With support of the European Commission Representation in Latvia, Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance (BICG) is organasing a discussion about the role of competition and corporate governance in the state-owned enterprises in Latvia.
The debate is organized as an open exchange of opinions amongst the main stakeholders: private and public sector professionals, government officials, politicians and independent experts. It aims at gathering the leading practitioners and opinion‐leaders to discuss the fragile border between the role of the government as the owner (or co‐owner) of the most influential enterprises that often enjoy the status natural monopolies, and ministries’ main constitutional purpose of governance and support of the overall development of the economy and particular industries according to the general requirements for open competition and anti‐monopoly policies. Can corporate governance of state-owned enterprises become the answer to the obvious conflict these two roles bare?
Program:
17:00 Welcome by Valdis Zagorsksis, Deputy Head of European Commission Representation in Latvia
17:05 – 17:25 Introductory session: setting up the context.
- Governance of state‐owned enterprises in Latvia, Indars Aščuks, BICG
- Competition and corporate governance in the state‐owned enterprises in Latvia, Tālis Putniņš, Riga Stockholm School of Economics
- State‐owned enterprises: status quo in Lithuania, Adomas Audickas, Advisor to the Minister of Economics of Lithuania
17:25 – 19:00 Roundtable discussion
Moderator: Vjačeslavs Dombrovskis, Baltic International Center for Economic policy Studies, Riga Stockholm School of Economics
Working language: Latvian/English
19:30 Dinner at restaurant “Neiburgs”, Jauniela 25/27
