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Arctic Materials Technologies Development

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

Overall objective of the project is to expand and improve cross-border cooperation between leading research centres and industrial companies active in fields of metal technologies and metal constructions in Arctic conditions; To increase the resources for receiving energy from Arctic area through development and improving of materials and technologies used in metal industries by companies active i ...
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Green Hit: Renewable energy for small localities

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The overall objective of the project is to enable regional and local authorities and other stakeholders of Leningrad Oblast and Tikhvin district to improve their capacities and methods in relation to environmentally friendly renewable energy technologies and thus to contribute to improving health and quality of life of the citizens of small localities of the Finnish-Russian neighboring area.
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International System Development of Advanced Technologies Implementation in Border Regions (DATIS)

Start date: Dec 29, 2011, End date: Dec 28, 2014,

The overall objective of the project is to set up a broad platform of long-term and sustainable cooperation between Russian and Finnish science and business societies for transfer of advanced technologies and effective use of partners’ competence in implementation of joint projects. The achievement of this objective will provide synergy effect of joining Russian technology research and Finnish tec ...
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Finnish-Russian Forest Academy 2 - Extension and Piloting

Start date: Nov 30, 2012, End date: Nov 29, 2014,

Overall objective of the project is to continue and extend the first phase project of Finnish-Russian Forest Academy Preparation with the aim of establishing the Finnish-Russian coordination center of joint activities in education, research and business development in forestry and forest industry, and with the aim of piloting joint activities. The aim is to support and enhance Finnish-Russian coll ...
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Efficient Energy Management (EFEM)

Start date: Nov 30, 2012, End date: Nov 29, 2014,

The aim of the project is to develop a multistage practical program which supports energy efficiency actions especially for existing public building stock in St.Petersburg. The program will be based on results of pilot buildings representing typical public buildings from 50`s to 80`s (schools, kindergartens, health centers etc.). New concepts will be created and tested in collaboration with Finnis ...
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Cross-Border Photonics Initiative

Start date: Nov 26, 2012, End date: Nov 25, 2014,

The project aims to foster photonics technologies for economic growth and to increase cross-border collaboration between universities and photonics companies. It also aims building synergies between universities and high-techcompanies in photonics and optics and boost identification and promotion of regional expertise and application-driven networks in photonics. The project has four specific obje ...
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Expoiting Municipal and Industrial Residues (EMIR)

Start date: Oct 31, 2012, End date: Oct 30, 2014,

The overall objectives of the project are to improve the environmental situation in Leningrad Region and St. Petersburg; to improve management of industrial and municipal wastewater sludge treatment processes; to promote utilization of biodegradable waste fractions; to reduce nutrient load to the rivers and Baltic Sea; to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; to reduce toxic emissions to water systems; ...
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Innovation and Business Cooperation

Start date: Jul 8, 2011, End date: Jul 7, 2014,

The Project is stimulating the regional cooperation by promoting the accumulated practices to the EU-Russia policy level turning the growing process from bottom up. Objectives of the project are based on Triple Helix approach combining the efforts of business-university-government cooperation to the systematic and regular practices. The project is utilising the existing cooperation, which were sta ...
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Aquatic resources for green energy realization (AQUAREL)

Start date: Oct 15, 2012, End date: Jun 14, 2014,

Objective of the projectThe objective of the project was to develop and introduce an innovative and efficient concept for green energy production and recycling of bio-waste to fish farms and other local actors in the Karelia ENPI programme area. Main activities• Analyse and estimate the quantity and quality of fish production bio-waste in the area. • Research how to amalgamate fish waste productio ...
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Cross-Border Citizen Scientists

Start date: Jan 31, 2012, End date: Apr 29, 2014,

...ls. Results of the project will be further exploited in the Borders or No Borders (RajatOn, funded by the Finnish Ministry of Culture and Education) project implemented by the University of Turku and Lappeenranta University of Technology during 2014-2015.
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Open Innovation Service for Emerging Business (OpenINNO)

Start date: Feb 21, 2012, End date: Feb 20, 2014,

Overall objective of the project is to contribute economic development of partner-regions through fostering pre-incubating stage of innovation life-cycle by developing, piloting and testing the competitive open ecosystem for interregional cooperation with special focus on young entrepreneurs. Hence, the overall goal of the project is to design, implement and pilot a cross-border business incubatio ...
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ECOFOOD

Start date: Feb 21, 2012, End date: Feb 20, 2014,

The wider objective is to enhance and accelerate efficiency of innovative cross-border cooperation between Russian and Finnish eco-enterprises for the formation of the eco-products market in the Southeast Finland and Northwest Russia, which should reduce human impacts on the environment and become an important component of sustainable development of the region. As specific objectives the project w ...
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Improvement of waste oil management in North-West Russia and South-East Finland (Clean Oil - CO)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2014,

The overall aim of the project is reduction of negative impact of oil waste on soil, water, air and quality of human`s life in the regions of South-East Finland and North-West Russia. Specific objectives are elimination of negative factors caused by imperfective system of collecting, transportation and recycling of waste oils in Saint-Petersburg and Leningrad Regions; Development of cross-border c ...
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Rail Baltica Growth Corridor (RBGC)

Start date: Jun 10, 2010, End date: Sep 9, 2013,

The RBGC is led by the City of Helsinki and coordinated by the Aalto University Small Business Center. The project has in total of 21 partners from 6 BSR countries. Target groups of the RBGC are City and regional authorities, Transport service providers, Logistics centers, Intermodal terminals, Public transport authorities, Universities and other research centers. RBGC's partner composition is bas ...
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Improving Social Services

Start date: Apr 28, 2011, End date: Apr 27, 2013,

To contribute to social development of St Petersburg, Imatra and Lappeenranta regions through improving access to on-line social services for Finnish and Russian citizens by developing and testing new customer friendly Web-based approach. Specific objectives: Revealing main factors affecting the access to social services and formal procedures provided for Finnish people in Russia and for Russians ...
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Finnish-Russian Forest Academy preparation

Start date: Apr 27, 2011, End date: Apr 26, 2013,

To support Finnish-Russian co-operation in research, education and innovations by founding an organisation which will enhance co-operation, modernization actions in pulp and paper plants, and optimal use of wood material in Finnish and Russian forest industries. Specific objectives: To build the common ground and map the needs of partners and other relevant organisations in foundation of Finnish-R ...
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Forwarding Resgional Sustainable Environmental Hierarchies (FRESH)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Feb 27, 2013,

The overall objective of the FRESH project is to strengthen development based on sustainable value creation at regional level and to contribute to the implementation of the Environmental Technologies Action Plan (ETAP-COM 38/2004). FRESH is contributing to the 2nd priority area of ETAP, 'driving demand and improving market conditions'. Today we are aware that to address sustainable development eff ...
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Dissemination and fostering of plasma based technological innovation for environment protection in BSR (PlasTEP)

Start date: Nov 30, 2009, End date: Dec 15, 2012,

The pollution control of the environment is a transnational request of all countries and a strategic aim of the European Union. This is also reflected in the increasing tightening of the exhaust emission standards particularly in the Baltic Sea Region countries. Causes by the constantly rising of the industrialisation the environmental impact also raises by exhaust air, exhaust gases and waste wat ...
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Using applied research results from ESPON as a yardstick for cross-border spatial development planning (ULYSSES)

Start date: Aug 31, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

ULYSSES is an experimental and innovative project supported by 18 European border and cross-border areas, which aims at using applied research results from ESPON as a yardstick for decentralised cross-border spatial development planning. Based upon a sound methodological approach, the targeted analysis is expected – as a first step – to establish high-quality and multi-thematic territorial analyse ...
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Study of cargo flows in the Gulf of Finland in emergency situations (STOCA)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2011,

The Baltic Sea Region (BSR includes: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, northwest Russia and northern Germany) is an area of high economic growth. The region attracts foreign direct investments and it offers challenging but positive economic perspectives. The dominant mode of transport in BSR is sea (about 76% of trade in BSR states) and only 24% come by other m ...
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moting Regional Innovation System in St. Petersburg through Transnational Cooperation - SPb InnoReg (SPb InnoReg)

Start date: Dec 31, 2006, End date: Dec 30, 2008,

The project SPb InnoReg - Promoting Regional Innovation System in St. Petersburg through Transnational Cooperation aims to promote sustainable economic development and competitiveness in the city of St. Petersburg. This is done by strengthening the regional innovation system (RIS) and improving utilization of the innovation and research potential of St. Petersburg in cooperation between Finnish, G ...
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BALTIC SEA INFORMATION MOTORWAYS (BaSIM)

Start date: Aug 31, 2004, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

Shipment of goods in the BSR increases and will grow in the future even faster. The concept of Baltic Sea Motorways along transnational transport corridors will be based on strong cooperations between players in the transportation field as well as on industry side. Improvement of productivity and competitiveness needs the development both physical and information infrastructure. The first being ad ...
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OKT-Infra - Oil and container transit traffic, and future infrastructure needs in Finland and Estonia (OKT-Infra)

Start date: Mar 31, 2007, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

Ports of Finland and Estonia play important role in the Russian transit traffic; Finnish harbours are specialized in consumer goods imports (containers), while Estonia serves as a raw material export harbour (oil). Although Russia has enlarged its capacity in both of these markets (harbours, warehousing and transportation), Finland and Estonia still have important role in Russian material flows. T ...
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Medium Sized Cities in Dialogue around the Baltic Sea (MECIBS )

Start date: Jun 23, 2002, End date: Sep 22, 2005,

The project objective was to foster balanced spatial development by sustaining the development of medium-sized cities. Within this objective the project aimed at exploration of urban restructuring processes, formulation of recommendation for interlinking of local and national strategies and for economic, environmental and social development of the medium sized cities. This work was to be achieved ...
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ESTABLISHING AN ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE NORTHERN DIMENSION

The aim of the project is to establish an economic and technical research centre of the Northern Dimension in connection with the Lappeenranta University of Technology.
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Entrepreneurship Training and Coaching for University Spin-Offs

Start date: Oct 1, 2011,

Several studies show that university spin-offs (USOs) do not grow. Knowing the importance of USOs for a competitive knowledge based Economy it becomes critical to find ways to improve their growth through the development of Key Entrepreneurial Skills (KES). This is the main reason for our project SPIN-UP. The project aims at preparing a comprehensive and effective Entrepreneurship Training and Coa ...
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DEVELOPMENT OF AN INFORMATION AND COOPERATION NETWORK FOR THE SERVICE PROVIDES IN THE NEIGHBOURING AREAS OF SOUTH-EAST FINLAND AND THE PROCESS INDUSTRY AND ENERGY PRODUCTION SECTOR IN THE BORDER AREA TO IMPROVE THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT (ECOINFO)

An improvement in the state of the environment can be achieved by providing more specified services for pulp, paper and energy production plants on the Russian side of the border: information, training, consultancy and investments.Description of objectives: The objective of the project is to contribute to the realisation of future-oriented measures that improve the state of the environment and pre ...
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ROMOTION OF FINNISH ENERGY BUSINESS IN NORTH-WEST RUSSIA WITH ESCO AS A TOOL (PROMOTION OF FINNISH ENERGY BUSINESS IN NORTH-WEST RUSSIA WITH ESCO AS A TOOL)

The project studies technological, institutional, social and economic operational environments, operative models and factors in the rationalization of the use of energy, and creates the necessary tools for removing obstacles to exports.
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Interactive Learning of German Language for Forestry Staff

Language skills for forestry workers : The project will produce multimedia learning tools to improve the professional knowledge of German amongst forestry workers, enabling them to better operate in an international environment. This project started in 2001 and lasted 24 months.
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Internationalized Curricula Advancement at Russian Universities in the Southern region

Start date: Oct 15, 2011,

The wider objective is to enhance the quality of education in computer-based engineering and the employability of Southern Russian graduates in this field through internationalization of Master curricula along the Bologna lines. Specific objectives: to set up a virtual RU-EU graduate school in IT in Engineering; to develop IT in Engineering Master program based on 4 flows at 4 RU universities; t ...
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STARTING UP OF AN INDUSTRIAL-SCALE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE STUDYING THE GASIFICATION OF WASTE AND OTHER RAW MATERIAL

The aim is to plan, build and start a continuous industrial-scale research and development institute for studying the gasification of municipal waste and other raw material and the utilisation of product gas. Russian technology will be developed for use in Finland.
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