On April 7 2008 \u2013 World Health Day \u2013 Latvian Association of Chemicaland Pharmaceutical Industries (LAKIFA) in cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment and JSC Grindeksheld informative seminar \u201eMechanisms to Support Entrepreneurs in Implementation of Environment Programmes\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The seminar was purposively held on the World Health Day, when the World Health Organisation (WHO) appealed to the world public to draw attention to health effects of climate change. Everyone is important in the struggle against climate change, particularly, enterprises, which manufacturing processes affect the environment \u2013 air, land and other environment components. In order to achieve tangible results, the environment shall be protected in complex and co-operation shall be at civil, national and global level. Therefore, the seminar was aimed to draw entrepreneurs\u2019 attention to environmental protection aspects and inform about global climate change, affecting factors, mechanisms to support environment programmes at enterprises as well as to involve entrepreneurs in commitment to environment-safe manufacturing processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201eImportant in solution of environmental protection issues are commitment to and support of entrepreneurs in implementation of environment programmes by the country as well as exchange of entrepreneurs\u2019 experience and readiness to solve the environmental issues at their enterprises,\u201d \u2013 emphasised LAKIFA Executive Director Raina D\u016br\u0113ja in the opening speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201eI believe that Grindeks experience and visit to the unique Analytical Scale-up Laboratory, where participants of the seminar will be able to learn about environmentally friendly technologies, will be a good example in environmental protection,\u201d \u2013 stressed Chairman of the Board of JSC Grindeks J\u0101nis Romanovskis welcoming the seminar participants .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The following persons spoke at the seminar Aiga R\u016br\u0101ne, Representative of the World Health Organisation in Latvia, Raina D\u016br\u0113ja, LAKIFA Executive Director, Linda Leja, Head of Climate Policy Division, Climate and Renewable Energy Department at Latvian Ministry of the Environment, Astr\u012bda Burka, Director of Enterpreneurship and Industry Department at Latvian Ministry of Economics, Ilze Puri\u0146a, Chairman of the Board of \u201eEnvironmental investment fund\u201d Ltd. and Imants D\u0101vidsons, Quality Director of JSC Grindeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For further information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Raina D\u016br\u0113ja
Executive Director of Latvian Association of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries
Tel.: 67298683, 29196588
lakifa@lakifa.lv<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n