The Belarus EU Business Council is pleased to introduce the male voice chorus “The Slavs”, prize-winner of a number of international competitions.

You are cordially invited to the charity Christmas concert organized to support the activities of the Monastery Sainte-Elisabeth in Minsk, Belarus, that takes care of orphanage for disabled children, hospital for patients suffering from cancer and a small farm where people with alcohol and drug addiction can find moral support and jobs.

You will hear orthodox liturgy chants as well as famous Russian folk songs.

The entrance to the concert is free of charge.

After the concert you will have an opportunity to buy the CDs of the chorus and goods produced with love and care by the sisters of the Monastery Sainte-Elisabeth: souvenirs, candles, honey, herbs, and other hand-made products.

For further information and the programme of the concerts, please click here.

24 November 2011, 09.00 – 17.30, Minsk (Belarus)

“Privatization as an important route to the market economy”

For the fourth year running the Belarus EU Business Council brings together key Belarusian officials and decision makers, and a team of international experts from Deutsche Börse, The Bank of New-York Mellon, Deutsche Bank, KPMG, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, International Finance Corporation, leading public institutions from Belarus and Europe and other stakeholders to share their views on the current investment climate and privatization process in Belarus.

Target audience:

• Managing Directors of Belarusian businesses
• General Directors
• Deputy General Directors
• Deputy General Directors
• Finance and Administration Directors
• Senior Representatives of accounting and law firms

Registration and full conference programme at: http://www.amiando.com/BEUBC2011.html

31 March - 1 April 2011, Brussels

“Business is also a cultural interaction that brings security and stability.” Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, MEP - Opening Speech at the East Invest Launch Meeting

The East Invest Project was launched in the framework of the Eastern Partnership Initiative on 31 March – 1 April 2011 in Brussels. The project aims at boosting the investment, trade, and economic development in the six countries of the Eastern Neighborhood which are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine.

28 February 2011, Crowne Plaza, Minsk

Opening speech by Mr. Wilson, Director of the BEUBC

Presentation by Mr. Leutges: The Company “SoHaTec” offers an advanced system of control on the municipal, regional and republican levels. The goals of the project include transparent reporting system, cost control, process optimization, improvement of the system functioning. SoHaTec’s solution strengthens the municipal structures and state authorities to improve planning measurements. It establishes higher city revenues for services and deliveries. The administrative solution can help to privatize municipal units. City income grows and becomes transparent. Infrastructure becomes more effective. The city computer net will allow delivering to each department a certain function thus the multilayered system is established.