The EDB Fund for Digital Initiatives hosts an expert round table on The Practice of Implementing Digital Integration Projects in Eurasia at the EADF
Moscow, 24 April 2023. The Eurasian Development Bank’s (EDB) Fund for Digital Initiatives hosted a discussion on ongoing digital integration projects in Eurasia. The round table was conducted as part of the Eurasian Digital Forum (EADF) at the 29th TIBO 2023 International Forum on Information and Communication Technologies. It was attended by Viktor Gridnev, Alexander Petrov and Tigran Tigranyan from the EDB Fund for Digital Initiatives.
The discussion focused on practices and methodologies for the implementation of digital integration initiatives and projects, including the COVID-19-Free Travel app, the Work in the EAEU project, the project to develop a digital platform for cooperation in the light industry, the electronic consignment notes project, and the project to set up a platform for digital trade in jewellery.
The COVID-19-Free Travel app is planned to be developed as a platform for providing medical information and keeping medical examination records. The implementation and scaling up of the Work in the EAEU project was discussed with a view to piloting it in Armenia and the Kyrgyz Republic.
The participants in the discussion included Karine Minasyan, President of the Eurasian Jewellery Export Bureau; Mirlan Omuraliyev from the EDB Representative Office in the Kyrgyz Republic; Oleg Vinichenko, Executive Director of Sberbank; Olesya Orlova, CEO of PROfashion; and Sergey Kiryushkin, Advisor to CEO of Gazinformservice.
The participants emphasised the importance of a deep dive by the EDB country offices into the development of cross-border digital projects. In addition to piloting projects, it was proposed to create new institutional mechanisms and model solutions for national and integrated digital infrastructure.
The round table also discussed a qualitative transition in the economy during the preparation and implementation of digital projects that could promote the potential of various sectors in terms of human resources, jewellery and light industry exports as well as new opportunities offered by the transition to cross-border electronic cooperation in trade and transport.
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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