National coordinators finalize preparations for the Astana summit

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...

A Dushanbe conference addressed transport connectivity, freight safety, and lowering environmental impacts. The proposals show the SCO’s infrastructure agenda as a question of regional agency and...

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...

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...

SCO culture ministers met in Vitebsk during the Slavianski Bazaar festival to discuss cultural cooperation. Belarus participated after joining the organization as a full member on 4 July.

The Council of National Coordinators met to review the priorities and proposed agenda of China’s 2024–25 chairmanship. This preparatory work shows how rotating presidencies shape institutional...

The twenty-third Council of Heads of Government met in Islamabad on 15–16 October and adopted a joint communiqué on economic and sectoral cooperation. Pakistan chaired the council for the first...

At a Minsk security conference, an SCO deputy secretary-general referred to the Astana summit’s language on indivisible security. This records the organization’s preferred security framing and...