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September 2008 |
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September 26, 2008Kazakhstan is up by 10 ranks in the World Bank “Doing Business” report |
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The World Bank “Doing Business” 2009 report was issued in September. The Republic of Kazakhstan is ranked in this report in a comparable high position in the overall ratings of doing business, placed 70th out of 181 economies, an improvement of 10 positions from last year.
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July 2008 |
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July 24, 2008Improvement of the licensing system in Kazakhstan |
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On July 24 2008 in Akimat of Almaty, a seminar on licensing took place. It was devoted to implementation of “one-stop-shop” principle during licensing all over the country.
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June 2008 |
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June 30, 2008Public services for entrepreneurs |
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Restricted access to normative and legal base of the local executive bodies is one of the most frequent informational barriers for entrepreneurs.
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June 25, 2008Study Tour to Georgia |
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From 12 to 22 June, BEI arranged a Study Tour to Georgia (Tbilisi) for representatives of both state and private sector from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan to learn about reforming process in Georgia.
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June 15, 2008Best international practices - licensing |
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BEI jointly with partners – Forum of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan, Independent Association of Entrepreneurs, Association for Protection of Entrepreneurs’ Rights in Astana – presented results of monitoring Law of RK “On licensing” and recommendations for improving permitting system to the Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning (MEBP).
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May 2008 |
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During the May 6, 2008, Government Office meeting of all ministries in Astana, Prime Minister Masimov signed into adoption two orders proposed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, based on BEI Project recommendations.
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April 2008 |
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On 14th April, “Impact of inspections on business development in the country and ways of their optimization” Round Table was held in Astana chaired by the Minister of Industry and Trade Vladimir Shkolnik with participation of representatives of the state bodied, business associations and international experts.
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March 2008 |
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In the framework of “Business and Inspections” Republican Movement, press-conferences are held in major cities of Kazakhstan. They are aimed at changing legislation in the sphere of inspections of small and medium enterprises.
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February 2008 |
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On February 27, in Akimat of Zyryanovskiy region, presentation of a new procedure of condominium creation and definition of entrepreneur’s share in it was held.
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January 2008 |
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January 31, 2008Grant for tourist’s activity developing |
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BEI Project supports development of ecotourism in Kazakhstan in the framework of its Grant Program. Project provides funds for creating informational-resource ecotourism center.
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January 14, 2008BEI Project conducts campaigns for improvement of the legislation |
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BEI Project provided technical support for creating advocacy coalition and conducting large-scale campaign for reforming inspections procedure and improving legislation in the sphere of legal acts enactment and regulatory impact assessment (RIA).
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January 10, 2008How to register a trade mark? |
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The Independent Association of Entrepreneurs of West-Kazakhstan Oblast, the BEI Project subcontractor, with participation of “National Institute of Intellectual Property” Republic Government Enterprise in western region of the republic, issued the “Trade Marks Registration Procedure” brochure.
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December 2007 |
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December 11, 2007Electronic services for entrepreneurs |
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At the end of 2007 in East-Kazakhstan Oblast, another stage of E-Akimat project (http://www.akimvko.gov.kz) was completed.
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In November, BEI Regional Technical Advisor – Private Sector Economic Growth, Ed Beaman, visited several cities in Kazakhstan.
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November 2007 |
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November 30, 2007Recommendations to the Law “On Private Entrepreneurship” were developed |
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BEI and the FEK have completed draft amendments to the Law “On Private Entrepreneurship” and presented them to MIT, recommending improved law-making procedures based on clear calculation of impact assessment and revised expert council working methods.
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BEI participated on November 29th in the Almaty international conference “Entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan – A New Start' organized by the Kazakhstan Fund of Small Business Development.
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After a BEI round table on November 27th with the Almaty Public Prosecutor’s Office, business associations, and state inspection bodies, the senior public prosecutor has suggested BEI to meet and further discuss its recommendations, for the law “On Private Entrepreneurship” regarding inspections.
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On November 5-6, BEI Regional Technical Advisor – Private Sector Economic Growth, Ed Beaman, and Polish association specialist Margol Kshyshtov, with the support of the USAID Kazakhstan Small Business Development (KSBD), conducted trainings on association growth for representatives from BEI’s subcontractors and Almaty business association partners.
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October 2007 |
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In collaboration with the Tax Committee and the Association of Taxpayers and Center for Study of Public Opinion, BEI conducted a national survey to evaluate the work of the tax committees.
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October 5, 2007Analysis of PCS operations was finished recently |
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BEI completed its first analysis of PSC operations and submitted it to the Ministry of Justice and all other participating parties on October 4th.
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September 2007 |
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Since 1997, the Law 'On Bankruptcy' has been changed 3 times in Kazakhstan. In ten years, the legislative changes have been introduced 19 times, practically revising the whole articles and the concept of the law from its original state. Currently, the Government of Kazakhstan is plannning to introduce to the Parliament a draft law on changes and additions to the current legislation on bankuptcy. |
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BEI has completed analysis and recommendations for the process of closing a business during bankruptcy.
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August 2007 |
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13 August 2007 Aigul Baizhanova, Senior Specialist of the RK Ministry of Justice visited Ust – Kamenogorsk.
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July 2007 |
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18-20 July 2007 Ministry of Justice Senior Specialist on Quality Control of State Services and Information Security visited Uralsk in order to familiarize hersilf with current activities of the USAID BEI Project and Ministry of Justice initiative.
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April 2007 |
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April 2, 2007Cancellation of Mandatory Service Certification |
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The Kazakhstan Tourism Association, with assistance from BEI, successfully lobbied for the cancellation of mandatory certification of services related to booking and selling tickets for passenger and cargo air transportation
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September 2008 |
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September 10, 2008The Kyrgyz Republic is in Top Three Business Reformers |
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According to the World Bank Doing Business survey, the Kyrgyz Republic is in top 3 out of 10 most active reformers on the average ease of doing business in 181 countries. The Kyrgyz Republic advanced 31 rankings up moving from 99th ranking in 2007 to 68th in 2008.
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August 2008 |
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More then one hundred written and oral (via hotline) appeals on inspecting bodies were submitted to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade during carrying out the Bell Program.
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On July 31, 2008, meeting initiated by Osh Directorate of Justice represented by its head, Mr. Alybaev, was held with support of USAID BEI project to coordinate positions on results of two months activities aiming to register legal entities based on one-stop shop principle in Osh.
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July 2008 |
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A seminar on construction permits system reforms was conduced in Small Conference Hall of Mayors Office on July 18, 2008.
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June 2008 |
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It has been two months since a moratorium on conducting inspections of businesses became effective in Kyrgyzstan. Possible results, advantages and weaknesses of this action are described in Business AKIpress interview by Chair of Chamber of Tax Consultants Tatyana Kim
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On June 20, 2008 Jogorku Kenesh approved the draft law that determines list of government bodies that are authorized to conduct inspections of businesses.
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In his speech at the meeting of Investment Council President Kurmanbek Bakiev made a suggestion today that businesses should be interviewed independently to obtain opinions of entrepreneurs on actions of controlling bodies. This was reported by Press Service of President.
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The president Kurmanbek Bakiev has signed the laws, upgrading the indicators of Kyrgyzstan in the international rating at World Bank’s “Doing Business”. Particularly the following laws were signed: “On amendments to the Civil Code of KR; “On amendments and changes to the Law of KR “On Joint Stock Companies; On amendments to the Law of KR “On construction and architecture of KR”; On amendments and changes to the Law of KR “on State registration of the legal entities”.
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Bishkek (ÀÊÈpress) On March 30, President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiev had a meeting with newly elected Toraga of Jogorku Kenesh Aitbai Tagiev.
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May 2008 |
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Social Fund of KR resolved to ban scheduled inspections of businesses. “Exceptions are made for conducing desk inspections and raid inspections”, Social Fund’s official reports.
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Two draft law concerning protection of investor’s rights and construction permitting were reviewed and approved on May 27, 2008 at the meeting of Committee on Development of Industry, Trade, Tourism, Small and Medium Enterprise, Transport, Communication, Construction and Architecture of Jogorku Kenesh of KR which was chaired by Member of Parliament Ulugbek Ormonov. The committee decided to submit the aforementioned draft laws for the review by the plenary session of Jogorku Kenesh by June 1, 2008.
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A round table with participation of KR Government, Jogorku Kenesh and the business community was held on May 16, 2008 in Hyatt Regency Bishkek. At the meeting, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Akylbek Japarov made a presentation to members of Parliament about the results achieved by Government, the business community and experts within 75 days under 100 Days of Reform Program. According to the words of M. Ismailov, Head of Government Apparatus, Prime Minister signed a series of resolutions designed by Ministry of Economic Development and Trade in cooperation with thematic working groups and submitted the package of documents for review by Jogorku Kenesh of Kyrgyz Republic.
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President Kurmanbek Bakiev signed on May 14, 2008 Decree “On Measures to Streamline Permitting Procedures for Designing and Construction in Kyrgyzstan”.
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April 2008 |
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A seminar organized by Ministry of Justice with support of USAID Business Environment Improvement Project was held on April 28. The seminar was devoted to registration of legal entities using One Stop Shop principle. Organizers and participants of the event discussed Provision “On Order of Interfacing Government Bodies while Registering Legal Entities using One Stop Shop Principle” endorsed by Resolution of KR Government.
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Expert Group on Starting Business indicator presented the results achieved in the framework of Action Plan following Resolution of Government of KR “On Bringing about Priority Actions of Government of KR towards Improving Indicators of KR under International Rankings” as of 04.04.08 # 126. In this relation, Government adopted a provision concerning the order of interfacing government bodies while registering legal entities.
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On April 23, 2008, President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiev held a meeting in House of Government with local entrepreneurs that represent public organizations, the business communityó and various businesses.
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April 23, 2008President sets moratorium on business enterprise inspections |
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The President Kurmanbek Bakiev set a moratorium on business enterprise inspections held by state fiscal agencies. The president has signed a relevant order today.
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President of the Kyrgyz Republic Kurmanbek Bakiev signed the Law “On Streamlining Normative Legal Framework Regulating Entrepreneurial Activities”.
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April 14, 2008New Horizon for Economic Journalism |
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Bishkek Business Club together with Kyrgyz Stock Exchange with USAID BEI Project support open Economic Club where journalists may obtain economic knowledge free of charge. The Club will become a meeting point for journalists and experts representing business society and government structures.
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KR Prime Minister Igor Chudinov signed Government Resolution on Carrying out KR Government Priority Actions to improve the WB Doing Business ranking of the Kyrgyz Republic. This document was approved with regard to implement decisions of Investment Council under President on carrying out high-priority reforms focused on improvement of the WB Doing Business ranking of the Kyrgyz Republic.
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KR Prime Minister Igor Chudinov signed Government Resolution on Carrying out KR Government Priority Actions to improve the WB Doing Business ranking of the Kyrgyz Republic. This document was approved with regard to implement decisions of Investment Council under President on carrying out high-priority reforms focused on improvement of the WB Doing Business ranking of the Kyrgyz Republic.
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“Analysis of presidential acts and government decisions enforcement shows unpromising results”, KR Prime Minister Igor Chudinov brought up an issue about enforcement practice at today’s Government meeting.
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March 29, 2008, Bishkek. Under the chairmanship of the Prime minister of KR, Igor Chudinov, there was a meeting of the Coordination Council on macroeconomic and investment policy under the Government of KR.
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March 2008 |
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Investment Council (IC) under President of KR notes positive shifts in improving business environment and intends to consider implementation of the new plan proposed by KR Government on reducing constraints for business at the next meeting as reported by IC Secretariat today, March 28, 2008.
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Government is intended to establish an interagency working group to contemplate action plan for primary directions of the state policy in the area of business environment improvement. The respective resolution of Government was signed by Prime-Minister Igor Chudinov.
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Seminar on the methodology of regulatory impact analysis, organized by the President’s Administration and USAID Business Environment Improvement project was held on 22 March, 2008 in Bishkek.
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Prime Minister of KR, Igor Chudinv has signed a Government Resolution for the draft law of KR “On making changes and amendments to the KR Code on administrative liability”.
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On March 17-19, 2008 Osh branch of the International Business Council (IBC) and Osh Province State Administration with a financial support from USAID BEI Project implemented by Pragma Corporation presented Booklet for Entrepreneurs and Local Self-Governance Bodies on Sale of Land Plots for Commercial Use in the Karasu, Uzgen and Naukat districts of the Osh Province.
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March 14, 2008100 Days of Reforms as Part of Doing Business Program |
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A scheduled meeting of Investment Council under the President of KR took place on March 14, 2008 in the KR House of Government. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Prime-Minister Chudinov following the instructions of President Kurmanbek Bakiev.
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At the Collegiate meeting of Ministry of economic Development and Trade that was held erlier today Minister Japarov said that Kyrgyzstan must join top 20 countries in Doing Business Ranking in 2 years.
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All draft legislations must be designed in Kyrgyz said Minister of Justice Marat Kaiypov today March 12, 2008 at the seminar dedicated to the issue of Developing Capacity of Ministries and Agencies in Interfacing Jogorku Kenesh of KR.
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It is expected that Administration of President will review very serious issue at collegiate meeting on March13, 2008. The information was received from own sources of AKIpress.
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Improving Capacity of Ministries and Agencies in Interaction with the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic (Zhogorku Kenesh) workshop was held in Bishkek on March 12, 2008 by the Government Apparatus and USAID Business Environment Improvement Project.
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March 6, 2008Entrepreneurs are Suggested to Ring the Bell |
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Bell Program will be launched in short at the initiative of Akylbek Japarov, Minister of Economic Development and Trade. This program includes organization of mobile groups on prevention of interference by controlling, law-enforcement and other government bodies to operations of business. Any entrepreneur will be able to submit complaints concerning illegal inspections to mobile groups.
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The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Kyrgyzstan (MEDT) proposes to record all cases of corruption using TV cameras. Akylbek Japarov, MEDT Minister, described these proposals under the “Kolokol” program at today’s round table.
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Ministry of Economic Development and Trade identified main constraints experienced by entrepreneurs.
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March 3, 2008RIA training for government specialists completed |
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On February 29, specialists of ministries and agencies attended the last training session on Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) methodology. This training was organized by Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Kyrgyz Republic jointly with USAID Business Environment Improvement Project. The main objective of the event was to communicate the audience the major instruments on making regulatory impact analysis in a view to discover the necessity on support of existing laws or reconsideration and cancellation.
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February 2008 |
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February 26, 2008Green Light to One Stop Shop Principle |
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Among priorities in development of entrepreneurship in Kyrgyzstan, people site One Stop Shop principle for registration of legal entities. Reforms in this area were tasked to Ministry of Justice. According to the words of Deputy Minister of Justice Bekbolot Bakiev, “implementation of the principle will improve investment attractiveness of the country and simplify red-tape procedures for entrepreneurs.” Minister of Economic Development and Trade Akylbek Japarov also supports prompt transition to One Stop Shop principle. In addition, these prominent reforms are incorporated in the body of Country Development Strategy paper. What is the essence of this principle and what problems it is meant to address in the market-based economy of Kyrgyzstan? These issues are reviewed in the interview of our journalist with Nursulu Ahmetova, Country Director of USAID Business Environment Improvement Project.
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An on-line conference between WB working group in Washington and Kyrgyz delegation headed by Prime-Minister Igor Chudinov took place yesterday, February 22, 2008.
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Today, February 21, 2008 members of Parliament approved the draft Law “On Streamlining Normative Legal Framework to Regulate Entrepreneurial Activities”. Minister of Economic Development and Trade Akylbek Japarov presented a report.
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on February 18, President of KR Kurmanbek Bakiev met Elmurzu Satybaldiev, Prosecutor General of KR who informed the Head of the State on results of work carried out by Collegiate Body in his agency and objectives taken by Prosecutor General’s Office for the current year.
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On February 16, Christian Philipov held a presentation on Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) methodology for officials from Presidential Administration of the KR.
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Following the request of Igor Chudinov, Prime-Minister of the KR, USAID Business Environment Improvement Project provides advice to Government of the KR to streamline decision making procedures and introduce new methods that will allow increasing the quality of the very decision making.
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February 11, 2007, Bishkek. Construction experts, representatives of USAID and managers of BEI project from Kazakhstan and Tajikistan gathered to discuss the licensing and permit system in construction.
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February 6, 2008Kyrgyzstan needs to establish the system for food security |
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On February 6, 2008, the first meeting in this year of the Food Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic was held in the Government’s House chaired by Prime Minister Igor Chudinov.
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January 2008 |
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On January 23 and 24, 2008, the Bishkek Mayor’s Office, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Kyrgyz Republic, and business associations explained the new procedures for conducting inspections of businesses to entrepreneurs in presence. The 2-day meeting was attended by 200 entrepreneurs and representatives of the state controlling bodies. The meeting was held under support of the USAID Business Environment Improvement Project.
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On January 23, 2008, leading independent experts, lawyers and business associations met in Bishkek to discuss the idea of creating and developing an institution for settling business disputes upon the initiate and under support of the USAID Business Environment Improvement Project.
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On January 18, 2007, USAID Business Environment Improvement Project conducted the training workshop in Osh on Application of Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) Methodology for the business community The objective of the workshop was to present RIA methodology and familiarize consultants from business associations with procedures to conduct analysis in order to prepare recommendations and comments regarding normative legal acts developed by variuos state bodies.
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Draft law “On optimization of regulatory legal base of entrepreneurial activity” was approved by the committee for development of industry, trade, tourism, small, medium business, transport, communication, construction and architecture. Experts from USAID Business Environment Improvement project took active part in developing this draft Law.
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January 17, 2008, CA-NEWS (KG) – During whole year 2007, the Department for Entrepreneurial Support of Bishkek Mayor’s Office together with USAID Business Environment Improvement Project conducted numerous visits to meet with representatives of sewing shops to promote incentivized transition to a patent basis in order to legalize the sewing industry.
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On January 11, 2008, representatives of the controlling bodies, international organizations, legal and business community met at the Ministry for Economic Development and Trade of the KR to discuss consistency issues and develop recommendations related to the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on Procedure for Conducting Inspections of Businesses. The roundtable was arranged with support from USAID Business Environment Improvement Project.
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Tax inspections of Kyrgyzstan inform their hotline numbers, where people can call and tell about all taxes related violations.
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Forthcoming year 2008 must be a turn-around and decisive year. Positive changes in the recent years give us ground to make the most significant steps in economic reforms.
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We are determined to intensify our efforts in order to provide decent living conditions to our people. The forthcoming year will be a breakthrough one for our nation’s economy.
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December 2007 |
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On December 21, 2007, Acting Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic Aidaraliyev signed Resolution of Government of the Kyrgyz Republic ¹602 “On Approval of Methodology for Conducting Analysis of Regulatory Impact of NLAs on Activities of Businesses.”
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The business community encourages all parties to pay special attention to enhancing the economic part of their programs. The correspondent announcement was distributed today by International Business Council and Entrepreneurs’ Union of Kyrgyzstan. Both organizations express their eagerness to cooperate with all political organizations to improve business environment in the country.
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Acting Head of Government Apparatus (GA) Murat Ismailov signed a resolution on establishing a working group to implement decisions that had been taken at the Food Security Council Meetings on November 8 and 12, 2007.
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November 2007 |
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On November 30, the working commission of the Consultative Council under the General Prosecutor of Kyrgyzstan approved the directions of its activities. This information is given by the press service of the International Business Council.
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Today, on November 28, 2007, the President Bakiev signed a decree, according to which Almazbek Atambev is resigned from the position of the Acting Prime-minister of Kyrgyz Republic in connection with the transfer to another job.
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Almazbek Atambaev, acting Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, held another meeting of Food Safety Council of the Kyrgyz Republic on November 12, 2007. Several decisions were made during the meeting.
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Entrepreneurs that participated in the round table on November 9, 2007 adopted a resolution which proposes 23 recommendations to improve investment climate.
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On November 8, 2007, representatives of the business community held a press conference in order to share results of a survey that had been conducted among entrepreneurs of Bishkek and present a brochure for entrepreneurs.
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October 2007 |
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On October 18, 2007, at Government House, the members of the Kyrgyz Government discussed the draft Provision on realization of the Law of Kyrgyz Republic “On Procedure for Conducting Inspections of Businesses”. This provision was developed and presented by the group of experts under the Special Commission, which is chaired by the Prime-minister of KR, Atambaev A.Sh.
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October 17, 2007Tatyana KIM: Inspect but not Extort |
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Many domestic and foreign experts consider revolutionary the Law “On Procedure for Conducting Inspections of Businesses” signed by the President Kurmanbek Bakiev in May of this year. The extent to what the Law will be enforced successfully is now dependant on the implementation mechanisms of thereof. As we have reported earlier, a special government commission that had initiated and headed by Almazbek Atambaev commenced the work on designing such mechanisms. What is the essence of innovations and why those cause such an ambiguous reaction among government officials? These issues are uncovered in the interview by our correspondent with Tatyana Kim, the economist who is famous in the Kyrgyz Republic.
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On 4 and 5 October, the USAID Business Environment Improvement project together with Ministry of Economic Development and Trade held a seminar titled as “Practice of Implementing a Regulatory Impact Analysis for Normative Legal Acts”. The participants of the seminar were representatives of ministries and agencies of economic, social, and, financial, law enforcement and armed forces sectors.
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The first meeting of a Consultative Council under General Prosecutor’s Office of the Kyrgyz Republic took place on October 3, 2pm. in Hyatt Regency Bishkek. The meeting was dedicated to the interaction of General Prosecutor’s Office bodies with the business community in building an enabling business environment. The event was organized by joint efforts of International Business Council and other business associations of the country under support of USAID Business Environment Improvement Project in the Kyrgyz Republic.
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September 2007 |
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September 27, 2007Central Asian Legal Library and Judicial Opinions Data Base |
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Entrepreneurs and interested parties have an access for judicial opinions and legal system - Central Asian Legal Library
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September 25, 2007State officials and business community discuss the draft Tax codes |
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Yesterday, on September 24 the representatives of private sector and state bodies of Kyrgyzstan met to discuss two versions of the code in Bishkek . The first reduction was designed by Government, while the second document by the business community at the initiative and under support of a group of the Jogorku Kenesh members.
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September 20, 2007Another Meeting of Expert Commission on Inspections Law Held |
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On September 20, 2007, Prime Minister Atambaev held the expert commission meeting in House of Government dedicated to designing mechanisms for implementation of the Law “On Procedure for Conducting Inspections of Businesses”. In the course of the meeting members of the commission discussed a work of the expert group which had reviewed moreover 200 normative legal acts regulating inspections.
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On September 14, 2007, the Ministry for Economic Development and Trade of the Kyrgyz Republic (MEDT), led the first meeting of the Council on issues of entrepreneurship which comprises leaders of business associations. The council started its work from official opening of ceremony of the public reception Center for business, where businessmen can use the legal protection and consulting services for business development.
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August 2007 |
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A meeting of the Expert Commission led by Prime Minister Almazbek Atambaev was held in the House of Government on August 20. The event was dedicated to designing mechanisms for implementation of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Procedure for Conducting Inspections of Businesses” and the Law on “State Support to Small Enterprise”.
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On August 7, 2007 President Bakiev held the second meeting of Investment Council in the House of Government in Bishkek. Prime Minister Atambaev, Head of Presidential Administration Sadyrkulov, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Moldokulov, Minister of Foreign Affairs Karabaev, and representatives of international donor organizations and local business associations participated in that meeting.
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August 2, 2007To Be Ready By September |
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The new Law “On Procedure for Conducting Inspections of Businesses” becomes effective in early September. Prime Minister Alamazbek Atambaev recently held the first meeting of the Commission dedicated to designing mechanisms for implementing the Laws “On Procedures for Conducting Inspections of Businesses” and “On State Support of Small Business”
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July 2007 |
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On July 24, Minister of economical development and trade of Kyrgyz Republic, Mr. Moldokulov S.A chaired the meeting of experts on discussion of the work plan concerning the law on “Procedures for conducting inspection of Businesses”. Head of the Government office, Mr. Ismailov M.A., attended the discussion as well as other government representatives, business entities, USAID/BEI project and independent experts. The meeting took place at the Ministry of economical development and trade of Kyrgyz Republic
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On June 23, 2007, Kurmanbek Bakiev, President of the KR signed the Decree “On Certain Measures to Streamline a Permits Regulatory System in the Kyrgyz Republic”.
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July 19, 2007New Law on Inspections |
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Two months ago the President signed the Law “On the Procedure for Conducting Inspections of Businesses”. The Law has not become effective yet. This will take place in September 2007 i.e. in three months after the Law was published.
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July 18, 2007In the name of the Law - Bona fides presumption |
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The Main Objective of the Coordination Council Established under the Ministry of Economic Development is to Assist Local Businesses in Resolving Various Issues Arising while Dealing with the State.
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The Government decided to help a business in establishing clear and intelligent rules of interactions with the State. A commission was established comprising members of the Government and a business on designing mechanism for implementation of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic.
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The draft Law submitted in the early June for President's approval made many businessmen and government officials feel uneasy. Some of them eagerly waited for the Draft to be approved but did not believe that it will be signed, while the others expected its signing with fears. Local businesses have been lobbying this normative act for four years. Government officials tried to block it at every level, the most active in this efforts were tax inspectors… The document, whose analogs already exist almost in every country of the CIS, imposes a real threat on local bureaucrats - it has significantly reduced chances that their palms will be greased to the same extent
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July 18, 2007Cancer Ward |
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The largest business association of the country, including Union of Entrepreneurs of Kyrgyzstan, International Business Council, Bishkek Business Club and others addressed Almazbek Atambaev, the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan.
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On July 16 2007, Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic and USAID Business Environment Improvement Project signed Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation in the area of business environment improvement through simplifying the registration, re-registration, and deregistration of business entities.
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July 16, 2007Two Players on Business Ground |
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The Law “On the Procedure for Conducting Inspections of Business Entities” which establishes the order for conducting inspections will come into effect in three months.
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The internal documents of the Council were approved and foreign trade issues discussed during the meeting.
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Almaz Atambaev, the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan signed a resolution of the Government “On Ratification of Kyrgyz-Kazakh Intergovernmental Framework Agreement” concerning establishment of “Auhatty – Ken-Bulun” and “Aisha Bibi – Chon-Kapka” international border service cooperation centers.
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As reported by Ferghana.ru Informational Agency, in the end of last week Mr. Almazbek Atambaev, the Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic conducted the third, conclusive meeting of the Commission on Designing Proposals for Optimization of Administrative and Territorial Organization of Kyrgyzstan for 2006-2011.
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The President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Kurmanbek Bakiev, signed Decree “On Measures to Improve Procedure for Conducting Inspection of Businesses”.
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BISHKEK (AKIpress) Five developing partners, namely Asian Development Bank (ADB), Swiss Cooperation Office in Kyrgyzstan (SCO), Department for International Development of UK (DFID), The World Bank Group, and the UN agencies designed and published Joint Country Support Strategy (JCSS) for Kyrgyzstan.
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On June 27, 2007 in Bishkek and on June 29, 2007 Osh, the Business Environment Improvement Project (BEI) financed by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) conducted a round table on “Interaction of Local Governments with Business Association in Improving Business Environment”. Representatives of Administration of the President and officials of Mayor’s Offices responsible for enterprise development, as well as management of business associations and international donors took part at the event.
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(Bishkek, Bely Parakhod Newspaper) By the present decision, the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic for the purpose of implementing Decree of the President “On Country Development Strategy for 2007-2010” issued on May 16, 2007 # 249, endorses Action Plan of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on publicizing implementation and monitoring of Country Development Strategy for 2007-2010.
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June 2007 |
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On June 29, 2007, the Supreme Court of the Kyrgyz Republic and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) signed their third Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) so that cooperation between the two organizations will continue in the area of Judicial Reforms. Implementing the project activities on behalf of USAID is the Pragma Corporation through the Business Environment Improvement Project (BEI).
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On June 14, Mr. Elmuraz Satybaldiev, the General Prosecutor of the Kyrgyz Republic, met business community representatives and discussed important issues concerning establishment of favorable investment climate and protection of businesses’ rights. Responsible officers of General Prosecutor’s Office, government agencies’ staff, representatives of Communication Operators Association, Union of Entrepreneurs of Kyrgyzstan, International Business Council, and International Organizations participated in this meeting.
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May 2007 |
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President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Procedure for Conducting Inspections of Businesses” on May 29, 2007
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Business associations discussed the cooperation with USAID BEI Project and familiarized themselves with the Grant Program
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Business associations are concerned about the fate of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Procedure for Conducting Inspections of Businesses” currently pending President’s signing. Businesses believe that should the Law be signed, it will serve as a significant proof of the fact that authorities are willing to protect business not through mere declarations, but undertake specific practical steps in this direction.
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President of the Kyrgyz Republic Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed a Decree where the list of activities is indicated that are aimed at realizing the citizens’ right to access to information possessed by state bodies. This Decree has been prepared to implement the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Access to Information Maintained by State Bodies and Local Self-Governance Bodies of the Kyrgyz Republic”
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The 1st meeting of the Investment Council under President of the Kyrgyz Republic was held in Bishkek that reviewed issues relevant to the enterprise and pertaining to the elimination of unsubstantiated inspections of businesses by state bodies and the reduction of permits restricting the operations of businesses.
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April 2007 |
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Kyrgyz Government Adopted Draft Country Development Strategy for 2007-2010
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Kyrgyz Parliament reviewed issues pertaining to taxation of textile businesses and preferrential taxt treatment of contruction materials for residential housing construction
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How to implement the Law on Procedure for Conducting of Inspections of Businesses in practice?
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March 2007 |
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To protect businesses from power abuse by controlling officers is the major goal of the newly adopted Law of KR “On Procedure for Conducting Inspections of Businesses”
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June 2008 |
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June 20, 2008Seminar on the Methodology of Regulatory Impact |
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The USAID/BEI in cooperation with the State Investment Committee of Sogd Oblast conducted the seminar – training on the methodology of regulatory impact on June 20, 2008 in Khujand city.
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May 2008 |
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The possibility of creating well functioning free economic zones in Tajikistan was discussed at a Round Table conducted at the Ministry for Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan
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April 2008 |
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The Dushanbe Center of Enterprise Development with support from the Dushanbe city and with technical support of the USAID/Business Environment Improvement Project implemented by the Pragma Corporation in Tajikistan conducted the first Round Table on April 29, 2008 for the purpose of discussing issues related to the construction business. The Round Table was devoted to detailed discussions on several key issues facing the industry and will be broadcast on independent television of Tajikistan (“Simoi Mustakili Tojikiston”)
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April 18, 2008Customs Consultative Council is created |
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Recently a conference to discuss the creation of a Custom Consultative Council under the Customs Service under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan took place in Dushanbe. Top Management of the Customs Service, representatives from the Executive Body of the President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry and representatives from other ministers and agencies participated in the conference
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The results of the the IFC analysis of the system of issuing permits were presented on April 16 in Dushanbe. Representatives from the Government, International Organizations, private sector and mass media participated at this conference
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April 11, 2008Round Table 'Taxation' |
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On April 11, 2008 National Association of Small and Medium Business of Tajikistan jointly with the Department on Investment and State Property Management of Sogd oblast and Union of Business Associations of Sogd Oblast under USAID/BEI Project conducted a Round Table “Taxation”.
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The State Investment Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan jointly with the IFC Project “Tajikistan Business Enabling Environment (BEE)” has created a joint working group which will coordinate cross-cutting donor activities designed to improve enterprise activity in the country.
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April 4, 2008First Round Table on tax issues |
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The First Round Table on tax issues was conducted within the terms and conditions of a grant implemented by NASMB under the financial and technical support of the USAID/Business Environment Improvement Project implemented by the Pragma Corporation on April 4, 2008 in Kurgan-Tube.
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March 2008 |
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The Regular meeting of the Coordination Council of Business Associations and Department on Investments and State Property Management of Sogd Oblast was conducted on March 18, 2008 in Khujand
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A Seminar on the development and installation of the business registration streamlining process, sometimes referred to as the “One Stop Shop” principle in Tajikistan took place on March 11 - 12, 2007
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February 2008 |
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The issues of re-registration and de-registration of a legal entity were discussed on February 21, 2008 at the Round Table organized by the Department of Investment and State Property Management of Sogd Oblast under the technical support of USAID/Business Environment Improvement Project implemented by the Pragma Corporation.
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At the regular meeting of Coordination Council of Business Associations of Tajikistan that took place on February 20, 2008 the Associations discussed the approved by the Government Action plan on implementation of the orders of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan expressed at the meeting of the President with entrepreneurs on December 25, 2007.
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The issues of re-registration and de-registration of a legal entity were discussed on February 13, 2008 at the Round Table organized by the Department of Investment and State Property Management of Sogd Oblast under the technical support of USAID/Business Environment Improvement Project implemented by the Pragma Corporation.
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January 2008 |
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On February 19, 2008 thee was a meeting of the representatives from State Committee on Investment and State Property Management of the Republic of Tajikistan, the USAID Business Environment Improvement Project, World Bank and IFC in the building of the State Investment Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan
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On January 14-18, 2008 Senior Lawyer Consultant of BEI Project Sergey Panytin conducted a number of meetings with the representatives of various state bodies, in particular: State Investment Committee of RT, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of RT, Ministry of Agriculture and environment of RT, Ministry of energy and industry of RT, Tax Committee under the Government of RT, Ministry of Justice of RT, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of RT.
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On January 17, 2008, a Round Table entitled “ The Role and significance of a Charter Capital for Starting Business” was held in the office of BEI Project
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The issues of further cooperation between Tajikistan and Business Environment Improvement Project/USAID in the area of creation free economic zones were discussed at the meeting of the first deputy Chairman of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Tajikistan Mr. Odil Sangov and senior lawyer consultant of BEI Project Mr. S. Panytin
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On January 15, 2008 the regular meeting of the Council of Business Associations of Sogd Oblast was held in the office of the Association of entrepreneurs of Sogd Oblast.
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On January 10, 2008 the first meeting of the working group involved in the review of the possibility of creation free economic zones in Sogd Oblast was conducted in the Khukumat of Sogd Oblast. The Chairman of the Working Group is Mr. A. Avezov, the Doctor of Economic science, Director of LLC “Business consulting. The working group was created under the Expert Council on economic development under the Chairman of Sogd Oblast. The members of the working group are business representatives and representatives from state bodies
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December 2007 |
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December 26, 2007The Forum of entrepreneurs of Tajikistan |
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The Forum of entrepreneurs of Tajikistan was opened in Khokhi Vakhdat on December 24, 2007. Representatives of businesses from all the regions of the country, involved in industry, agriculture service and trade were invited for the forum.
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Regular meeting of Coordination Council of business associations and NGOs was conducted on December 26 in the office of BEI Project.
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The President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Mr. Imomali Rakhmon, held a meeting with entrepreneurs in Khokhi Vakhdat on December 25, 2007.
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The Regular meeting of the Council of Business Associations of Sogd Oblast was conducted in the meeting room of the BEI Project in Khujand on December 4, 2007.
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December 21, 2007Focus group on investment climate improvement in Tajikistan meets |
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Focus Group on investment climate improvement was held on December 13, 2007 in the office of USAID/Business Environment Improvement Project. Representatives from the State Investment Committee, Ministry of Justice, the Ministry for Economic Development and Trade, the Customs Department, as well as representatives from the representative office of “AES Silk Road, Inc” in the Republic of Tajikistan participated in the Focus Group.
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December 19, 2007Meeting of a Coordination Council |
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Meeting of Coordination Council was held on December 13, 2007 in the office of Business Environment Improvement Project
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Round Table: 'Review of legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan pertaining to issues surrounding legal entity registration' was conducted on December 14, 2007 in Dushanbe
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December 17, 2007Measures on improving business environment were discussed in Dushanbe |
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank (WB) and the State Committee on Investment and State Property Management of RT made a presentation of Doing Business 2008 on December 4, 2007.
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December 14, 2007Head of the Government will discuss entrepreneurs’ problems... |
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Imomali Rakhmon, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, has called a meeting to be held in December 2007 with entrepreneurs and heads of ministers and agencies to analyze and identify priority directions of investment policy. The President voiced the need for such a meeting during a November working meeting with the employees of the Government devoted to further enterprise development and attraction of domestic and foreign investments into economy
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December 11, 2007The First session of the Public Expert Council on Economic Development |
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The First session of the Public Expert Council on Economic Development under the Chairman of the Sogd Oblast was held on November 27, 2007.
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Draft laws of RT “On construction activity”, “On protection of fauna” and “On seeds” were adopted at the regular meeting of Council of Majlici namoyandagon Majlici Oli of RT conducted under the chairmanship of Mr. Saidullo Khairulloev Speaker of Chamber of Commerce and Industry on November 26, 2007
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November 2007 |
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The State Committee of Investment and State Property Management and the Business Environment Improvement Project, supported by USAID and implemented by the Pragma Corporation, conducted a Round Table: 'Review of legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan pertaining to issues surrounding legal entity registration' on November 20, 2007 in Khujand.
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November 20, 2007Legal aspects of construction activity described in the Manual |
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Several Entrepreneurs and association leaders from Dushanbe came together recently on November 15, 2007 to discuss the legal aspects of construction activity in a seminar conducted by USAID/Business Environment Improvement Project, the National Association of Small and Medium Business of RT and the Dushanbe Center of Enterprise Support and Development.
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October 2007 |
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Draft Law “On state registration of immovable property” was reviewed at the regular meeting of the Coucil of Majlici Namoyandagon Majlici Oli of RT
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USAID/Business Environment Improvement Project conducted a training “Private sector capacity building” for Associations and NGOs, providing support and assistance in enterprise development of the Republic of Tajikistan.
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Meeting with the Head of Department of the Committee for Investment and State Property Management of the RT in Sogd Oblast and representatives of business Associations was held on October 2, 2007 upon the initiative of BEI/USAID Project implemented by the Pragma Corporation.
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The Association of Micro Finance Organizations of Tajikistan held the Fifth Annual Conference “Microfinance in Central Asia: Road Ahead” on September 20-21, 2007 in Dushanbe city under the financial support of USAID, ICCO, ACDI/VOCA, & CAMFA.
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September 2007 |
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September 13, 2007Manual 'On licencing' |
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United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Tajikistan published the Manual 'On licencing' developed by Business Environment Improvement Project (BEI) implemented by the Pragma Corporation
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Chief of IMF Mission in Tajikistan Karlos Pinerua prejudiced the data of CIS Statistic Committee with regard to rate of inflation in the RT.
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September 5, 2007Round Table on 'Normative legal acts in construction' |
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Enterprise Development and Support Center of Dushanbe city conducted Round Table “Normative legal acts in construction” under BEI technical support on September 4, 2007 at the Committee of youth, sport and tourism under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan
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September 4, 2007Law of RT “On Public Unions” (in new redaction) as of May 12, 2007 |
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Seminar explaining the key provisions of Law of RT “On Public Unions” (in new redaction) as of May 12, 2007 was held for the representatives of public unions of Sogd Oblast, on August 29, 2007 at the building of Justice Department of Sogd Oblast.
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August 2007 |
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In Dushanbe last Saturday President of RT Imomali Rakhmon met with Karlos Gutierros, Minister of Trade of the USA who participated at the ceremony of opening automobile bridge across Pyanj river.
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August 21, 2007NGOs in Tajikistan have their web site |
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New web site joining all non governmental organizations of Tajikistan has started its activity in the Republic of Tajikistan.
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On August 15, 2007 State Committee for Investment and State Property Management held a Round Table.
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