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Mr. Bowis
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will now list the projects so far approved from the know-how fund for Poland.
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Mrs. Chalker
The information is as follows:
Activities approved under the know-how fund for Poland as at 8 March 1990 |
Title: |
Foreign Investment agency |
Description: |
Four seminars on corporate finance, and financial and management accounting |
Status: |
Completed |
Cost: |
£56,000 |
Title: |
Bank Handlowy |
Description: |
Two seminars on Treasury management and an introduction to capital markets |
Status: |
Completed |
Cost: |
£34,000 |
Title: |
Banking and finance sector mission |
Description: |
Project identification |
Status: |
Completed |
Cost: |
£10,000 |
Title: |
Finance and the City of London |
Description: |
Course in financial institutions for 20 Polish visitors |
Status: |
Completed |
Cost: |
£61,000 |
Title: |
Accountancy sector mission |
Description: |
Project identification |
Status: |
Completed |
Cost: |
£19,000 |
Title: |
Privatisation conference |
Description: |
Conference |
Status: |
Completed: |
Cost: |
£33,000 |
Title: |
Job Ownership |
Description: |
Study tour of United Kingdom employee-owned businesses |
Status: |
Completed |
Cost: |
£10,000 |
Title: |
Warszawskie Zaklady Telewizyjne (WZT) |
Description: |
Pilot consultancy on employee ownership |
Status: |
Underway |
Cost: |
£12,000 |
Title: |
Management Study tour |
Description: |
Directors of Polish management education schools to undertake two-week United Kingdom study tour |
Status: |
Completed |
Cost: |
£31,000 |
Title: |
Management seminars |
Description: |
Seminars on marketing and export promotion |
Status: |
Completed |
Cost: |
£20,000 |
Title: |
Young management graduates |
Description: |
Two month programme at British Institute of management plus attachments |
Status: |
Underway |
Cost: |
£222,000 |
Title: |
Management educators |
Description: |
Training of trainers at various institutions |
Status: |
Underway |
Cost: |
£251,000 |
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Title: |
Visiting lecturers |
Description: |
Tours of Polish management schools by invited British specialists |
Status: |
Underway |
Cost: |
£56,000 |
Title: |
Fishery management |
Description: |
Three month programme at Hull for Polish fishery managers plus study tour by senior managers |
Status: |
Underway |
Cost: |
£133,000 |
Title: |
Farmer/Co-operatives training |
Description: |
Identification and implementation of training programme for managers of cooperatives |
Status: |
Underway |
Cost: |
£20,000 |
Title: |
English for management |
Description: |
Project identification |
Status: |
Completed |
Cost: |
£10,000 |
Title: |
Management libraries |
Description: |
Provision of management books and videos to key Polish educational institutions |
Status: |
Underway |
Cost: |
£125,000 |
Title: |
Industrial consultancy |
Description: |
Assessment of potential productivity improvements at three Polish plants and substantive work at FSO car manufacturing plant |
Status: |
Underway |
Cost: |
£75,000 |
Title: |
Financial seminars |
Description: |
Increasing awareness of how Western financial institutions and markets work |
Status: |
Completed |
Cost: |
£172,000 |
Title: |
Translation of key management texts |
Description: |
Two consultants to identify needs in relation to the translation and publication of selected texts and the potential establishment of a publishing house |
Status: |
Underway |
Cost: |
£10,820 |
Title: |
Electricity sector |
Description: |
Reconnaissance mission |
Status: |
Completed |
Cost: |
£10,000 |
Title: |
IBRD social security mission |
Description: |
Secondment of three United Kingdom experts to an IBRD mission to look at the social aspects of economic adjustment |
Status: |
Completed |
Cost: |
£39,000 |
Title: |
Blood plasma |
Description: |
Feasibility study for establishment of a blood fractionation plant |
Status: |
Underway |
Cost: |
£154,000 |
Title: |
Data Processing |
Description: |
Adaptation of Polish econometric model to meet IMF specifications |
Status: |
Completed |
Cost: |
£22,000 |
Title: |
Economic Adviser |
Description: |
Appointment of a macro-economic adviser to the Ministry of Finance |
Status: |
Underway |
Cost: |
£60,000 |
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Title: |
Equipment for Ministry of Finance |
Description: |
Provision of office machinery |
Status: |
Completed |
Cost: |
£20,000 |
Title: |
Equipment for Ministry of Education |
Description: |
Provision of office machinery to the Task Force for co-ordination |
Status: |
Completed |
Cost: |
£20,000 |
Title: |
Coal industry training |
Description: |
Training in colliery management techniques |
Status: |
Underway |
Cost: |
£49,000 |
Title: |
Cracow tourism study |
Description: |
Recommendation of immediate measures to help Cracow cope with the coming tourist season, and development of longer-term proposals |
Status: |
Underway |
Cost: |
£37,000 |
Title: |
Agros dried vegetables |
Description: |
Recommendations for productivity improvements |
Status: |
Underway |
Cost: |
£55,000 |
Title: |
Company doctor training |
Description: |
Seven courses in training Polish consultants in techniques of company analysis |
Status: |
Underway |
Cost: |
£97,000 |
Title: |
Conference on demonopolisation |
Description: |
Discussion of methods and experiences of demonopolisation in relation to the process of economic and political decision taking |
Status: |
To be implemented |
Cost: |
£11,000 |
Title: |
Book industry training |
Description: |
Pilot project to assess the training needs of the Polish book industry |
Status: |
To be implemented |
Cost: |
£17,200 |
Title: |
Post-experience training for journalists |
Description: |
Four courses including academic and practical attachments |
Status: |
Underway |
Cost: |
£240,000 |
Title: |
Local government assistance |
Description: |
Project to combat environmental pollution involving Carlisle and Slupsk |
Status: |
To be implemented |
Cost: |
£30,000 |
Title: |
Seminars for Polish MPs |
Description: |
Introduction to British parliamentary concepts |
Status: |
Completed |
Cost: |
£15,000 |
Title: |
Media training |
Description: |
Seven courses organised by BBC World Service |
Status: |
Underway |
Cost: |
£225,000 |
Title: |
Establishment of capital markets |
Description: |
Familiarisation trip by Ministry of Finance officials to the London Stock Exchange |
Status: |
Completed |
Cost: |
£7,600 |
Title: |
AIDS training |
Description: |
Training for Polish doctors and nurses on how to handle AIDS patients |
Status: |
To be implemented |
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Cost: |
£21,500 |
Title: |
Railway training |
Description: |
Attendance at signalling and telecommunications course for three railway engineers |
Status: |
To be implemented |
Cost: |
£15,800 |
Title: |
New banks mission |
Description: |
Technical assistance for the establishment of new banks |
Status: |
To be implemented |
Cost: |
£25,000 |
Title: |
Agricultural sector mission |
Description: |
Project identification |
Status: |
Completed |
Cost: |
£25,000 |
Title: |
Pharmaceutical sector |
Description: |
Mission to assess pharmacy training needs and joint venture possibilities |
Status: |
To be implemented |
Cost: |
£2,300 |
Title: |
Foreign trade training |
Description: |
Secondment from the Polish Chamber of Foreign Trade to the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce |
Status: |
To be implemented |
Cost: |
£2,200 |
Title: |
Scholarships programme |
Description: |
Non project-related training awards administered by the British Council |
Status: |
To be implemented |
Cost: |
£500,000 per year |
Title: |
Academic links programme |
Description: |
Finance to allow two-way exploratory visits between institutions which will be administered by the British Council |
Status: |
To be implemented |
Cost: |
£100,000 per year |
Title: |
IBRD banking mission |
Description: |
Secondment of two United Kingdom experts to an IBRD mission to look at project preparatory work in the banking sector |
Status: |
Completed |
Cost: |
£16,900 |
Title: |
Assistance to local government |
Description: |
Provision of equipment for the Foundation of Local Democracy centre in Lodz |
Status: |
To be implemented |
Cost: |
£20,000 |
Title: |
Research Programme |
Description: |
Assessment of the competitiveness of the industrial sector in Poland |
Status: |
To be implemented |
Cost: |
£27,000 |
Title: |
Privatisation and market research centre in |
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Gdansk |
Description: |
Assistance to the Centre |
Status: |
To be implemented |
Cost: |
£38,000 |
Title: |
Legal training |
Description: |
Three month placements for 13 Polish lawyers with United Kingdom firms |
Status: |
To be implemented |
Cost: |
£40,000 |
Title |
Energy Audit |
Description: |
Detailed analysis of the Power and Brown Coal Board by a team of 12 United Kingdom utility personnel |
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Status: |
To be implemented |
Cost: |
£403,000 |
Title: |
Economic Adviser |
Description: |
Appointment of a second Economic Adviser to the Ministry of Finance |
Status: |
Underway |
Cost: |
£7,000 |
Title: |
Financial Markets Adviser |
Description: |
Appointment of an Adviser to the Ministry of Finance |
Status: |
Underway |
Cost: |
£70,000 |
Title: |
Assistance to local government |
Description: |
Three courses for newly elected local government councillors and officials based at Leicester Polytechnic |
Status: |
To be implemented |
Cost: |
£190,000 |