New Delhi,
May 2023.
Human capital development,
technology cooperation, the future of integration cooperation formats and
aspects of digital transformation will be discussed by the participants in the business
programme of the 2nd Eurasian Economic Forum to be held in Moscow on 24–25 May.
The Forum is timed to coincide with a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic
Council with the participation of heads of member and observer states of the
Eurasian Economic Union. The operator of the event is the Roscongress
Foundation.
“The Eurasian Economic Forum aims to
cover the most important areas of interaction within the EAEU. The programme of
the Forum will address issues of scientific and technical cooperation and the
development of joint approaches in industry, environmental protection and
energy, as well as problems of technical and customs regulations and the organization
of the internal market of the states. Another important task of the Forum is to
create a platform for establishing contacts between business and government
agencies. I am confident that the Forum will enable us to work out specific
solutions in all spheres of multilateral cooperation,”said Mikhail Myasnikovich,
Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission.
The theme of the Forum is ‘Eurasian
Integration in a Multipolar World’. The key event will be the plenary session
of the Forum. A total of about 35 sessions will take place within the Eurasian
Economic Forum 2023, which will be divided into seven thematic areas.
In the ‘Human Capital’ track,
experts will discuss the prospects for unlocking the tourism potential of EAEU
countries, working with young talent, labour migration issues, inter-university
scientific and technical cooperation and practicesof countering the coronavirus
pandemic.
Discussions within the ‘Technology
and Cooperation’ track will focus on technological sovereignty as a guarantee
of energy and food security, environmental regulation, food market organization
and the development of entrepreneurship in a new environment. In addition,
experts will discuss aspects of the Common System of Technical Regulation in
the Eurasian Economic Union and the removal of barriers to trade, as well as
standardization as a tool to ensure the safety and quality of products.
Participants of the sessions under
the track ‘The EAEU in a Changing World’ will consider key areas of cooperation
between the EAEU, the SCO and BRICS, as well as monetary and financial
cooperation and transition to new forms of settlements in mutual trade.
Business dialogues will also be held on cooperation of the Eurasian integration
format with Indonesia and Latin American countries.
Sessions of the track ‘Eurasian
Collectiveness’ will cover key issues of the digital agenda: state regulation
of the IT industry, personal data turnover within the EAEU and independence of
the integration union countries from import in the software and
telecommunications equipment markets. Discussions within this track will also
focus on international settlements and digital assets, e-commerce, the creation
of the Eurasian Reinsurance Company and new data sources in EAEU statistics.
Participants in the track ‘The EAEU
Internal Market, Cooperation in Customs, Competition, and State Procurement’
will discuss the improvement of the Union’s legislation in the context of
modern challenges and customs regulations, digital systems for detecting bid
rigging and the digitalisation of public procurement.
The strategic section will be a platform
for discussing the EAEU 2030+ Strategy. Participants will answer questions on
what should be the EAEU’s key development objective until 2045, what specific
steps need to be taken to ensure that the development objectives of the
integration association are achieved, and what are the new directions of the
EAEU’s strategic development.
The Eurasian Economic Forum will
host the ‘Green Eurasia’ Competition, ASI Business Breakfast to discuss new
opportunities for international cooperation in Eurasia, and the EAEU–Indonesia
Business Dialogue Business Breakfast.
In addition, the EAEU Business
Council’s programme is scheduled to include two events: a session dedicated to
entrepreneurship as a driver of Eurasian economic integration and a meeting of
the Presidium of the EAEU Business Council.
The 2nd Eurasian Economic Forum and
the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council are held as part of the
Russian Federation’s presidency in the bodies of the Eurasian Economic Union in
2023. The aim of the Forum is to improve cooperation ties in the Eurasian space.