The Global Environmental Team hosted a webinar featuring Showcase Europe Team members called "Exporting Environmental Technologies and Services to Europe" on November 9, 2006.

Five Foreign Service Nationals (EU Office, Paris, Warsaw, Bratislava, and Prague), a representative from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and a Polish company briefed US companies on how to approach these diverse markets. Participants provided immediate positive feedback, and several contracted the customized market research reports for European markets that were marketed during the webinar.

Topics covered included:

• Exporting Environmental Technologies and Services to Europe: The EU Angle
• How Can U.S.Companies Take Advantage of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (ERBD) Financing?
• Water and Waste Sectors in Western Europe
• U.S. Company Success Story and Warsaw Overiew
• How to Approach Europe