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New Year’s Reception in Łódź On 25 January, the Netherlands-Polish Chamber of Commerce organised a New Year’s Reception in Łódź. Around 35 guests attended the celebration at Klub Wino, with the participants including members and guests of the NPCC as well as representatives of the local authorities. The welcome speeches were given by Martijn Homan, Agricultural Counsellor of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Jasja van der Veen, committee member of the NPCC, and Sławomir Karasiński, board member of the NPCC. The guests were also welcomed by Elro van den Burg, Managing Director of
Many people from the business community in Łódź were present at the New Year’s Reception
the Chamber. The official part of the evening concluded with a presentation given by Lidia Fazekas from the Łódź Marshall’s Office, who introduced the city’s development and investment plans.
Sławomir Karasiński and Jasja van der Veen present the raffle prizes
Later on in the evening, guests had the opportunity to network and at the same time enjoy some delicious snacks and wine. At the end of the event a business card prize draw was held. Our special thanks to Atlas Arena Łódź for providing the main prize - 2 tickets for an André Rieu concert - and to ING Bank Śląski, the Łódź Marshall’s Office, Łódź Special Economic Zone and Klub Wino for providing the raffle gifts. We would also like to thank: KGP Green House for the Dutch bitterballen delicacies, Air France-KLM for providing goody bags for all the guests, Breakthru Films for the posters and coasters featuring the Oscar-nominated movie ‘Loving Vincent’, Dimar Polska for framing the posters and Kancelaria Fortak & Karasiński for co-sponsoring the jazz band and 3 bottles of wine for the raffle.
Anti-Corruption Laws Seminar
On 31 January, the Netherlands-Polish Chamber of Commerce along with the Scandinavian-Polish Chamber of Commerce, the Irish Chamber of Commerce and the Spanish-Polish Chamber of Commerce organised a legal seminar with specialists from Domański Zakrzewski Palinka. The main topic of the seminar focused on the new anticorruption laws in Poland. Over 20 company representatives were given the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the risks and obligations that businesses will face from 2018. The discussion covered, among other things, the obligation to introduce internal anti-corruption and conflict of interest procedures. It was explained
Members of four bilateral Chambers familiarise themselves with the new anti-corruption laws
how to develop these procedures and the standards and best practices were also shared. The second part of the presentation gave an overview of whistleblower protection by public prosecutors and explained how and
why mandatory whistleblowing procedures should be implemented. After some questions from the floor, the participants could then enjoy a networking atmosphere and light breakfast with a stunning view of Warsaw from the 21st floor.
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