waste management project presentation

Waste Management Project Presentation

ECORussia

01.11.2012

Helsinki, Finland

Inna Semak

Consultant, Finpro

St. Petersburg

This project is co-funded by the European Union, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Finland

South-East Finland - Russia European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument 2007-2013 Project 2011-027-SE500 “Waste Management”

• 2010: Cooperation of Committee on IT and Communications of Saint-Petersburg and Waste Management Administration of Saint-Petersburg

• The main target: to develop of Computer System Management of Production and Consumption Waste. Saint-Petersburg Information and Analytical Centre, subordinate enterprise to Committee on IT and Communications has been actively involved

• Cooperation between Saint-Petersburg Information and Analytical Centre and Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance for 6 years: several joint successful project under Cross Border Cooperation Programmes (Interreg and Tacis)

• Finpro as the key partner from Finnish side

Project Background



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• SOUTH-EAST FINLAND - RUSSIA ENPI CBC 2007-2013 2-nd Call for Proposals

• Priority: 2 - Common Challenges

• Grant Contract Identification Number: 2011-027-SE500 • Total eligible costs: 861 463 EUR • Grant amount: 687 551 EUR • Co-financing by partners: 173 912 EUR • Project implementation period: 16.03.2012 – 15.09.2014

Basic Information



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Lead Partner:

State Unitary Enterprise “Saint-Petersburg Informational and Analytical Centre” (RU)

Project Partners

Associates:

• Committee on IT and Communications of Saint-Petersburg (RU)

• Committee for Municipal Improvement of Saint-Petersburg (RU)

Partners:

Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance (RU)

FinPro ry (FI)



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to develop and maintain a modern sustainable ecological system for waste management and recycling technologies of industrial and domestic waste in the Programme region

to improve waste management systems efficiency through creation of the Waste Exchange in the Programme area based on selected best practices in Russia and Finland

Objectives

Overall objective:

Specific objective:



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Target Groups

Population

Authorities and professionals

Active groups of citizens

interested in sustainable

development and environmental

protection

Households

interested in the

efficiency of waste

collection and tariffs

decline

Russian and Finnish companies

working at the market of production

and reprocessing of waste and

secondary raw materials

Regional decision makers

interested in the legal provision

for efficient waste management

in particular areas



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• citizens of the Programme area, manufacturing

ventures and public utilities of Saint-Petersburg

• small and medium enterprises of border regions who

are interested in purchasing or supply of waste

Final Beneficiaries South-East Finland - Russia European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument 2007-2013 Project 2011-027-SE500 “Waste Management”

This project is co-funded by the European Union, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Finland 7

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Role of Finpro

Finpro’s Role in the Project:

• Information and expertise:

– best expertise and practices in market research

– analyse of waste management systems (waste processing and recycling) in Finland

• Organizational support:

– organizing and recruiting experts for workshops in Finland and Russia

– carrying out conferences

– organization of B2B seminars

– organization of networking matchmaking event to establish business contacts

– developing of networking and promotion activities, including dissemination and raising

public awareness of studies

FINPRO IS THE KEY PARTNER FROM FINNISH SIDE



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Possibilities for Finnish Companies

The project is targeted for the following groups of Finnish companies:

• Producers and suppliers of equipment for waste collection/sorting and further

processing to secondary raw materials

• Service providers for Russian waste collection/sorting and further processing to

secondary raw materials

• Users of waste as raw material and energy sources

• SMEs interested in purchasing or suppling waste

Possibilities for Finnish companies:

• Possibility to introduce products/services to the St. Petersburg / Russian waste

market (entry into these markets is complicated)

• Possibility to create a positive image on the St. Petersburg market

• Contacts with decision makers among the City Administration

• Possibility to participate in tenders provided by different Committees of the St.

Petersburg government (for instance, Department of Improvement)



Activities

• Management, monitoring and evaluation

• Information and visibility

• Series of Waste Management research

• Waste Exchange – e-Portal (software and technology platform) development

• The new cooperation and communication platform



To provide the project visualization there are activities and seminars held for companies and organizations working in waste management field

(annually 1 in Russia, 1 in Finland)

Main Outputs-1

• Kick-off seminar – main ideas of the project and the concept of Waste Exchange were presented

• Participation in the Partner Network Seminar of the South-East Finland-Russia ENPI CBC 2007-2013 International Conference ‘EU-Russia: Partnership for Modernization in Waste Management”

• Project presentation within the visit of Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade of Finland - Aleksander Stubb - during the Finnish Business Event

• Participation in conference “Ecology of Big City”- best modern practices of waste management were discussed and shared



Main Outputs-2

• Publications of thematic articles in mass-media and Internet

• 5 social commercials (3 in Finland, 2 in Russia) and 6 flash videos on social networks

• Seminar “From waste to energy” (September, 17, 2012, Lahti, Finland)

• Seminar "Study and use of modern high-performance processing technologies" (September, 28, 2012 within V Saint-Petersburg International Innovation Forum)



Seminar “From waste to energy” in Lahti together with Cleantech Finland

(September, 17, 2012, Lahti, Finland)

Main Outputs-2

Study visits in Lahti and Jyvaskyla (September, 17-18, 2012)



Seminar

"Study and use of modern

high-performance

processing technologies"

September, 28, 2012 within

V St.Petersburg International

Innovation Forum

Main Outputs-2 South-East Finland - Russia European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument 2007-2013 Project 2011-027-SE500 “Waste Management”

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Thank you for your attention


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