On September 15 the Bishkek Liberal Club with support of Friedrich Ebert Foundation conducted meeting with main agenda Economic interests of Kyrgyzstan as a member of the EAEU. Representatives of the expert society, state civilians as well as business associations have participated at the BLC meeting.

Head of the Secretariat of the Business Development and Investments Council - Koichumanov Talaibek has presented information on initiatives of business community raised in concern to the Kyrgyzstan’s membership to the EAEU. Professor Koichumanov noted about main issues related to the EAEU membership which were initiated on the Business Development and Investments Council PPD platform. Furthermore, participant of the meeting have shared their concerns on the current status of the entrepreneurs involved in the export import activity with other members of the EAEU.

In conclusion, participants agreed on follow up meetings and discussions of the EAEU theme, on the base of open and transparent opinions exchange.

On September 6, the head of the Business and Investment Development Council - Koichumanov Talaibek as well as Council’s Parliament Liaison Officer - Ashyrkulov Kuban have met with the head of the Parliamentary leading fraction SDPK - Omurkulov Isa.

The main objective and agenda of the meeting was to present general information, mission, objectives and working principles of the BIDC, as well as discuss improve of the cooperation between Parliament and private sector of the Kyrgyz Republic. In addition BIDC representatives have shared and discussed the main problems and concerns within the current agenda of the public private dialogue. One of the main gaps is the lack of interaction and cooperation between Parliament and business community in the Kyrgyz Republic. Thus, the leader of SDPK Parliament fraction has expressed his goodwill and readiness to provide comprehensive support to the initiatives and proposals of the business community.

As a result of the meeting, participants have agreed on more close cooperation and transparent exchange of information and competence, in order to raise efficiency of the public private dialogue process.

25/02/16 13:00, Bishkek – 24.kg news agency, by Tatyana KUDRYAVTSEVA
"The government has to make innovative decisions to overcome the crisis," Prime Minister Temir Sariev said at a meeting of the Council for Business Development and Investments.

According to him, last year it has managed to achieve good results in the economy. This year will be more difficult. The government predicts negative GDP growth in the first quarter of 2016. But positive dynamics is expected in the second quarter of the year. As a result, the Cabinet expects that economic growth will reach 5.2 percent.

"Today, there is a lot of speculation about Kyrgyzstan's accession to EEU. Many people confuse the effects of the economic crisis in Russia and Kazakhstan with the effect of accession of Kyrgyzstan to EEU. These things should be separated. All newly created associations suffer difficulties initially. It is not easy now to predict how the situation would develop if we have not joined the union. I daresay that it would be more difficult to overcome the crisis. We would have been in isolation and deadlock. In addition, amid devaluation of the currency in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan and significant customs duties, export opportunities to EEU countries would be reduced to zero. We can also add difficulties for migrants, who would have lost their external and quite comfortable working environment in Russia. So the answer to the question about the usefulness of entry into the union is simple and it is on the surface. It was the right strategic decision," Temir Sariev said.

"Another thing is that we have not made all the decisions for the full integration into the EEU. Today, we must continue work on creation of jobs, attraction of investment, reduction of barriers for business. In view of the new challenges for the economy in 2016, the Agency on Attraction of Investments, the Russian-Kyrgyz Development Fund, the State Mortgage Company will operate at full capacity. I hope that all their activities, aimed at increasing business activity, will bear fruit in the nearest future. The government has developed and adopted an anti-crisis program for 2016. But taking into account new risks, it decided to discuss it with the business one more time. We are ready to listen to business and solve all their problems," he added.

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Working meeting with the representative of the Social Fund and the business community on the issue of accountability in an electronic form with digital signatures was held on January 15, 2016 in the office of the Secretariat of Business Development and Investments. According to the results of the meeting Protocol will be accepted.