Tigran Sargsyan, Vice Chairman of the EDB Management Board, showcases the Fund for Digital Initiatives’ projects at Digital Almaty 2025
Almaty, 31 January 2025. At the international Digital Almaty 2025 Forum, which runs from 31 January to 1 February in Almaty, Tigran Sargsyan, Vice Chairman of the Management Board at the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), presented the breakthrough digital projects of the EDB Fund for Digital Initiatives to EAEU Prime Ministers and high-ranking officials from other countries who visited the EDB’s booth at the event.
Tigran Sargsyan highlighted four key projects from the Fund’s portfolio, currently totalling ten initiatives, all designed to advance the digital economy and integration in the region:
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National Digital Investment Platform – a system that streamlines interactions between investors and government agencies, offering a “green corridor” for priority projects, real-time monitoring and scalability across EAEU countries. The platform currently hosts 800 investment projects with the potential to create 150,000 jobs.
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Work in the EAEU – a digital platform optimising labour migration and workforce mobility. The app offers 149 digital services across seven participating countries, including EAEU nations, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It supports registration for nationals from 16 countries, enabling more than 2 billion people to access over 691,000 job opportunities and boosting key industries.
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GovStack – digital transformation of public administration, an international initiative fostering e-government in Central Asia and the Caucasus. GovStack will serve as a digital repository of projects and their technical description, allowing other countries to adopt ready-to-use open-source products. Participating nations will exchange best practices from their portfolios to promote digitalisation in the region. The project has a two-year timeline.
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BEE-ONLINE.ru – a light industry ecosystem, a cooperative platform for light industry players in the EAEU and beyond. The initiative connects industry associations from Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Its reach is continuously expanding beyond the EAEU, currently covering Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Türkiye, India, China, Italy, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Tunisia, Vietnam, Serbia, Egypt, Pakistan, Morocco and Mongolia. At present, over 4,600 factories participate in BEE-ONLINE, with projections exceeding 100,000 by 2030. The project received the ADFIAP Sustainable Awards 2024 for its contribution to trade.
“The EDB Fund for Digital Initiatives is actively driving digital integration in the region. Our projects aim to enhance investment appeal, facilitate labour migration, digitalise public administration and support industrial ecosystems. Digital Almaty 2025 provides an ideal platform to showcase advanced solutions and foster international cooperation,” said Tigran Sargsyan.
The Digital Almaty 2025 Forum is organised with support from Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Akimat (Mayor’s Office) of Almaty and Astana Hub. The event features panel discussions, digital project exhibitions and a startup competition. The 2025 edition brings together over 20,000 participants, 300 speakers, 230 exhibitors and more than 40 panel sessions, under the main theme “Industrial AI: Technologies for a New Era.”
Additional Information:
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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