2009
U.S. Consul General Welcomes Entrepreneurship Ideas of Primorye Youth
On July 11, U.S. Consul General Tom Armbruster and USAID Representative in the RFE Irina Lindberg joined over 20 participants of USAID-funded Summer School "Development of Youth Entrepreneurship" in Vladivostok. This three-day event was organized by the Far Eastern Center of Civil Initiatives and Social Partnership within USAID's "LIDER" program administered by Winrock International. In his greetings and follow-up discussions Consul General stressed the importance of youth activism in entrepreneurship development. Mr.Armbruster also organized a "U.S.-Russian Space" exercise to encourage the participants to work together, share information, and highlight U.S.-Russian cooperation.