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The roundtable agenda includes the following sessions:

✅ 10:00 – 11:30: Irrigation and Water Resources in Central Asia;

✅ 12:00 – 13:00: Environmental and Social Standards of IFIs;

✅ 14:00 – 16:00: Practical Examples of Cooperation between Multilateral Organisations and International Financial Institutions in the Implementation of Projects in Central Asia.

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) conducted a two-day workshop attended by over 50 officials from Tajikistan’s government bodies and state organisations, including the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Labour, Migration and Employment, the State Executive Authority of the City of Dushanbe and Jayhun District, the Architecture and Construction Committee, the State Land Management and Geodesy Committee, the State Committee for Investment and State Property Management, Tajinvest and the Centre for the Implementation of PPP Projects

Svetlana Maslova, Director of PPP Projects at the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), delivered a presentation at the Second International PPP Conference held in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) received an award for International Partner of the Year at the Second International PPP Conference held in the Kyrgyz Republic. This accolade acknowledges the high level of collaboration and the Bank’s contribution to PPP development in the region

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) and Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), Kazakhstan’s national railroad carrier, discussed potential development projects in Astana

The Eurasian Development Bank’s (EDB) investment in Kazakhstan over the first two years of its 2022–2026 Strategy may surpass the target by 70%, reaching over US $2.2 billion. This announcement came during a meeting between Alikhan Smailov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, and Nikolai Podguzov, Chairman of the EDB Management Board

Nurzhan Nurzhigitov, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, met with Nikolai Podguzov, Chairman of the Eurasian Development Bank’s (EDB) Management Board, to discuss collaboration in the water and energy sector

In 2022, the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan and the Kazakhstan Public-Private Partnership Centre embarked on the development of an e-platform designed to ensure transparency in the planning and implementation of PPP projects. By introducing the principles of transparency and information accessibility to the PPP law, a methodological foundation was established for the new initiative. Three modules for facilitating bidding procedures and making PPP agreements were developed in collaboration with the E-Finance Centre

Analysts of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) presented another issue of the Macroeconomic Review for its six member states. A regular EDB's publication, the Macroeconomic Review provides a roundup of the macroeconomic situation and projects near-term developments in the member countries. The Review also contains detailed statistics on key macroeconomic indicators