Top governmental officials from more than 60 countries, heads of international institutions, global decision-makers, corporate executives and staff from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) gathered in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi to consider a strategy for the EBRD regions for the coming years.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti opened the EBRD 24th Annual Meeting and Business Forum at Tbilisi Rustaveli Theatre building.
The event continued with the EBRD Board of Governors meeting and Discussion Panels on various issues including gender in business and investing in green infrastructure.
The EBRD’s economists revealed the new economic forecasts for the countries where EBRD works - which stretch from central and south Eastern Europe, through to the Caucasus and Central Asia and to the southern and eastern Mediterranean.
Georgia as the host also held the country’s special investment outlook session to give participants an understanding of the investment climate and the opportunities in Georgia.
‘Georgia – Invest in Growth’ was the theme of the session, which was followed by a discussion panel of Georgia’ Finance and Economy Ministers, banking experts and business envoys, moderated by CNN’s Emerging Markets Editor John Defterios.
This was first time the EBRD Annual Meeting is held in the Caucasus region and the EBRD President underlined that "Georgia is one of the most innovative of the more than 30 countries of operations where EBRD supports transition to free and open markets”.
