| 14 December 2007 | ”Product from the Conflict Zone” The international Association of Business and Parliament - Georgia was also invited on exhibition with project: ”Product from the Conflict Zone”. IABP has organized involving entrepreneurs from conflict regions, from Tskhinvali Region and Abkhazia. The Exhibition continued for three days. |
| 16 November 2007 | The London Conference of the business and Parliament schemes The London Conference of the business and Parliament schemes will be held in the Palace of Westminster On the 6th of December. The Armed Forces and Parliament Scheme will be attending for the first time. |
| 14 November 2007 | 2007 YOUTH PARLIAMENT ESSAY COMPETITION An award ceremony was held in Parliament on 14 November to present the co-winners of the 2007 Youth Parliament Essay Competition, which was organised by the New Zealand Business & Parliament Trust, with their certificates and prize money. |
| 12 November 2007 | Batumi Exhibition “Expo Batumi 2007” On November 1-3, 2007 in Batumi, Georgia on the initiative of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of The Autonomous Republic of Adjara and International Trade and Industry Fair took place under the name EXPO BATUMI 2007.
The international Association of Business and Parliament - Georgia was also invited on exhibition with project: ”Product from Conflict Zone”. IABP has organized inclusion of entrepreneurs from conflict regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The Exhibition continued for three days. |
| 06 November 2007 | "Methodology on the Harmonization of Armenian Legislation to that of the European Union" IABP-Armenia is participating at the workshop on "Methodology on the Harmonization of Armenian Legislation to that of the European Union" organized by AEPLAC. IABP-Armenia may offer a forum for discussions on the topic between the EU and the National Assembly. |
| 05 November 2007 | Meeting with UNDP Deputy Resident Representative Erik Gyulazyan, Executive Director for IABP-Armenia, had a meeting with Alexander Avanessov, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative. During the meeting parties agreed to intensify cooperation on matters related to developing sound business environment in Armenia, through possible joint projects. The details will be further elaborated during upcoming meetings. |
| 01 November 2007 | CONFLICT OF INTERESTS: NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK OF AND INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES FOR REVENTION AND COMBATING THE CONFLICT OF INTERESTS CONFLICT OF INTERESTS: NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK OF AND INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES FOR REVENTION AND COMBATING THE CONFLICT OF INTERESTS At the beginning of September, IABP-Moldova took part in the round table discussion on the issues of regulating conflict of interests organised by the Centre for Investigative Journalism.
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| 29 October 2007 | Autumn series of company attachments for Moldovan MPs Autumn series of company attachments for Moldovan MPsIn September, IABP-Moldova, in co-operation with USAID funded project CEED (Competitiveness Enhancement and Economic Development), launched the autumn series of company attachments for Moldovan MPs. The scope of these company attachments lies within the broader regulatory framework of the draft Law 235 (Guillotine 2). |
| 13 October 2007 | RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
29 August - 1 September IABP-Georgia hosted Ms Natalia Federigi, ExecutiveDirector of the European Business and Parliament Scheme. The aim of the
visit was to share experience, strengthen relationships between the schemes
and set up an action plan for various programmes. These are aimed at closer
cooperation between the parliaments with the support of IABP. It was also an
opportunity for both directors to participate in training sessions led by the
Secretary General of IABP, Mr. Fredrick Hyde-Chambers. |
| 13 October 2007 | ATTRACTING FOREIGN INVESTORATTRACTING INVESTORS
With the initiative of Mrs Nina Nakashidze, MP Deputy Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the framework of the Foreign Investors Advisory Council
(FIAC) and with the support of IABP-Georgia, the Committee hosted an Italian
Delegation interested in investment possibilities in Georgia. |
| 13 October 2007 | ECONOMIC REHABILITATION OF THE CONFLICT ZONEECONOMIC ZONES
In the framework of the 6 months project, prepared by the IABP-Georgia, the first economic working group meeting has been held. The event was attended by the representatives of the OSCE, EC Delegation, Embassy of the USA, Business sector, Temporary Comission on Territorial Integrity Issues, Government. |
| 13 October 2007 | EVENT ON: DANGER OF LEAD POISONING
IN GEORGIA
Together with the Global Food Alliance of Georgia IABP-Georgia held a round
table discussion on: Lead poisoning danger in Georgia.
The event was attended by MPs from the health care and social issues committee,
relevant experts, the Ministry of Natural resources and Environmental protection
and business representatives (BP, Lukoil, Caparol). |
| 13 October 2007 | ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL SCHEMES
OF THE IABP
Between the 4-5 June the Annual General Meeting of the IABP took place in Brussels with the participation of all national business and Parliament schemes.Each scheme was represented by its director, who made a presentation of the
activities accomplished by the organization. The participants of the meeting
had the possibility to share experience with each other. A discussion took place
on how to raise effectiveness of the IABP as well as the national schemes. |
| 24 August 2007 | The UK Embassy have agreed to support the establishment of IABP-Oman The UK Embassy have agreed to support the establishment of IABP-Oman
And to fund the first programs. The State Council is supplying office accommodation. The programs will begin following the elections to the Lower House and the Sultans appointments to the Upper House (the State Council) in October.
One of the first programs will be a visit by Joe Reynolds, Deputy Clerk of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Senior Trustee of the Northern Ireland Assembly Business and Parliament Trust to discuss closer co-operation between the schemes. |
| 10 July 2007 | Wales Association and IABP-Moldova The Industry and National Assembly of Wales Association and IABP-Moldova are co-operating on a program of sharing experience between the two Parliaments and at Moldova Regional level. |
| 10 July 2007 | The Enterpirse Experience of the European Commission The Enterpirse Experience of the European Commission will be making its assessment of the first stage of the program available to the IABP for memebrs of the Association. |
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