HC Deb 13 January 1992 vol 201 cc470-2W
Mr. William Powell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all the items of assistance provided by Her Majesty's Government to Latvia since 1 January 1991.

Mrs. Chalker

The following projects have been initiated in the Baltic states. including Latvia, with funding from the know-how fund:

Know how fund Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia

Small business creation

  1. 1. Mitaline Technology (Estonia).
  2. 2. Preparation of a training programme for use by Estonian Small Business Association.
  3. 3. Estonian Small Business Association.
  4. 4. Approved.
  5. 5. £4,000.

Financial Services

  1. 1. Transcend Technology (Lithuania).
  2. 2. To provide assistance to the Association of Light Industry Enterprises of Lithuania to prepare individual state enterprises for privatisation.
  3. 3. Association of Light Industries.
  4. 4. Approved.
  5. 5. £9,800.

Political and Cultural

  1. 1. Restructuring MFAs.
  2. 2. Senior retired United Kingdom diplomats on short attachments to Ministries of Foreign Affairs in Latvia. Lithuania and Estonia. To advise on restructuring in a democratic society.
  3. 3. Ministries of Foreign Affairs.
  4. 4. Approved.
  5. 5. £15,000.
  1. 1. Police Training Missions
  2. 2. Senior officers from Strathclyde police on short missions to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to advise on police training needs, restructuring etc.
  3. 3.—
  4. 4. Approved.
  5. 5. £20,000.
  1. 1. Low Cost Book Scheme.
  2. 2. Subsidies for text books for retailers and individuals in three baltic states.
  3. 3.—
  4. 4. Approved.
  5. 5. £66,000.
  1. 1. Short Term Scholarships.
  2. 2. One year scholarships for postgraduates and young professionals in the three Baltics. Target areas economics, finance and management.
  3. 3.—
  4. 4. Approved.
  5. 5. £120,000.
  1. 1. Bradford Baltic Unit.
  2. 2. Attachment of students from the three Baltic states to the Baltic Unit of Bradford University.
  3. 3.—.
  4. 4. Approved.
  5. 5. £70,900.
  1. 1. Books for Parliaments.
  2. 2. Provision of text books in key areas to libraries of Baltic Parliaments.
  3. 3.—.
  4. 4. Approved.
  5. 5. £15,000.
  1. 1. Seminar for Parliamentary Librarians.
  2. 2. Training seminar for Parliamentary librarians from the three Baltic States.
  3. 3.—.
  4. 4. Approved.
  5. 5. £8,000.
  1. 1. Legal Attachments.
    2. 472
  2. 2. Attachments of young lawyers from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to the Law Society of Scotland and Scottish legal practices.
  3. 3.—.
  4. 4. Approved.
  5. 5. £40,000.
  1. 1. Legal Concepts for Translators.
  2. 2. Training in legal concepts in English for translators attached to the Office of the Lithuanian Supreme Council.
  3. 3.—.
  4. 4. Approved.
  5. 5. £4,000.
  1. 1. TV Training Project.
  2. 2. Assisting trainees from the three Baltic states in British TV production procedures.
  3. 3.—.
  4. 4. Approved.
  5. 5. £26,000.
  1. 1. Visit of Lithuania Deputy Chief of Protocol.
  2. 2. Familiarisation visit.
  3. 3.—.
  4. 4. Completed.
  5. 5. £2,000.
  1. 1. Publisher Training.
  2. 2. Seminar on publishing and book trade in Lithuania.
  3. 3. Open Society Foundation of Lithuania.
  4. 4. Approved.
  5. 5. £30,000.

Note:

  1. 1.= Title of project.
  2. 2. = Purpose of project.
  3. 3. = Local organisation involved.
  4. 4. = Status of project.
  5. 5. = Cost of project.

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