On February 12, 2025, the Sustainability Academy of the Union of Banks of Kyrgyzstan, within the framework of a signed memorandum of cooperation, jointly with the Central Asian Institute for Environmental Research (CAIER), conducted a specialized training for representatives of OJSC “Eldik Bank”. The event focused on key aspects of the climate agenda and ecological transformation in the financial sector.

Key Topics of the Training:

• Fundamentals of the climate agenda: causes, consequences of climate change, and global challenges.
• Climate change regulation.
• Carbon footprint assessment and reporting in banks.
• The role of the financial sector and government in addressing climate issues.
• Current trends and strategies in the ecological transformation of the financial sector.

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VIII INTERNATIONAL BANKING FORUM 2024 (IBF 2024) is coming to Baku on December 3-4, 2024, in collaboration with MasterCard. Held at the Baku Marriott Hotel Boulevard, the Forum will focus on “Reliable, Safe, and Sustainable Banking”. The event is backed by the Azerbaijan Banks Association, the Central Bank of Azerbaijan, and the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport.

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We are excited to announce FINTEX SUMMIT ISTANBUL 2023 (FINTEX – FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGIES EXPO) in partnership with VISA, to be held on December 5-6, 2023 in Istanbul, Türkiye, at Wyndham Grand Istanbul Levent with the subject of “New Trends in Banking and Finance Ecosystem: Innovative Solutions, FinTech And Security”.

FINTEX SUMMIT ISTANBUL 2023 – will be held in ISTANBUL, Türkiye, on 5-6 December, 2023

Summit is organized by the Council of Banks Associations of the Turkic States, and supported by The Banks Association of Türkiye, The Participation Banks Association of Türkiye, Azerbaijan Banks Association, Association of Banks of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Banks Union, Uzbekistan Banking Association, Georgian Banks Association and Hungarian Bank Association.

We are excited to announce VII INTERNATIONAL BANKING FORUM 2023 in partnership with MasterCard, to be held on November 1-2, 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan at Baku Marriott Hotel Boulevard, with the subject: RELIABLE, SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE BANKING. The Forum is supported by the Azerbaijan Banks Association, Central Bank of Azerbaijan, Ministry of Digital Development and Transport.

The IBF will be onsite with sessions and exhibition area, besides we will have online speeches and online participation opportunity. 

On 19-20 September 2023, the regional conference “Financing the transition to green and net zero in the EU Eastern Partnership countries and Central Asia” took place in Brussels, Belgium, in a hybrid format.

The purpose of the event was to present the progress made by the EU-Central Asia Eastern Partnership countries in investing in the green and net-zero transition. Such a transition is critical for addressing climate change and environmental degradation. The conference also discussed the critical steps to accelerate green public investment, increase the availability of green finance, using an array of instruments, as well as re-orient private capital flows to support the greening of the economic development of the region.

During the discussions, the Union of Banks of Kyrgyzstan shared the already implemented activities and plans aimed at building a framework for Sustainable Finance in the Kyrgyz Republic, as well as preliminary discussions on possible further interactions, in particular with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( EBRD) and other participants of the event.

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