Category: Project news

Bringing Together project press release

On June 22, at 14:00-15:30 (Moscow time) within the framework of the Bringing Together project, the Workshop for representatives of SMEs, initiators of projects and ideas “Russian-Finnish Investment Internet Platform” will be held. The event will be held in mixed format: the online part will be held in Zoom, the offline part will be organized at the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

AGENDA

• Presentation of the Bringing Together project, Russian-Finnish Cross-Border Cooperation Internet Platform, and its services for SME companies and entrepreneurs;
• An overview of Finnish and Russian accelerators and business development partners on the platform;
• Discussing the possibilities of integrating to the Common Cross Border digital space to improve of the investment and business processes.

Link to connect:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88999547919?pwd=b256UGFqR2gxaXAwNkh1eFVJRWZMdz09
The conference ID: 889 9954 7919, Access code: 680703

More information https://en.bringingtogether.ru/

Bringing Together project press release

On June 2-5, the XXIV St. Petersburg International Economic Forum was held, which became the largest international event since the beginning of the pandemic. In total, 13 thousand people visited SPIEF this year, of which 3 thousand were foreigners from 140 countries.

The Forum participants had the opportunity to get acquainted with the Bringing Together project and the results of the first year of its implementation. The article dedicated to the project was published in the magazine “Russian Business Guide in St. Petersburg”, which could be obtained at the stand of St. Petersburg. The magazine is published by the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

* Prepared using the information from website https://tass.ru/.

More information of the project https://bringingtogether.ru/
Contact: Ludmila Karelina
E-mail: [email protected]

INCROBB project press release

On May 28, the webinar “The Art of Negotiations with Russian Companies. Features of mentality and culture” was held by INCROBB project team. The speaker was Natalya Skoraya, an expert in business communication for Russian and international companies. Natalia shared with the participants the important aspects of business culture in Russia. For example, there was a discussion about what is acceptable and what can be expected during the negotiations with a Russian partner; the hidden behavioural mechanisms were revealed and illustrated.

The theses were supported by a theoretical basis, for example, by D. Hofstede’s model of national business culture scales. The event took place online and was attended by 26 guests, various topic-related questions were discussed after the presentation. For instance, a global change in business culture due to the virus, portends the elimination of handshakes and other tactile contacts at business meetings.

Contact: Maria, INCROBB project assistant
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +358 46 8856046

Bringing Together project press release

On June 15, within the framework of the Bringing Together project, the Workshop for accelerators and business development partners “Russian-Finnish Investment Internet Platform” will be held. The event will be held in a mixed format: the online part will be held in Zoom, the offline part will be organized at the SPbCCI.

Agenda
14:00-14:10 Introduction, presentation of the project and platform Bringing Together – Ludmila Karelina, SPbCCI, Project Manager
14:15-15:00 Presentations of Accelerators: the role of the accelerator in the business support infrastructure and the potential for international and Russian-Finnish cooperation
15:00-15:20 Discussion of possible steps for cooperation within the framework of the Bringing Together cross-border project
15:20-15:30 Summing up the results

Link to connect to the session:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87684676483?pwd=aXN4VUFxMjBGTnpvL1l4WWpaU0dhQT09
The conference ID: 876 8467 6483 Access code: 503061

More information of the project https://bringingtogether.ru/
Contact: Ludmila Karelina
E-mail: [email protected]

ImProfEdu project press release

Сonference on the ImProfEdu (Improvement Professional Education) project was held in Petrovsky College in St. Petersburg on April 28th. More than 70 representatives of colleges of St. Petersburg, Leningrad Region and other regions of the Russian Federation took part in the conference. The project partners from St. Petersburg are the Institute of Business and Innovation (IBIN) and two colleges: Petrovsky and Architecture and Construction (SPASK), and from Finland KSAO College from Kouvola and EKAMI college from the Kotka – Hamina region.

The purpose of the conference is to introduce the participants to the project and its first results: situation with vocational education in Finland, the joint educational platform being developed, first actions according with project plan and new proposals and methods for motivating students to study.

KSAO Principal Timo Olli, Educational Manager Markku Maunula and EKAMI representative Irina Karkkainen spoke at the conference in ZOOM mode.

Project website: IPE – Improving Professional Education (improfedu.org)

Contact: Taru Horppu
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +358 20 6151 345

RAINMAN project press release

The City of Mikkeli Environmental Services together with Geological Survey of Finland hosted a day-long workshop on May 12th, 2021 focusing on the updating of the protection plan of the Hanhikangas aquifer. The aim of the workshop was to engage and create dialog between the relevant operators and organisations whose tasks include conserving the aquifer or, who can work toward its protection.

In the workshop, there were three main topics: groundwater and climate change, controlling the urban runoff, and preventing accidents. There was an introduction for each topic, followed by group work. The workshop was an activity of the RAINMAN project.

Read more here: http://projects.gtk.fi/rainman/news/index.html?year=2021&number=15&newsType=In_focus

Contact: Juha Rautio (City of Mikkeli Environmental Services)
E-mail: [email protected]

SUSTECH project press release

On May 25, in the frame of the Russian-Finnish project SUSTECH, the International Seminar «Sustainable Construction» will be held in an online format from 10:00 to 14:00 (msk). Finnish and Russian experts will present the results of their work in the area of sustainable construction and discuss the tendencies in the industry.

Topics of the seminar:
• Monitoring of state of the wood cellular structures
• Durability investigations of the structures with composite materials
• Calculation method for bearing buildings’ systems
• Technology of surface runoff treatment
• Stochastic approach to the structure safety

Registration: http://sustech-project.ru/lp/seminar2/

Contact: Maria Zhidkova, Project Coordinator at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
E-mail: [email protected]

RFLSP project press release

The accelerator programme of Russian-Finnish Life Science Park starts in May 2021. It includes an intensive training schedule with themed workshops, individual mentoring, and access to scientific, business & partnership networks in Russia & Finland. Pitching to potential investors and clients, as well as access to RFLSP laboratories for R&D projects are also part of the programme. The accelerator duration is six months and the best companies will be awarded with participation at a major European life science event.

“The programme drew lots of interest in Russia and Finland and we received many interesting applications. The next step is to select the best candidates through one-on-one company interviews. Altogether 10 companies from Russian and Finland will be selected to the programme,” told Teppo Laaksonen, Network Manager from Turku Science Park. Read more about the programme: http://rflsp.ru/accelerator

Contact: Sergey Troshkov
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +358 46 687 8090

BBC1 project press release

Because joint meetings are limited during Corona time, we decided to make together a video and tell you about our project – it is news and events. Welcome aboard!

Video-link > https://cloud.mail.ru/public/o3K2/28vkYopft

Contact: Saija Tillgren
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +358 50 387 2691

INCROBB project press release

Baltic Circular Economy Forum took place on 22.04.2021 in live stream for more than 7 hours. It was a grand congress and exhibition event that was emerged in Russia for the very first time. There were three main halls: Russia, Finland and Germany. In each hall of them there were discussed urgent environmental issues; numerous companies that try to fight consumerism and other modes of planet’s pollution were present there as well as audience.

Igor Dukeov, INCROBB project manager was one of the jury in Finland Hall as young companies were giving their pitches. This kind of collaboration opportunity means for INCROBB team an increased project’s recognition among associations with proactive environmental focus, and, obviously, a great chance to learn more about how circular economy principles are applied by various corporations.

Contact: Maria, INCROBB project assistant
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +44 7 8885 17116