The key activity includes development of scenarios and a roadmap for a regionally interconnected energy system in Central Asia.
•            Project on enhancing energy security and energy system resilience through energy connectivity. The key activities include technical workshops on building policy design capacity for resilient and connected energy systems in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
•            The consultation also includes the presentation of the key findings of the SDG 7 Roadmap for Kazakhstan developed under the joint ESCAP-UNECE project “Strengthening energy policies of Countries with Special Needs to build back better from COVID-19”.

This 2-day technical workshop will serve as a platform to bring together stakeholders from across the region to discuss their progress and collectively identify the subsequent steps forward.