About 170 guests, representatives of FICIL and 10 chambers of commerce, attended the Joint Chamber Dinner with the new Prime Minister Maris Kučinskis on April 20. Among his key priorities is attracting foreign investment more proactively, ensuring predictable tax system, fighting the shadow economy and following through the reforms in education and healthcare sectors.

On Friday, April 15th during the 3rd Annual Human Development Award of Latvia at the Latvian National Library, inspirational people and winners of the Human Development Award 2016 were announced: Zigmunds Zaļenko, Accenture Latvia, Children's Palliative Care Society and TechHub Riga Co-founder Andris Berzins.

On March 31, AmCham members gathered to Business After Hours hosted by Inbalans Comfort Zone Space, a new kind of wellness space in the center of Riga.

A small group of members met to discuss their businesses and provide feedback on AmCham activities.

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.