Nordic Council of Ministers,Information Office in St. Petersburg

Knowledge Building and Networking Program and Green Growth Arena Project

Yana Bocharova, Adviser

Svetlana Goryunova, Adviser

Malmö, 18 April 2012

Nordic cooperation

CountriesDenmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the three autonomous territories: the Faroe islands, Greenland and Åland islands.

7 languages, 25 million people

Official Nordic co-operation:

• The Nordic Council – the inter-parliamentary forum since 1952

• The Nordic Council of Ministers – the inter-governmental body since 1971

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The Presidency

The Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers lasts a year and rotates between the states

2012: Norway “The Welfare State in a Nordic Perspective”

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• Information Office in St. Petersburg (since 1995).

Contact centres: - Arkhangelsk - Murmansk - Petrozavodsk

• Information Office in Kaliningrad (since 2006)

Knowledge building and Networking programme

Main funding instrument for cooperationMain funding instrument for cooperationPartnership – at least two Nordic countries Russian/Nordic co-financing, minimum 30%

Five main areas:

•Public administration

•Research and education

•Economic development

•Civil society

•Practice at the Nordic institutions

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Project overview 2011-2012 Nordic Council of Ministers

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Climate, environment & energy, green growth

• Nordic-Russian Green Growth Arena

• KBNP Project: Waste-sorting management (Petrozavodsk)

• Climate change conference, Arkhangelsk, June 2011, KBNP project prepared

• Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership

Проект по сортировке твердых бытовых отходов

• Информационная работа с жителями пилотных ТСЖ

• Экономический эффект: снижение платы за ЖКХ

• В рамках нового проекта W.A.S.T.E.: экологическое воспитание в школах, открытие Инфо-центра

• Административный партнер: Шведско-Карельский Информационный Бизнес-Центр

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Стратегии адаптации к изменению климата: опыт Северных стран

•Международная конференция: Изменение климата и управление водными ресурсами – решения в Баренцевом регионе, июнь 2011, Архангельск

•2011-2013. Проект в рамках Программы повышения компетентности: партнеры из Архангельской, Мурманской областей и Карелии

•11 ноября: День климата в Северных странах (информационные кампании для молодежи)

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Продвижение экомаркировки «Северный лебедь»

• Экологическая маркировка товаров и услуг

• Партнеры: офисы СМСС, Совет по экомаркировке Северных стран, профильные организации

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Исследование осведомленности и интереса

Брошюра «Выход на рынки Северных стран»

Семинары в Санкт-Петербурге и странах Балтии

Green Growth Arena• 2011-2013. Nordic-Russian Green Growth

Arena

- Green planning instruments and strategies

- Nordic-Russian green routes

- Sustainable business hubs

• Participants from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland. In NW Russia – St Petersburg, Karelia, Leningrad, Pskov, Kaliningrad, Arkhangelsk and Murmansk regions

• Administrative partner: Leontief centre, St Petersburg

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Green Growth Arena

• Goals:1. A networking and knowledge sharing platform is established

2. The capacity of authorities, municipalities, institutions, NGOs and businesses in NW Russia is strengthened, and cross-border and cross sectoral partnerships are developed

3. The ideas, terminology, tools and platforms are identified and developed.

4. Pilot models to accelerate green growth are introduced and their implementation is started in NW Russia based on the Nordic green growth values

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• Purpose: to implement green growth development principles in NW Russian regions and municipalities based on Nordic experience

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Pilot models:

Sub-project 1: Materials are generated for development of at least one local green growth strategy, feasibility studies are encouraged

Sub-project 2: at least one pilot Greenway / Green Route model for sustainable eco-tourism and green development of territories is developed and started to be implemented.

Sub-project 3: at least one pilot model of a sustainable business hub with focus on cleantech is developed and steps towards its implementation are taken. Cleantech cluster initiatives can be proposed as a pilot for participating NW Russian regions can be proposed. The model should incorporate plans for the use of Nordic consultancies and know-how in the implementation stage.

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Green Growth Arenaschedule

Activity 1. Preparatory stage

Activity 2. Launching conference in Malmö, 18-19 April 2012

Activity 3. Project’s webpage, May 2012

Activity 4. Preparatory policy dialogue-seminars and study visits in NW Russia (Petrozavodsk, Pskov, Vyborg), 2012

Activity 5. Nordic Green Day during XI Annual Strategic Planning Leaders Forum in St Petersburg, October 2012

Activity 6. Capacity building study visits to Nordic countries, 2012-2013

Activity 7. Design and development of models and pilot project initiatives and first steps towards their practical implementation, 2012-2013

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Green Growth Arenaschedule

Activity 8. Publication under working title “Green Growth pioneers in NW Russia”, 2012-2014

Activity 9. Final Nordic Green Day during XII Annual Strategic Planning Leaders Forum in St Petersburg incl. presentation of the coming publication , October 2013

Activity 10. Evaluation and reporting incl. drafting of feasible plans for pilot projects’ replication, November 2013-April 2014

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