Adylbek Kasymaliyev, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic, and Tigran Sargsyan, Vice Chairman of the EDB Management Board, discuss joint digital projects
Moscow, 17 March 2023. Adylbek Kasymaliyev, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic, and Tigran Sargsyan, Vice Chairman of the Eurasian Development Bank’s (EDB) Management Board and Supervisor of the Fund for Digital Initiatives, discussed joint digital projects.
They discussed the establishment by the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of an interdepartmental working group for joint projects with the Fund for Digital Initiatives as instructed by Akylbek Japarov, Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Head of the President’s Administration of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Priority projects include digital solutions in the jewellery trade, mutual recognition of electronic digital signatures in Eurasia and the development of the Work in the EAEU mobile app.
The sides also discussed possible extensions to the COVID-19-Free Travel app, in particular the digitalisation of the medical examination of foreign nationals arriving in Russia.
In addition, they talked about business initiatives in tourism and the light industry.
Akylbek Kasymaliyev confirmed the Kyrgyz Government’s interest in developing cooperation with the Fund for Digital Initiatives in these areas.
“We are grateful to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic for how promptly it has considered our initiatives and started to make decisions. We launched a new phase of our cooperation just a little over a month ago as instructed by Mr Japarov, Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers. And today we are already discussing specific projects,” stressed Tigran Sargsyan.
Additional Information:
The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) is an international financial institution investing in Eurasia. For more than 17 years, the Bank has worked to strengthen and expand economic ties and foster comprehensive development in its member countries – Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia and Tajikistan. The EDB's charter capital totals US $7 billion. Its portfolio consists principally of projects with an integration effect in transport infrastructure, digital systems, green energy, agriculture, manufacturing, and mechanical engineering. The Bank’s operations are guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals and ESG principles.
The EDB Fund for Digital Initiatives, which is supervised by Tigran Sargsyan, Vice Chairman of the EDB Management Board, was established in June 2020. Its objective is to assist the EDB member states in creating digital transformation tools and practices by integrating their information resources and participating in the development and financing of projects. The Fund’s flagship project is the COVID-19-Free Travel mobile app used in nine CIS countries.
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