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State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade. Pskov Region: experience and possibilities. Dmitriy Bystrov, Vice Chairman, State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade. 1 8 April 201 2, Malmö.
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State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade Pskov Region: experience and possibilities Dmitriy Bystrov, Vice Chairman, State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade 18April 2012, Malmö
State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade Cross border region Pskov Region is an exclusive subject of the Russian Federation which borders on three states PSKOV LENGTH OF BOUNDARIES: with Belarus . . . . . . . 305 km with Estonia . . . . . .254,4 km with Latvia . . . . . . .274,6 km DISTANCE FROM PSKOV: toHelsinki .. . . . . . . . . 700 km toWarsaw . . . . . . . . . . 850 km toStockholm . . . . . . . . 860 km toBerlin . . . . . .. . . . . 1200 km toMoscow . . . . . . . . . . 689 km toRiga . . . . . . . . 260 km toTallinn . . . . . . 350 km toVilnius . . . . . . .400 km toMinsk . . . . . . . . 450 km
State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade Strategy for socio-economic development till 2020 Pskov region is the «starting point» for penetration of foreign business into Russian market: • uniqueborder location near both capitals: Moscow and Saint-Petersburg; • qualified and comparatively cheap labor force; • reserves of land and energy resources; • business-oriented administration
State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade Strategy for socio-economic development till 2020 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
State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region - INTERREG III B (6 projects) - INTERREG III A (17 projects) - CBSS (Euro Faculty-Pskov project) - Northern Dimension (NDEP: ЕBRD, «Purewater» project, Pskov) - «Economic Development Support Programme in the Pskov region» MFA Denmark 2006-2010 (priorities: tourism, food industry)
State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Baltic Tangent (logistics) Innovation Circle(education) BEN(interregional cooperation) HINTERLAND(spatial planning) BEN-EAST(interregional cooperation) EastWind(wind energy development) Greenhouse(encouraging SME) Partners: Denmark Norway Germany Finland Sweden Poland Lithuania Estonia Latvia Belarus
State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade Priorities for cooperation Programmes and instruments forcooperation: - CBC ENPI «Estonia-Latvia-Russia» Programme - Northern dimension (NDEP: ЕBRD, NEFCO) -Nordic Council of Ministers
State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade “Estonia – Latvia - Russia” - regional development tool 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
State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade 1st call results geography • 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 Gdov PSKOV Pechory Palkino 9 municipalities will receive benefits and willhost projects all EE and LV border related territory of the region involved in cooperation Ostrov Pytalovo Krasnogorodsk Sebezh
State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade «Green growths»: start-ups in Pskov region Running projects Tourism - “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 Urban Development & Planning in EE-LV-RU Border Capitals” Education - “Promoting nature education as efficient mean of awareness raising”
State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade Nordic Council of Ministers Implemented projects The 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 Coming up… «NORDIC – RUSSIAN GREEN GROWTH ARENA»
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