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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

Nordic Council of Ministers

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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



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



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



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



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



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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Information office in Kaliningrad:

Chernyakhovskogo str., 6 office 116, 236040 Kaliningrad

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