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Denis Ilin, Vice Chairman of the Eurasian Development Bank’s (EDB) Management Board, presented five Central Asian water and energy projects to the investment community at the New Development Bank’s (NDB) 8th Annual Meeting in Shanghai

Speaking at the New Development Bank’s (NDB) 8th Annual Meeting held these days in Shanghai, Nikolai Podguzov, Chairman of the Eurasian Development Bank’s (EDB) Management Board invited his colleagues from multilateral financial institutions to combine their efforts, including those related to the joint cross-border public-private partnership (PPP) projects in Central Asia

Dagong Global Credit Rating Co., a Chinese rating agency, has affirmed the Eurasian Development Bank’s (EDB) long-term issuer credit ratings of “iBBB+” at the international scale and “AA+” at the national scale, both with a stable outlook

The EDB Fund for Digital Initiatives has financed the Professional Skills Development Agency (WorldSkills Russia) to set up the International Skills and Professions Platform

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) won an award for the best website in a special nomination by the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP). The award ceremony took place during the 46th ADFIAP Annual Meetings in Almaty, Kazakhstan

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) will participate in the creation of a unified investment platform on Kazakhstan’s e-government information and communication platform. The relevant memorandum was signed by Ruslan Dalenov, Vice Chairman of the EDB Management Board; Ardak Zebeshev, Chairman of the Investment Committee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan; and Sarmat Utigaliyev, Acting Deputy Chairman of the Board at National Information Technologies JSC (Kazakhstan), during the 46th Annual Meetings of the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) in Almaty.
The national investment platform will feature a centralised database for investment projects and aims to facilitate data exchange, streamline data and document storage, and enhance the quality of new investment projects

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) and FONPLATA, a South American development bank, signed a memorandum of cooperation. The document was signed by Nikolai Podguzov, Chairman of the EDB Management Board, and Mariana Prado, Executive Vice President of FONPLATA, during the 46th Annual Meetings of the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) in Almaty on 16 May 2023

The main goal in the area of food security is to fight the outcomes of climate change and develop transport and logistics infrastructure. Ruslan Dalenov, Vice Chairman of the Eurasian Development Bank’s (EDB) Management Board, stated this at the 46th Annual Meetings of the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP). This year, the event is hosted by the EDB in Almaty, Kazakhstan

During his presentation at the ADFIAP forum, Nikolai Podguzov, Chairman of the Eurasian Development Bank’s (EDB) Management Board, emphasised four key challenges facing Central Asian countries. These are the lack of access to the sea; insufficient coordination in the water and energy complex; and the impact of climate change