This workshop, was organized and sponsored by the Earth Council in cooperation with the Aleyne Ecological Movement of Kyrgyzstan and the Foundation for Survival and Development of Humankind of Russia. Approximately 30 participants from Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan representing National Councils for Sustainable Development, NGOs, governments, academia and the media gathered together. The meeting was a valuable opportunity to work on the adoption of the Central Asian Earth Charter Draft as an open national and regional process to voice inputs into the International Earth Charter.