DUSHANBE, June 19, 2009, Asia-Plus — The third session of the Consultative Council for Improvement of Investment Climate, presided over by President Emomali Rahmon, was held in Dushanbe on June 18.
According to presidential press service, prime minister, state adviser to the president for economic matters, heads of relevant ministries and organizations, members of the Council and some other officials attended the session.
The Consultative Council members include heads of relevant government bodies, representatives of donor countries and organizations and foreign and local entrepreneurs, the press service said.
The session discussed the result of work carried out on introduction of ‘One-stop-shop’ (OSS) principle when state registration of enterprises and entrepreneurs as well as the “200 Days of Reform” program that is expected to be adopted by the government by the end of this month.
Speaking at the meeting, representatives of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) as well as David Robson, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tethys, expressed satisfaction with a process of improvement of investment climate in the country, which is under personal control o the president, the press service noted. Mr. Robson, in particular, noted that satisfaction of entrepreneurs was the best advertisement for investment climate in the country.
The meeting participants expressed confidence that measures, including the anti-crisis ones, taken by the government would promote growth in investments in the country’s economy.
The press service noted that new members joined the Consultative Council during the period between its second and third sessions – Chairman of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Exporters of Tajikistan Nekruy Zobirov, Chairman of the Associations of Commercial Banks of Tajikistan Izatullo Lalbekov and Chairman of the Association of Producers and Entrepreneurs of Tajikistan Zayd Saidov.
President Rahmon, who heads the Consultative Council for Improvement of Investment Climate, suggested that the number of the Council members should be increased by admitting representatives of donor countries and organizations as well as local and foreign entrepreneurs.
