Category: Project news

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 Finland
Email: [email protected]

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

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]

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

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

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]

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]

Bringing Together project press release

On September 28, within the framework of the Bringing Together project, the Workshop for SMEs and project initiators “Russian-Finnish Investment Internet Platform” was held. Ludmila Karelina, Project Leader, vice-president of the SPbCCI, made a presentation of the project, told about the main services of the Digital Platform for Cross-border Cooperation and invited all interested participants to register. Ruslan Musin, founder and CEO of Verspeak company, shared his experience of localization of a Russian startup in Finland and listed the main steps that are necessary for this. Pekka Viljakainen, Advisor President of the Skolkovo Foundation for work with startups, informed about how a startup can attract investments.

A number of startup projects were presented. Ludmila Karelina noted that the project team will continue to cooperate with the startups presented.

More information: https://en.bringingtogether.ru/about/news/novosti_99.html

Contact: Ludmila Karelina
Email: [email protected]

Bringing Together project press release

On September 27, the II St. Petersburg Tourism Forum “Northern Palmyra” was held, organized by the Fund of the SMEs development of SPb. Ludmila Karelina, Project Leader, Vice-President of the SPbCCI, made a presentation of the project and the Digital Platform for Cross-border Cooperation at the round table “Digitalization of the tourism business: trends of 2021”. The platform’s services, which may be most in demand by representatives of the tourism industry, the Mentors School and other project developments were presented.

The participants of the round table expressed their interest in registering on the platform. Viktor Faberge, Head of digital Projects of the Fund of the SMEs development of SPb, noted that the platform is development of SPb, noted that the platform is developing at a good pace and wished the project team further success in its development.

Contact: Ludmila Karelina
Email: [email protected]
Project website: https://en.bringingtogether.ru/

INCROBB project press release

Inclusive cross-border business networking of tomorrow (INCROBB) project in conjunction with Mai-Art gallery presents the exhibition ”Border”. The exhibition takes place at Valtakatu 37, 54100 Lappeenranta, 2.-30. October 2021. Featuring participants are Russian and Finnish creators. The organisers are excited to bring the exhibition ”Border” to Mai-Art Gallery as the first joint project between INCROBB and local art establishment.

The idea of ”Border” is to show one or two works by each author who is related to Finland and Russia and is involved in cross-border communication in one way or another. The artworks are made in various techniques, styles and materials, and are intended to show the conventionality of the boundaries that separate authors and viewers. INCROBB project aims at encouraging business growth of South Karelian region through local effort that includes revealing galleries’ potential as SMEs and opening new names of creators in art sector to the public.

Contact: Mariia Guruleva, INCROBB project assistant
Email: [email protected]