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• Denmark
• Finland
• Iceland
• Norway
• Sweden
• Faroe islands
• Greenland
• Åland islands
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Nordic cooperation
Regional collaboration with firm traditions in politics, the economy, and culture
7 languages, 25 million people
Official cooperation – 60 years of history
• Inter-parliamentary forum – Nordic Council from 1952
• Inter-governmental cooperation – Nordic Council of Ministers since 1971
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International cooperation
• Over 25 Nordic institutions in the Region
• Offices in the Baltic states & Russia
• Partner organisation in the Northern Dimension Partnerships
• Support to European Humanities University
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• Information Office in St. Petersburg (since 1995) & contact centres in
Arkhangelsk Murmansk Petrozavodsk
• Information Office in Kaliningrad (since 2006)
North-West Russia: 11 regions, 14 mln. people. NCM works with 6 border regions
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Knowledge Building and Networking Programme
Main funding instrument for cooperation with North-West Russia since 2007 with 5 priority areas:
•Public administration
•Research and education
•Economic development
•Support to civil society
•Practice at the Nordic institutions
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Projects areas 2012-2013 Nordic Council of Ministers
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Green Growth
• Waste-sorting management project: Petrozavodsk (Karelia) 2011-2013
• “Green Growth Arena”: Nordic strategies for green economic growth (St. Petersburg) 2012-2014
• Water management & climate change: adaptation strategies (Arkhangelsk & Murmansk regions, Karelia) 2012-2013
• Universal design: Nordic concept of design for all (social inclusion)
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• Promotion of Swan label – Nordic eco-labelling system for goods & services
Cooperation within international environmental bodies:
• NEFCO (Nordic Environment Finance Corporation)
• NDEP (Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership)
• HELCOM (Helsinki Commission for the Baltic sea protection)
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Economy, business, working life
• Intellectual Property Rights (IPR): strengthening knowledge on IPR issues for Nordic & Russian partners (NW Russia) 2012-2013
• Corporate Social Responsibility & Anti-corruption: cooperation platform on ISO management & leadership standards and efficient anti-corruption measures based on Nordic experience 2011-2013
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Economy, business, working life
•Cross-border cooperation – NotaBENe: enhancement of border region economies2011-2013
•Labour market: presenting Nordic model of social partnership - interaction between trade unions, employers & authorities (St. Petersburg & Latvia) 2013
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Welfare, equality, civil society
• Combating human trafficking: Nordic-Baltic-Russian cooperation 2011-2013
• Prevention of HIV/AIDS: exchange platform for experts (St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad) 2012-2013
• Health economics: cooperation of Nordic-Russian public & private health institutions & companies 2013
• Promotion of gender equality
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Welfare, equality, civil society
•Nordic-Russian Exchange Programme for NGOs and young leaders since 2007
•Support to Nordic-Russian media cooperation 2012-2013
•Promoting Good Governance principles: regional & local authorities in North-West Russia (in cooperation with Council of Europe) 2012-2013
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Cultural diversity & creativity
• Nordic Look – design networks
• Creative industries cooperation & knowledge exchange within the Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture:
Festival management: TV, music, films
Cultural tourism
Financing & legislation
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Joint Nordic profiling
Nordic weeks in North-West Russia 2010-2012:
•Visibility initiative of the Nordic diplomatic missions & cultural institutions as well as Nordic Council of Ministers’ Information Office in St. Petersburg
•Various events focusing on Nordic profiles: culture, environment & climate, innovations, welfare
•St. Petersburg, Murmansk, Petrozavodsk, Arkhangelsk, Pskov
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Contact usNordic Council of Ministers
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 / [email protected]
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