Connecting Eurasia Dialogue: From the Atlantic to the Pacific

The event Connecting Eurasia: From the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean brought together international stakeholders to discuss trade and development of the European and Asian markets. The meeting focused on a variety of pressing issues, such as challenges and opportunities of Europe’s engagement with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), the harmonization of soft infrastructure to enhance trans-Eurasian connectivity, and the EAEU’s single pharmaceutical market.

In the context of the IIASA initiative Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Integration within a Wider European and Eurasian Space, IIASA researcher Jurij Kofner was invited to write a discussion paper to provide a summary of these deliberations, and to analyze the potential and conditions for the creation of a common economic space between the European Union (EU) and the EAEU.

Speakers at the event included:

• Tatyana Valovaya, Minister of Integration and Macroeconomics, Eurasian Economic Commission
  
• Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission (1999–2004); Prime Minister of Italy (1996–1998, 2006–2008)
• Aleksander Pankin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
• Sodiq Safoyev, First Deputy Chairperson, Senate of Uzbekistan
• Arnaldo Abruzzini, Chief Executive Officer, Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry (EUROCHAMBRES)
• Koen Berden, Executive Director for International Affairs, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)
• Antonio Fallico, Chairman, Board of Directors, Banca Intesa; President, Conoscere Eurasia Association.
  

The event was organized by the Roscongress Foundation and the Conoscere Eurasia Association, with the support of the Association of European Businesses and the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce.

Last edited: 08 May 2019