News — The EDB Fund for Digital Initiatives

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) is announcing its upcoming annual conference, “Promoting Sustainable Development in Central Asia," which will take place on December 6th in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Conrad Albrecht, Managing Director and Head of the Directorate of Sustainability at the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), participated at the 24th CTCN Advisory Board Meeting, marking the first time that the EDB joined the Meetings as an Observer Institution

Nikolai Podguzov, Chairman of the Management Board at the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP). This announcement was made during the ADFIAP International CEO Forum XVII held in Bali

Nikolai Podguzov, the Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) underscored the Bank’s commitment to sustainable infrastructure development at the 17th CEO Forum of the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) held in Bali, Indonesia. Speaking at the thematic session on "Sustainable Futures: The Role of Impact Investment in Building Resilient Infrastructure," the EDB Chairman emphasized the vital role of multilateral cooperation and "glocalization" in addressing global challenges through region-specific solutions.

Nikolai Podguzov, Chairman of the Management Board at the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), delivered a presentation titled The Efficient Use of Water Resources for Security and Economic Growth at the annual Foreign Investors’ Council, chaired by Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kazakhstan.
This year’s council meeting centred on Kazakhstan’s New Investment Cycle.

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has published a report on Capital in Multilateral Development Banks. Raising Capital and Enhancing MDBs Capital Structure for the Benefit of Member States, overviewing options to boost the capital of regional and sub-regional multilateral development banks (MDBs).

In October 2024, the Eurasian Development Bank’s (EDB) Fund for Digital Initiatives allocated the first tranche for a project to establish a National Digital Investment Platform in Kazakhstan.

Bishkek, 18 October 2024. Svetlana Maslova, Director of PPP Projects at the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), spoke at the session titled International Cooperation: the PPP Centre of the Kyrgyz Republic and International Financial Institutions in Project Implementation and presented the Bank’s comprehensive approach to advancing PPPs in Kyrgyzstan.