Report on “Rail Baltica – project of the century”
11.04.2017
The “Rail
Baltica – project of the century” event took place on Monday, April 10th,
2017 at the Radisson Blu Latvija Conference & SPA Hotel, Elizabetes 55, www.radissonblu.com/en/latvijahotel-riga
Ed Kalvins began the evening by welcoming new
CanCham members Tele2, ISKU, Controlit
Factory and IIZI Brokers and
reviewed upcoming events, with the main ones being “Celebrating Canada” on Monday,
June 5th as Canada prepares for it’s 150th birthday, “Celebrating Latvia” on
Friday, June 16th, a warm up
to “Jâòi” with an afternoon field trip to the Brâlis Brewery for a plant tour
and dinner at the Brâlis Pub and Restaurant, and Canada Day on Saturday, July
1st, celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday. Ed also announced that a
business delegation is being planned to visit Canada in mid September, and that
the CanCham has introduced a new membership level called “Senior Corporate”.
Ed then introduced Baiba Rubesa, Chairperson of
the Management Board & CEO of Rail Baltica who presented the “Rail Baltica
– project of the century”, the progress
of the project, the plans for this year and useful information to
potential suppliers.
The Trans-European railway Rail Baltica,
linking Helsinki – Tallinn – Riga – Kaunas – Warsaw and continuing on to
Berlin, is to be developed within the territories of the co-operating EU Member
States. Rail Baltica will support the wider EU goals of parity of access to
services and infrastructure of EU Member States and development of sustainable
modes of transportation, improved balance and interoperability between
different means of transportation and the establishment of links with the rest
of the EU rail network.
Economic integration of Baltic States and
Poland with Western Europe leads to growing trade and traffic. Well furnished
and sustainable transportation links therefore promote economic growth and
integration. Rail Baltica is expected to have a major impact on the economic
development of our region and could affect all of us.
We thank Baiba for an
informative and interesting presentation.
Lauris Klavins, Head of Sales and International
Business Development at IIZI Brokers provided those present with a company
presentation of the services offer by IIZI.
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