The ISSYK-KUL Forum aims to encourage policy-oriented research and capacity building in Central Asia and South Caucasus. This series of meetings began with the Central Asian republics in 1994, but expanded its coverage in 2000 to include the Southern Caucasus. This project comprises of four major activities: (i) policy research, (ii) study tour mission to East Asian countries, (iii) international workshops/conferences to encourage exchange of experiences, and (iv) publication.
The SPF Issyk-Kul Forum Series
November 5-6, 2007 (Goa, India)  “Strategic Dimensions and Internal Situation”
November 5-7, 2006 (Goa, India) "Central Asia and South Caucasus. Internal and External Dynamics"
November 9-10, 2005 (Goa, India)  “Central Asia and South Caucasus: Growing Political Uncertainty, Tensions”
November 11-12, 2004 (Beijing, China)  "Central Asia and South Caucasus: The Search for Stability and Economic Development"
October 30-31, 2003 (Beijing, China)  “Central Asia and South Caucasus:The Search for Stability and Economic Development”
October 31-November 2, 2002 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Central Asia and Caucasus: Trends and Issues
October 18-20, 2001 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)  Stability for Economic Development: Political, Social and Regional Dimensions
September 29-October 1, 2000 (Ashgabat, Republic of Turkmenistan)  Central Asia and East Asia: Cooperation for Economic Development in the 21st Century
October 8-9, 1999 (Ashgabat, Republic of Turkmenistan)  Central Asia: In Search of Global Linkage
October 1-2, 1998 (Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan)  Central Asia: Economic Development in the Era of Globalization
October 2-3, 1997 (Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan)  Central Asia: The Perspectives of Development and Integration to the Global Economy
October 2-3, 1996 (Tokyo, Japan) Implementing Market Economy in Central Asia:Implications from East Asian Experiences
September 26-28, 1995 (Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrghyz Republic)  Implementing Market Economy in Central Asia: Implications from East Asian Experiences
SPF Summer Workshops
July 11-12, 2006 (Bangkok, Thailand)  Presentation of Tiziana Bopace, Chief, Trade Policy Section, Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP on "Role of Regional Trade Agreements with Specific Focus on the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement" (.ppt 159KB)
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