http://aef.kz Fri, 18 May 2012 04:07:55 +0600 60 http://aef.kz/en/news/266577/ May 10, 2012. A press conference was held in the Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists in advance of the V Astana Economic Forum on May 22-24 (hereinafter - the AEF, the Forum). The main Forum location is the Independence Palace, whereas its main subject is &quot;Global Economic Transformation: Challenges and Development Prospects&quot;. <div style="text-align: center;"><b>The V Astana Economic Forum will be held in Astana</b></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"><b>May 10, 2012. </b>A press conference was held in the <b>Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists</b> in advance of the <b>V Astana Economic Forum on May 22-24 </b>(further - the AEF, the Forum). The main Forum location is the Independence Palace, whereas its main subject is <b>Global economic transformation: </b><b>"</b><b>Challenges and Perspectives of development"</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">A Grand Opening of the <b>V AEF</b> will take place on May 23rd with the participation of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Among the guests and Forum participants are representatives from the global scientific, business communities, government officials, international experts such as Francis Gurry - Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Min Zhu - Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Sha Zukang - UN Deputy Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, the Nobel Prize Laureates in Economics - R.Mundell, R.Aumann, K.Pissarides, politicians: Wim Kok - President of the Madrid Club, ex-Prime-Minister of the Netherlands, Romano Prodi - ex-Prime-Minister of Italy, Tony Blair - ex-Prime-Minister of the United Kingdom, business community: L.Nyberg, President "TeliaSonera", J.Frenkel - Chairman of the Corporation "JPMorgan Chase International"</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">To date, over <b>500 distinguished guests and more than 300 journalists</b> have confirmed their attendance.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">The Forum agenda includes more than <b>40 events</b> in various formats with participation of more than 6,500 delegates from 85 countries.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">One of the most exclusive events of the Forum will be a <b>"Dialogue of the leaders: new financial and economic policy",</b> where the interactive debate on global development issues will be attended by the most senior figures from the spheres of economy, business, politics and mass media.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">The next important events will be a permanent <b>conference of finance ministers of the CIS </b>countries as well as the conference "Crisis of existence of an international financial architecture", which will focus on counteractions to regional recessions, as well as development of new mechanisms of financial and economic stability.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">In addition, the AEF framework will also include the <b>VII Innovation Congress</b> on the theme &ldquo;business innovation - the path to a competitive economy&rdquo; organized by the JSC National Agency for Technological Development. It is also to hold a panel session<b>&ldquo;Effective entrepreneurship: an efficient economy&rdquo;</b>, organized by the JSC Damu &ldquo;Entrepreneurship Development Fund&rdquo;. For a discussion of a wide range of issues of PPP development in the area of reconstruction and construction of infrastructure, issues in small and medium-sized businesses, as well as innovative development, a group of leading experts was invited from the UK, Japan, Russia, international financial institutions and international consultancies.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">During the V AEF, the <b>Global Energy-Ecological Forum</b> will also take place. It will focus on the development of alternative energy sources. "Energy of the Future" is the theme proposed by Kazakhstan for holding of the EXPO 2017 in Astana which would help the country to attract new technologies for this sector.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">For the first time within the Forum, the debates will be held in TV format with the participation of local and international media outlets such as<i> CNN, The Economist, Kazakhstan TV </i>and others.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">The main outcome of the Forum will traditionally be an <b>Open Letter</b> to the countries' governments with recommendations for improvement and development of world economy which will be sent to the organizing committees <b>G-8</b> and <b>G-20,</b> I<b>nternational Monetary Fund, World Bank, United Nations, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">The development of the <b>Forum recommendations </b>involved more than 70 experts from 40 countries via the online communication platform G-Global of the Astana Economic Forum at <a href="http://www.g-global.aef.kz./" id="bxid_279507" >www.g-global.aef.kz.</a> This also included feedback received from the experts at University of Cambridge (UK), Yale University (USA), Intelligence in Science (Belgium), Solbridge International School of Business (South Korea), Universite de Setif (Algeria), and many other educational and research centres.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">As the<b> Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists</b> Chairman noted: <i>"Every year we see an increased interest in the AEF among the international community. Astana Economic Forum has received wide international recognition, while the geography of the participants is expanding every year. Each of the past four AEF&rsquo;s had its main direction, and issued relevant recommendations for improvement of the global economy. The upcoming anniversary Forum is ready to accept all the guests and provide mind-provoking discussion of the important issues of the world economy in the heart of Eurasia".</i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">The Agenda of the V Astana Economic Forum, a list of confirmed speakers and media registration (until May 15, 2012) are available on the official website<b> www.aef.kz.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">A dedicated news portal for the media is available at: <a href="http://www.aef.media-city.kz./" id="bxid_336321" >www.aef.media-city.kz.</a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Contact information</i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><i> <br /> </i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><i>International Press Centre</i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><i>V Astana Economic Forum</i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Amanzhol Aitkazin</i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><i>+7 7172 48 20 26</i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><i>+ 7 701 521 04 03</i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><i>a.aitkazin@media-agency.kz </i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><i> <br /> </i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Aigul Talpakova</i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><i>+7 7172 48 20 26</i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><i>+ 7 701 288 10 21</i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><i>a.talpakova@ media-agency.kz </i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><i> <br /> </i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Gulim Orazbayeva</i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><i>+7 7172 701 791</i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><i>orazbayeva@aef.kz</i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Background note:</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Organizers of the V Astana Economic Forum </b>- "Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists" Association, 14 Ministries of the Republic of Kazakhstan, National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund, UN, World Intellectual Property Organization, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee, Club de Madrid, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and others.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><b>G-Global Communication Platform</b> - an international virtual project aimed at discussion and development of mechanisms to overcome the global financial and economic crisism initiated by the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">G-Global platform is an invitation to cooperation and collaboration of all states, intergovernmental and non-governmental actors in world politics, as well as individual politicians, public figures, experts and scholars.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Operating within the Astana Economic Forum, G-Global brings together hundreds of thousands of visitors from 143 countries. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">According to the Chairman of the "Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists" Association, www.gglobal.aef.kz website is daily visited by more than 7 thousand people, making it second only to the WEF (Davos Forum) website, while being ranked ahead of all economic forums in the search index. <br /> <br /> </div> <iframe width="420" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EEf5aVg1cx0"></iframe> Thu, 10 May 2012 17:17:56 +0600 http://aef.kz/en/news/260562/ The Fifth Astana Economic Forum from May 22 to 24 will shed light on some of the most pressing economic issues of our times, offer participants a chance to rub shoulders with Nobel Prize winners and other glitterati, and present business opportunities. The <b>Fifth Astana Economic Forum</b> from <b>May 22 to 24 </b>will shed light on some of the most pressing economic issues of our times, offer participants a chance to rub shoulders with Nobel Prize winners and other glitterati, and present business opportunities. <br /> The annual Astana conferences, which began in 2008, have quickly become important venues for the discussion of global economic challenges and a place where Kazakhstan leaders can showcase the nation&rsquo;s accomplishments and learn from some of the world’s top minds. <br /> Last year the Forum drew 3,500 participants from 75 countries &ndash; almost nine times the 400 participants as the first conference in 2007. This year’s conference in the Palace of Independence in Kazakhstan’s capital city is expected to attract 5,000 people from 80 countries. <br /> &rdquo;The <b>Astana Economic Forum</b> is an annual interactive platform for discussions and solutions of global problems that is unparalleled in its scope and level around the Eurasian region,” said Murat Karimsakov, chairman of the executive body of the Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists Association, the main Forum organizer. <br /> This Fifth Astana Economic Forum will feature an astounding <b>12 Nobel Prize winners</b> – five more than last year. <br /> Speakers besides the Nobel laureates will include heads of state, government ministers, central bank governors, leading economists, top corporate executives, leaders of international organizations such as branches of the United Nations and leaders of non-governmental organizations. <br /> President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who will give the Forum’s opening address, will head a list of Kazakh notables who include many government ministers. <br /> Among the most recognizable non-Kazakh names will be former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Hungarian architect and engineer Erno Rubik, inventor of Rubik’s Cube. For a comprehensive list of notables registered for the Forum, go to the link www.aef.kz/en/speakers. <br /> The Forum’s Nobel tradition began in its second year in 2009, when two laureates showed up. In 2010 there were three laureates and in 2011 there were seven. <br /> Kazakhstan doesn’t invite the laureates to show off or to try to differentiate the Astana Economic Forum from other events of its kind, economic expert Zhanar Aizhanova said in 2011. Aizhanova, who was Kazakhstan’s minister of Economic Development and Trade last year, said Forum organizers believe the laureates offer some of the best insightful in the world on economic issues. <br /> Two of the issues that Nobel winners and others are expected to address at this year’s Forum is what many experts see as dysfunctional global economic and financial systems. <br /> In December of last year, President Nazarbayev proposed an alternative to the current system of the G-8 and G-20 nations playing the major role in shaping economy policy that affects the entire world. <br /> Contending that these nations set policies that protect or enhance their interests rather than the world community’s, the president called for a larger group of policy-setting nations, including developing countries. <br /> His proposal, the <b>G-Global Initiative</b>, is certain to be a hot topic of discussion at the Fifth Astana Economic Forum. You can learn more about it by going to the Web site <a href="www.g-global.aef.kz." >www.g-global.aef.kz.</a> <br /> &ldquo;This year the Astana Economic Forum will be of economic significance, and hopefully the discussions will include our G-Global idea for overcoming the global crisis,” he said. The president was referring to the fact that much of the world continues to suffer from the lingering effects of a downturn in the global economy in 2008 and 2009. <br /> Nazarbayev has also said that the world needs a new global currency to replace the dollar – or at least a basket of regional currencies. <br /> Robert Mundell, a Canadian who won the Nobel Prize in economics in 1999, agrees with the president. He said at last year’s Astana Economic Forum that the world needs a fairer currency system because fluctuations in the dollar can do great damage to some countries’ economies. <br /> “I am interested in the reform of the international monetary system, and I came to Kazakhstan especially to discuss this issue,” Mundell said at a previous Forum. <br /> In addition to discussions of the global economic and financial systems, the Forum will offer insight into other economic topics and on specific industries. <br /> The Forum’s main organizer, the Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists Association, has put together a list of broader economic topics that include: <br /> -- Innovation, competitiveness and entrepreneurship. The whole world is interested in these topics, but they have special relevance in Kazakhstan, which is going all out to develop a 21st Century economy. <br /> -- How to achieve a sustainable economy. Kazakhstan is oil-, gas- and minerals-rich, but wants to begin planning now for the days when its vast national resources begin to dwindle. <br /> -- Investment. Kazakhstan has had stunning success in attracting foreign investment since independence 20 years ago -- $120 billion, to be exact. But it needs more investment to modernize its roads, rail system, pipelines, electrical grids and other infrastructure. <br /> Investment is such an important subject that much of the discussion will come at Astana Invest 2012, a special event on the sidelines of the Forum. <br /> Astana officials will be at the Forum touting their city as an investment venue. The capital, which boasts some of the most innovative architecture in the world, has been an engine of Kazakhstan’s economic growth the past 15 years, tripling to 750,000 residents. <br /> -- Initial public offerings of stock, or IPOs. This issue is on the minds of Kazakhs because the country plans to privatize a number of its national companies by issuing stock. President Nazarbayev came up with the idea of Peoples IPOs to help rank-and-file Kazakhs benefit from the country’s rapid development. <br /> -- Public Private Partnerships. A particular focus of this discussion with be partnerships in tourism. Kazakhstan, which has huge tourism potential, is facing the challenging task of developing the costly infrastructure that allows its tourism industry to take off. <br /> -- Employment and fair-wage practices. <br /> -- Modernizing the civil service. <br /> The Astana Economic Forum’s industry-focused topics will include: <br /> -- Managing fossil-fuel resources. Oil and gas are at the heart of Kazakhstan’s economy, so learning how to manage these resources better is a major concern. <br /> -- Challenges to developing a top-flight health-care system, medical-equipment-production industry and pharmaceutical-production industry. Kazakhstan is making sweeping changes in its health-care system, and has begun producing its own medical equipment and drugs. <br /> -- The Customs Union’s attempt to become a food hub. Food security is a key issue in a world with a growing population, water shortages, drought and other challenges to food production. <br /> The Customs Union countries of Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus are major food producers that can help nations in need. Kazakhstan is not only one of the world’s biggest grain producers, for example, but is the global leader in flour production . It’s also developing one of the world’s largest beef industries. <br /> -- Communications. Another special event on the sidelines of the Forum will be Connect Kazakhstan, which will focus on information and communication technology. Kazakhstan is making rapid strides in this area, but plans to modernize further in coming years. <br /> -- Opportunities in Kazakhstan’s transportation sector. The country is rebuilding its portion of the Silk Road Highway from Western Europe to China. It’s also spending billions of dollars to modernize its national railway system with new track, locomotives, passenger and freight cars and other equipment. <br /> In addition to holding seminars, roundtables and other events that are open to everyone, the Astana Economic Forum organizers schedule specialty “conferences within conferences.” <br /> For example, there will be a conference of finance ministers of the Common of Independent States, or former Soviet countries. <br /> There will also be a meeting of educational ministers of member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which Kazakhstan chaired last year. Kazakhstan is expected to play an influential role in this conference. It is reforming its educational system from top to bottom with a goal of making it one of the world’s best. <br /> In addition to soaking up ideas to improve their businesses, Astana Economic Forum participants can make contacts at the conference that lead to business deals. In fact, the Forum will help them with that. <br /> One of the services that Forum organizers offer is arranging meetings between prospective business partners. Those interested in a meeting with another Forum participant may ask the organizers to line up the meeting. <br /> The conference organizers have arranged meeting rooms at the Forum venue – the Palace of Independence -- specifically for those interested in forging business partnerships. <br /> The more high-profile the person you want to meet, the more time the organizers need to arrange the meeting. So get your requests in early by emailing <a href="mailto:meetings@aef.kz." >meetings@aef.kz.</a> <br /> The<b> Astana Economic Forum</b> typically schedules exhibitions in conjunction with its presentation events – and this year will be no exception. <br /> One exhibition will be “Industrial and Innovation Potential of Kazakhstan.” Another will focus on information and communication technology, and a still another on investing in Kazakhstan. <br /> Those wishing to attend the Astana Economic Forum will find additional information, including how to register, at <a href="http://aef.kz" >www.aef.kz.</a> Fri, 04 May 2012 12:54:53 +0600 http://aef.kz/en/news/92637/       In compliance with the relevant recommendations of Council of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) aiming at promoting intra-OCI trade and enhancing cooperation with central Asia OIC Member states, the Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT), the National Export & Investment Agency of Kazakhstan &ldquo;KAZNEX INVEST&rdquo; and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC, member of Islamic Development Bank Group), organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Economic and Development and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan, “the 1st OIC-Central Asia Business Forum” in Astana, from 22 to 23 November 2011. <br />     The main objective of this Business forum is on the one hand, to sensitize the economic operators on potential and real trade opportunities between the two groups of countries and to make known to participants the different services and products offered to the business circles by the regional and international institutions attending this forum (Islamic Development Bank Group, ICDT, World Bank, EBRD etc&hellip;) on the other. <br />       Therefore, it is open to the participation of the economic operators, professional associations, trade promotion organs, investment promotion agencies, diplomatic missions and trade representations of the OIC Member States, insurance, companies of foreign trade and interested international and regional organizations. <br />      In view of the low volume of trade and investments between the Central Asian Republics and the other OIC Member States, Association of Eurasian economic club of scientist representative&rsquo;s took part in this business forum and considered the importance of reviewing the ways and means to intensify Intra-OIC trade with this important OIC Zone. <br /> Fri, 18 May 2012 04:07:55 +0600 http://aef.kz/en/news/87848/ <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <div style="text-align: justify; ">A new article by Nursultan Nazarbayev entitled &laquo;Eurasian Union: from idea to the history of the future&raquo; has been published in the Russian newspaper «Izvestia». Now this is one of the most debated topics in Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. </div> </blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <div style="text-align: justify; "> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify; "><a href="/upload/news/statya Nazarbayeva.pdf" target="_blank" >The full version of the article</a></div> </blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <div style="text-align: justify; "> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="1">Source: www.izvestia.ru</font></div> </blockquote> Fri, 18 May 2012 04:07:55 +0600 http://aef.kz/en/news/10869/ <p><b><u>INFORMATION SERVICES </u></b></p> <p><b>1. Information service </b></p> <p>Information service of AEF works at your favor: 8 7172 701 808, 8 7172 701 804. </p> <p></p> <p>From 09.00 till 23.00 service operators will give any necessary information concerning participation in the cultural, business program of the Forum, about registration procedure and access to the place the Forum and other questions about III АEF in English, Russian and Kazakh languages. </p> <p></p> <p><b>2. Information-service centers on the Forum platform </b></p> <p><i>Information-service centre which is in the foyer of the complex &laquo;Independence Palace&raquo; </i></p> <p><b>Participants are rendered the following services: </b></p> <p>- Provide with necessary information concerning the business and cultural program of Forum </p> <p>- Navigation for Forum halls </p> <p>- Copying, scanning, printing documents </p> <p>- Reception and sending of facsimile messages </p> <p>- Individual transport service (forum taxi) </p> <p>- Lost and found Department </p> <p></p> <p>Also the necessary information can be received at the reception, on accreditation racks in hotels "Rixos", "Beijing-Palace", «Radisson», "Duman", "Tengri", also in the information centre of the Astana International Airport and at information points before the complex «Independence Palace». </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><b>3. </b><b>Medical</b><b> Center</b><b> </b></p> <p></p> <p>Medical center is situated on the ground floor of the complex &ldquo;The Palace of Independence&rdquo;, next to the cloakroom. Also, there is always an on-duty ambulance with necessary medical equipment. </p> Fri, 18 May 2012 04:07:55 +0600