The EDB Fund for Digital Initiatives grants funding to develop digital public administration in CIS countries
Almaty, 31 January 2025. The Eurasian Development Bank’s (EDB) Fund for Digital Initiatives has provided a grant to finance the international GovStack project in CIS countries. The agreement was signed between the EDB and National Information Technologies JSC (NIT) at the Digital Almaty 2025 Forum.
Launched in 2020 with UN support, GovStack aims to accelerate the digital transformation of public services. The initiative is led by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in partnership with the governments of Estonia and Germany and the Digital Impact Alliance.
Kazakhstan, represented in the project by NIT, will contribute its expertise in e-government development, reference architectures and business process reengineering, with a special focus on transitioning public services to a proactive format.
The total budget for the GovStack project is US $200,000, with half of the funding provided by the EDB. The initiative seeks to establish a regional centre of expertise and a web portal to host ready-to-use open-source projects for implementation across member countries. The project fully aligns with the EDB Fund for Digital Initiatives’ mission to advance the digital economy in the region.
The project is being implemented under a trilateral memorandum of cooperation signed by the EDB, ITU and NIT in August 2024.
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The EDB Fund for Digital Initiatives 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.
The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) is a multilateral development bank investing in Eurasia. For more than 18 years, the Bank has worked to strengthen and expand economic ties and foster comprehensive development in its member countries. 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 adheres to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and ESG principles in its operations.
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