Archives for : August 2012

31 August 2012 Posted by Adriana Mirela Mircea

Get Active for a Greener Danube

Recently I attended a milestone event in Bucharest. GE and the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding containing an action plan for the joint protection and preservation of the Danube River Basin. Under the agreement, GE and the Commission will work together with local governments, companies, educational institutions and NGOs, applying their expertise, technological capabilities and financial support in order to safeguard the freshwater ecosystems of the Danube which are crucial to the well-being of communities.

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30 August 2012 Posted by Eszter Szabó

Great Expectations for the Krynica Economic Forum

Guest post by Hugh Gillanders, GE’s Director for Public Affairs Europe

4-6 September 2012 Krynica Zdrój in the South of Poland will host the XXII Economic Forum. Every year, once the holiday period is over, key regional opinion formers, business leaders, media, government and NGO representatives gather to discuss the prospects of Europe and the CEE region in particular. With Europe currently suffering the most serious crisis in its post-war history, the Krynica organizers believe the unity, cohesion and cooperation of Europe’s member states and the Union is essential for the future of Europe. However, substantial reforms are needed to help Europe through this unstable period and this will be the focus of the 3,000 Krynica attendees.

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29 August 2012 Posted by GE for CEE

The Best Start in Life

As the London 2012 Paralympic Games opens today and sporting fever grips us all again, we remember the Spirit where everyone gets a fair chance. Whether future athletes or business leaders, every child should have the opportunity to pursue their chosen past to the best they can be. This thought made a single TV advert the best one screened during the Olympic Games.

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27 August 2012 Posted by Ivan Hutter

Bright and Safe Olympic Games

The world's future is in cities – more and bigger. In 2011, for the first time, the majority of Chinese lived in cities. This fact represents a milestone in the most massive, and still ongoing, rural-to-urban migration in mankind’s history. The pattern has repeated around the world. How can we make growing cities work for their habitants? For answers, we should look to one of the best laboratories we have for testing new ideas about urban sustainability, design and infrastructure – the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games starting 29 August.

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24 August 2012 Posted by GE for CEE

Meet GE people: Ágnes Berzsenyi

Ágnes Berzsenyi is a senior executive at GE Healthcare who was responsible for commercialising Vscan, a device that redefines the process of physical examination.

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22 August 2012 Posted by GE for CEE

East-West Divide?

Guest post by Tibor Navracsics, Deputy Prime Minister of Hungary, lawyer and political scientist

Never trust a history textbook when it comes to understanding the recent past that has an influence on the present Central and Eastern Europe. To get a grip of the drive and the emotion of its people and to understand why there is still an East-West divide in Europe, you need to dig beneath the surface and uncover recent events with the help of those who experienced it. Surfacing the past helps to get Europeans closer to each other. In his post Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics explains why we need to understand each others’ past to reach our common future.

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21 August 2012 Posted by Ewa Piwowar

Best to Invest Rankings in Eastern Europe

Hungary, Poland, Estonia and the Slovak Republic scored highest in Eastern Europe on the Best-to-Invest Rankings made by the Investment Consulting Associates (ICA) and the online publication Site Selection using comprehensive market analysis tools and research in addition to new plant databases. Hungary scored another first with its capital Budapest becoming the number one investment city in the region (Top Metro), followed by Moscow, Bucharest, Prague and Warsaw. Investment agencies were also praised for their work in 2011 that „could not be beat.”

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17 August 2012 Posted by Magdalena Nizik

All About Connections

Guest post by Paulina Leszczynska Sek, Quality Staff Engineer at the Engineering Design Center, Warsaw, Poland

The “Dress for Success” was a unique opportunity for GE women to get together and not only talk about work, science and technology, but also exchange views on health and wellness sustainability. The event was co-organized at the Engineering Design Center (EDC) in Warsaw by two GE’s initiatives: HealthAhead - an innovative employee engagement program focusing on employees and their families health improvement and the Warsaw Hub of GE Women’s Network - internal organization aiming to support women.

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15 August 2012 Posted by GE for CEE

Teaming Up Against Cancer

Guest post by Gheorghe Dutu, President of OncoCard Invest Srl, Romania

The newly built Regional Oncology and Diagnostic Center in Brasov (Romania). is planned to act as a center of excellence that provides diagnostics, radiology, treatment, surgery and laboratory services. The facility is the outcome of a public private partnership between Onco Card Invest Srl and the Brasov municipality, following an investment of €24 million.

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14 August 2012 Posted by GE for CEE

Already missing the Olympics?

Then take a 360 Degree Tour of London 2012 Olympic Village Polyclinic, where the health and wellbeing of over 22,000 Olympic and Paralympic athletes and team officials was of paramount importance, offering them access to the best possible facilities.

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