AmCham launches advocacy policy

During the 23rd Annual General Meeting in March members approved the AmCham Advocacy Policy. In order to propose an advocacy initiative members are requested to formulate the need for intervention, identify the impact on AmCham and create the Action Plan.

On March 16, the AmCham Tourism Working group met with Acting Secretary of the Ministry of Economics, Raimonds Aleksejenko and Director of the State Tourism Development Agency, Inese Širava to discuss the current work on tourism marketing strategy. The group discussed the current work on the State tourism marketing strategy and suggested ways how to improve it.

Rail Baltica will make Latvia part of a regional hub. Baiba Rubesa of RB Rail adressed AmCham on the impact of this major project and the latest developments. According to her, Rail Baltica is the most magnificent project of the century connecting five countries in the European Union. The project aims at ensuring safety and integrity of the entire region.

On March 10 our Corporate Contributing members met Dr. Paul Sracic to discuss the 2016 Presidential Election process.

AmCham and LCCI will work closer together to promote bilateral trade and investment

On March 9, 2016 AmCham Latvia and the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) signed a cooperation agreement to strengthen the work on promoting bilateral trade and investment.

AmCham in cooperation with the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) held a seminar "Unlocking the Business Opportunities: Latvia & USA". During the seminar the panel of successful Latvian companies provided insights about the U.S. market.

Make a donation to Easter baskets

You can make Spring holiday season special for someone in need by supporting Latvian foster families and their children with food/in-kind donations or financial support.

Latvia and the USA: an ever closer partnership in a changing world

The Latvian Institute of Foreign Affairs is looking for private donations to support the publication "Latvia and the USA: an ever closer partnership in a changing world" that would be a valuable tool about LV-US relations.

At the Annual General Meeting, the membership selected a new board. Aigars Milts of AON Baltic was elected for his first term. Re-elected for their second term were Juris Jakobsons of Citadele banka, Ingrida Karina-Berzina of COBALT and Janis Pinnis of Dome Hotel & Spa. At the next Board meeting the Chamber's officials were selected. Arnis Kakulis was re-elected as the Chairman of the Board and President for 2016-2017. Eriks Eglītis, Ingrida Karina-Berzina, Janis Meija and Eric Trusiewicz were elected as Vice Presidents.

PwC acquires BITI, a business and IT consultancy

On 23 February 2016, PricewaterhouseCoopers SIA, the Latvian member firm of the world's largest professional services network, acquired BITI SIA, a company that provides business technology-related services such as cyber security, big data analytics, risk assessment and change management on the Latvian market.