EIB Delegation expected to visit Kazakhstan
Brussels, 1 February 2022 - Ambassador Margulan Baimukhan met with the representatives of the European Investment Bank (EIB), including Rafal Rybacki, the Head of Division covering Eastern Neighborhood and Central Asia, and Adam Bruun, the Principal Advisor for Central Asia.
During the meeting, the promising areas of cooperation between Kazakhstan and the EIB, including the cooperation on climate change, agriculture, transport, logistics, digitalization, and support for Kazakh small and medium-sized enterprises were discussed. In addition, the EIB representatives commended the initiatives of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
Special attention was devoted to strengthening EIB partnerships with representatives of the public and private entities of Kazakhstan, including "National Management Holding "Baiterek" JSC, "Development Bank of Kazakhstan" JSC, "Damu" Entrepreneurship Development Fund" JSC, and "KMF" Microfinance Organization" LLP.
During the meeting, the promising areas of cooperation between Kazakhstan and the EIB, including the cooperation on climate change, agriculture, transport, logistics, digitalization, and support for Kazakh small and medium-sized enterprises were discussed. In addition, the EIB representatives commended the initiatives of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
Special attention was devoted to strengthening EIB partnerships with representatives of the public and private entities of Kazakhstan, including "National Management Holding "Baiterek" JSC, "Development Bank of Kazakhstan" JSC, "Damu" Entrepreneurship Development Fund" JSC, and "KMF" Microfinance Organization" LLP.
Following the meeting, the interlocutors reached an agreement to organize the visit of the EIB delegation to Kazakhstan in the first half of 2022.
The EIB is also called the "Climate Bank" of the European Union. In 2021, the EIB Group scaled up its activities, providing a record €95 billion in financing. Since 1958, the EIB has invested more than €1.5 trillion in more than 14,400 projects outside the European Union.