On September 3, members of the American, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish Chambers of Commerce had a chance to visit seven Latvian medical institutions, including My Clinic Riga, Capital Clinic Riga, Orto Clinic, Diagnostic clinic ARS, Latvian American Eye Center, IVF Riga and Era Esthetique to learn what they can offer to local and international customers. The event was primarily designed for members from the tourism and hospitality industry.

The purpose of the last work group meeting was to review and finalize the vision statement and proposed pilot projects. The group decided to organize a meeting with the Minister of Health.

As a follow-up to the launch of our position on talent attraction, AmCham, Spire Baltic and ERDA co-hosted a discussion with representatives from academia, business, state and municipal agencies to raise awareness about Latvia as a career and study destination. Participants agreed that along with elimination of bureaucratic obstacles, it is necessary to improve study and living conditions that will help retain students as qualified specialists in the Latvian labor market even after their studies.

The AmCham Healthcare working group met to discuss its vision and mission as well as certain pilot projects it will recommend health stakeholders to pursue. The meeting was attended by Ruta Pumputiene, Chair of Local American Working Group of AmCham Lithuania who shared best practices in advocating for greater transparencty in the health sector.

The Labor force working group met to reflect on the latest activities and set out plans for the new season, namely an Outlook discussion on AmCham recommendations on talent attraction.