A working visit

Published: 13 March 2004 y., Saturday
James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, will visit Slovenia for a short working visit, arriving late on the afternoon of March 16 and departing the following afternoon, March 17. In addition to high level meetings with government officials, Mr. Wolfensohn will participate in three events on Wednesday, March 17: First, he will inaugurate a Global Distance Learning Center at the Center for Excellence in Finance and link up via videoconference with the finance ministers of Albania, Croatia and Slovenia to discuss building capacity for better auditing and accounting in the public sector. Second, he will be present at a celebration marking the transition of Slovenia’s status among World Bank members from borrower to donor; a press conference will follow. Third, he will participate in the launch of a book published by the World Bank, Slovenia: From Yugoslavia to the European Union at Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana’s cultural and congress center. The book was produced in partnership with the Bank of Slovenia, the Government Office for European Affairs and the Faculty of Economics of the University of Ljubljana. During his visit, Mr. Wolfensohn will meet with President Janez Drnovšek, Prime Minister Anton Rop, and Finance Minister Dušan Mramor, as well as other prominent citizens and officials.
Šaltinis: http://lnweb18.worldbank.org
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.

Facebook Comments

New comment


Captcha

Associated articles

The most popular articles

Financial services: Commission adopts additional legislative proposals to strengthen financial supervision in Europe

The European Commission has adopted additional legislative proposals today to further strengthen financial supervision in Europe. more »

Dealing with derivatives

The EU has announced plans to regulate the market for derivatives – complex financial products that helped trigger the financial crisis. more »

Milk price crisis: Parliament gives go ahead to new measures

New proposals to help EU farmers through the milk price crisis were backed by Parliament on Thursday. more »

JEREMIE & JESSICA: Innovative financial instruments help regions and cities to overcome their investment needs

The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group are organising a conference in Brussels on 22 and 23 October to further promote two initiatives designed to increase the use of financial engineering instruments in the framework of cohesion policy. more »

Construction of Finnfoam’s thermal insulation production plant started

The biggest thermal insulation production manufacturer in Finland “Finnfoam” has started the construction of a thermal insulation production plant in Kaunas FEZ. more »

EIB supports Hungary with EUR 350 million

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing two loans in Hungary. more »

European Commission, International Financial Institutions and EU Member States agree Western Balkans Investment Framework

Key Western Balkan projects to benefit from new funding EU, IFI financing to focus on infrastructure, SMEs and energy efficiency. more »

Lithuania, Belarus and China will develop East-West transport corridor

Lithuania, Belarus and China will cooperate in the development of the initiative of the East-West transport corridor. more »

Bank SNORAS will provide preferential credits to farmers and agricultural companies

On October this year AB Bank SNORAS will provide preferential UAB “Guarantee Fund of Agricultural Loans ” purpose loans to farmers and companies, which scope of activity is economic activity and processing of agricultural production. more »

Car workers in Austria to get help from EU Globalisation Fund

The European Commission has today approved an application from Austria for assistance under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). more »