Road to Tian-Shan conference discusses regional transport

Education ministers discussed cooperation in education and exchanged views on shared programmes. The meeting extended the organization’s work beyond diplomacy and security into a sector where national...

The twenty-first meeting of culture ministers considered cultural cooperation by videoconference. Official cultural exchange offers a regional vocabulary of civilizational plurality, while the...

The Council of Foreign Ministers met in Astana on 20–21 May and reviewed political, economic, environmental, and humanitarian cooperation while preparing summit documents. Pakistan’s first...

The fifth meeting of environmental ministries and agencies discussed cooperation in environmental protection and ecological security during the SCO Year of Ecology. The communiqué records member...

Tourism administration heads met in Almaty and approved a joint action plan for implementing the SCO tourism cooperation programme for 2024–25. Tourism was presented as both economic exchange and a...

Heads of science and technology ministries met online to discuss cooperation and the implementation of agreed programmes. The technical track illustrates how the organization operates through...

Energy ministers discussed cooperation in the energy sector under Kazakhstan’s chairmanship. The SCO framed energy as a shared regional policy field, although the source provides no comparative data...

The Interbank Consortium’s board reviewed financing cooperation and the institution’s work. This financial track points to efforts to build regional channels alongside national and global lenders; the...

The Council of National Coordinators met in Astana from 29 June to 2 July to review draft summit documents and complete preparations, including those connected with Belarus’s accession.

At its twenty-fourth meeting, the Council of Heads of State admitted Belarus as a full member, adopted the Astana Declaration, and approved a package of decisions. The enlargement brought the...