TRACECA

Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia
AbbreviationTRACECA
FormationMay 1993 (1993-05)
Founded atBrussels, Belgium
TypeEconomic co-operation organization
HeadquartersBaku, Azerbaijan
Location
Membership14
Secretary General
Asset Assavbayev
Main organ
TRACECA Intergovernmental Commission
Websitewww.traceca-org.org/en/home/

TRACECA (acronym: Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia) is an international transport programme involving 14 countries from the European Union, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. The programme aim is to strengthen economic relations, trade, and transport in the regions of the Black Sea basin, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia. It has a permanent Secretariat, originally financed by the European Commission, in Baku, Azerbaijan, and a regional office in Odesa, Ukraine.