TRACECA

Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia

Formation	1993
Type	Economic co-operation organization
Location	Eurasia
Membership	12 plus 27 European Union members
Website	www.traceca-org.org/en/home/

TRACECA (acronym: Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia) is an international transport programme involving the European Union and 12 member states of the Eastern European, Caucasus, and Central Asian region.^[1] The programme aim is to strengthen economic relations, trade, and transport in the regions of the Black Sea basin, 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. Since 2009, the organization has been entirely financed by member countries.