{"id":36,"date":"2025-07-30T13:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jcilv.digimedia.studio\/?p=36"},"modified":"2025-07-31T09:29:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T09:29:37","slug":"beyond-the-first-handshake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcilv.digimedia.studio\/en\/beyond-the-first-handshake\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the First Handshake: Building Finnish-Latvian Business Alliances"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Long-term partnerships over short-term pitches<\/em><br><br>\ud83d\udcc5<strong> Date &amp; Time: 8th August, 12.00-14.00<\/strong><br><br>\ud83d\udc64 Audience: Finnish business leaders, Latvian entrepreneurs, exporters, investors, government. Around 120 people<br>Location.<br><br><strong>Programme of the day:<\/strong><br><br>\ud83d\udd5b 12:00-12:05<br>Opening Words Marta Rauten\u0161ilde, National President, JCI Latvia<br>Welcome to Latvia! Why JCI Latvia believes in long-term, trust-based partnerships. This meeting marks the beginning of something lasting - not just a handshake, but a bridge.<br><br>\ud83d\udd50 12:05-12:10<br>Official Welcome Address \ud83c\udfa4 H.E. Mrs. Riitta Korpivaara, Ambassador of Finland to Latvia<br>Strengthening Finnish-Latvian ties through diplomacy, business, and shared values.<br><br>\ud83d\udd50 12:10-12:30<br>How Finland Builds Business \ud83c\udfa4 JCI Finland Business Delegation<br>- Why Finland is different: Trust, planning, and long-term thinking - Why relationship-building is critical before doing business - Why JCI business visits between our countries are the most effective way to develop real partnerships - Examples of Finnish business culture: \"Slow in, strong out\"<br>\ud83c\udfaf Message for Latvian entrepreneurs: don't sell quickly-build slowly. Mutual respect opens real opportunities.<br><br>\ud83d\udd50 12:30-12:45<br>Opportunities in Latvia \ud83c\udfa4 Representative from Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA)<br>- Free Economic Zones, Ports, Logistics - Available support and matchmaking for Finnish companies - Strategic value of Latvia in EU and global supply chains<br><br>\ud83d\udd50 12:45-13:00<br>Finnish Companies in Latvia: Real Stories \ud83c\udfa4 Panel discussion with 3 Finnish entrepreneurs doing business in Latvia<br>Short, honest stories about successes, challenges, and why Latvia is worth it. Q&amp;A from the audience<br><br>\ud83d\udd50 13:00-14:00<br>Business Networking Hour<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long-term partnerships over short-term pitches \ud83d\udcc5 Date &amp; Time: 8th August, 12.00-14.00 \ud83d\udc64 Audience: Finnish business leaders, Latvian entrepreneurs, exporters, investors, government. Around 120 people\ud83d\udccd Location: Riga Program of the day: \ud83d\udd5b 12:00\u201312:05Opening Words \ud83c\udfa4 Marta Rauten\u0161ilde, National President, JCI LatviaWelcome to Latvia! Why JCI Latvia believes in long-term, trust-based partnerships. This meeting marks the [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcilv.digimedia.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcilv.digimedia.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcilv.digimedia.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcilv.digimedia.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcilv.digimedia.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jcilv.digimedia.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135,"href":"https:\/\/jcilv.digimedia.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions\/135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcilv.digimedia.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcilv.digimedia.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcilv.digimedia.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcilv.digimedia.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}