Progress with environmental clean-up in high-level talks. The effort to address the legacy of Soviet era uranium mining in Central Asia is making substantial progress.
Conference in Ulaanbaatar attracts strong interest from investors. Conference in Ulaanbaatar attracts strong interest from investors. As part of its drive to strengthen the country's agribusiness sector, the EBRD – with support from the European Union – has organised a conference entitled “Future Opportunities in Mongolia’s Dairy Sector” in Ulaanbaatar on Thursday, 30 March 2017. The event was opened by Matthieu Le Blan, EBRD Head of Mongolia, and attended by over 100 private companies and public stakeholders.
Joint EBRD/EU delegation visits Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan. The effort to address the legacy of Soviet era uranium mining in Central Asia is making substantial progress.
Oxford-trained economist takes over in one of the Bank’s largest countries of operations. The EBRD has appointed Agris Preimanis new Director for Kazakhstan, one of the Bank’s largest countries of operations where it has invested more than US$ 8 billion to date.
Bank has invested almost US$ 700 million in the country to date. The EBRD has appointed Ayten Rustamova as the Bank’s new Head of Office in Tajikistan.
Agreement signed to explore ways of increasing EBRD engagement. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed an agreement with the government of Uzbekistan to explore ways of increasing its investment activity in the country. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by EBRD President Suma Chakrabarti and the authorities in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent.
Discussions with government on ways to increase EBRD engagement in the country. An EBRD delegation, headed by President Suma Chakrabarti, will visit Uzbekistan on 15-17 March 2017.
In March 2017, the project “Voice and Accountability: Citizens’ Participation in Budgetary Processes” funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by the Development Policy Institute will be launched in Naryn and Osh oblasts of Kyrgyzstan.
The Alliance française in Bishkek jointly with the Embassies of Switzerland, France, Belgium are happy to announce the week of Francophonie to be held from 13th to 17th of March 2017.
An opening ceremony of the clinical skills center in the medical faculty of the Osh State University took place on March 1, 2017.