18 April 2012, Malmö

State Committee of the Pskov regionfor economic development, industry and trade

Pskov Region:Pskov Region:experience and possibilitiesexperience and possibilities

Dmitriy Bystrov,Vice Chairman,State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade

State Committee of the Pskov regionfor economic development, industry and trade

Pskov Region is an exclusive subject of the Russian Federation which borders on three states

LENGTH OF BOUNDARIES:

with Belarus . . . . . . . 305 kmwith Estonia . . . . . . 254,4 kmwith Latvia . . . . . . . 274,6 kmDISTANCE FROM PSKOV:

to Riga . . . . . . . . 260 kmto Tallinn . . . . . . 350 kmto Vilnius . . . . . . . 400 kmto Minsk . . . . . . . . 450 km

to Helsinki . . . . . . . . . . 700 kmto Warsaw . . . . . . . . . . 850 kmto Stockholm . . . . . . . . 860 kmto Berlin . . . . . . . . . . . 1200 kmto Moscow . . . . . . . . . . 689 km

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Cross border region

State Committee of the Pskov regionfor economic development, industry and trade

Pskov region is the «starting point» for penetration of foreign business into Russian market:

unique border location near both capitals: Moscow and Saint-Petersburg;

qualified and comparatively cheap labor force;

reserves of land and energy resources;

business-oriented administration

Strategy for socio-economic development till 2020

State Committee of the Pskov regionfor economic development, industry and trade

Priorities of the region:

- tourism development - transport and logistics - agriculture - SME support - ecology solutions - road networking - energy efficiency - health care - education - sport - culture and heritage - youth policy - social sphere

Strategy for socio-economic development till 2020

- INTERREG III B (6 projects)

- INTERREG III A (17 projects)

- CBSS (Euro Faculty-Pskov project)

- Northern Dimension (NDEP: ЕBRD, «Pure water» project, Pskov)

- «Economic Development Support Programme in the Pskov region» MFA Denmark 2006-2010 (priorities: tourism, food industry)

Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region

State Committee of the Pskov regionfor economic development, industry and trade

INTERREG III B

Baltic Tangent (logistics)

Innovation Circle (education)

BEN (interregional cooperation)

HINTERLAND (spatial planning)

BEN-EAST (interregional cooperation)

East Wind (wind energy development)

Greenhouse (encouraging SME)

Partners:

DenmarkNorway

GermanyFinlandSwedenPoland

LithuaniaEstoniaLatvia

Belarus

Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region

State Committee of the Pskov regionfor economic development, industry and trade

Programmes and instruments for cooperation:

- CBC ENPI «Estonia-Latvia-Russia» Programme

- Northern dimension (NDEP: ЕBRD, NEFCO)

- Nordic Council of Ministers

Priorities for cooperation

State Committee of the Pskov regionfor economic development, industry and trade

State Committee of the Pskov regionfor economic development, industry and trade

Basic criteria for the prioritized regional project:

- to be within the Regional Strategy for socio-economic development of the Pskov region till 2020 and within the priorities of the regional development programmes;

- to include infrastructural part;

- to establish logical partnership;

- to demonstrate prolonged effect

“Estonia – Latvia - Russia” - regional development tool

State Committee of the Pskov regionfor economic development, industry and trade

1st call results geography

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Gdov

PechoryPalkino

OstrovPytalovo

Krasnogorodsk

Sebezh

9 municipalities will receive benefits and will host projects

all EE and LV border related territory of the region involved in cooperation

12 projects:

- transport – 1 - tourism and heritage – 3 - ecology – 3 - social sphere – 5

including

9 projects with infrastructure component:

- transport – 1- tourism and heritage – 3- ecology – 2- social sphere – 3

Running projectsTourism - “Tour de Latgale & Pskov”

Environment - “Water Management Project of Peipsi, Pihkva, Lämmijärve, Saadjärve and Veskijärve Lakes”

- “Economically and Environmentally Sustainable Lake Peipsi area” (Large Scale Project)

- “Pure water”

Urban development - “Tartu, Rezekne, Pskov: Green Management for UrbanDevelopment & Planning in EE-LV-RU Border Capitals”

Education - “Promoting nature education as efficient mean of awareness raising”

«Green growths»: start-ups in Pskov region

State Committee of the Pskov regionfor economic development, industry and trade

Implemented projectsThe Nordic-Russian Exchange Programme for Local Civil Servants - Pskov Region participants:The City of Pskov Municipality,Krasnogorodsky District,Pytalovo District Municipality

The Emerging Innovation in Northern Europe Programme- Pskov Region partner:Pskov State University

««NORDIC NORDIC – – RUSSIAN GREEN GROWTH ARENARUSSIAN GREEN GROWTH ARENA» »

Nordic Council of Ministers

State Committee of the Pskov regionfor economic development, industry and trade

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