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SUMMARY:Latvia - your next destination for business
DESCRIPTION:Time: Wednesday 2nd December 2020 starting at 13.00 (Finnish time)Place: Virtual meeting (Teams)\nLatvia is among the closest export markets for Finland. The Baltic countries have a 5 million population and offer good cooperation opportunities in several sectors - from woodworking to mechanical engineering but also in biomedicine and IT\, and others. Latvia is a central hub for the Baltic markets and situates close to the other European markets. Over 300 Finnish companies are operating in Latvia.  \nLatvian tax system has been rated as the 2nd best among the OECD countries\, according to the 2020 International Tax Competitiveness Index. In addition\, Latvia also offers Special Economic zone tax benefits in 4 locations in Latvia that make the manufacturing activity in Latvia very appealing.\nBeing located at a 400 km distance\, the Latvian capital Riga is close by and will be even better connected when the Rail Baltica project will be implemented in addition to the excellent flight connections.\nJoin us to learn more on the cooperation opportunities to grow your business from close to home destination!\nThis event is co-organized by Enterprise Europe Network\, law office Eversheds Sutherland Bitāns\, Finnish-Latvian Trade Association and Helsinki Chamber of Commerce. \nProgram\n13.00 Opening of the eventJan Nyholm\, Chair\, Finnish-Latvian Trade Association\n13.05 Political and economic outlook of Latvia Antti Kauttonen\, Deputy Head of Mission\, Embassy of Finland in Latvia\n13.20 Cooperation opportunities in Latvia Alise Barvika\, Head of the Representative Office in Finland at Investment and Development Agency of Latvia \n13.40 Legal aspects                       Elīna Vilde\, Senior Associate\, Eversheds Sutherland Bitāns Anete Marhele\, Head of Tax\, Eversheds Sutherland Bitāns \n14.10 Company caseTuomas Virtanen\, Managing Partner\, CIVITTA Finland\, �\nikita Pušņakovs\, Associate Partner\, CIVITTA Latvia\n14.25 Finnvera - Export Credit Agency                       Anu-Leena Koskelainen\, Head of Country Risk Management\, Finnvera\n14.45 Discussion\n15.00 Closing the event Jan Nyholm\, Chair\, Finnish-Latvian Trade Association\nThe event is free of charge\, but needs registration no later than 30th November 2020.\nWe wish you most welcome to our event.\nEnterprise Europe NetworkEversheds Sutherland BitānsFinnish-Latvian Trade Association Helsinki Region Chamber of Commerce\n\nPicture: latvia.travel\, the archive of the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia
LOCATION:Online, Teams
URL:http://tapahtumat.kauppakamari.fi/latviayournextdestinationforbusiness021220
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