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What Is SPIBA

The St. Petersburg International Business Association (SPIBA) is an international, non-profit, independent organization which unites international and Russian companies that share SPIBA's mission and principles.

SPIBA's mission is to facilitate business development for its members in Northwest Russia, providing

A platform for open dialog, lobbying and collaboration with the government
Networking opportunities and the exchange of information with other organizations
Promotion and public relations for our members and partners

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Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0400
SPIBA announces elections of the 1 co-chairperson of the Finance Committee!: At the moment co-chairpersons of the Committee are: Tatiana Modeeva, Acsour, and Elena Barvitskaya,...
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0400
SPIBA and Vodokanal meeting: questions or problems?: Dear Colleagues! SPIBA working group at the Vodokanal St.Petersburg , that was created for an effect...
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0400
SPIBA announces election of 3 members to the Executive Committee and the Executive Director: We would like to announce the upcoming election of three members to the SPIBA Executive Committee a...

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Members' News

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0400
Presentation of a new manual "GR - relations with the government": Textbook "GR - relations with the government": theory, practice and mechanisms of interaction between business and civil...
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0400
PwC invites to the presentation of CIMA Performance Management: This program has been developed for specialists in management accounting, financial managers and accountants, managers ...
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0400
BusinessLink Training invites to the training "AQAL-way in business training:integral andragogigs": BusinessLink Training invites you to join the open program «The AQAL-way in business training: integral andragogics » f...
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0400
News from Intercomp Global Services: Intercomp Global Services has for the second time successfully passed SSAE16 audit. On 15 February 2012 Intercomp Globa...
Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0400
Professor Valery S. Katkalo has been elected Chairman of the EPAS Accreditation Board: Professor Valery S. Katkalo, Vice-Rector, St. Petersburg University & Dean, Graduate School of Management has been elec...
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0400
Elisa invites to the meetings "Discuss with the Expert": 28.02-02.03. Elisa holds meetings: "Discussion with the expert: Virtual Conferences from the simple to the complex". Yo...
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0400
Award "Expert of the year": The magazine "Expert North-West" invites your company to participate in the award "Expert of the Year". You can see mor...
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0400
BusinessLink Training invites to the open program: BusinessLink Training invites you to join the open program «Aiming and performance management» for managers at starting...
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0400
National Opera Center invites for cooperation: The National Opera Center brings together professionals and amateurs of opera in Russia and abroad, organizing performan...
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0400
Top Changes in Tax Legislation from Salans: Salans offers you to learn the results of 2011 in Tax Legislation changes.

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Events Calendar

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:00:00 +0400

Marketing & Communications working group meeting - 2/29/2012 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

We invite you to join the working group of Marketing & Communications Committee and take part in the meeting to be held on Wednesday 29 February at 7.00 p.m.

Venue: SPIBA Office at 21 Nevsky Prospect, business center Mertens House, office 506

The purpose of the meeting:

discussion of the structure, objectives and plans of the Committee for 2012.

If you have any questions or problems or suggestions for future events’ topics, please send them by email office@spiba.ru.

Please confirm your participation in the group meeting by 28 February 2012 via e-mail office@spiba.ru or by phone 325-9091.

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0400

English Speaking Club - 2/29/2012 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

After certain number of requests we decided to continue our English Speaking Club at SPIBA.

We would like to make this club an unofficial regular meetings for SPIBA friends, where we can develop our English speaking skills with a cup of tea in a relaxed atmosphere.

We are aware that a lot of people have a lack of opportunity to use their knowledge of English language, which leads to certain problems when it comes to communication with foreign colleagues. We would like to change that!

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:00:00 +0400

"Trends in the customs legislation. Russia in the WTO: consequences for the business development" - 3/1/2012 10:00 AM

Dear colleagues!

The SPIBA Legislation & Lobbying Committee will organize a conference "Trends in the customs legislation. Russia in the WTO: consequences for the business development".
The aim of the conference is to discuss the practical implications and consequences of Russia's accession to the WTO.

Date: Thursday, March 01, 2012
Time: 10.00 – 12.30

Venue: Conference Hall Moskva at Corinthia Hotel, Nevsky pr., 57

Program:

09.30 – 10.00 – Registration, welcome coffee

10.00 – 10.25 – “Accession to the WTO: consequences for Russia”, Sergei Sutyrin, PhD, Professor, Department of World Economics St. Petersburg State University

10.25 – 10.50 - “Recent improvement of customs legislation", Wilhelmina Shavshina, Head of foreign trade regulation of the St. Petersburg office of DLA Piper

10.50 – 11.15 - Igor Nitsenko, First Deputy Chief of the Baltic Customs, topic to be confirmed.

11.15 – 11.30 – Coffee break

11.30 – 11.55 - ”Indirect Tax operations in the Customs Union", Elena Zaitseva, Partner at the St. Petersburg office of DLA Piper, Alexey Zhuk, Head of Tax Practice, Hannes Snellman

11.55 – 12.20 – “Tightening of liability for customs violations”, Dmitry Mayorov, Customs Practice Manager, Ernst&Young

Event will be held in Russian. Please, let us know if you need translation into English.

Please confirm your attendance by 29 February by e-mail office@spiba.ru or by phone 3259091

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:30:00 +0400

Master class on drawing up the Declaration on the tax on the Personal Income Tax Return - 3/14/2012 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

We are pleased to invite you to the SPIBA Finance Committee meeting on the topic: "Master class on drawing up the Declaration on the tax on the Personal Income Tax Return (Form 3-NDFL).

Date: March 14, 2012, from 9.30 to 11.30
Venue: business center Mertens House, Nevsky Prospect, 21, of.506

Purpose of the master class:
· The theoretical part of the master class will help you to sort out whether you are required to file a Declaration as a return of the money spent, for example, for treatment, training, purchase of housing and charity.
· Master Class will help to gain practical experience in drafting the Declaration.

The contents of the master class:
· Theoretical basis for calculating tax on personal income
· Who must file a tax return
· How to recover overpaid tax for the tax period
· Non-standard situations
· How to fill in the Declaration

The meeting will be held in Russian. Please, let us know if you need a translation into English.

Please, confirm your participation by March 13 via email office@spiba.ru or by phone +7(812)3259091

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:00:00 +0400

SPIBA General Meeting - 3/15/2012 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

SPIBA General Meeting on Thursday, March 15th, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.

Venue: TBD

Theme of the meeting:

Financial state of the economy of St. Petersburg: Prospects and forecasts

Guest speaker: Mr. Eduard Batanov, Chairman of Finance Committee of St.Petersburg (confirmed)

Proposed agenda:

18:00 – 18:30	Participants’ registration and welcome coffee
18:30 – 18:50	Welcome speech and introduction of new SPIBA members
18:50 – 19:50	Open discussion with participation of Eduard Batanov and SPIBA members. Q&A session
19:50 – 20:00	Elections of EC Members: introduction of the candidates
20.00 – 20.15	Elections of Executive Director: introduction of the candidates
20:15 – 21:30	Fourchette

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +0400

SPIBA Strategic Session & Cross-Committee meeting - 3/20/2012 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Details are coming soon!

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:00:00 +0400

Seminar “Implementing practical measures in public prosecutor’s office and the judicial system” - 3/21/2012 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Seminar “Implementing practical measures in public prosecutor’s office and the judicial system”
March 21th 2012, Wednesday
Kaliningrad
Location: TBC

The objectives of the seminar are to exchange experiences on the implementation of practical anticorruption measures in the public prosecutor’s office and the judicial system in Russia and the Nordic countries and to study the possibilities for cooperation in order to improve the effectiveness of anticorruption actions.

You can see preliminary program in attached file.