Head of EDB to take part in discussion of innovation cooperation and internationalisation at the Eurasian Forum in Verona
Almaty, 17 October 2012. Igor Finogenov, Chairman of the Management Board of Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), will take part in the first Eurasian Forum for the Innovation and Internationalisation in Verona tomorrow. This high-level forum will be attended by government officials and parliamentarians from Russia and Italy, executive officials of European and Eurasian integration associations, and heads of major Russian and Italian companies and banks.
Since 2008 the issues of innovation and internationalisation in the areas of policy-making, economy and business were in the focus of attention of the Russia-Italy Forum in Verona, which has been the floor for the advancement of institutional and trade relations between Italy and Russia for five years.
This year the forum changed its format. For the first time it invites political figures, businesspeople and bankers not only from Russia and Italy, but also from Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and China.
The participants will discuss the role of innovations and internationalisation in the context of globalisation and macroeconomic instability and their influence on the economic and industrial policies of states.
Igor Shuvalov, First Deputy Chairman of the Government of Russia, Corrado Passera, Minister of Economic Development, Infrastructure and Transport of Italy, and Gianni Pittella, First Vice President of the European Parliament, are expected to speak at a plenary session at the forum.
Theme sections will be organised to discuss energy saving, the use of renewable and alternate sources of energy, the implementation of industrial innovations, venture investment, and innovation developments in the area of small and medium-sized businesses.
Additional Information
Eurasian Development Bank is an international financial institution founded by Russia and Kazakhstan in January 2006 with the mission to facilitate the development of market economies, sustainable economic growth and the expansion of mutual trade and other economic ties in its member states. EDB’s charter capital exceeds US $1.5 billion. The member states of the Bank are the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Tajikistan. Read more at https://www.eabr.org.