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| Preparations are underway at the October Palace for the 2008 Annual Meeting and Business Forum. |
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| Posters and signs decorate the historic city of Kiev. |
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| President Lemierre received a colourful welcome at the Komarovka orphanage and boarding school. |
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| President Lemierre's visit was a success but for some people, it was all a bit too much ... |
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| A donation form the EBRD will be used to refurbish the orphanage's dated and inefficient heating system. |
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| Stars in their eyes: children at the orphanage show off their singing skills. |
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| EBRD Donor Forum. |
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| Jean Lemierre, EBRD President, discusses sustainable development. |
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| From left to right: Horst Reichenbach (Vice President for Risk Management, Human Resources and Nuclear Safety), Alexander Auboeck (Business Group Director, Cooperation Initiatives and Programmes), Chikako Kuno (Director, Group for Small Business) and Alan Rousso (Director, Strategy and Analysis). |
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| Tatsuo Yamasaki (Deputy Director-General, International Bureau, Japanese Ministry of Finance), Kazuya Murakami (Executive Director for Japan, EBRD), Gisella Berardi (Italian Ministry of the Economy and Finance), Enzo Quattrociocche (Italian Board Director, EBRD). |
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| Mrs Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine greets Jean Lemierre, President of the EBRD at the opening of the Ukraine Investment Forum. |
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| Andrey Kurkov, editor of Histories of Hope in the first person talks at the book's launch. |
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| Mrs Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine opens the Ukraine Investment Forum. |
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| Representatives from government and business explored the great investment potential of Ukraine at the Investment Forum. |
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| The historic Opera House in Kiev was the setting for a performance of the ballet ' Lilea' by K. Dankevich on Sunday 17 May. |
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| Participants at the EBRD Annual Meeting were invited to several cultural events including a performance of the ballet ' Lilea' at the Kiev Opera House. |
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| Alistair Clark, Corporate Director of Environment and Sustainability at the EBRD addresses the special donor forum, 'Sustainable development in EBRD countries'. |
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| The challenges and opportunities for sustainable development in the EBRD region were highlighted by Josué Tanaka, Corporate Director, Strategic and Corporate Planning at the special donor forum 'Sustainable development in EBRD countries'. |
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| Participants at the EBRD Annual Meeting were invited to several cultural events including a performance of Ukrainian music by the National Folk Orchestra at the Philharmonic Hall (Sunday, 17 May). |
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| National Folk Orchestra entertained meeting participants to an evening of Ukrainian music at the Philharmonic Hall (Sunday, 17 May). |
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| An award for excellency in energy efficiency was presented to a representative of the Ukrainian Tsyurupinsk Paper Mill during the special donor forum 'Sustainable development in EBRD countries' (Sunday, 17 May). |
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| Jean Lemierre, President of the EBRD welcomes Mrs Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine to the Leaders Roundtable. |
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| Ksenia Yudaeva, Chief Economist, Sberbank highlighted progress made in transition countries in building dynamic economies and the main policy challenges ahead at the Economics Panel. |
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| Leading economists from eastern Europe, western institutions and the EBRD discussed transition challenges at the Economics Panel (18 May). Left to right: Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Center for International Development, Harvard University; Iryna Akimova, Deputy of Verkhovna Rada and Honourable Member, BEST Research Centre; Erik Berglof, Chief Economist at the EBRD; Božidar Djelic, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia; and Ksenia Yudaeva, Chief Economist, Sberbank. |
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| The 'exchange' area of the October Palace is an opportunity for Annual Meeting participants to network, access the Internet, visit display stands and watch live footage of events. |
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| Mikhal Ramach, Serbian essayist and chief editor of the independent daily newspaper Danas shares his experience of transition at the launch of EBRD's Histories of Hope in the first person. Mr Ramach was one of the book's contributors. |
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| Erik Berglof, Chief Economist, EBRD presents the Bank's forecast for transition economies at a press briefing, |
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| Anthony Williams, Head of Media, EBRD speaks at a press briefing on the Bank's economic forecasts for the region. |
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| Louise Fresco, Member of the Supervisory Board, Rabobank discusses sustainable agriculture issues at the panel Back to the land: growing the solution to rising food prices (Sunday 18 May). |
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| Nigel Carter, Deputy Secretary General, EBRD discusses Bank projects with representatives of NGOs and civil society. |
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| Croatia's roadmap to EU Accession was the topic of the Croatia country presentation. Speakers from left to right were: Ljerka Puljic, Senior Executive Vice President, Agrokor; Zdravko Maric, State Secretary, Ministry of Finance (Croatia); and Charlotte Ruhe, EBRD Country Director for Croatia. |
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| Chikako Kuno, Director, Group for Small Business at the EBRD addresssed delegates at the Women in Business panel session (Sunday 18 May) |
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| Participants at the well-attended Women in Business panel session (Sunday 18 May) exchanged experiences on doing business in a socially and environmentally responsible way. |
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| Award winners and panellists at the closing of the Women in Business session (Sunday 18 May) |
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| Gulnara Artambayeva, CEO of TsATEK Holding (Central Asia Fuel and Energy Company), Kazakhstan receives the Women in Business Award for outstanding achievement in the energy sector during the Women in Business session (Sunday 18 May). |
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| Panellists at the Women in Business panel session (Sunday 18 May) from left to right: Jack Stack, former CEO, Ceska Sporitelna, Czech Republic; Anca Vlad, President, Fildas Group, Romania; Nejira Nalic, Managing Director MI-BOSPO, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Chrystia Freeland, US Managing Editor, Financial Times; Inga Legasova, Director General, Remiling, Russia; Tatiana Radomyslskaya, CFO, acting CEO, Slobozhanska Budivelna Keramika, Ukraine. |
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| The Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the EBRD's Board of Governors takes place from 18-19 May in the October Palace, Kiev. |
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| At the opening session of the EBRD's Board of Governors (18 May) the Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (left) and Ukrainian President Victor Yushenko (right) and paid tribute to the Bank’s work in helping the country achieve a decade of remarkable economic growth. |
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| EBRD President Jean Lemierre identified the highlights of his eight years in office and future priorities for the region in his keynote address to the EBRD's Board of Governors (18 May 2008). |
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| “The EBRD is a reliable partner,” President Victor Yushenko of Ukraine told the opening session of the Bank’s Board of Governors (18 May 2008). |
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| Mr Jean Lemierre, EBRD President addresses the opening session of the Bank's Board of Governors (18 May 2008). |
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| Mayor of Warsaw Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz assured participants that the government would do its utmost to deliver infrastructure in time for the 2012 European Cup Championships at 'The football factor: the private sector in infrastructure' (18 May). |
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| Sarah Carey, Chair of the Board of Trustees, New Eurasia Foundation, Senior Partner, Squire, Sanders and Dempsey L.L.P acted as moderator for the panel, 'The football factor: the private sector in infrastructure' (18 May). |
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| Panelists at the panel 'The football factor: the private sector in infrastructure' (18 May) included (left) Wilfried Rammler, Managing Director, Hochtief PPP Solutions and (right) Alfonso Querejeta, Secretary General, EIB. |
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| EBRD President Jean Lemierre welcomes Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to the opening session of the Bank's Board of Governors at the October Palace, Kiev (18 May). |
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| Varel Freeman, First Vice President, EBRD and Roman Avdeev, Credit Bank of Moscow attended the opening of the Business Forum (18 May). |
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| Jean Lemierre (facing) congratulates Thomas Mirow of Germany who was named as his successor as President of the EBRD at the Bank's Annual Meeting. |
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| Thomas Mirow, the newly-appointed EBRD President speaks at the closing session of the Bank's Board of Governors in Kiev, Ukraine. |
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| Left to right: Alexander Kwasniewski, Former President of Poland, Jean Lemierre, EBRD President and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko meet the press at the Leaders Lunch (EBRD Annual Meeting, Kiev, Ukraine,18-19 May) |
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| Jean Lemierre, EBRD President and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko arrive at the Leaders Lunch, held on the first day of the EBRD Annual Meeting (18 May). |
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| Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, President, Bank Pekao spoke at the panel, 'How will we know when we get there: thriving societies defined by the middle class' (18 May). |
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| Arkady Ostrovsky, Moscow Bureau Chief of The Economist, acted as moderator of the panel, ' How will we know when we get there: thriving societies defined by the middle class' (18 May). |
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| The panel, 'How will we know when we get there: thriving societies defined by the middle class' (18 May) attracted leading businessmen from the EBRD region such as Alex Herdt, CEO, Central and Eastern Europe, Ogilvy Group Central and Eastern Europe. |
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| Anna Derevyanko, Director of the European Business Association, stressed that the middle class is ambitious for economic but also political freedom at the panel discussion, ' How will we know when we get there: thriving societies defined by the middle class' (18 May). |
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| Manfred Schepers, Vice President Finance at the EBRD opens the Business Forum at the EBRD Annual Meeting on 18 May. |
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| Energising modern economies was the theme of the Business Forum, a two-day series of events running parallel to the EBRD Board of Governors (Kiev, Ukraine, 18-19 May). |
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| Women in Business leaders from left to right: Alenka Žnidaršič Kranjc, Tatiana Vysokova, Gulnara Artambayeva and Filya Zhebrovska. |
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| Taking questions at the EBRD President's Press Conference on 19 May were from left to right: Brigid Janssen, Director, Communications, EBRD; Thomas Mirow, newly-appointed EBRD President; Jean Lemierre, outgoing EBRD President; and Anthony Williams, Head of Media Relations, EBRD. |
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| Thomas Mirow, newly-named EBRD President (facing) is flanked by outgoing EBRD President, Jean Lemierre (left) and Anthony Williams, Head of Media Relations, EBRD (right) at the President's Press Conference on 19 May. |
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| At a press briefing on 19 May, Anton Usov, Communications Advisor, EBRD Regional Office in Ukraine, discusses the Bank's €135 million donation to international clean-up efforts at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. |
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| Horst Reichenbach, EBRD Vice President announces the Bank's €135 million donation for international Chernobyl support efforts at a press briefing on 19 May. |
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| Andrew Wilson, Regional Vice President for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova at the Eurasia Foundation, identified several barriers hindering companies involvement in CSR in the region at the panel discussion,'Doing well by doing good: corporate social responsibility’ (19 May). |
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| CSR is first and foremost about business responsibility according to Jock Menodoza-Wilson, Director of Corporate and Investor Relations at System Capital Management, who spoke at the discussion panel, 'Doing well by doing good: corporate social responsibility’ on 19 May. |
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| Igor Chestin, Director, WWF Russia was a panellist at the discussion,'Doing well by doing good: corporate social responsibility’ on 19 May |
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| Panellists at the 'High tech, high stakes' panel were (left to right): Evgeny Utkin, Chairman, Kvazar - Micro Corporation; Yigal Erlich, Chairman and Managing Partner, Yozma; Arkadiy Dobkin, CEO and President, EPAM; and Arie Gutman, Founder, FineTech. |
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| Yigal Erlich, Chairman and Managing Partner, Yozma urged investors to lobby their governments to invest in innovation and education in technology at the discussion panel, 'High tech, high stakes' on 19 May. |
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| EBRD has invested €1 million in supporting Austrian technology firm Senoplast's production in Russia. EBRD's Varel Freeman (left) signs the agreement with Wilhelm Klepsch of Senoplast (right) on 19 May. |
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