At the end of May, FICIL and the Government of Latvia met for the 23rd time at the High Council meeting to discuss the needed improvements of the investment climate in Latvia. This year, FICIL has published and submitted position papers in seven policy fields including the stability of the financial sector, attraction of investment, labor market and transport as well as the view on the Macroeconomic policy issues to the Government of Latvia.

On May 23-24 members from 3 AmChams in the Baltics gathered for a 2-day Annual Pan-Baltic AmChams’ meeting. The program included company visits to Cleveron and Mooncascade as well as the visit to the Genome Center and two informative sessions on the labor market and healthcare led by professors of the University of Tartu.

The healthcare work group meeting took place on May 20 at Ellex Law Office. Possible cooperation with the Digital Health Cluster of Latvia was discussed, in addition to the next steps for addressing issues such as transparency, efficiency and digitalization of the healthcare system.

585 EUR were collected in donations during the Bingo Night event to support the Pink Train Foundation breast cancer charity organization. This amount will cover 29 individual consultations of a psychologist or a psychotherapist. Over drinks, snacks, bingo games, live music and a raffle with fun prizes AmCham and BritCham members learned about the new movement #PUPKULTŪRA.

Top-level representatives from six Latvian political parties running for election in the EU elections shared their views and outlook towards the main challenges currently faced by the EU and their possible solutions in the European Parliament pre-election debate. The MEP candidates also emphasized the critical need for Latvian citizens to participate in upcoming elections to ensure effective representation of Latvia's interests at this institution.