Prime Minister Kariņš addressed close to 200 members and guests of 5 Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Latvia during the luncheon where investors raised a number of critical issues: corruption, labor shortage, quality of education and spillover effects associated with reforms related to the financial sector.

The next generation of business leaders are motivated by a sense of purpose. Graham Bird (UK), Fellow of Oxford Leadership provided a full day training at the very first AmCham Academy workshop. The AmCham Academy aims at helping leaders stay relevant in today’s changing business environment, refresh their skills and expertise critical to lead teams of various sizes and achieve their business goals.

The Labor force working group met to discuss the next steps for organizing a discussion on AmCham recommendations on talent attraction.

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.