The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program is a partnership of 10 Central Asian countries and development partners working together to promote development through cooperation. Since its inception in 2001, CAREC has mobilized $39.2 billion in investments that have helped increased energy trade and security, facilitated free movement of people and freight, establish multimodal transportation networks, and laid the groundwork for economic corridor development. CAREC Energy is a subprogram of the overall CAREC Program.