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PPP EVENTS OF THE EURASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

2022

ROUNDTABLE “PPPs FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN EAEU+ STATES”

1On 14 June 2022, the EDB hosted a roundtable in St. Petersburg to discuss the role of PPPs in promoting sustainable development in EAEU+ countries. The event brought together more than 20 speakers from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan and more than 150 online participants from all the EAEU member states as well as third countries.

WORKSHOP “PREPARING AND LAUNCHING PPP PROJECTS IN THE PRIORITY SECTORS OF THE KYRGYZ ECONOMY: LESSONS LEARNED AND INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES”

On 7–8 December 2022, the EDB hosted a two-day workshop in Bishkek for 32 representatives of Kyrgyz government organisations and agencies, including the President’s Office, the National Investment Agency, the PPP Centre, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Health, and the Bishkek Mayor’s Office. The workshop was intended to build practical competencies in structuring and supporting the implementation of PPP projects. The trainers were experts from the Eurasian Development Bank (Svetlana Maslova, Sergey Paseko, and Azamat Tyuleubay) and PPP Expertise Eurasia Ltd. (Sergey Samolis and Remir Mukumov).

The participants formed three project teams that worked on PPP case studies (a road-building project, a health facility, and a waste management facility) to learn how:

  • To make management decisions at the key stages of the PPP lifecycle (selecting the form of PPP, bidding, risk sharing, financial modelling, and achieving the financial closure);
  • To negotiate with the private partner and the financing institution; and
  • To align a PPP project with the SDGs.

The workshop was also used as a platform to disseminate international best PPP practices as well as the EDB’s expertise in financing PPP projects in Eurasia.


2022

PPP EVENTS ATTENDED BY THE EURASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

International PPP Forum (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic)

On 5 and 6 October 2022, the EDB took part in the International PPP Forum in Bishkek hosted by the PPP Centre at the National Investment Agency under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Svetlana Maslova, Vladimir Yakunin, and Sergey Paseko made presentations on the EDB’s PPP activities.

In addition, the Eurasian Development Bank and the PPP Centre signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation at the Forum.

Workshop “How to Design PPP Projects Aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals"

On 19 October 2022, the EDB took part in a workshop titled How to Design PPP Projects Aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals hosted by Armenia’s Ministry of Economy and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in Yerevan.

Conrad Albrecht made a presentation on the EDB’s operations.

FIRST EURASIAN CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL LAW

From 29 October to 10 November 2022, the Gumilyov Eurasian National University (Astana, Kazakhstan) hosted the First Eurasian Congress on International Law. The event brought together academia, international institutions, and public organisations from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Russia.

Svetlana Maslova made a presentation on the Eurasian Development Bank’s role in promoting PPPs that contribute to the SDGs in Eurasia at the congress’s final session, the International Research-into-Practice Conference titled Law, Environment, and Sustainable Development: Status and Prospects.