During the SCCL webinar on April 29th, a prominent panel of speakers, including the Swedish Ambassador Maria Christina Lundqvist, took a closer look at the unique approach to Covid-19 in Sweden. According to the Ambassador, the Swedish strategy is based on trust in people, individual responsibility and recommendations by scientists. Sweden has chosen a sustainable long-term strategy, which also takes into consideration the gender equality perspective. When it comes to business, the pandemic might bring new opportunities to the Baltic States – the Lithuanian companies should be ready to stand out, showcasing their competitiveness and innovative approach in the Nordic market. The overall impact of Covid-19 on businesses is dependent on both the duration of lockdown in different countries and on the efficiency of measures taken by governments globally. Read the press release from the webinar, published by the news portal 15min.lt here.

SCCL held a Members-only virtual session for reviewing Q1 activities and getting an insight into #COVID-19 impact on Members' businesses. Managing Director of SCCL Jone Sestakauskaite gave an overview of events and other highlights of SCCL activities before and during the quarantine (find the presentation here). The CEO of Syno, Jokke Nurminen presented the Members' Survey, which was carried out in April. 84% of the respondents have experienced reduced turnover since the coronavirus outbreak (full presentation of the survey results can be found here). However, the Members who joined the meeting expressed optimism for the future due to the high flexibility of businesses in Lithuania to quickly adapt to the new conditions and make the best of the challenging situation.

During the Members' Quarterly Update we asked the participants to give some input on the relevant webinar topics that SCCL could cover in the upcoming weeks. You are welcome to submit your suggestions by taking a 1-question survey here.

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Fondia invites Nordic-Baltic businesses to a webinar (in English) on May 14th at 14.00 regarding government support packages for companies in Finland, Sweden, Estonia and Lithuania in response to COVID-19. Managing Director of SCCL Member company Fondia Lithuania, Jurgita Vaiciulioniene, together with her colleagues Eeva-Riitta Högnäs, Erik Frid Jutblad, Andres Kees will share the insights and give an overview of the state aid measures for businesses in their respective country. The event is a part of Towards the New Normal webinar series organized by Fondia Finland (in Finnish). More information can be found here.

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