On November 25-26, 2025, Gulbahor Naziri, Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of Tajikistan participated in a high-level Roundtable "Global Dialogue on Women's Leadership and Inclusive Gender Finance" and a closed session on sustainable development, AFI resource mobilization, and the global inclusive green finance agenda held at the European Investment Bank headquarters and the AFI European Office in Luxembourg.
On the first day of the summit, during a high-level Roundtable discussion, which brought together public and private sector leaders to share policy and market approaches for advancing women's financial inclusion, supporting women's leadership, economic empowerment and institutional diversity in the financial sector, participants have exchanged views on their respective countries' experiences with gender equality and women's leadership in the financial sector.
During the closed meeting held on November 25, 2025 participants have considered issues related to sustainable development, AFI resource mobilization, and the formation of a global agenda for inclusive green finance. The Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of Tajikistan Gulbahor Naziri has noted in her speech that the Republic of Tajikistan views the development of a green economy as an important way to modernize the economy, attract investment, strengthen energy security and strengthen financial stability. At the national level, this process is being implemented through a number of important strategic documents, including the Green Economy Development Strategy for 2023–2037, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and the National Adaptation Plan (NAP).
The National Bank of Tajikistan has also integrated climate factors into its financial regulation and supervision system and initiated a number of new institutional measures such as the approval of an Action Plan for Implementation of the Green Economy Strategy, the establishment of a Working team on green finance, the development of an Action Plan for Green Financial Products and signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on environmental, social, and climate risk management. At the same time, active participation in the international networks including NGFS, SBFN and AFI, allows the National Bank of Tajikistan to access best practices and modern tools for green financial regulation.
As part of the event, Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of Tajikistan Gulbahor Naziri has held a working meeting with Luxembourg Finance Minister Gilles Roth, AFI Director General Alfred Hennig and leadership of several central banks of the AFI member countries. During the meeting, issues related to expanding bilateral cooperation, establishing and improving business relations with developed countries and engaging development partners to support the implementation of the National Financial Inclusion Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan for 2022–2026 were discussed.
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26.11.2025
