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Projects dedicated to 30th CICA anniversary to serve for raising visibility and further institutionalization of Forum




Learning about activities of the Secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) and discussing joint actions on the implementation of projects dedicated to the 30th anniversary of CICA became the main purpose of the visit of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Roman Vassilenko to the CICA headquarters on 16 February 2022.

The staff members of the CICA Secretariat headed by Executive Director Kairat Sarybay informed the distinguished guest about the projects dedicated to the celebration of the anniversary date.

In particular, they focused on the commemorative book, which is designed to comprehensively reflect the evolution of the Forum and the interaction of Member States in the implementation of confidence building measures; on the collection of fairy tales of Asian nations from the CICA region, aimed at presenting the national heritage of peoples and respect for cultural values, and at stimulating tolerance and trust among young readers; as well as on the tourist guide to ecodestinations of the CICA region, designed to develop ecotourism.

In addition, it is planned to release a documentary about CICA, which will provide the viewer with the history of the Forum, the important stages of its development and the work done by the Conference in strengthening peace and security. A CICA photo exhibition will also be organized to show historical photographs and documents covering key moments of the 30-year track of evolution.

In order to raise visibility of CICA, there are plans to organize a bike ride and a football tournament, as well as to produce an anniversary medal, commemorative coins and postage stamps.

The parties agreed to continue working in the information field for broad coverage of CICA activities in the year of the 30th anniversary of the Forum.


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