New economic policy of the EAEU

At the plenary session of the IV “Eurasian Week”, the EEC and business will discuss the new economic policy of the EAEU

Within a week, representatives of government and business authorities, specialists from development institutions, financial regulators, and experts from the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will gather in Bishkek, the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic, for the IV International Exhibition Forum “Eurasian Week”. The topic of the plenary session, which will be held on September 25, will be the challenges and prospects of the Eurasian business space.

2019 marks the 25^th anniversary of the Eurasian project and the 5^th anniversary of the signing of the EAEU Treaty. The Union confidently continues to confirm its status not only as a stable regional integration association of Eurasia, but also as a global player on the world stage.

Over this time, the Union has created basic conditions for the free work of the business community in five countries. Duties have been abolished, and a common market for services in 49 sectors has been created. However, not all the issues have been resolved yet. In particular, work continues to remove obstacles in the Union’s common market.

In addition, the Commission is actively developing cooperation with third countries and associations to help the business of the EAEU countries enter foreign markets. However, modern challenges in the global and regional context are encouraging to rethink the directions of the Union’s former economic policy and its role in cooperation with major global players.

The participants of the plenary discussion, business representatives from various fields, will try to find answers to a number of strategically important questions, namely:

·        How has the functioning of the EAEU affected the work of the business community?

·        How to increase the competitiveness of the Union’s industries?

·        What are the optimal forms of cooperation with foreign partners in the current global context?

·        What should be the new agenda of the Union?

The discussion will be moderated by Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Tigran Sargsyan.

The following persons are invited to participate in the plenary session:

-     Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev, Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, Member of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council;

-     Zhenish Razakov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, Member of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission;

-     Dastan Omuraliev, Director General of Ecoproduct Asia LLC;

-     Erkin Asrandiev, Chairman of the Board of the Russian-Kyrgyz Development Fund;

-     German Zverev, President of the All-Russian Association of Fishery Enterprises, Entrepreneurs and Exporters (VARPE);

-     Pavel Isaev, Deputy Director General for Relations with Business Associations and Unions of Severstal PJSC, Executive Secretary of the RSPP Committee on Integration, Trade and Customs Policy and the WTO, Member of the RSPP Integration Council;

-     Alexey Kedrin, Vice President for Government and Corporate Relations in Eastern Europe, the Baltic Region;

-     Sergey Glushkov, Vice President for Corporate Relations at PepsiCo in Russia and Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and the Central Asian countries (BUKCA);

-     Sergey Gromov, Vice President of the Private Institution for the Development of the International Network in Central Asia, CEO of Rosatom Central Asia;

-      Evgeny Kazakov, Deputy Director General for Local and Distributed Generation at Hevel;

-      Danil Ibraev, President of the Kyrgyz Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs;

-      Evgeny Bolgert, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Atameken”, Member of the Board;

-      Andrey Bodin, Executive Director of the Eurasian Sugar Association.

The plenary session will be held on the opening day of the forum at 10 a.m. in the plenary hall. You can learn more about the business program on the website of the Eurasian Week www.eurasianweek.com.

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The Eurasian Week Forum is an annual event organized by the EAEU countries and the Eurasian Economic Commission. In 2019, the forum will be held in Bishkek, the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic. The agenda of the event is focused on discussing the results of the 5^th anniversary of the Union Treaty. The program of the Eurasian Week involves the organization of more than 20 venues on three tracks: strategic, partnership, and youth tracks. More than 2,000 people will take part in the forum.