Saint-Petersburg – South-East Finland Prospects for Co-operation

1. Saint-Petersburg – South-East Finland Prospects for Co-operation

2. Major Infrastructure Projects of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg – Centre of International Cooperation St. Petersburg Conception of Socioeconomic Development of St. Petersburg till 2025 Ring Road Orlovsky Tunnel St. Petersburg Directions of Development: International Cooperation Trade and Transport Innovation and Education Sea Passenger Terminal Western High-Speed Diameter Airport Pulkovo Overhead Express Russia Saint-Petersburg Development Economy Regional partnership St.Petersburg Corridor Conclusion

3. Finland - Strategic Partner of St. Petersburg Main Investment Projects in Industry St. Petersburg Industry Nissan Index of industrial production: Pepsi-Cola The dynamics of foreign trade of Saint Petersburg with Finland in the years 2000-2007 (million EURO) Hyundai Baltika Seaport British American Tobacco Gillette Wrigley G.T.I. GeneralMotors Volume of shipped production: bln.EUR Magna Susuki Bosch-Siemens Sewerstal Flextronics Toyota ММК Foxconn Coca-Cola Saint-Petersburg Development Economy Regional partnership St.Petersburg Corridor Conclusion

4. Regional Partnership History of Co-operation Partnership of St. Petersburg, Leningrad Region and South-East Finland December 2002 first ideas of combining the resources 1990s several separate projects October 2003 analysis “St. Petersburg corridor” May 2004 Vestra Autumn 2004 Northern Dimension ICT Development Network SPB • Interreg III A programme area in South-East Finland • 488,200 inhabitants • 21,364 enterprises June 2003 new Neighborhood instrument Savonlinna Mikkeli Imatra December 2004 Fistra Svetogorsk 2007 Signing of agreement Lappeenranta Kouvola Vyborg Tacis programme area Presentation of St.Petersburg Corridor ideas Kotka StPetersburg May 2005 “SEF – SPB, Lenoblast” • Leningrad region • 1.7 million inhabitants • 10,000 enterprises Development of mechanisms to support various projects • City of St Petersburg • 4.7 million inhabitants • 130,000 enterprises June 2005 Strategy “Vision 2013” Estonia Saint-Petersburg Development Economy Regional partnership St.Petersburg Corridor Conclusion

5. St. Petersburg Corridor Priorities St. Petersburg Corridor Action 2007 - 2013 St. Petersburg CorridorObjectives • St. Petersburg Corridor will be developed and promoted as a unique area of co-operation between Russia and other parts of Europe • The Corridor area will become an economically, functionally and socially coherent entity • The area will become an internationally attractive business-location and one of the leading centers of economic activity in the Baltic Sea region • The idea of the Corridor will be developed as a part of the Northern Dimension policy and area, as a real heart of ND 1. To move from individual projects of separate towns to strategic and systematic co-operation within the entire area of South-East Finland, city of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region 2. To build the co-operation area as the real heart of the Northern Dimension BUSINESS COLLABOA-TION AND COOPERA-TION DEVELOP-MENT Working Group INCREASE OF INNOVATION KNOWHOW AND SUPPORT OF INNOVATION DIFFUSION Working Group WELFARE AND TOURIST INDUSTRY DEVELOP-MENT Working Group LOGISTIC AND TRANSPORA-TION NETWORK DEVELOP-MENT Working Group ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES Working Group Saint-Petersburg Development Economy Regional partnership St.Petersburg Corridor Conclusion

6. St. Petersburg Corridor bCorridor InnoCorridor TourCorridor LogCorridor EcoCorridor Professional labour force training Innovation Partnership Water Tourism SEF - NW Russia Pilot Area (platform & infrastructure) Utilization of biogas and fertilizers from agriculture and landfills Bioenergy projects Saint-Petersburg Joint innovations Cross-Border Innovation Support Center Nature, Rural, Adventure, Wellness Tourism Development of border crossing transport technologies and information exchange Establishment of Environmental Information Center for enterprises in St. Petersburg Development Economy Regional partnership Business premises and merchandising house solutions Innovation commercialization Joint marketing and distribution channels Development of regional service networks and distribution centers Development of biological wastewater treatment technology in LO municipal entities St.Petersburg Corridor Conclusion Development of SME competence Finnish-Russian Innovation University Harmonization of educational and vocational programes Deduction of wastewater load to the Gulf of Vyborg and Finland In total 2007-2010 (as of 23.10.07) Value of development projects and investments: approx. 750 M€ Results: • 7000 employment opportunities • minimum 450 M€ turnover (3 years)

7. Welcome to Saint-Petersburg Web Resources: Thank you for your attention! Committee for External Relations Head of Department for Coordination of Foreign Economic Relations and Regional Cooperation St. Petersburg Government website: www.gov.spb.ru Committee for External Relations website: www.kvs.spb.ru Ekaterina D. Belyakova Head of Department for Coordination of Foreign Economic Relations and Regional Cooperation Smolny St. Petersburg 191060, Russia tel. +7 (812) 576 74 15 fax +7 (812) 576 76 33 mob.: +7 921 903 00 69 cat@kvs.gov.spb.ru Saint-Petersburg Development Economy Regional partnership St.Petersburg Corridor Conclusion