HC Deb 14 March 1990 vol 169 cc236-40W
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.

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

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

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

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
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

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