On June 23-24, 2017 the CIS Financial and Banking Council together with the Russian-Czech Joint Chamber of Commerce, with the support of CIS Executive Committee arranged the International Financial and Economic Forum of CIS and European countries “Prague business meetings” (The Czech Republic, Prague). The Forum was dedicated to the cooperation between financial, banking and business structures in CIS and Europe.

The program of the Forum included discussions of export finance, financial support of trade and investment operations, new formats of cooperation between CIS and EU, and also presentations of projects important for integration and cross-border cooperation. The participants of the Forum will change experience of addressing such issues, gained in the European countries and international financial centers.

Among the participants were chairmen of central (national) banks and stock exchanges, leaders of financial agencies, banking units and association, heads of the largest commercial and investment banks, as well as investment companies of CIS and the EU. Mr. Anatoly Kazakov, Chairman of the Coordination Council of the Financial and Banking Council of CIS opened and moderated the plenary session.

Reports were made by:

Vladimir Bertl – Deputy Minister of industry and trade of the Czech Republic

Sergey Ivanov – Deputy Chairman of Executive Committee – Executive Secretary of CIS

Peter Pirunchik – Representative of Administration of the President of the Czech Republic

Feodosy Vladyshevsky – Charge d’affaires ad interim of the Russian Federation in the Czech Republic

Valery Kurdyukov – Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus in the Czech Republic

Sergan Abdykarimov – Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Czech Republic

Sergey Gaplikov – the Head of the Republic of Komi (Russian Federation)

Aliona Vitaskova – the Head of Energy Regulating Committee of the Czech Republic

Leosh Tomichek – Senior Vice-President of EPC-projects of “Rosatom Overseas” Ltd. in Africa, Latin America and CIS

Tigran Davtyan – Head of Financial Policy in the European Economic Commission (EEU) and many other.

От Финансово-банковской ассоциации ЕвроАзиатского Сотрудничества в работе форума приняли участие Генеральный директор ФБА ЕАС Березовой Олег Владимирович.

На форуме выступающими были рассмотрены актуальные на сегодня темы:

- Экономики стран СНГ: от кризиса к новым точкам роста;

- Европейский союз: перспективы восстановления сотрудничества на территории Содружества международных и национальных институтов развития;

- Европейская энергетическая политика и её влияние на энергетические рынки;

- Подходы Госкорпорации «Росатом» к финансированию проектов сооружения АЭС;

- Интеграция финансовых рынков на пространстве ЕАЭС;

- Банковские системы стран ЕС и СНГ: адаптация к новым вызовам на евроазиатских рынках;

- Консолидация новых возможностей в сфере инвестиционных рисков для страховых рынков стран Содружества;

- Перспективы инвестиционной и экспортно-импортной деятельности в условиях существующих санкционных ограничений;

- Чешские компании на рынках СНГ – традиционный лидер среди восточно-европейских стран Европейского Союза;

- Опыт и потенциал развития экспортных проектов и программ республики Чехия на территории СНГ.

The Financial&Banking Association of Euro-Asian Cooperation was represented by Mr. Oleg Berezovoy, General Director of FBA EAC.

Issues discussed at the Forum included:

- Economies of CIS: from crisis to new growing points;

- European Union: possibilities to recover cooperation on the territory of Commonwealth of international and national institutes of development;

- European energy policy and its influence on energy markets;

- Rosatom approaches to financing NPP construction projects;

- Integration of financial markets in EAEU area;

- Banking systems of the EU and CIS: meeting new challenges on Eurasian markets;

- Consolidation of new opportunities in investment risks for insurance markets in Commonwealth countries;

- Future of investment and export-import activity with regards to sanctions;

- Czech companies on the CIS markets – traditional leader among East European countries of the EU;

- Experience and perspectives of export projects and programs of the Czech Republic in CIS.