The EDB receives an ADFIAP Sustainable Award 2022 for its COVID-19-Free Travel app
Moscow, 26 October 2022. The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) received an ADFIAP Sustainable Award in the Technology Development category for its COVID-19-Free Travel app. The award ceremony took place on the sidelines of the Annual Meeting of the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) in Manila, Philippines.
“The EDB joined ADFIAP just this year, and to have one of our projects recognised means a great deal to us. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we managed, in an extremely short space of time, to bring together the public health agencies of our countries to resolve how we could ensure one of the basic freedoms of our citizens – the freedom of movement. The digital platform we developed made it possible to introduce a common regulatory regime and keep the borders between the different countries of our region open at a time when other countries over the world were establishing their own separate rules for entry,” said Nikolai Podguzov, Chairman of the EDB Management Board.
COVID-19-Free Travel is a flagship project of the EDB Fund for Digital Initiatives. The app has been designed to allow people to move freely and safely between countries during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The app reduces the risk of spreading the disease and offers a reliable system of cross-border travel checks.
COVID-19-Free Travel uses unique architecture for cross-border exchange of information without sharing users’ personal data, which are stored only in the country where the test took place. This means personal data can be protected in accordance with legislation in force in the relevant countries.
The success of this project is due to the unique cross-sectoral competencies of the EDB Fund for Digital Initiatives – the only multilateral development fund in Eurasia promoting digital transformation tools and practices.
The COVID-19-Free Travel app has already been installed on more than 1.5 million smartphones. The number of uploaded PCR test results has exceeded 5 million.
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The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) is an international financial institution investing in Eurasia. For more than 16 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’s operations are guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals and ESG principles.
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