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Problems and prospects of industrial cooperation in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and tools for developing interaction between entrepreneurs were discussed by participants of the Eurasian Industrial Congress “Integration”, held on October 15 in Moscow. The discussion was attended by Members of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC). The initiative to hold the Congress comes from business representatives of the Union States interested in increasing effective and productive cooperation and creating high-tech production associations demanded by the market.

On October 14, the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Board considered some issues in the spheres of industrial cooperation, common market of services, customs and technical regulation, transport and infrastructure, macroeconomics, functioning of the internal market and digitalization of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) economies.

Karine Minasyan, Minister in charge of Internal Markets, Informatization, Information and Communication Technologies of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), presented the essential idea and approaches to creating an ecosystem of digital transport corridors of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) at the panel session "Common Eurasian transport and logistics system as a foundation of transit potential" within the International Forum "Transit potential of the Eurasian continent" launched in Yerevan.

A meeting of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Council with the involvement of Deputy Heads of Governments of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries and Tigran Sargsyan, Chairman of the EEC Board, was held on September 30 in Yerevan (Armenia). The EEC Council’s Members considered issues in the spheres of functioning of the EAEU internal market, integration, customs tariff and technical regulation, international trade and economic cooperation, digitalization of the EAEU countries’ economies, tax policy and a number of others.

“Agro-industrial ecosystem creation is an important element of digital transformation. Here, a cross-sectoral approach is required, when we operate under a principle of rapid strategic planning through project activities. Logistics cannot be considered separately from the whole process of agricultural production. The digital ecosystem of agro-industrial complex should include an overall lifecycle from production, movement, consumption and utilization of agro-products. If we identify all the elements of this system at the very beginning and start developing them in parallel, only then we’ll succeed”, - Karine Minasyan, Member of the Board - Minister in charge of Internal Markets, Informatization, Information and Communication Technologies of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) stressed during the expert discussion “Logistics of agro-industrial exports: international digital platform” within the International Forum “Eurasian Week – 2019” in Bishkek.

Is the free movement of goods, services, capital and labor in mutual trade a myth or a reality? This topic was debated during the discussion unleashed on September 26 at the session “Internal market of the EAEU - myths and realities” within the “Eurasian Week – 2019” forum.

Participants of the Innovation Projects International Contest “Eurasian Digital Platforms” presented their developments to experienced international investors gathered at the “IT-InvestShow” within the “Eurasian Week – 2019” forum on September 26, in Bishkek.

SmartCheck – a platform for authenticating products using microchips, the Republic of Armenia – won the lead in the Innovation Projects International Contest “Eurasian Digital Platforms” in 2019. E-Agro-Map – a project for producing agricultural e-maps, the Kyrgyz Republic – won the second place. AgroStream – a project, which is a solution for managing processes of agricultural enterprises, the Republic of Kazakhstan – won the third place. “Bank of Business Partners” - an online platform of solutions and services for import and export from Sberbank, the Russian Federation – and “Universal payment aggregator for online trading in the EAEU” - a single payment platform for the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries, the Republic of Belarus – were awarded the victory in the “Eurasian Economic Commission’s Sympathies” category.

E-Agro-Map (e-agricultural maps), “West Asia” (digital system for recording discrepancies and malfunctions on production site) and MyCargo.su (marketplace for cargo shipping in the EAEU States) became winners of the semi-final of the Innovation Projects International Contest “Eurasian Digital Platforms” in 2019 in the Kyrgyz Republic.

Serik Zhumangarin, Member of the Board – Minister in charge of Competition and Antitrust Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), and Sergey Katyrin, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, agreed on this issue in Moscow on September 16.