The Eurasian Development Bank and Kazakhstan Launch an AI Platform for Business
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into Kazakhstan's public administration is opening new digital corridors for EAEU businesses. Projects of the EDB's Digital Initiatives Fund are becoming the foundation for creating a unified technological space for the five EAEU countries. Deepening partnerships in high technology are accelerating the development of the Greater Eurasian Partnership.
On March 30, 2026, in Shymkent, at the Digital Qazaqstan forum, the EDB's Digital Initiatives Fund (EDB's Digital Initiatives Fund) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization of the Republic of Kazakhstan. According to the EDB's press service, the parties agreed to jointly implement AI solutions and exchange expertise to transform key economic sectors.
2025 was a record year for the Bank in terms of the number of projects implemented in Kazakhstan aimed at digitalizing public administration and implementing AI. This was discussed during a meeting attended by Tigran Sargsyan, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of the Eurasian Development Bank, and Zhaslan Madiyev, Deputy Prime Minister.
In response, the Kazakh side proposed creating a registry of open-source solutions for replication across all of the Bank's member countries. Zhaslan Madiyev proposed creating a registry of Kazakhstani e-government AI components for scaling within the Eurasian Development Bank.
The process of technological convergence within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) received a powerful boost in 2020 with the creation of the Eurasian Development Bank's Federal Digital Center. The first major success was the "Traveling Without COVID-19" app, which demonstrated the viability of common digital standards in nine CIS countries. By 2024, the focus shifted from operational response to strategically building the region's "digital sovereignty."
Eurasian integration today is not only about customs duties but also about software code compatibility. The development of joint AI platforms allows small and medium-sized businesses to access capabilities previously available only to global corporations. The expert community emphasizes that technological connectivity is the key to economic sustainability. Previously, analysts at Delovaya Eurasia pointed to the inevitability of the transition to a platform economy. The creation of unified digital platforms in the EAEU is a matter of the survival of our markets in the face of global competition. AI will become a crucial link that will connect logistics, finance, and government services into a transparent system. Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as dynamic members of the EAEU, can become drivers of the digital agenda if they offer their EAEU partners ready-made cloud solutions that minimize bureaucratic barriers. Artificial intelligence in industry and logistics is no longer a luxury, but a tool for reducing costs in cross-border trade.
The signing of the memorandum in Shymkent completes the formation of a digital partnership framework, where artificial intelligence becomes a core management tool. Scaling up Kazakhstani developments across the entire EDB region will create a unified standard for business and government interactions from Minsk to Bishkek.
The development of high technologies within the Greater Eurasian Partnership is transforming the region into a key hub for the digital economy of the future. Investments in AI competencies today determine the configuration of trade and financial flows for decades to come.
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