Annual meeting of EBRD to be held in Astana
Baku, February 22 (AZERTAC). A capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, will host the annual meeting of the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development on May 20 - 21.
The participants will discuss participation of the EBRR in restoration of the region`s economy and determine strategic line of the Bank for the upcoming period.
The Governors will review the EBRD`s activities to support recovery in the region and give strategic guidance on the Bank`s operations in the period ahead. The Board of Governors sessions will be staged alongside the established Business Forum programme, launched this year under the theme “Supporting Markets - Asia Meets Europe”.
The capital city, Astana, which is evolving rapidly as an administrative and business centre, will host two days of informed discussion and debate on investment prospects and the state of the global economy.
The event will bring together the EBRD`s Board of Governors, namely the government ministers and other senior officials who represent the Bank`s shareholder countries and organizations, investors, policy-makers, bankers, journalists, NGO representatives and government officials for an extensive program.
Founded in 1991, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) uses the tools of investment to help build market economies and democracies in 30 countries from central Europe to central Asia, including Azerbaijan.