ANNUAL REPORT 2020 ADVOCACY • COMMUNITY • KNOWLEDGE THIS ANNUAL REPORT IS DEDICATED TO OUR MEMBERS, WHO HAVE REMAINED COMMITTED TO OUR ORGANIZATION AND OUR MISSION DURING TABLE OF CONTENTS THIS MOST DIFFICULT TIME. LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT . 4 THE AMCHAM BOARD AND SUPERVISORY BOARD . 5 LETTER FROM THE CEO . 6 WHILE FACING AN UNPRECEDENTED THE AMCHAM STAFF . 7 CHALLENGE WITH COVID-19 ON YOUR OWN, WAY OF WORKING . 11 POLICY TASK FORCES AND COMMITTEES . 14 YOU DEDICATED TIME, ENERGY AND EXPERTISE AVOCACY SUMMARY . 16 TO THE AMCHAM COMMUNITY, PROJECTS . 20 AIDING OUR EFFORTS TO ALLEVIATE ADVOCACY TIMELINE SINCE COVID-19 . 22 EVENTS . .. 28 THE IMPACT OF THIS PANDEMIC MEMBERSHIP . 42 AND HELP RESTART THE ECONOMY. SECRETARY TREASURER’S REPORT . 48 AMCHAM FOUNDATION . 53 THANK YOU FOR YOUR Publisher: Írisz Lippai-Nagy, CEO, AmCham Hungary • Published by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary, 2020 • Managing editors: Péter Kovács, Communications Manager UNSWERVING DEVOTION and Robin Marshall, chief editor, JOURNAL, the Voice of AmCham Hungary • Contributor: Vivien Csernik-Tihn • Design & production: Business Publishing Services Kft. • Photos by: AND CONTINUOUS SUPPORT. Lázár Todoroff, Hajnalka Hurta • Contact information: AmCham Hungary H-1051 Budapest, Szent István tér 11., E-mail:
[email protected], www.amcham.hu AmCham Hungary received a one-time grant from the Arconic Foundation in support of the Career Orientation Program and its objective to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) subjects and careers among students of secondary education in 2019. The Arconic Foundation is an international organization dedicated to support programs developing the next generation of engineering and manufacturing workforce. Because of this grant, AmCham Hungary is considered a foreign-funded organization under the Act LXXVI of 2017.