EDB Roundtables and Conferences

As an integral part of its Program for Regional Integration Research, the EDB organises annual Conferences on Eurasian integration. The EDB conferences attract leading experts in the field, young researchers and representatives of public bodies, international organisations, and business community.

The fourth EDB Conference on Eurasian Integration will be held in Almaty on 1—2 October, 2009 

This conference organised by the Eurasian Development Bank brings together economists, scientists as well as policymakers with an expertise on integration processes in Eurasia. The key issues to be discussed at the conference include global economy threats and joint programs to address them, energy sector efficiency, integration of transport networks, institutional and financial issues of transborder infrastructure, innovation aspects of integration and trade and investments in agricultural sector.

The workshop «Independent assessment of ecological and energy efficiency on enterprises in Russia and Kazakhstan: methodology, organisation and use of ratings» will be organised within this conference. The workshop will be held under the auspices of an independent ecological rating agency from Moscow.

EDB conference on Eurasian integration, Almaty, Kazakhstan, October 15—17, 2008

The key issues discussed at the conference included energy sector development and water resources, integration of transport networks, institutional and financial issues of transborder infrastructure. Round table on issues of integration processes measurement and estimation was held within the conference. This conference brought together economists, scientists, experts as well as policymakers with an expertise on integration processes in Eurasia.

Photos could be seen here.

II EDB Regional Integration Round table, May 15—16, 2008, Moscow

«Developing Transborder Infrastructure in Eurasia»

This roundtable has taken an in-depth look at issues relevant to the development of physical infrastructure in the Eurasian space. It has touched upon the development of the water and energy sectors, common power markets, transport corridors, as well as more general issues of institution-building and financing transborder infrastructure.

Photos could be seen here.

I EDB Regional Integration Round table, October 29—31, 2007, Almaty

«Perspective directions and mechanisms of regional integration in EurAsEC»

Forty experts from five EurAsEC member states, as well as representatives of the EurAsEC and CIS bodies, participated in the first roundtable. It was very successful.

Photos could be seen here.