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|**BISNISHome PageSearchBISNISEmbassyReportsCountryReportsIndustryReportsPublicationsSourcesof FinanceLeadsand EventsExchangeRatesState ExportsOtherSources** |  | June 1998The Environmental Technologies Export Office (ETE) of the U.S. Department
of Commerce will offer a customized business matchmaking service and conduct a
roundtable during the annual  meeting of the U.S. West Coast-Russian Far East Ad Hoc
Working Group (AHWG) in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, September 29-30.The "Green Key to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk"  matchmaker will feature customized appointments for
U.S. enviromental technology companies arranged by the American Business
Center/Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.  Green Key participants will meet municipal and industrial
decisionmakers with matching interests and objectives.  Participating companies will gain insight
from individualized market briefings, save time and money through prearranged one-on-one
business meetings and logistics  handling, and get help setting follow-up strategies through
consultation.Together with the support of BISNIS and the AHWG Ecology subsector, ETE will
sponsor a roundtable on Monday, September 28 to highlight emerging financial instruments and
strategies to fund major environmental projects, as well as the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk "Clean City"
program and U.S. Government resources.  For more information, contact Susan Simon by phone:
202-482-0713, fax: 202-501-7909, or e-mail: Susan_Simon @ita.doc.gov.This report is provided courtesy of the Business Information Service for the Newly
Independent States (BISNIS)