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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 Nordic Council of Ministers Countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the three autonomous territories: the Faroe islands, Greenland Åland islands. 7 languages, 25 million people Official Nordic co-operation: • The Nordic Council – the interparliamentary forum since 1952 • The Nordic Council of Ministers – the inter-governmental body since 1971 NCM St. Petersburg 2012 2

The Presidency Nordic Council of Ministers 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 3

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

Knowledge building and Networking programme Nordic Council of Ministers Main funding instrument for cooperation Partnership – 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 5

Project overview 2011 -2012 Nordic Look • Creative industries • Festival management • Nordic Weeks • Studia Nordica • Cross cultural communication • Cultural diversity Welfare & equality Nordic Council of Ministers • Combating human trafficking • Welfare technology • HIV/AIDS • Health economics • NGO & media cooperation • Good governance & civil society Environment wastesorting • Water management • Climate change • Universal design (architectural) • Urban planning • Scientific green movies • Green growth arena • Intellectual Property Rights • Anti-corruption • Labour market • Certification & standards • Municipal cooperation • Entrepreneurs: education, knowledge, innovation • Work-life balance • NCM St. Petersburg 2012 Economy, business, working life Green Growth 6

Climate, environment & energy, green growth Nordic Council of Ministers • 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 7

Green Growth Arena Nordic Council of Ministers Nordic Council • 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 11

Green Growth Arena Nordic Council of Ministers • 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 12

Green Growth Arena Nordic Council of Ministers 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 13

Green Growth Arena schedule Nordic Council of Ministers 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 14

Green Growth Arena schedule Nordic Council of Ministers 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 15

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