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JANUARY    2000      # 0009

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S.Laizane, J.Horvath and R.Zile are completely in accord
on the issue of the bulk of work has been done and it is
time to focus on details.

News In Brief

Regular Meeting Of The Supervisory Committee Held

On 16 December a regular Meeting of the Supervisory Committee for Organising the EBRD Board of Governors' Meeting in Riga in 2000 was held. The participants of the meeting approved the texts of the printed publication version of the catalogue Latvia and the visual design of the catalogue's CD-ROM version, as well as took note of the information on ensuring fire security in hotels. They also took note of the information regarding the repair of the access road to the International Airport Riga. Pauls Puke, Project Manager of SIA Birojs 2000 notified the Committee about the course of the organisation of the Baltic Business Conference. On being familiarised with the applications for the sponsorship of the Meeting, the Supervisory Committee assigned SIA Birojs 2000 the task to conclude an agreement with Baltic Fund 1 L.P. about the proposal to partially sponsor the exhibition of paintings Nepartrauktiba (Continuity).

 

Jozsef Horvath Meets Roberts Zile

On 5 January the EBRD Board of Governors’ Meeting Adviser Jozsef Horvath, residing in Riga since last October, met with Roberts Zile, Chairman of the Supervisory Committee for Organisation of the EBRD Board of Governors’ Meeting in Riga and Minister for Special Assignment for Co-operation with International Financial Agencies. Jozsef Horvath reported that he had got acquainted with the course of the preparation process for the Annual Meeting, visited the venues of the Meeting, as well as met with subcontractors. He was confident that the most labour-consuming tasks had already been completed and attention should be focused on the detail. Roberts Zile also admitted that the most stressful period of the preparation process for the Meeting had set in. Jozsef Horvath informed that starting this February the EBRD logistics missions would visit Riga quite frequently. The EBRD Secretary General Antonio Maria Costa’s visit to Riga has been scheduled between 1-2 February.