OREANDA-NEWS. October 12, 2011. IBC members attended the Kyrgyz Agricultural Investment Forum organized by the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Business Development and Investment Council under the Government of the KR, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The forum brought together representatives of ministries and departments, local administrations, the Jogorku Kenesh, business community, foreign investors and international organizations, reported the press-centre of IBC. 

The main purpose of the forum was a broad discussion of the issues of attracting investments in the agricultural sector including an analysis of the current situation, investment opportunities, government policies in agriculture, the main problems of the private sector and priority areas for the interaction of state bodies and international organizations. Forum participants adopted a resolution which, inter alia, called to increase public investment in agricultural education and development of agricultural services, to develop rural infrastructure using the mechanisms of public-private partnerships, to support projects to preserve and improve soil fertility, and to create regional platforms for cooperation between the government and business.

IBC Executive Director Aktilek Tungatarov made a presentation on the theme "The interaction of business and government on the example of the International Business Council." Tungatarov reported on the activities of seven IBC committees:  the Investment Committee, the Mineral Resources Committee, the Tax, Customs & Social Fund Committee, Industry, Exports & Deregulation Committee, the Tourism Sector Committee, the Financial Sector Committee, and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee.

BC is active in more than thirty public supervisory boards in state bodies, in particular, the Ministry of Economic Regulation, the State Service for Supervision of Financial Market, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Social Fund and others. In addition, IBC is involved in such venues for dialogue with public authorities as the Business Development and Investment Council under the Government of the KR, the Interdepartmental Commission on the reform of business regulation, the Commission on civil monitoring the activities of agencies in the protection of property rights, the Commission on preparation and privatization of the nationalized facilities under the Ministry of State Property of the KR.