Regional: Promoting South Asian Regional Economic Cooperation II
This technical assistance aims to enhance capacity of the SAARC Secretariat and member states to effectively plan and implement regional cooperation activities. It seeks to strengthen institutional capacity of key priority areas of food security, energy, transport, and trade. It will support initiatives on regional food security, a SAARC study on regional economic integration, knowledge-management activities such as workshops and conferences, and capacity development of regional centers and other SAARC entities.
| PROJECT DETAILS | ||
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Commitment Date Funding Type Country Sector Status Total Cost |
12 Dec 2008 Technical Assistance Regional Public Sector Management Closed $2.25 million | |
| KEY OUTPUTS |
Detailed project proposals on regional food security prepared Prefeasibility, sector, and thematic studies conducted Training programs as approved by SAARC mechanisms and ADB implemented |
| FINANCING |
$1.5 million (Technical Assistance Special Fund) $225,000 (Technical Assistance Special Fund - Supplementary) $525,000 (Technical Assistance Special Fund - Supplementary) |
