Development of final proposals for the formation of the Eurasian Economic Union’s digital space is starting

Opening the discussion, the Member of the Board –Minister in charge of domestic markets, informatization, information and communication technologies Karine Minasyan said that three focus areas were allocated when considering proposals for the formation of the EAEU digital space. First, digital transformation of industries. It is necessary to define industries, where the agreed digitalization will bring the maximum effect, and to create digital Eurasian industry platforms and standards.
Second, creation of a single digital market. The third one is connected directly with the integration: it is necessary to run common digital processes, create end-to-end management to remove the obstacles for both digital and physical goods.
The participants noted that the energy sector is particularly important for the development of the economy, its efficiency will have an impact on agriculture, industry, transport, etc. The Union plans to create common markets of electric power, gas, petroleum and petroleum products, and to ensure their full operation, digital models and end-to-end processes will inevitably be needed.
Karine Minasyan noted that the work was moving on to a new phase: “In three months we’ve held nine sessions on digital agenda, where we discussed a wide range of issues. Now we need to sum up all the information and define the main directions for further steps on the level of five EAEU member states. We need an ambitious reference model of the digital transformation of the economy up to 2025.”
Discussion of the main directions of the formation of the digital space is planned for September 30 during the Coordinating meeting of the working group. Its final version will be discussed at the Exhibition forum “The Eurasian week” to be held on October 27 at Skolkovo.
Press-release at the official Eurasian Economic Commission web-site