EBRD Officials Participate At The Supervisory Committee's Session
On September 1, 1999 a regular session of the Supervisory Committee for organising the
EBRD Board of Governors' Meeting in Riga in 2000 was held. The session was attended by
Antonio Maria Costa, EBRD Secretary General, Dr. Kari Nars, EBRD Executive Director
representing Finland, Norway and Latvia, and Gilbert Sabathe, EBRD Assistant Secretary
General. Addressing the session A.M.Costa extended his gratitude to all the participants
of the meeting and Birojs 2000, the EBRD Annual Meeting co-ordination centre in
Riga, for their co-operation and commitment in arranging this event. The participants took
note of the information presented by Birojs 2000 about the possibilities of
reconstructing the access road to the International Airport Riga as well as
increasing the efficiency of passport control. At the conlusion of the session the
participants approved of the stock company Hansabanka as an associated partner of
the Baltic Business Summit.
EBRD Officials Meet Prime Minister Andris Skele
On September 31, Antonio Maria Costa, EBRD Secretary General, Nari Kars, EBRD
Executive Director representing Finland, Norway and Latvia, and Gilbert Sabathe, EBRD
Assistant Secretary General, had a meeting within the framework of their working visit to
Riga with Andris Skele, Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia. The preparation process
and technicalities relating to the EBRD Annual Meeting were discussed. The officials also
discussed the prospective benefits this large-scale event might bring for Latvia. The next
visit of EBRD officials to Riga is scheduled to take place in December.
Alfa Centrs The Successful Bidder of The Tender
The Commission of the tender, announced by Birojs 2000, the Coordination Centre for
the organisation of the EBRD Annual Meeting, for the right to provide marketing
communication services has assessed the bids received and has acknowledged SIA Media
Agency Alfa Centrs to be the successful bidder. The bidder will develop
audio-visual and visual advertisement, will conduct survey of mass media, purchase and
placement of advertisement, as well as perform all the
activities associated with the organisation and servicing of the marketing communication
campaign for the EBRD Board of Governors' Meeting as well as render other services related
to marketing communications, should such a need arise in the course of the EBRD Meeting.
Repeated Tender For Technological Provision Of The EBRD Meeting
Announced
On 25 August Birojs 2000, the co-ordination centre for organising the EBRD
Meeting in Riga, announced a repeat tender for the technological solution for the EBRD
Board of Governors' Annual Meeting. The objective of the tender is to select competitive
version of the technological solution for provision of temporary telecommunications and
computer network, for instalment of PC and file servers, configuration and service during
the EBRD Meeting, assigning its implementation to the bidder who has developed the
selected solution. The tender regulations are available on the premises of Birojs 2000,
telephone 7338029. Bids shall be submitted by 6 October.