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Nordic Council of Ministers, Information Office in St. Petersburg Knowledge Building and Networking Program and Green Gr

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.

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Nordic Council of Ministers, Information Office in St. Petersburg Knowledge Building and Networking Program and Green Gr

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  1. Nordic Council of Ministers,Information Office in St. PetersburgKnowledge Building and Networking Program and Green Growth Arena Project Yana Bocharova, Adviser Svetlana Goryunova, Adviser Malmö, 18 April 2012

  2. 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 NCM St. Petersburg 2012

  3. 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” NCM St. Petersburg 2012 3

  4. Nordic Council of Ministers in Russia • Information Office in St. Petersburg (since 1995). • Contact centres: • - Arkhangelsk • - Murmansk • - Petrozavodsk • Information Office in Kaliningrad (since 2006) NCM St. Petersburg 2012

  5. Knowledge building and Networking programme • Main 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 NCM St. Petersburg 2012

  6. Project overview 2011-2012 NCM St. Petersburg 2012

  7. 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 NCM St. Petersburg 2012

  8. 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 Nordic Co-operation

  9. 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) Nordic Co-operation

  10. Продвижение экомаркировки «Северный лебедь» • Экологическая маркировка товаров и услуг • Партнеры: офисы СМСС, Совет по экомаркировке Северных стран, профильные организации Исследованиеосведомленности и интересаБрошюра«Выход на рынки Северных стран»Семинарыв Санкт-Петербурге и странах Балтии Nordic Co-operation

  11. 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 Nordic Co-operation

  12. Green Growth Arena • Purpose: to implement green growth development principles in NW Russian regions and municipalities based on Nordic experience • 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 NCM St. Petersburg 2012

  13. Green Growth Arena • 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. NCM St. Petersburg 2012

  14. 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 NCM St. Petersburg 2012

  15. 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 NCM St. Petersburg 2012

  16. Contact us • Information Office of the Nordic Council of Ministers in St. Petersburg: • M. Konyushennaya str., 1/3, Sweden House, office B34tel. +7-812-336-75-80 / fax +7-812-336-75-81 / info@norden.ru Subscribe to our news atnorden.ru • Follow us @NordenRU • Information office in Kaliningrad: • Chernyakhovskogo str., 6 office 116, 236040 Kaliningrad • Tel.: +7-4012-72-81-72 / fax: +7-4012-72-81-73 NCM St. Petersburg 2012

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