Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Today, on 16 May, the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) began its work in Samarkand. This year’s theme is Investing in Resilience.

Within three days Samarkand will receive more than 2000 guests from 73 states. Among them are representatives of foreign governments, heads of transnational corporations, heads of international financial institutions and banks, well-known experts in the field of economics, investment, finance and technology, as well as representatives of the world’s leading media.

Over 50 panel discussions, partnership sessions, high-level events, press conferences, institutional events of the Bank and other events will be held within the framework of the meeting. Among the issues discussed are international trade, the development of renewable energy sources, support for small and medium-sized businesses, the importance of digitalization for expanding markets, the implementation of the EBRD’s Green Cities program, and the prospects for the regional economy.

A business forum and a number of signings of investment agreements and contracts will take place on the sidelines of the event. Already on the first day, it is planned to sign an Agreement on attracting a financing line between Uzpromstroybank and the EBRD, a Memorandum between the EBRD and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, as well as a signing between the EBRD and ACWA Power.

This is just the beginning. As the speakers note, the level of documents planned for signing, as well as the participation of high-level guests at the event, is the result of the trusting attitude of international government and investment circles to the successful institutional reforms and transformations carried out in Uzbekistan in recent years, the desire to learn more and become closer to our country.