Estonian Business Association Links

by Gundars Kaupins, Boise State University

Being Updated March 2007-August 2007

The purpose of this link page is to provide useful business links associated with Estonia.  There is no commercial purpose or personal financial gain from this link page.  Most links include a title, languages used, services, and a brief description of the mission and purpose of the site.  Services include search engines, blogs, on-line polls, site of origin (e.g., .lv, .com, .net) and transactions.  Transactions could be nonfinancial (e.g., registration) to financial (e.g., payment of fees) Almost every brief description is a direct quote from the link.  Most of these direct quotes will refer to either the mission or objectives of the link.

Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (E)
"This is an international educational and scholarly non-profit organization.  The purpose of the association is the promotion of research and education in Baltic Studies.   Its activities include sponsorship of meetings and conferences for the exchange of scholarly views, promotion, and evaluation, and dissemination of news of current interest in the area of Baltic Studies."

Baltic American Freedom League (E)
BAFL is a joint Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian political watchdog organization.

Estonian Association for Personnel Development (PARE)  (E) "PARE provides basic HR training and training programme for HR managers in strategic level in the organisations."

Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Est, E, R) Provides international promotions, Euroinfo center, legal assistance, training, foreign trade consultation, rent of rooms, database and library.

Estonian – Finnish Business Managers Association (Est, E,) "Welcome to the official website of AUSTRIANTRADE in Finland. AUSTRIANTRADE provides assistance in promoting trade, investment and economic cooperation between Finland and Austria. For more than 40 years we have been the official representative of the Austrian businessworld in Finland, offering services to both Finnish and Austrian companies."

Estonian – Russian Chamber of Businessman (R)

French – Estonian Business Club (CAFE) (Fr)

Friends of the Baltics (E)
Established by returned Peace Corps volunteers, this California-based organization's site is devoted to fostering "the democratic and free market development of the Baltics through cultural exchange, technical assistance and support."

International Association of Students in Economics and Management (E) Society connected with recruiting and management and economics education.

Invest in Estonia (E) "This website is created for foreign investors looking for investment opportunities in Estonia. Estonia is a country located at the heart of the Baltic Sea Region - Europe's fastest-growing market of more than 90 million people."

Joint Baltic American National Committee (E)
JBANC serves as a liaison between the federal government and Baltic communities in the United States.


Other HR-Related Associations for Estonia

Academy of Management (E) (academic-oriented)
    Write:  Pace University, PO Box 3020, Briarcliff Manor, NY   10510-8020  (914)-923-2607

American Management Association (E) 135 W. 50th New York, NY   10020-1201 (212) 586-8100

American Psychological Association (E) (academic-oriented)
    Write: 750 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC. 20002
    
American Society for Industrial Security  (E)  1625 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA  22314-2818  1-703-519-6200 or fax 1-703-519-6299

American Society for Training and Development (E) (practitioner)
 
Industrial Relations Research Association (E) (academic-oriented)
    Write: Paula D. Wells, Executive DIrector, IRRA, University of Illinois 121 ILR Building, 504 East Armory Avenue, Champaign, IL  61820
   
Institute of Personnel and Development (UK) (E) 

International Personnel Management Association  (E) (public sector oriented)
    Write: IPMA 1617 Duke St. Alexandria VA 22314

Society for Human Resource Management (E) (practitioner-oriented)  606 N. Washington   Alexandria, VA  (703) 548-3440

World at Work (E) (practitioner) Write: PO Box 1176 Scottsdale, AZ 85252

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