StrategEast State and IT Eurasian Forum hosted a special session (co-hosted by The World Bank and UNDP) How Can Eurasia Reap the Data Dividends: Opportunities for Data-Driven Transformation. The discussion was moderated by Louise Chamberlain, Resident Representative in Kyrgyz Republic, UNDP and Oleg Petrov, Senior Digital Development Specialist, World Bank.

Welcome Remarks were delivered by Dastan Dogoev, Minister of Digital Development, the Kyrgyz Republic while keynote presentations – World Bank Development Report 2021 “Data for Better Lives” by Vivien Foster, Chief Economist for Infrastructure, and World Bank Experience and Vision of Korea on Data-Driven Transformation by Jong-Sung Hwang, Lead researcher at the National Information Society Agency, Korea.

Olga Tumuruс, Head of the Electronic Governance Agency of the Republic of Moldova; Olexander Bornyakov, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation, Ukraine; Askar Zhambakin, Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Kazakhstan; Tamerlan Taghiyev, Acting Head of the Center for Analysis and Coordination of the Fourth Industrial Revolution under the Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan discussed how can Eurasian countries reap the data dividends and accelerate data-driven transformation.