ImProfEdu round table took place in ExpoForum

ImProfEdu project press release

Round Table session concerning some results of the ImProfEdu project (KS1877) took place on 11 November 2021 in the ExpoForum. Teachers and students from two colleges of Saint Petersburg took part in the event onsite and representatives of Kouvola and Kotka colleges joined via Zoom.

The Round Table was organised by Alexey Varshavsky, prorector of IBIN Insitute in Saint Petersburg – project partner

More information of the event and the project at News – IPE (improfedu.org)

CBC in My Region – have your say by 10.12.2021

Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) between Finland and Russia is implemented by people and for the people, covering several sectors of cooperation. The Managing Authority of the South-East Finland – Russia CBC 2014-2020 invites everyone having opinions and/or experiences of Finnish-Russian cooperation, to have a say. We, together with our stakeholders, are very interested of all feedback to collect signals to keep up with the positive focus, to improve our services and to develop tools for the 2021-2027 programming period.

This year, we have enclosed few questions in the survey to enable participation on the development of the new website for the Programme. New website will open in 2022, and now it is time to submit opinions and share good ideas.

Go to Programme’s annual on-line survey (in English) open during 22.11.-10.12.2021 via link > Annual survey 2021 and take few minutes to answer the questions. We will share the key results on our website at https://www.sefrcbc.fi/information-service/annual-surveys/

Warm thanks for your contribution!

Event: Towards higher adaptive capacity in urban water management – highlights of the RAINMAN project

RAINMAN project press release

Climate change increases precipitation and urbanisation results in more sealed surfaces. This leads to increasing storm water volumes and can cause sewage system overloads and urban flooding. Nutrients and hazardous substances can also contaminate freshwater resources if storm water is not treated properly. In addition, these changes can affect groundwater recharge and quality.

The RAINMAN project has developed tools and recommendations to avoid sewage system overloads, to prevent urban flooding and to preserve freshwater resources. The project has integrated solutions into city development guidelines and plans to maintain freshwater resources in a good state, despite a changing climate.

Come and join us at the RAINMAN project’s closing event!

December 16th, 2021, 8:45-12:00 (EET), online.

More information and registration here: http://projects.gtk.fi/rainman/events/

Contact: Johannes Klein, Geological Survey of FinlandEmail: [email protected]

The Bringing Together project was presented at major events in St. Petersburg and in Kouvola in November

Bringing Together project press release

In November, the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum was held in St. Petersburg, where the Bringing Together project was presented by Ludmila Karelina, Project Leader, vice-president of the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The Invest in the Future – event was held in Kouvola, organized by the University of Applied Sciences XAMK, Kinno, Cursor together with other organizations, where the project was presented by Olga Oksanen, Project Researcher.

Interested participants were told about the project and invited to register on the CBC Digital Platform https://bringingtogether.ru/

More information: https://en.bringingtogether.ru/about/news/novosti_112.html и https://en.bringingtogether.ru/about/news/novosti_117.html

The Training of the Investment Mentors School pilot group has been launched

Bringing Together project press release

On November 15, the online Start Training Session for the participants of the Investment Mentors School pilot group was held. The pilot group included representatives of Russian Railways and GenerationS Accelerators, the Russian Guild of Property Managers and Developers, the Fund for the development small and medium-sized businesses in Saint-Petersburg and other organizations.

Ludmila Karelina, Project Leader, vice-president of the SPbCCI, welcomed the participants of the training, introduced the project partners and made a brief presentation of the Bringing Together platform and the Investment Mentors School. The main sections of the training course, issues related to access to training and its successful completion were presented. At the end of the session, Ludmila Karelina answered the questions of the participants and wished everyone success in their studies.

More information: https://en.bringingtogether.ru/about/news/novosti_114.html

Contact: Ludmila Karelina
Email: [email protected]

Construction work on the cruise and passenger ship terminal started at Kantasatama in Kotka

KOTKA PAX project press release

KOTKA PAX, the development project for the cruise and passenger ship terminal at Kantasatama in Kotka will improve the transport infrastructure of the Port of HaminaKotka at Kantasatama in Kotka, with the goal of enabling year-round, safe and fluent border crossing and passenger ferry traffic between Finland and Russia.

The contracts for the building of the terminal have been signed, and construction work has begun. A warehouse building is currently undergoing foundation work for the customs and border control facilities to be constructed there.

Port of HaminaKotka Ltd is the main executor of the project, and the other project partners are the St Petersburg passenger port “Marine Façade”, and Finnish Customs and Border Guard.

Contact: Ville Kuitunen, Director of Traffic Operations, Port of HaminaKotka Ltd
Email: ville.kuitunen @ haminakotka.fi

Investment Mentors School of the Bringing Together project invites all interested parties to study

Bringing Together project press release

The educational complex “INVESTMENT MENTORS SCHOOL” will help you gain competencies in the field of organizing and accelerating the development of Russian-Finnish projects, learn how to use key business planning and mentoring tools, gain competencies in using modern digital tools to promote ideas and projects, etc.
We invite you to become one of the first students of the School and be trained as part of a pilot group. Students who have successfully completed the course receive a certificate.

To participate in the online session (start of training), which will be held on November 15 at 15:00 (Moscow time), please fill out the registration form and send it to the email address: [email protected] until November 12, 2021.

Registration Form, Training Program and more information you can find by link: https://en.bringingtogether.ru/about/news/novosti_110.html

Invitation to tender for Mid-term evaluation

Managing Authority of the South-East Finland – Russia CBC 2014-2020 programme has opened an invitation to tender for conducting the Mid-term evaluation of the Programme. We look forward the following results, with the Result Oriented Monitoring approaches:

  1. To learn whether the implementation of the Programme Strategy on both, the Programme and project level, has been carried out in an efficient and effective way.
  2. To learn whether the results of the selected and contracted projects will be achievable and whether they lead to the achievement of the objectives of the Programme and projects, as well as to evaluate the support and monitoring measures of the Programme towards the project beneficiaries.
  3. Based on the Evaluation results, to receive recommendations for improvement of this Programme and input for the South-East Finland – Russia Programme 2021-2027.
  4. As a cross-cutting theme, to evaluate the effect of Covid-19 pandemic and related restrictions to the project implementation and the realisation of the Programme Strategy.

The tendering closes on 26.11.2021 at 16:00 (EET).

TENDERING DOCUMENTS

Invitation to tender includes instructions and requirements to participate in tendering, and the links for additional information.

Olga Oksanen, researcher of the Bringing Together project, presented the project at a joint meeting of four regions guilds and the Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Bringing Together project press release

On October 25, a joint meeting was held, which was attended by representatives of the boards and members of four Russian Trade Guild – Helsinki, Lahti, Kouvola and Lappeenranta, as well as representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Jaana Rekolainen (CEO) and Satu Niemelä (Communications and Marketing). The Kymenlaakso Russian Trade Guild has been a member of SVKK since the beginning of this year.

Olga Oksanen, researcher of the Bringing Together project (Kouvola Innovation Oy), made a presentation of the project, talked about the main services of the Digital Platform for Cross-Border Cooperation and invited Kymenlaakso`s Russian Trade Guild members and all interested participants to register on the platform. Guild members have expressed interest in the platform’s services and asked to keep abreast of the platform’s progress. They have expressed a wish for a similar type of platform for SVKK services.

More information of the project: https://en.bringingtogether.ru/

Contact: Ludmila Karelina
Email: [email protected]

Members of Kymenlaakso region Russian Trade Guild were invited to register on the Bringing Together platform

Bringing Together project press release

On October 20, a joint meeting of the Board of Directors and members of the Kymenlaakso region Russian Trade Guild was held. Olga Oksanen, researcher of the Bringing Together project (Kouvola Innovation Oy), made a presentation of the project, talked about the main services of the Digital Platform for Cross-Border Cooperation and invited Kymenlaakso`s Russian Trade Guild members and all interested participants to register on the platform.

The members of the guild board promised to consider the possibility of registering a guild on the platform, as well as to offer registration to their members. Before the meeting, the Helsinki-East Aerodrome project was introduced at Pyhtää Airport. It was also proposed to register this project on the Bringing Together platform.

More information of the project: https://en.bringingtogether.ru/

Contact: Ludmila Karelina
Email: [email protected]