Published
10/03/2026, 17:27In Kyrgyzstan, responsibility for shaping investment policy, developing public-private partnerships and free economic zones is concentrated within the National Investment Agency under the President. This is provided for by Presidential Decree No. 115 of 15 April 2022.
At the same time, the relevant staff, financial and logistical resources, as well as the Centre for Public-Private Partnerships, have been transferred from the Ministry of Economy and Trade.
For foreign investors, a key change will be closer coordination with Kyrgyzstan’s diplomatic missions abroad. Embassies and other diplomatic missions must liaise with the relevant ministry when attracting capital from abroad and promoting Kyrgyz exports.
Liaison with the investment unit must also be ensured within the country. In every ministry and administrative department, as well as in regional and local administrations, one of the deputy heads must be responsible for coordination on matters relating to attracting investment.
In practice, this means that the system for engaging with the state should be clearer for entrepreneurs and potential investors: matters relating to investment policy, public-private partnerships (PPPs) and special economic zones are assigned to a single decision-making centre, whilst other state bodies must ensure coordination with it.
The decree also provides for the redeployment of staff who previously performed the relevant functions at the Agency for Investment and Development of the Kyrgyz Republic (‘KADI’).
However, no additional expenditure is anticipated solely as a result of the decree’s implementation: the document stipulates that the changes must be carried out within the limits of the approved staffing levels and funds allocated in the national budget.
For businesses, the main practical effect lies in the redistribution of powers within the state and the creation of a single centre responsible for investment policy, public-private partnerships and special economic zones.
