Fircroft Engineering Services is pleased to announce the following vacancies:

BRIC economies well ahead of the global average and coming from a higher starting point; challenge of East versus West appears exacerbated.

The Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia (EFCA) in cooperation with ExxonMobil Kazakhstan announces a competition among Kazakhstani journalists for the best story covering Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues. Examples include labour rights, environmental sustainability, engagement of public interests into company policy, management of stakeholder rights (including investors, customers, clients, suppliers, communities), openess and transparency of company information, support of social projects and corporate philantropy, as well as other issues related to CSR.

Ernst & Young is pleased to invite you to a complimentary roundtable discussion to be held in Astana on 11 February 2010. At the workshop, Ernst & Young will cover essential tax and legal issues.

The attached Tax and Legal alert includes the following:

Alexander Yerofeyev has been appointed as Ernst & Young’s CIS Restructuring Services Leader and a member of the EMEIA Restructuring Services Management Group (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa).

After the tremendous success of their inaugural Summit last March, the American Conference Institute and C5 Group are pleased to introduce the 2nd Russia and CIS Summit on Anti-Corruption in Moscow March 11-12, 2010.

Mark the dates for the forthcoming 2010 Euroconvention Summit on Investing in Turkey's Regions, scheduled for 3 and 4 March at the Conrad Hotel Istanbul.

The 2nd International Exhibition and Conference Oil & Gas Kazakhstan 2010 will be held at the Astana International Trade Center on April 20-22.

SOGAT 2010 has been specifically designed to debate the approaches required in ensuring that the technologies and solutions for efficient sour gas production and processing are fully understood and can be successfully implemented in ongoing worldwide projects.