Monday, April 23, 2001 - Thursday, April 26, 2001
Private Pensions Conference
Sofia, Bulgaria

Sponsored by the OECD, in cooperation with the PFS Program.

May 2001

Thursday, May 31, 2001
Symposium on International Accounting Standards (IAS)
Riga, Latvia

Sponsored by the Latvian Financial Accounting Standards Technical Committee, in cooperation with the PFS Program.

June 2001

Tuesday, June 5, 2001
Capital Markets Seminar
Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Sponsored by the Bratislava Stock Exchange and the Slovak Association of Securities Dealers, in cooperation with the PFS Program.

Tuesday, June 19, 2001
Investor Relations Seminar
Tallinn, Estonia

Sponsored by the Tallinn Stock Exchange, in cooperation with the PFS Program.

Friday, June 22, 2001
Bank Restructuring Seminar
Sofia, Bulgaria

The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) hosted a regional seminar entitled, "Restructuring and Development of the Banking Sector in Advanced Transition Economies: Lessons for Bulgaria." PFS grants to EPI (Bulgaria), IES (Czech Republic), ICEG (Hungary) and CASE (Poland) co-financed country studies and a comparative study presented at the seminar.

September 2001

Thursday, September 13, 2001
International Accounting Standards (IAS) Seminar
Tallinn, Estonia

Sponsored by the Estonian Accounting Standards Board, in cooperation with the PFS Program.

October 2001

Wednesday, October 3, 2001
Investor Relations Seminar
Riga, Latvia

Sponsored by the Riga Stock Exchange, in cooperation with the PFS Program.

Monday, October 8, 2001 - Friday, October 12, 2001
Issuer Disclosure Documents and Corporate Governance Seminar
Budapest, Hungary

Sponsored by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority, in cooperation with the PFS Program.

Wednesday, October 10, 2001
Investor Relations Seminar
Budapest, Hungary

Sponsored by the Budapest Stock Exchange, in cooperation with the PFS Program.

Thursday, October 18, 2001 - Friday, October 19, 2001
International Audit Seminar: The Role of the Auditor in Mergers and Acquisitions
Prague, Czech Republic

Sponsored by The Chamber of Auditors of the Czech Republic, in cooperation with the PFS Program.

Wednesday, October 24, 2001 - Thursday, October 25, 2001
International Accounting Standards (IAS) Workshop
Vilnius, Lithuania

Sponsored by the Auditing, Accounting and Property Valuation Institute of Lithuania, in cooperation with the PFS Program.

Tuesday, October 30, 2001
Prevention of Money Laundering Seminar
Riga, Latvia

Sponsored by the Association of Latvian Commercial Banks, in cooperation with the PFS Program.

November 2001

Thursday, November 8, 2001 - Friday, November 9, 2001
Seminar on Pension Fund Inspection
Warsaw, Poland

Sponsored by the Polish Superintendency of Pension Funds, in cooperation with the PFS Program.

Wednesday, November 14, 2001
Investor Relations Seminar
Vilnius, Lithuania

Sponsored by the National Stock Exchange of Lithuania and the Lithuanian Securities Commission, in cooperation with the PFS Program.

December 2001

Wednesday, December 5, 2001
Investor Relations Seminar
Prague, Czech Republic

Sponsored by the Prague Stock Exchange, in cooperation with the PFS Program.