Business programme

(admission by invitation)

Note: information is being updated

Over the past decades, the active development of integration processes in the world has allowed to form a significant horizon of efficient regional solutions to improve the sustainability and competitiveness of economies, as well as to overcome both internal and external challenges. The integration agendas of the associations are primarily focused on improving the welfare of citizens and maximizing the comfort of doing business. At the same time, each regional structure has its own unique integration experience in achieving these goals.

The EAEU has formalized the dialogue with key regional structures including the SCO, CIS, ASEAN, CICA, MERCOSUR, Pacific Alliance, Andean Community of Nations, SELA, SIECA, African Union and COMESA. Working contacts have been established with the ACD, IORA, ECO and ECCAS which in the future may become the basis for establishing economic relations. Dialogue with BRICS is being developed through the participation of the EEC and EAEU representatives in the events on the agenda of this interstate association.

At the Forum, representatives of key interstate associations will be able to share their best integration practices, to discuss the issues of strengthening trade and economic cooperation, including through the introduction of digital developments and innovative approaches, and to identify mechanisms of solving the topical economic issues, in particular those included in the UN Agenda 2030.

Matters for discussion:

• how interstate cooperation can contribute to sustainable development and stabilization of the global economy;
• what prospects for business appear due to the cooperation between integration structures;
• what is necessary to implement joint cooperation in the industrial field;
• how the implementation of digital technologies could contribute to overcoming logistical difficulties and facilitating mutual trade between members of various regional and interstate associations.

Moderator: to be confirmed

Speakers (to be confirmed):

Bakytzhan Sagintaev – Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission;

Sergei Lebedev – Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Independent States;

Kairat Sarybay – Secretary-General of Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA);

Sergei Glaziev – Secretary of State of the Union State Standing Committee (to be confirmed);

Nurlan Ermekbaev– Secretary-General of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (to be confirmed);

Kao Kim Hourn – Secretary-General of Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) (to be confirmed);

Nasser Al-Motairi – Secretary-General of Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) (to be confirmed);

Dilma Rousseff – President of New Development Bank / Vladimir Kazbekov – Vice President of BRICS New Development Bank (to be confirmed).

As global risks, from cross-border infections to climate change, persist, food safety is becoming not just a sectoral concern, but a pillar of national and regional sustainability. This issue is also topical for the Eurasian Economic Union where the close integration of economies requires coordinated solutions in the field of sanitary, veterinary, phytosanitary, and technical regulation.

Food safety is not only about protecting the health of consumers but also is a key element of product access to domestic and foreign markets, enhancing the competitiveness of manufacturers and building confidence in the system of sanitary and phytosanitary measures and technical regulation. To ensure this, a systematic and interdisciplinary approach based on scientific data and modern digital tools is required.

About 60 percent of new infectious diseases are transmitted from animals to humans. Diseases previously deemed animal-specific, are increasingly posing a threat to humans. One Health concept actively promoted by international institutions focuses on the interconnectedness of human, animal and environmental health. Its application is particularly important in the context of countering the spread of microbial resistance to antimicrobial drugs and countering cross-border threats.

The aim of the session is to coordinate the EAEU activities aimed at forming a common space where safe food products circulate. This space should be able to respond to contemporary challenges, taking into account the best international practices and priorities of the region.

Matters for discussion:

• modern regulatory instruments in the field of sanitary, veterinary and phytosanitary measures;
• international practices and standards;
• One Health concept as a platform for cross-institutional collaboration;
• synergy between the EAEU countries and international organizations in building a unified food safety system.

Valentin Tataritsky – Member of the Board (Minister) for Technical Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Speakers:

Vladimir Sinkevich – Director of Department of Sanitary, Phytosanitary and Veterinary Measures of Eurasian Economic Commission;

Evgeny Berezhnykh – Deputy Director of Department for Technical Regulation and Accreditation of the Eurasian Economic Commission;

Gennady Volnysty – Technical Director of Public Research and Development Enterprise “Centre for Identification Systems” of NAS of Belarus (subject to agreement);

Budimir Plavshich – Head of European Office of World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH);

Olga Tikka – Director General of European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO);

Sergei Diorditsa – Head of WHO Belarus;

Representatives of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation (to be confirmed).

Transport is vital to every country as it ensures communication, trade, economy growth and employment. A well-functioning transport sector is a prerequisite for economic and social development of all Eurasian countries and for the support of regional and global cooperation and integration.

The development of integration in transport sector is viewed as a mechanism to ensure sustainable development. With this in mind, it is important to implement digital technologies, to develop infrastructure, international transport corridors, container and multimodal transportation, to ensure cost-saving, efficient, safe and secured transport means, to increase energy efficiency and to reduce environment pollution and transport congestion.

In the panel session, the representatives of government bodies, international organizations, development institutes, academic and expert communities will discuss the above matters as well as the topical areas of transport development.

Matters for discussion:

• regional measures to support sustainable transportation, connectivity of territories and mobility;
• interaction between the EAEU, CIS, SCO, UNESCAP and UNECE;
• digital transformation in the transport sector;
• the mechanisms of regional and inter-regional interaction in the development of international transport corridors;
• the opportunities for implementation of joint infrastructural projects;
• the multiplicative effect of multimodal and container cargo shipment development;
• the new transport products to define further development of cargo containerization in the EAEU;
•  ways to form a new development paradigm for international transportation in the context of macroeconomic changes.

Moderator:

Alexander Erofeev – Vice Principal of Belarusian State University of Transport

Speakers:

Arzybek Kozhoshev – Member of the Board (Minister) for Energy and Infrastructure of the Eurasian Economic Commission (opening speech);

Davit Khudatyan – Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of the Republic of Armenia;

Alexei Lyakhnovich – Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus;

Marat Karabayev – Minister of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Absattar Syrgabaev – Minister of Transport and Energy of Kyrgyz Republic;

Roman Starovoit – Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation;

Ilkhom Makhkamov – Minister of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

Farzaneh Sadegh Malvajerd – Minister of Roads and Urban Development of the Islamic Republic of Iran;

Sohail Khan – Deputy Secretary-General, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation;

Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana – Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);

Tatiana Molcean – Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of UNECE;

A representative of the CIS Executive Committee (to be confirmed).

Note: information is being updated

In the EAEU, customs regulation has always been and remains a driving force for integration processes development in the Union. The free movement of commodities is ensured and common rules for their export and import apply in the common customs territory. The Union customs regulation legislation meets international standards and serves the interests of business and state bodies which minimizes time and administrative expenditures for crossing the Union’s outer borders.

The economic advantages of integration processes in the customs area can be as follows: growth of mutual trade and transit shipment, ensuring equal access of commodities to the home market of the Union, facilitating business, improving the quality of services for all parties of customs legal relations.

It is important to ensure uniform practical application of regulations and to form an environment of trust between the customs bodies of the member states. This can be achieved by further legal harmonisation, by decreasing the national segment of customs regulation, by harmonising customs formalities and control procedures, by finding unified approaches to risk management systems, by improving information interaction and integrating IT systems, by developing the concept of ‘cooperative customs control’ etc.

Our objective is to maximize the simplification of customs procedures and not to compromise control efficiency, keeping the balance of public and business interests. Large scale use of modern customs technology, digital technology and tools, and development of information exchange will allow to increase the efficiency and transparency of processes to ensure safety and to simplify trade between member states and third countries.

The customs regulation in the EAEU assumes forming a common transportation and logistics space for the five member states. Customs services and the Commission work to develop transit potential, increasing the accessibility and transparency of the Union's customs transit system, also for third countries. It is important to implement seamless shipment technologies, also by developing the electronic transit, using navigation seals, and improving the legal framework of multimodal transportation.

In this regard, the customs union continues the systematic work to improve the Union Customs Code taking into account its practical application.

Matters for discussion:

• the customs union is the basis for forming the economic union;
• the development of integration processes in the area of customs regulation, their estimation in terms of the need to create a common commodities market, also by ensuring equal access of commodities to the home market of the Union;
• perspective areas of integration development in the area of customs regulation aimed to create favourable conditions for business and to facilitate the growth of trade with third countries;
• the role of modern digital technologies in deepening integration processes;
• forming a common transport/logistic space with unified approaches to administration and law enforcement aimed to foster the development of the Union’s transport potential;
• ways / tools / mechanisms of customs regulation aimed to reach the objectives of the Union member states integration.

Moderator:

Ruslan Davydov – Member of the Board (Minister) for Customs Cooperation of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Speakers:

Vladimir Orlovsky – Chairman of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus;

Yerzhan Birzhanov – Vice Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Rafael Gevorgian – Deputy Chairman of State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia;

Almaz Saliev – Chairman of the State Customs Service of the Ministry of Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic;

Valery Pikalyov – Head of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation;

Dmitry Kovalenok – Director General of RUE ‘BELTAMOZHSERVICE’ of the Republic of Belarus.

The pharmaceutical industry is one of the key sectors of the EAEU economy in terms of ensuring the technological independence of its member states and it is also socially important for the EAEU population.

The EAEU is steadily forming the common market of medicines, improving its regulatory mechanisms, increasing the production rate of own original and generic medicines and creating new high tech production facilities. As a result, the intertrade of pharmaceutical products within the EAEU has increased by more than 50 percent over the past 7 years.

In the context of dynamic development, the EAEU pharmaceutical sector requires continued focus and flexible fine tuning by national and Eurasian regulators, with consideration to fast changing macroeconomic factors, new scientific achievements, market players’ strategies and the peculiarities of consumer behaviour. This approach will allow to fully actualize the function of this sector as a guarantor of constant growth in the quality of life of the EAEU member states citizens.

The discussion will be based on the results of the EAEU pharmaceutical market survey conducted by EEC Department of Anti-monopoly regulation.

Matters for discussion:

• shaping the EAEU common market of medicines: where we are now, what are the challenges and perspectives for further development;
• the role of anti-monopoly bodies in the development of competition in pharmaceutical markets;
• adjustment of medicines prices: best national practices, do we need to align the approaches within the EAEU;
• the barriers in pharmaceutical markets: what should be adjusted to make the sector develop progressively;
• which measures can allow to grow in-house manufacture of original and generic medicines in the EAEU and fully provide the Union citizens with affordable quality medicines.

Moderator:

Maxim Ermolovich – Member of the Board (Minister) for Competition and Anti-monopoly Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Speakers:

Timofey Nizhegorodtsev – Deputy Head of Federal Anti-Monopoly Service of Russia;

Svetlana Nechay – Deputy Minister of Health, Chief State Sanitarian of the Republic of Belarus;

Gulnara Kulkaeva – Board Chair of Salidat Kairbekova National Research Center for Health Development under the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Alexei Kedrin – Board Chair of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association of the Eurasian Economic Union;

Sergei Kolesnikov – President of APF National Association of Manufacturers of Pharmaceutical and Medical Products, Doctor of Medical Science, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS);

Igor Mitrofanov – Director General of BELPHARMPROM Holding Management Company.

Trade and economic relations between Mongolia and the EAEU are based on a long history and keep the pace of dynamic development. Mongolia is one of priority partners of the Union. Over the past five years, the commodity turnover between the EAEU and Mongolia has increased by 25 percent with 24 percent growth of the EAEU export to Mongolia and 74 percent growth of import of Mongolian products.

Meanwhile the EAEU and Mongolia enjoy the ample opportunities both to increase the competitiveness of national industrial productions and to extend the mutual trade and to improve the access to each other’s markets.

Expanding the cooperation, also through the signing a temporary trade agreement, will create additional incentives to increase the export of products of the EAEU member states and Mongolia. According to statistics, tariff preferences will cover more than 90 percent of the EAEU exports to Mongolia

Today bilateral investment, commercial and transport projects are being implemented between Mongolia and the EAEU member states. One of the mutual tasks set is to transform the Russia-Mongolia-China transport corridor into an economic one.

Matters for discussion:

• trends and prospects of trade and economic relations between the EAEU and Mongolia;
• the benefits the temporary trade agreement between the EAEU and Mongolia will give the parties;
• ways to counter the new challenges arising in the context of deepening trade and economic cooperation in the face of geopolitical transformation;
• what can additionally stimulate the implementation of joint projects in new areas;
• which intertrade commodities have yet unlocked potential;
• how new supply chains and transport/logistic projects will develop.

Moderator:

Narankhoo Khalzkhoo – Advisor to Minister of Economy and Development of Mongolia

Speakers:

Alexei Overchuk – Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, member of the Eurasian Economic Commission Board;

Luvsannyam Gantumur – First Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia, Minister of Economy and Development of Mongolia, member of the State Great Khural of Mongolia;

Andrey Slepnev – Member of the Board (Minister) for Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission;

Alexei Gordeev – Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation;

Alexander Shokhin– President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs;

Andrey Prokopchuk – Director of Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus;

Maxim Vasiliev – Trade Representative of the Russian Federation to Mongolia;

Tur-Od Lhagvazhav – President and Board Chairman of Mongolian Chamber of Commerce and Industry;

Daba-Zhalsan Chiripov – Minister of the Republic of Buryatia for interaction with Mongolia, member of the Government of the Republic of Buryatia;

Batsukh Sarantuyaa – Chairman of MONGOLIAN-RUSSIAN PARTNERSHIP business association;

Sergei Gromov – Chairman of MONGOL DAATGAL National insurance company;

Oleg Korsak – Director General of BOBRUISKAGROMASH holding company;

Murat Karimsakov – Board Chairman of the Chamber of International Commerce of Kazakhstan under the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs ATAMEKEN, Chairman of Kazakh-Mongolian Business Council.

Representative of the Group of Companies Ozon (to be confirmed)

(admission by invitation)

The Republic of Cuba has a strategically important geographical location, the necessary transportation and logistics infrastructure, including airports and seaports, and is interested in attracting foreign entrepreneurs and investors by granting them privileged regimes and preferences. In this context, Cuba offers to create a logistics hub which would facilitate transit and expand the export potential of the Union states to Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as demonstrate the practical efficiency of Cuba’s participation as an observer state to the EAEU.

Cuba is a market with high demand in sectors like agriculture and food processing, fertilizers and pesticides, and information technology. Meanwhile, the development of science, as well as Cuba's achievements in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, open additional opportunities for the development of cooperation with the EAEU countries and the implementation of joint projects based on mutual interests.

The Republic of Cuba's membership in such integration structures as LAIA and ALBA could give an additional impetus to strengthening trade and economic relations between the two regions. The existing trade and economic agreements within the framework of these associations would allow business representatives of the EAEU countries who have opened production in Cuba to trade in the Latin American region at more favourable tariffs.

At the Forum, the Republic of Cuba will present to the EAEU Business Council and other interested business circles its initiatives to intensify practice-oriented cooperation with the Union states. Also, as part of implementation of Cooperation Agreement between the EAEU Business Council and the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba of 2021, the partners will be able to exchange views on the development of cooperation projects in the field of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, industry, agriculture, etc.

Speakers:

Antonio Luis Carricarte Corona – President of the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba;

Anatoly Harlap – Chairman-of Non-Profit Organisations Union ‘Confederation of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs / Employers’ of the Republic of Belarus;

Mikhail Myatlikov – Chairman of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry;

Arsen Kazaryan – President of Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen of Armenia (UMBA);

Raimbek Batalov – Chairman of Praesidium of National Chamber of Entrepreneurs ATAMEKEN of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Danil Ibraev – President of the Kyrgyz Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs;

Alexander Shokhin – President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs;

Vladimir Padalko – Vice President of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation;

Representative from AEROVARADERO (to be confirmed);

Representative from metal working industry business group (to be confirmed);

Representative from chemical industry business group (to be confirmed);

Representative from BIOCUBAFARMA (to be confirmed);

Representative from IT and communication technologies business group (to be confirmed).

(admission by invitation)

Award ceremony of the third Green Eurasia international climate competition will take place as part of Eurasian Economic Forum-2025.

In addition to the EAEU member states, projects from 11 more countries have taken part in the competition in 2025: the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of India, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Moldova, the Republic of Senegal, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Turkmenistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Republic of South Africa.

 All applications have passed expert assessment, following the results of which the winners and runners-up in each of 10 categories were decided at the meeting of the Competition Presidium

Celebrities and media personalities from the EAEU member states will participate in the award ceremony.

 Competition website: https://greeneurasia.asi.ru.

The competition is held by AGENCY FOR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES TO PROMOTE NEW PROJECTS independent NPO together with the Eurasian Economic Commission, in the following categories:

1. Practices of Public and Corporate Governance and Finance In Climate;

2. Climate Monitoring and Management of Climate Active Substances;

3. Sustainable Energy;

4. Climate-Neutral Transportation Systems and Solutions;

5. Low Carbon Industry and Materials;

6. Circular Economy;

7. Climate-Sustainable Cities and Infrastructure;

8. Climate-Oriented Agriculture and Forestry;

9. Water Resources In the New Climatic Conditions;

10. Climate Education and Human Resources.

Development of checkpoints at the EAEU customs border is an important factor in issues like increasing the transit capacity of the Union member states, ensuring efficient and smooth international trade, and strengthening the integration processes.

In general, development of checkpoints at the EAEU customs border is a complex and multidimensional problem which requires a comprehensive approach including infrastructural, technological and economic measures as well as coordination of efforts of all interested parties. The successful solution of this problem will allow to improve the competitiveness of the Union states at international stage, strengthen economic safety and improve the investment environment in the Union member states.

Matters for discussion:

• harmonization of requirements to information/technical and technological infrastructure of border crossing points based on the world best practices as a condition for successful solution of the task of advanced development of transport and logistics corridors in the Union;
• modern technologies and solutions to increase the capacity of checkpoints: intelligent checkpoint, automated inspection systems, electronic queues, equipment for weight and radiation control, use of the Internet of Things for generating big data in accounting for trade operations;
• requirements to modern border checkpoint infrastructure, which processes at border crossing points can be automated first, and which border crossing points need priority modernization and expansion.

Moderator:

Ruslan Davydov – Member of the Board (Minister) for Customs Cooperation of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Speakers:

Andrei Bolshakov – Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus;

Yerzhan Birzhanov – Vice Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Elnura Mambetzhunusheva – Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Service of the Ministry of Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic;

Sergei Shklyaev – Deputy Head of the Federal Customs Service;

Artem Kuliasov – Director General of SCANTRONIC SYSTEMS LLC;

Pavel Lebedev – Director General of DIAGNOSTIKA-M LLC;

Igbal Babaev – Chairman of Middle Corridor Trade Advisory Committee (MCTAC), international expert of OSCE, UNESCAP;

Dmitry Kovalenok – Director General of RUE ‘BELTAMOZHSERVICE’ of the Republic of Belarus.

Discussion participants (as agreed):

Gennadii Bezlobenko – Head of FGKU ROSGRANSTROY Federal State-Owned Institution;

Anton Koren – Director General of Transport Strategy Center (TSC).

Currently an extensive pool of representatives of government bodies, business and expert communities are actively working on the development of the Eurasian Economic Union legislation, improving the mechanism for updating the established mandatory safety requirements to products and processes of their manufacture, aimed to ensure that the technical regulation system meets the current level of technical progress.

 A deep modernization of the EAEU technical regulation system was launched as part of key objectives set within the implementation of Strategic Directions for Developing Eurasian Economic Integration until 2025. It will continue in accordance with the "The Eurasian Economic Path" – Declaration on further development of economic processes within the EAEU until 2030 and for the period until 2045.

For the purpose of technical regulation development, the draft Declaration stipulates the key areas for bringing to the modern level both the processes of updating the requirements of technical regulations and related standards, and product assessment procedures aimed to improve the protection of the Union market and bona fide manufacturers. The issues of improving e-commerce goods safety and the international activities to eliminate the technical barriers in trade are also important as technical regulation tools are the factor which facilitates creating favourable conditions to eliminate these barriers.

The most ambitious project ‘Digital Technical Regulation Within the EAEU’ plays a prominent role in the digital transformation of technical regulation. Its main idea is to provide all interested parties with comprehensive information on mandatory requirements to products. Following its implementation, opportunities for deepening the digital transformation of technical regulation will be considered.

Matters for discussion:

• novelties of the Union's technical legislation;
• development of the mechanism of formation and actualization of the EAEU mandatory requirements to products;
• standardization in the EAEU as the main tool for implementing the EAEU technical regulations;
• digital ecosystem for product safety: role and place in the Union's digital agenda, platform solutions and technologies, prospects for economies;
• the safety of e-commerce goods;
• the implementation outcomes of the areas stipulated by the Strategy-2025, and further development within the framework of the Declaration on further development of economic processes within the EAEU until 2030 and for the period until 2045;
• eliminating the technical barriers to trade with third countries.

Moderator:

Valentin Tataritsky – Member of the Board (Minister) for Technical Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Speakers:

Elena Morgunova – Chair of the State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of Belarus;

Gennady Abramenkov – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation;

Akmal Zhumanazarov – Director, Uzbekistan Technical Regulation Agency under the Cabinet of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

Anton Shalaev – Head of Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology;

Anatoly Harlap – Chairman of the National Association of Industrial Enterprises BELAPP, Chairman of EAEU Business Council;

Elina Sidorenko – Professor, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Forensic Science Department of MGIMO University, MFA of Russia;

Vladimir Salamatov – Director of International Trade and Sustainable Development Institute of MGIMO University, MFA of Russia.

The development of integration and membership in the Eurasian Economic Union which has been successfully operating for a decade, is one of the key factors of sustainable growth and high adaptability of the economies of the Union member states to external shocks.

All states of the Eurasian Economic Union, particularly those with small economies, have achieved significant results in many key economic and human development indicators. In Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, the growth of gross domestic product from 2015 to 2023 has reached 50.7 and 39.8 percent, respectively. Being the leading economy of the Eurasian Union, Russia has exceeded both the forecasts of respected international organizations and the real indicators of many Western economies, despite the flood of sensitive external restrictions. The fast-growing economies of Belarus which is actively resisting strong external pressures, and Kazakhstan which has become an important hub of trade flows in the Eurasian Economic Union region, also performed well.

The increasing importance of integration ties is evidenced by the significant growth of domestic trade, the rate of which exceeds the dynamics of trade with third countries. Since the EAEU foundation, mutual trade between member states has doubled and in 2024 reached an equivalent to almost $100 billion. The share of mutual trade in the total turnover of foreign trade has also increased, while over 92 percent of settlements between our countries are in national currencies.

The share of manufacturing and the service sector in the economic structure has increased, food security is expanding, personal income is growing substantially, and unemployment has fallen to all-time lows. The positive perception of the Eurasian Economic Union, with which people associate their hopes for a better future, prevails in all our countries, also among the younger generations. The study of the EAEU law and practice is becoming one of the demanded subjects in the curricula of the leading universities of the Union countries.

The Eurasian Economic Commission together with other parties are developing a plan to implement the priorities set out in Declaration-2030/2045 ‘The Eurasian Economic Path’ which is going to be the EAEU's main current strategic planning document from next year.

Matters for discussion

• what are the key achievements of the Integration Development Strategy 2025 and expectations from the implementation of Declaration-2030/2045;
• what measures could add momentum to the development of our integration;
• what new areas of integration cooperation could effectively complement the traditional tracks of interaction between our countries;
• what the ‘human dimension’ of Eurasian economic integration aimed at expanding both labour and humanitarian opportunities for the citizens of our countries within the Union, can be like;
• ways to achieve inclusion of integration topics in the training of experts in various fields;
• what are the prospects to energise the inclusion of observer states in Eurasian cooperation ties;
• ways to ensure further promotion of the Eurasian Economic Union brand and make it even more recognizable and attractive;
• what else should be done to make citizens feel the positive effects of integration deeper.

Moderator:

Vadim Gigin – Director General of the National Library of Belarus

Speakers:

Eldar Alisherov – Member of the Board (Minister) for Integration and Macro Economy of the Eurasian Economic Commission;

Narek Ovakimyan – Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia;

Alesya Abramenko – Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Belarus;

Bauyrzhan Kudaibergenov – Vice Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Bakyt Sydykov – Minister of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic;

Dmitry Volvach – Deputy Minister of Economic development of the Russian Federation;

Ivan Timofeev – Director General, Foreign Affairs Council of Russia.

Discussion participants (as agreed):

Mariam Voskanyan – Head of the Department of Economics and Finance of the Russian-Armenian University;

Sergei Krasilnikov – Vice President of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Managing Director of RSPP International Bilateral Cooperation Department;

Nurlan Kulbatyrov – First Vice Director General of QAZTRADE Trade Policy Development Center;

Andrei Tochin – Director of Integration Processes Development Institute of Russian Foreign Trade Academy, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation;

Denis Trefilov – Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Independent States;

Baktybek Shamkeev – Director, Institute of Research for Public Administration Development, Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic;

Tamara Shashikhina – Director of Eurasian Studies Institute of MGIMO University, MFA of Russia;

Khayet Abdunazarov – Head of Department for Cooperation with International Economic Organizations, Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

Fanyl Kadirov – Representative of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Eurasian Economic Commission, Advisor of the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Russian Federation.

Representative of Belarusian experts community (to be confirmed).

Representative of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran (to be confirmed).

Representative of the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba (to be confirmed).

The implementation of the Strategy-2025 measures aimed at ensuring the freedom of labour force movement and the development of economic cooperation of the EAEU member states in the field of personnel training contributes to the development of a unified labour market of the Union. Availability of qualified workers is one of the governing factors of sustainable economy development of the EAEU member states. Consistent convergence of workers' qualifications will lead to higher productivity. It is promising to develop conditions for the recognition of professional skills in interstate employment.

Matters for discussion:

• results of the Strategy-2025 implementation in the field of labour migration;
• promising areas for further development of the EAEU common labour market.

Moderator:

Bakhyt Sultanov – Member of the Board (Minister) for Economy and Financial Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission (to be confirmed)

Speakers:

Narek Mkrtchyan – Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia;

Natalia Pavlyuchenko – Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus;

Svetlana Zhakupova – Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Ravshanbek Sabirov – Minister of Labour, Social Security and Migration of Kyrgyz Republic;

Anton Kotyakov – Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation;

Heads of specialized international organizations, employers' and workers' associations (to be confirmed).

The global and rapid changes have greatly impacted the economies of individual countries and regions today.

Technologies are transforming markets, a new system of international trade is emerging, supply chains and logistics routes are changing, large companies are merging and acquiring smaller ones, leading to the concentration of market power, and artificial intelligence is developing at a tremendous pace. All this leads to changes in market structure. Governments are facing new priorities, including preferences and a new attitude towards industrial policy.

In this environment, competition policy is facing new challenges.

 Matters for discussion:

• what competition regulation authorities should do;
• whether the existing regulatory mechanisms are sufficient;
• what measures are necessary to ensure fair competition in a rapidly changing world;
• what tools can ensure the balance of interests in society and the economy;
• the role of government and business in shaping the competitive environment;
• approaches of competition regulation authorities in the EAEU states and foreign partners.

Moderator:

Maxim Ermolovich – Member of the Board (Minister) for Competition and Anti-monopoly Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Speakers:

Gegam Gevorgian – Chairman, Competition Protection Commission of the Republic of Armenia;

Artur Karpovich – Minister of Anti-Monopoly Regulation and Trade of the Republic of Belarus;

Marat Omarov – Chairman, Competition Protection and Development Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Zhenaly Orozbaev – Chairman, Anti-Monopoly Regulation Service under the Ministry of Economy and Commerce of Kyrgyz Republic;

Maxim Shaskolsky – Head of Federal Anti-Monopoly Service;

Halilillo Turahuzhaev – Chairman, Competition Development and Consumer Rights Protection Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

Teresa Moreira – Head of the Competition and Consumer Policies Branch at UNCTAD;

Seyed Mohammadreza Seyed-Nourani – Chairman, National Competition Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran;

Men Yang – Vice Minister of Market Regulation State Administration of People's Republic of China;

Alexei Ivanov – Director, BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre.

The round table discussion will cover the issues of introduction of industrial robots and robotic systems for automation of manufacturing and business processes at production facilities with the purpose of transition to the implementation of ‘unmanned technologies’ and ‘Industry 4.0’ concepts.

 It is proposed to discuss the introduction of robotic systems and production automation in the machine building, consumer, chemical, pharmaceutical industries and a number of other sectors. The implementation of robotic systems at various stages from design and production to installation and operation will be discussed. Also, the issues of component provision and open-source software will be addressed.

Matters for discussion:

• establishment of ROBOTICS Eurasian Technology Platform;
• development of an interstate project for the development of robotics, production and implementation of industrial robots and robotic systems aimed at automating production and business processes in the EAEU member states;
• the practice of robotic systems development;
• the practice of component provision for manufacturing, repair and maintenance of robotic systems;
• the practice of robotic systems manufacture;
• the practice of robotic systems introduction;
• the practice of robotic systems application and operation in industries.

Moderator:

Andrei Sheko – Director of ‘Robotics and AI’ Association

Speakers:

Goar Barseghyan – Member of the Board (Minister) for Industry and Agro-Industrial Complex of the Eurasian Economic Commission (opening speech);

Alexander Efimov – Minister of Industry of the Republic of Belarus;

Kirill Zalessky – Minister of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus;

Viktor Gurin – Vice Director General of BELWEST Joint Limited Liability Company;

Vardan Vardanyan – Chairman of ‘Armenian Robotics Association’ civil society organization;

Vladimir Turekhanov – President, Kazakhstan Association of Automation and Robotics (KAAR);

Artem Belyaev – Chairman, Kyrgyzstan Robotics Association;

Mikhail Turundaev – Commercial Director for industrial cybersecurity, Positive Technologies (PAO ‘Gruppa Positiv’);

Evgeny Dudorov – Executive Director of AO ‘NPO Androidnaya Tehnika’, Board Chairman of Consortium of Robotics and Intelligent Control Systems.

(admission by invitation)

Advisory Council meetings are aimed at improving mechanisms for business participation in discussions on a wide range of issues within the EAEU, deepening and expanding integration cooperation between the EAEU countries, as well as developing economic ties with key trading partners.

Matters for discussion:

The meeting will discuss topical issues of the business communities of the EAEU member states concerning the contribution of integration processes in the Eurasian space to the improvement of business conditions, as well as the best ways to achieve synergistic effects of integration by scaling up entrepreneurial activity in the EAEU space.

Chairman of the Advisory Council:

Bakhyt Sultanov – Member of the Board (Minister) for Economy and Financial Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Speakers (to be confirmed):

Arsen Kazaryan – Member of the EAEU Business Council Presidium, President of Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Armenia;

Anatoly Harlap –Chairman of the EAEU Business Council Presidium, Chairman of Non-Profit Organisations Union ‘Confederation of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs / Employers’ of the Republic of Belarus;

Raimbek Batalov – Member of the EAEU Business Council Presidium, Chairman of Praesidium of National Chamber of Entrepreneurs ATAMEKEN of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Danil Ibraev – Member of the EAEU Business Council Presidium, President of the Kyrgyz Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs;

Alexander Shokhin – Member of the EAEU Business Council Presidium, President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

(admission by invitation)

Social and economic changes taking place in the EAEU member states and globally over the recent years determine a number of trends for development and modernization of statistical systems, implementation of modern data collection and processing tools, work with new data sources, digital transformation of statistics.

Today the Program of development of integration in the field of EAEU statistics until 2030 has been developed, and one of its focus areas is to strengthen the digital, technological and innovative capacity of the statistics system, which will contribute to the further development of statistics of the Union, to satisfy to the fullest extent the growing user information needs of quality, trustworthy statistical data for the analysis of the processes of functioning and development of the EAEU.

The integral paradigm of positive expectations from AI technologies as an element of the new technological mode, for the production and dissemination of statistics in the EAEU is based on the belief that AI can provide the necessary level of performance when information and communication complexity of objectives grows fast.

Matters for discussion:

• the future of statistics in the digital society: statistical methodology and infrastructure;
• integration into official statistics of AI technologies, data science and alternative sources of information;
• modernization of statistical business processes and development of necessary professional skills;
• strategy for the development of the EAEU statistics for the benefit of users

Moderator:

Vadim Bogush – Member of All-Belarusian People's Assembly Praesidium, Principal of Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Chair of National Council of Principals of Higher Educational Establishments

Speakers:

Eldar Alisherov – Member of the Board (Minister) for Integration and Macro Economy of the Eurasian Economic Commission;

Inna Medvedeva – Chair of the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus;

Timofey Zhigarev – First Deputy Chairman, the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus;

Stepan Mnatsakanyan – President of the National Statistics Committee of the Republic of Armenia;

Maksat Turlubaev – Head of the Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Baktybek Kudaibergenov – Chairman, National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic;

Sergei Galkin – Head of Federal State Statistics Service;

Konstantin Laikam – Chairman of the Interstate Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States;

Representative from Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (to be confirmed);

Representative from UNESCAP Statistics Department (to be confirmed).

Today, digital transformation is the most vivid and dynamic trend in the global market. The objective need to ensure continuous improvement of transportation safety, to optimize routes, to reduce delivery times and vehicle downtime and to automate management activities stimulate transport companies to actively implement digital technologies. The strategic transport documents of the Eurasian Union countries and their digital development concepts are focused on the accelerated establishment of digital assets that will enable the successful functioning of national transport complexes in the near future through the establishment of a green digital passenger corridor, seamless cargo logistics, digital management of the transport system, transport security digitalization, creation of ‘digital twins’ of transport infrastructure facilities, as well as the introduction of unmanned passenger and cargo transport.

Unmanned cargo transportation is today's reality which allows to improve logistics efficiency and reduce the risk of accidents. Every day more and more concepts, ready-made unmanned vehicles and new services appear. Artificial intelligence is increasingly being incorporated into transportation processes and powering modern infrastructure. All these innovations make our lives much more safe and comfortable.

In the panel session, the representatives of governmental bodies, international organizations, development institutes, academic and expert communities will discuss the above matters as well as the topical areas of transport digitalization.

Matters for discussion:

• digital transformation and development of paperless technologies;
• intelligent transport systems;
• unmanned means of transport;
• automated means of transport;
• introduction of digital solutions in transportation within the EAEU, as in the case of electronic consignment note for international transportation (e-CMR).

Larisa Korshunova – Director of Government Relations, JSC UTLC ERA

Speakers:

Rustan Jenalinov – Director of EEC Transport and Infrastructure Department;

Maynura Shetenova – Head of Global DTC Kazakhstan Ltd;

Polina Davydova – Director of the Digital Transport and Logistics Association;

Kirill Zuev / Alexander Borisov – Head of Project Management Department, Yandex / Head of HW Unmanned Technologies Development, Yandex;

Oleg Vinichenko – Executive Director, Digital Solutions for the Public Sector at Sberbank;

Dmitry Olkhovikov – Executive Director of Digital Age of Transport Association;

Vadim Zakharenko – Head of Head of the Permanent Delegation of the International Road Transport Union to Eurasia;

Sevak Sarukhanyan – Director of the Directorate of Digital Initiatives at the Eurasian Development Bank.

Public procurement is a unique field, being a significant area for application of integration effort (the EAEU yearly procurement volume exceeds USD 130 billion) on one hand, and a sensitive national matter related to protection of domestic manufacturers and production, on the other hand.

This unique field brings together the interests, effort and exclusive experience of the EAEU member states.

Today we need to objectively assess our positions, our principles and the real situation in public procurement, our strategies for protecting national production, localization and national exemption policies.

To assess opportunities for business in procurement in the integration environment, it is reasonable to identify opportunities for participation of manufacturers from the EAEU countries in procurements with existing exemptions, and the benefits of Eurasian Register of Industrial Goods.

This session will outline the priorities of Eurasian integration in public procurement, the digital present and future of procurement in each state, the prospects for eliminating the digital inequality in public procurement and removing the obstacles to increasing the share of mutual public procurement.

Matters for discussion

• public procurement as a support tool for domestic manufacturers;
• domestic manufacturers’ competition and competitiveness in public procurement;
• strategies of industrial production localization in the EAEU member states;
• benefits and operating problems of the Eurasian Register of Industrial Goods for manufacturers from EAEU member states;

• opportunities for business in public procurement in the EAEU;
• digitalization and digital tools for interaction in public procurement in the EAEU.

Zhanar Adikova – Director of the Department of Competition Policy and Public Procurement Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Speakers:

Maxim Ermolovich – Member of the Board (Minister) for Competition and Anti-monopoly Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission;

Artur Karpovich – Minister of Anti-Monopoly Regulation and Trade of the Republic of Belarus (to be confirmed);

Anton Siluanov – Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation (to be confirmed);

Vahe Hovhannisyan – Minister of Finance of the Republic of Armenia (to be confirmed);

Madi Takiev – Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan (to be confirmed);

Almaz Baketaev – Minister of Finance of Kyrgyz Republic (to be confirmed);

Yersaiyn Nagaspayev – Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan (to be confirmed);

Anton Alikhanov – Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation (to be confirmed);

Roman Artyukhin – Head of the Federal Treasury of the Russian Federation (to be confirmed);

Mikhail Myatlikov – Chairman of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; (to be confirmed);

Artur Khachaturyan – CEO of EKENG CJSC (to be confirmed);

Mikalai Barysevich – Director General of RUE ‘The National Centre for Marketing and Price Study’ (to be confirmed);

Danil Ibraev – President of the Kyrgyz Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (to be confirmed);

Diyas Kramsheyev – Chairman of the Management Board of JSC ‘E-Finance Center’ (to be confirmed).

Trade and economic relations between the UAE and the EAEU have been demonstrating positive and progressive development for a number of years. The United Arab Emirates are one of the Union’s central trade partners among the Gulf states: the Union's trade turnover with the UAE amounted to over 75 percent of the total EAEU trade turnover with the Gulf States in 2024.

And there is every reason to believe that the potential of trade between our countries has not been unlocked to its maximum yet. The interaction between our countries has a huge potential, which, in particular, will be achieved through an agreement on economic partnership, negotiations on the conclusion of which have been held in the shortest possible time. This agreement will become an additional driver of trade development and will create conditions to unlock the export potential of our economies: when it comes into force, the preferential regime will affect over 90 percent of trade turnover and over 85 percent of the commodity nomenclature.

At the same time, the EAEU-UAE agreement, based on international trade norms and principles, not only eliminates tariff barriers but also creates all possible instruments of sectoral cooperation in the areas that meet the development prospects of our economies.

In this regard, especially relevant are the issues of having an infrastructure for smooth fulfilment of the trade agreement, including e-commerce development, extending the pool of investment projects and building cooperation in new industries. Special focus is given to cooperation between small and medium enterprises of the parties and their involvement in trade between the countries, also as part of this agreement.

The EAEU and the UAE have a clear vision of their place in the world: the Eurasian countries follow the objectives set in the Declaration “The Eurasian Economic Path” and the UAE follows the strategic plan ‘We the UAE 2031’. The EAEU aims to position itself in the international stage as an economic attractor, one of the economic centres where the integration of the Greater Eurasian Partnership is shaped. The UAE plan to increase oil export by 800 million dirham by 2031, and to rank top 10 world countries in innovative technologies development and attracting highly skilled professionals from other countries.

Taking into account the program objectives of the parties, cooperation under the new trade agreement becomes strategic and forms special conditions and opportunities for achieving ambitious goals in the framework of cooperation in new technologies, energy, transportation, pharmaceuticals, agro-industry and a number of other areas.

Matters for discussion

• what are the problems foreign trade operators face;
• what has to be done to expand supply chains, develop digital infrastructure and remove non-tariff barriers;
• growth drivers in the new environment – what are
• the goods with the greatest yet unlocked trade potential;

• SME involvement in preferential international trade, entering new markets for the enterprises of the parties.

Moderator:

Sergei Gorkov – Chairman of Russia-Emirates Business Council

Speakers:

Natalia Petkevich – Chairman of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus;

Andrey Slepnev – Member of the Board (Minister) for Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission;

Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi – Minister of State for Foreign Trade of the United Arab Emirates;

Boris Titov – Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Relations with International Organizations to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals;

Mohammad Ali Rashed Lootah– President and CEO of Dubai Chamber of Commerce;

Bakyt Sydykov – Minister of Economy and Commerce of Kyrgyz Republic;

Samvel Karapetyan – President of Armenian Businessmen Association, Founder of TASHIR Group;

Dmitry Krasovsky – Director of the National Agency of Investment and Privatization of the Republic of Belarus;

Askhat Hasenov – Chairman of the Management Board of JSC NC ‘KazMunayGas’;

Yevgeny Kaspersky – Director General of Kaspersky Lab;

Denis Baranov – Director General of Positive Technologies;

Within the specialized panel session of the Court with the participation of representatives of business community, authorized state bodies and the Union bodies, it is proposed to discuss the prospects for the development of the EAEU legal order, the role of the Court in the development of the Union law system, ensuring its application, guarantees and legal mechanisms for the protection of rights and legitimate interests of business entities in the EAEU at the national and supranational level using the tools of the Union law.

Discussion participants will be invited to exchange views on the state of the Union law, ways of its development, existing issues of application of the Union law by member states, the impact of the Court's legal positions on law enforcement practice, and the role of the Eurasian Economic Commission in the development of the Union law. We also propose to discuss the expediency and possible areas for improvement of the Union bodies and their functioning.

 Matters for discussion

• the state of the Union law and the ways of its development;
• existing issues of the Union
• law application by the member states;
• the impact of the Court's legal positions on law enforcement practice;
• the role of the Eurasian Economic Commission in the development of the Union law;
• the expediency and possible areas for improvement of the Union bodies and their functioning.

Moderators:

Kirill Entin – Deputy Head of Court Secretariat – Head of Court Secretariat Expert and Analysis Department;

Alexander Basalyga – Deputy Director of Eurasian Economic Commission Legal Department.

Speakers:

Alexey Dronov – Chairman of the Court of the Eurasian Economic Union;

Varos Simonyan – Member of the Board (Minister) for Internal Markets, Informatization, Information and Communication Technologies of the Eurasian Economic Commission;

Evgeny Kovalenko – Minister of Justice of the Republic of Belarus;

Lilia Schur-Trukhanovich – Director of Eurasian Economic Commission Legal Department;

Ayaz Baetov – Minister of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic, Deputy Chairman of the Kyrgyz Republic Cabinet;

Askar Kishkembayev – Judge of the Court of the Eurasian Economic Union;

Mikhail Vinogradov – Head of General Department of International Legal Cooperation of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation (to be confirmed).

Positive trends are observed in the development of the agro-industrial system of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Since the establishment of this integration association, the volume of agricultural production has increased by 25.5 percent. The level of self-sufficiency in basic food products in the Union as a whole amounted to 92.2 percent in 2024.

In the context of global economic turbulence, the agricultural sector faces a number of major challenges including market instability, disrupted production cycles and dependence on imported materials and equipment. To ensure the reliable functioning of the agro-industrial system of the EAEU member states, it is necessary to establish efficient mechanisms of interstate cooperation.

Together with authorized government bodies and business community, the Commission is developing the conditions and criteria for a mechanism to support the implementation of joint projects in the agro-industrial systems of the EAEU member states. This mechanism will facilitate technology transfer, technological re-equipment, establishment of new joint productions and added value within production cooperation chains, and will help to build export capacity.

The round table will bring together representatives of state authorities, scientific organizations and business, which will create a platform for exchanging views and developing joint solutions on topical issues of cooperation within the EAEU. Participants will be able to discuss best practices, identify existing barriers and propose ways to overcome them, which will be a step towards the efficient development of the region's agro-industrial system.

Matters for discussion:

• which branches of the agro-industrial system have potential for interstate cooperation;
• conditions and criteria for financial support of joint cooperative projects in the agro-industrial system;
• what peculiarities should be taken into account in the development of a mechanism to support cooperation projects in the agro-industrial system;
• potential cooperation projects in the field of agro-industrial system;
• problems faced by business in the implementation of interstate projects;
• the role of financial institutions in supporting interstate projects in the EAEU.

Moderator:

Roman Brodov – First Vice Board Chairman of JSC ‘Development Bank of The Republic of Belarus’

Speakers:

Goar Barseghyan – Member of the Board (Minister) for Industry and Agro-Industrial Complex of the Eurasian Economic Commission;

Arman Khodzhoyan – Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia;

Vadim Shagoiko – Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus;

Vice Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan (to be confirmed);

Samat Nasirdinov – Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic;

Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation (to be confirmed);

Elena Malinovskaya – Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry;

Vice President of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (to be confirmed);

representative from EDB (to be confirmed);

Danil Ibraev – President of the Kyrgyz Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs;

Denis Trefilov – Deputy Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Independent States;

Tajio Shilling – Director General of European Business Association.

(admission by invitation)

In the global context of a growing energy prices, the Eurasian five countries’ decision to create a common electricity market is a reasonable solution for obtaining balanced prices and tariffs for electricity and achieving growth in the national economies of the EAEU countries. Substantial progress has been made in 2023-2024 in preparation of the regulatory framework for the common electricity market, with the adoption of rules for trading, determination and allocation of interstate line capacity, access to interstate transmission services, and information exchange rules.

The Common Energy Market Accession Agreement and its regulations are currently being developed. At this stage, it is important that infrastructure organizations are ready to carry out preparatory activities necessary for the full functioning of the market, which will provide equal access to cross-border electricity trade and expand the volume and methods of mutual trade, smooth peak loads in the energy systems of the EAEU member states, increase the level of utilization of interstate power transmission lines, and eliminate excessive construction of generating facilities.

Matters for discussion:

• risks to the EAEU common electric power market upon the construction of new generation facilities;
• establishment and development of domestic wholesale electricity markets;
• renewable power sources competition with conventional generation in the common electricity market;
• green certificate trade as a potential mechanism for the development of a common electric power market;
• prospects and priorities for the development of the real sector of economy and business community of the EAEU member states in the Union’s common electric power market;
• transformation of the EAEU member states energy industries in the context of common electric power market;
• the EAEU common electric power market as the driver of energy resources availability and energy security for the EAEU member states;
• preparation of infrastructural organizations and energy industries of the EAEU member states for the EAEU common energy market operation;
• who would benefit from limiting competition in the common electric power market;
• what should the level of competition in the common electric power market befor centralized trading to take place.

Moderator:

Vadim Zakrevsky – Director of the Energy Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission;

Arzybek Kozhoshev – Member of the Board (Minister) for Energy and Infrastructure of the Eurasian Economic Commission (opening speech).

Speakers:

Armen Simonyan – Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia;

Denis Moroz – Minister of Energy of the Republic of Belarus;

Evgeny Grabchak – Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation;

Nazgul Usenova – Deputy Minister of Energy of the Kyrgyz Republic;

Sungat Yessimkhanov – Deputy Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Alexander Osmolovsky – Chairman of the Board of JSC ‘Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange’;

Igor Artemyev – President of JSC ‘Saint Petersburg International Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange’

Maxim Bystrov – Management Board Chairman of ‘Market Council NP’ Association, Management Board Chairman of JSC ‘Trading System Administrator of Wholesale Market of the Electric Power’;

Talgat Temirkhanov – Chairman of ALE ‘Kazakhstan Electric Power Association’;

Altynbek Rysbekov – Director General of JSC ‘National Electric Grid of Kyrgyzstan’.

Global climate change has a significant impact on both the economies of the EAEU countries and the global economy as a whole, increasing the vulnerability of population, natural ecosystems, as well as energy, agro-industrial, housing and utilities in individual cities, regions and countries.

For the third year in a row, the Eurasian Economic Commission, together with the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, is holding a large-scale competition designed to find technology leaders of the green agenda and to promote efficient practices for climate mitigation and economy adaptation to the effects of climate change.

In addition to the EAEU member states, projects from 11 more countries have taken part in the competition in 2025: the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of India, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Moldova, the Republic of Senegal, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Turkmenistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Republic of South Africa.

The exchange of best practices and experience in ecology and climate will accelerate environmental transformation in key sectors of the economy and ensure climate resilience of the countries.

The session named ‘Presentation of projects of the Third Green Eurasia international climate competition’ will be held to exchange experience and knowledge, make new business contacts and search for potential partners. The session will strengthen international cooperation and raise awareness of climate change.

Digital transformation of customs authorities in the Eurasian Economic Union (hereinafter – the Union) is an important step towards building a modern, efficient and transparent customs service, aimed at modernizing customs activities using modern digital technologies.

In general, the digital transformation of customs is a powerful tool to improve public administration efficiency, stimulate economic growth and enhance people’s quality of life. It requires a comprehensive approach, including improvement of the regulatory and legal framework, automation of customs clearance and control processes, development and implementation of modern information systems, use of the ‘one-stop service‘ mechanism, integration of various government agencies and departments into a single digital platform to simplify foreign trade procedures, and building a modern and reliable IT infrastructure.

 The digital transformation of customs bodies is a long-term process that will continue in line with the development of digital technologies.

Matters for discussion:

• priority areas of digital transformation of customs authorities with the development of integration processes in the Union: development of intelligent checkpoints, use of the ‘Internet of Things‘, big data, artificial intelligence;
• building a system of information interaction between customs authorities of the Union through the integration of national digital systems and preferential digitalization of customs processes;
• use of digital transformation best practices in the programs for the development of information systems in the Union member states.

Moderator:

Ruslan Davydov – Member of the Board (Minister) for Customs Cooperation of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Speakers:

Nikolai Podguzov – Chairman of Eurasian Development Bank Management Board;

Natalia Kopytaenko – Head of Main Directorate of IT, State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus;

Zhandos Duysembiev – Chairman of the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Dina Mamasheva – Managing Director – Director of Customs Administration Department of National Chamber of Entrepreneurs ATAMEKEN;

Almaz Saliev – Chairman of the State Customs Service of the Ministry of Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic;

Sergei Shklyaev – Deputy Head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia;

Dmitry Kovalenok – Director General of RUE ‘BELTAMOZHSERVICE’ of the Republic of Belarus.

Igbal Babaev – Chairman of Middle Corridor Trade Advisory Committee (MCTAC), international expert of OSCE, UNESCAP;

Alexander Zhukov – Director General of OOO GLOBAL OET

Andrei Pavlyuchenko – Head of the Operational and Analytical Centre under the President of the Republic of Belarus.

"Eurasian Agroexpress” is an integration project aimed to develop the export of agricultural and food products from the EAEU manufacturers to China and towards Turkmenistan, Iran, the UAE and India through the International North–South Transport Corridor. The project has worked way up from the first agro-train to China in 2019 to a large-scale logistics project in the Eurasian space, with transportation volumes over 624 thousand tons and with the participation of many countries and operators from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia with the partnership of the Eurasian Development Bank. The project has proven as an efficient service for the delivery of high quality agricultural products to any point in Eurasia.

 Further successful implementation and expansion of the project directly depend on solving a number of issues related to diversification of the commodity range, elimination of bottlenecks, and fast and efficient customs. This underlines the importance of an integrated and comprehensive discussion of key issues to ensure successful implementation and expansion of the project.

By 2030-2035, the plan is to increase the volume of accelerated transportation of agro-industrial products up to 1 million tons per year with full preservation of the quality of delivered goods and ensuring food security of the EAEU countries.

Matters for discussion:

• building up and diversification of the commodity range: identification of prospective expansion of the product list and increase of supply volumes;
• elimination of bottlenecks: opportunities for the development of transport and logistics infrastructure to improve the efficiency of agro-transportation in Greater Eurasia;
• fast and efficient customs: prospects for the establishment of green corridors along the route of the Eurasian Agroexpress;
• improving trade and logistics efficiency: opportunities to develop a system of trade aggregation of exports and imports through agricultural traders;
• expanding the geography of agricultural supplies under the project: prospects for mutually beneficial cooperation with Global South countries;
• opportunities to support project participants: tariffs and subsidies;
• law making initiatives designed to remove administrative barriers and create conditions for the implementation of the Eurasian Agroexpress project;
• platform solutions and AI application to solve business problems.

Moderator:

Alevtina Kirillova – Director General of EURASIAN AGROLOGISTICS independent NPO

Speakers:

Andrey Slepnev – Member of the Board (Minister) for Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission (opening speech).

Luvsannyam Gantumur – First Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia, Minister of Economy and Development of Mongolia, member of the State Great Khural of Mongolia

Vadim Shagoiko – Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus;

Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana – Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Dmitry Murev – Deputy Managing Director, Head of Russian Railways Centre for Branded Transport Services / RZD Logistics;

Oleg Zhidkov – Chairman of BELGOSPISHCHEPROM concern

Mohammad Ali Dehghan Dehnavi – Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Head of the Trade Promotion Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran;

Alexander Khoroshevich – First Deputy Head of Belarusian Railway;

Dmitry Antonov – Senior Vice President of RESOURCE Agribusiness Group;

Aibek Kapar – Deputy CEO for logistics KTZ Express JSC.

Discussion participants

Sergei Kupreev – Director, BREMINO GROUP LLC;

Alexander Tsybulsky – Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast;

Khabib Abdullaev – CEO, Navoi Free Economic Zone.

The public reception office of the EEC Competition and Anti-monopoly Regulation Unit is an open platform for direct dialogue with the EAEU business community, which allows to present the EEC activities in the field of ensuring competition and public procurement and to discuss problematic business issues and ways to solve them.

To expand the coverage of the target audience and allow more business representatives to participate, Public Receptions are held in a hybrid format (in-person and online), representatives of almost all Commission sections are invited to participate in the Public Receptions.

Within the framework of Public Reception individual consultations are held where the EEC experts provide relevant explanations to business entities.

All materials of Public Receptions are posted at the Commission website in ‘Public Reception’ page: https://eec.eaeunion.org/comission/direction/caa/public_reception/).

Matters for discussion:

• types of violations of general competition rules: abuse of a dominant position, anticompetitive agreements, unfair competition;
• the procedure for filing an application for violation of general competition rules in the cross-border markets of the EAEU;
• the competencies of the EEC and competition authorities of the EAEU member states in cross-border markets;
• cases of violations of general competition rules considered by the EEC;
• mutual participation in state/municipal procurements of the EAEU countries;
• other issues of interest to business;
• individual guidance.

Moderator:

Maxim Ermolovich – Member of the Board (Minister) for Competition and Anti-monopoly Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission;

Speakers:

Sergei Maximov – Director of Anti-monopoly Regulation Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission;

Zhanar Adikova – Director of the Department of Competition Policy and Public Procurement Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission;

Representative from the Ministry of Anti-Monopoly Regulation and Trade of the Republic of Belarus (to be confirmed).

Participants:

Representatives of EAEU member states business communities, other participants of the Eurasian Economic Forum, representatives Eurasian Economic Commission sections, management of the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade of the Republic of Belarus, the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

In accordance with the Guidelines for Industrial Cooperation until 2030 within the EAEU, its member states recognise nuclear technologies as the priority for the development of industrial cooperation.

 Today the Union countries have accumulated considerable experience in terms of developments, science and technology expertise, projects in non-energy application of nuclear technologies, launching innovative production of radiopharmaceuticals, creating modern nuclear medical centres, equipment for the nuclear industry and the needs of nuclear medicine.

This round table discussion is designed to highlight the competencies of the EAEU member states in the application of nuclear technologies in various industries, to present their major achievements, projects, and products to identify the potential and areas for the development of cooperation within the EAEU.

Matters for discussion:

• major achievements and developments of the EAEU member states in nuclear and radiation technologies;
• industrial cooperation potential of the EAEU member states in nuclear technologies, identification of promising areas for cooperation;
• opportunities for using the EEC financial assistance mechanism of industrial cooperation in the implementation of joint projects of the EAEU member states in nuclear technologies;
• opportunities for the development of cooperation between the EAEU member states in nuclear medicine:
• production of radiopharmaceuticals in the EAEU member states;
• Russia-Kyrgyzstan project of nuclear medicine centre in the Kyrgyz Republic, prospects for development in the EAEU;
• Russian project of MBIR multipurpose research reactor as an opportunity for the development of scientific and technical cooperation of the EAEU member states;
• the expedience of establishing a Eurasian technology platform in the field of nuclear and radiation technologies as a tool to stimulate industrial cooperation.

Moderator:

Stanislav Levitsky – Director of ROSATOM Belarus

Speakers:

Goar Barseghyan – Member of the Board (Minister) for Industry and Agro-Industrial Complex of the Eurasian Economic Commission (opening speech);

Lyudmila Zalimskaya – ROSATOM Special Representative for International Projects;

Vasily Konstantinov – Director General of Consortium Leader of MBIR Reactor LLC;

Yersaiyn Nagaspayev – Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Erlan Batyrbekov – Director General of National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Evgeny Ermakov – Deputy Director General for Production, Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Denis Moroz – Minister of Energy of the Republic of Belarus;

Andrei Kuzmin – Director General of the Joint Institute for Power and Nuclear Research – Sosny;

Erkin Checheybaev – Minister of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic;

Vahram Petrosyan – Director General of Armenian Scientific-Research Institute for Nuclear Power Plant Operation;

Azim Akhmedkhadjaev – Director, Atomic Energy Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

(admission by invitation)