Lunchtime Discussion with Mr Artūrs Toms Plešs, Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development on Latvia’s Digital Transformation

24 March 2021, Online

Dear Members and Friends,

You are kindly invited to a Lunchtime Discussion with Mr Artūrs Toms Plešs, Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development on Latvia's Digital Transformation. The event is organised in cooperation with Irish Latvian Chamber and Swiss Chamber of Commerce.

The discussion will focus on the following topics:

• Allocation of Recovery and Resilience Facility funds (RRF)

• Centralisation of competences and governance in the ICT area, including necessity of a  State Chief Information Officer (CIO)

• Plan to increase people’s digital skills

  
  

The discussion will be moderated by Ms Evija Šturca, Partner at KPMG Latvia.

SPEAKER:

Work and political experience

June 2020 – until now: 13. Member of the Saeima, Chairman of the Requests CommissionJanuary 2020 – until now: Development/About Association of Parties. "Board memberNovember 2019 – until now: 13. Member of the Saeima, Chairman of the Administrative Territorial Reform CommissionOctober 2019 - until now: 13. Member of the Saeima, Member of the Commission of State Administration and Local Government,2019 – until now: Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development2018 – until now: Member of the Saeima faction of the Republic of Latvia for Development/About and Chair of the faction, National Economy, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy Commission Chairman of the Climate Policy Sub-CommitteeDecember 2018 – until now: Member of the Latvian National Group of Interparliamentary Union delegationNovember 2018 – June 2020: 13. Member of the Saeima, Member of the Committee on Citizenship, Migration and Social Cohesion,June 2017 - October 2018: Member of the Bauska municipality councilOctober 2016 - until now: Member of the Board of the Party for the Development of LatviaMarch 2015 - May 2017: Communications Consultant for the “Development of Latvia”2013 - April 2014 September.: AS “Ceilproject” bridge building technician

Education

2017 - 2019 - Master's degree in the “Urban and Regional Engineering Economy” programme at Riga Technical University2011 - 2016 - Bachelor's degree in the “Transport Construction” programme at Riga Technical University2014 - Erasmus programme at Danish Technical University1999 - 2011 - Bauska Secondary School 1

REGISTRATION:

Date & time: Thursday, 25 March 2021 at 13:00

Venue: Online via Zoom

Joining instructions for the online discussion will be sent on the day of the webinar directly to those who have been registered.