1. 18 April 2012, Malmö State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade Pskov Region: experience and possibilities Dmitriy Bystrov, Vice Chairman, State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade

2. State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade Pskov Region is an exclusive subject of the Russian Federation which borders on three states LENGTH OF BOUNDARIES: with Belarus....... 305 km with Estonia...... 254,4 km with Latvia....... 274,6 km DISTANCE FROM PSKOV: to Riga........ 260 km to Tallinn...... 350 km to Vilnius....... 400 km to Minsk........ 450 km to Helsinki.......... 700 km to Warsaw.......... 850 km to Stockholm........ 860 km to Berlin........... 1200 km to Moscow.......... 689 km PSKOV Cross border region

3. State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade Pskov region is the «starting point» for penetration of foreign business into Russian market:  unique border location near both capitals: Moscow and Saint-Petersburg;  qualified and comparatively cheap labor force;  reserves of land and energy resources;  business-oriented administration Strategy for socio-economic development till 2020

4. State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade Priorities of the region: - tourism development - transport and logistics - agriculture - SME support - ecology solutions - road networking - energy efficiency - health care - education - sport - culture and heritage - youth policy - social sphere Strategy for socio-economic development till 2020

5. - INTERREG III B (6 projects) - INTERREG III A (17 projects) - CBSS (Euro Faculty-Pskov project) - Northern Dimension (NDEP: ЕBRD, «Pure water» project, Pskov) - «Economic Development Support Programme in the Pskov region» MFA Denmark 2006-2010 (priorities: tourism, food industry) Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade

6. INTERREG III B Baltic Tangent (logistics) Innovation Circle (education) BEN (interregional cooperation) HINTERLAND (spatial planning) BEN-EAST (interregional cooperation) East Wind (wind energy development) Greenhouse (encouraging SME) Partners: Denmark Norway Germany Finland Sweden Poland Lithuania Estonia Latvia Belarus Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade

7. Programmes and instruments for cooperation: - CBC ENPI «Estonia-Latvia- Russia» Programme - Northern dimension (NDEP: ЕBRD, NEFCO) - Nordic Council of Ministers Priorities for cooperation State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade

8. State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade Basic criteria for the prioritized regional project: - to be within the Regional Strategy for socio-economic development of the Pskov region till 2020 and within the priorities of the regional development programmes; - to include infrastructural part; - to establish logical partnership; - to demonstrate prolonged effect “Estonia – Latvia - Russia” - regional development tool

9. State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade 1 st call results geography PSKOV Gdov Pechory Palkino Ostrov Pytalovo Krasnogorodsk Sebezh 9 municipalities will receive benefits and will host projects all EE and LV border related territory of the region involved in cooperation 12 projects: - transport – 1 - tourism and heritage – 3 - ecology – 3 - social sphere – 5 including 9 projects with infrastructure component: - transport – 1 - tourism and heritage – 3 - ecology – 2 - social sphere – 3

10. Running projects Tourism - “Tour de Latgale & Pskov” Environment - “Water Management Project of Peipsi, Pihkva, Lämmijärve, Saadjärve and Veskijärve Lakes” - “Economically and Environmentally Sustainable Lake Peipsi area” (Large Scale Project) - “Pure water” Urban development - “Tartu, Rezekne, Pskov: Green Management for Urban Development & Planning in EE-LV-RU Border Capitals” Education - “Promoting nature education as efficient mean of awareness raising” «Green growths»: start-ups in Pskov region State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade

11. Implemented projects The Nordic-Russian Exchange Programme for Local Civil Servants - Pskov Region participants: The City of Pskov Municipality, Krasnogorodsky District, Pytalovo District Municipality The Emerging Innovation in Northern Europe Programme - Pskov Region partner: Pskov State University «NORDIC – RUSSIAN GREEN GROWTH ARENA» Nordic Council of Ministers State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade Coming up…

12. State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade State Committee of the Pskov region for economic development, industry and trade http://economics.pskov.ru/ Thank you for your attention!