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U.S. Business Program at the UITP World Congress 2009 in Vienna, Austria

The Federal Transit Administration and the American Public Transportation Association, in cooperation with the U.S. Commercial Service in Austria, carried out a special business program for U.S. companies attending or exhibiting at the UITP World Congress and Exhibition in Vienna, June 7-11, 2009.  The program covered the entire Central Eastern European region, and included a promotion campaign before the show, market research on opportunities and projects in the region, a networking dinner, and a half-day seminar followed by one-on-one meetings with specialists from the region.

For those of you who attended these events, we thank you for the privilege of hosting such a distinguished and dynamic group.  I hope you were able to gather useful information, meet interesting people, and develop your business in this region.

In the right column of this page you will find the presentations from the half-day seminar for download.  Please use this link to view the pictures we took:

http://picasaweb.google.de/UITPVienna2009

Schoenbrunn palace

Documents

DownloadAn Overview of Public Procurement Law in the European Union

Presentation by Alix Frank-Thomasser on the public procurement process from a legal standpoint

PDF, 1284KB Download

DownloadWorking with the EBRD

Presentation by Sanford Owens on doing business with the EBRD

Microsoft Powerpoint, 666KB Download

DownloadProspects and Projects in Mass Transit in Central Eastern Europe

Presentation by U.S. Commercial Service specialists on the many prospects and projects in mass transit in Central and Eastern Europe

PDF, 2947KB Download