1. Saint-Petersburg – South-East Finland Prospects for Co-operation

2. Saint-Petersburg Development Regional partnership St.Petersburg Corridor Economy St. Petersburg – Centre of International Cooperation Conclusion Orlovsky Tunnel Ring Road Western High-Speed Diameter Sea Passenger Terminal Airport Pulkovo Overhead Express Major Infrastructure Projects of St. Petersburg International Cooperation Trade and Transport Innovation and Education St. Petersburg Directions of Development: Conception of Socioeconomic Development of St. Petersburg till 2025 St. Petersburg

3. Finland - Strategic Partner of St. Petersburg The dynamics of foreign trade of Saint Petersburg with Finland in the years 2000-2007 (million EURO) Saint-Petersburg Development Regional partnership Economy Main Investment Projects in Industry Bosch-Siemens G.T.I. Flextronics Toyota Sewerstal Baltika Pepsi-Cola Coca-Cola Wrigley General Motors Nissan Seaport British American Tobacco Susuki Foxconn ММК Hyundai Gillette Magna Volume of shipped production: bln.EUR Index of industrial production: St. Petersburg Industry St.Petersburg Corridor Conclusion

4. Regional Partnership Saint-Petersburg Development Regional partnership Economy History of Co-operation 1990s several separate projects December 2002 first ideas of combining the resources June 2003 new Neighborhood instrument October 2003 analysis “St. Petersburg corridor” May 2004 Vestra Autumn 2004 Northern Dimension ICT Development Network SPB December 2004 Fistra May 2005 “SEF – SPB, Lenoblast” June 2005 Strategy “Vision 2013” 2007 Signing of agreement Development of mechanisms to support various projects Presentation of St.Petersburg Corridor ideas Partnership of St. Petersburg, Leningrad Region and South-East Finland Leningrad region 1.7 million inhabitants 10,000 enterprises Mikkeli Svetogorsk St Petersburg Interreg III A programme area in South-East Finland 488,200 inhabitants 21,364 enterprises City of St Petersburg 4.7 million inhabitants 130,000 enterprises Savonlinna Lappeenran ta Kouvola Imatra Kotka Vyborg Estonia Tacis programme area St.Petersburg Corridor Conclusion

5. St. Petersburg Corridor Priorities BUSINESS COLLABOA -TION AND COOPERA- TION DEVELOP- MENT Working Group INCREASE OF INNOVATION KNOWHOW AND SUPPORT OF INNOVATION DIFFUSION Working Group WELFARE AND TOURIST INDUSTRY DEVELOP- MENT Working Group LOGISTIC AND TRANSPORA -TION NETWORK DEVELOP- MENT Working Group ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES Working Group Saint-Petersburg Development Regional partnership Economy St.Petersburg Corridor Conclusion St. Petersburg Corridor Action 2007 - 2013 1.St. Petersburg Corridor will be developed and promoted as a unique area of co-operation between Russia and other parts of Europe 2.The Corridor area will become an economically, functionally and socially coherent entity 3.The area will become an internationally attractive business-location and one of the leading centers of economic activity in the Baltic Sea region 4.The idea of the Corridor will be developed as a part of the Northern Dimension policy and area, as a real heart of ND St. Petersburg Corridor Objectives 1. To move from individual projects of separate towns to strategic and systematic co-operation within the entire area of South-East Finland, city of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region 2. To build the co-operation area as the real heart of the Northern Dimension

6. Saint-Petersburg Development Regional partnership Economy St.Petersburg Corridor Conclusion St. Petersburg Corridor Value of development projects and investments: approx. 750 M€ Results: - 7000 employment opportunities - minimum 450 M€ turnover (3 years) Utilization of biogas and fertilizers from agriculture and landfills SEF - NW Russia Pilot Area (platform & infrastructure) Water TourismInnovation PartnershipProfessional labour force training Harmonization of educational and vocational programes In total 2007-2010 (as of 23.10.07) Development of biological wastewater treatment technology in LO municipal entities Development of regional service networks and distribution centers Joint marketing and distribution channels Innovation commercialization Business premises and merchandising house solutions Deduction of wastewater load to the Gulf of Vyborg and Finland Finnish-Russian Innovation University Development of SME competence Establishment of Environmental Information Center for enterprises in St. Petersburg Development of border crossing transport technologies and information exchange Nature, Rural, Adventure, Wellness Tourism Cross-Border Innovation Support Center Joint innovations Bioenergy projects EcoCorridorLogCorridorTourCorridorInnoCorridorbCorridor

7. Thank you for your attention! Saint-Petersburg Development Regional partnership Economy Conclusion St.Petersburg Corridor St. Petersburg Government website: www.gov.spb.ru Web Resources: Committee for External Relations website: www.kvs.spb.ru Welcome to Saint-Petersburg Committee for External Relations Head of Department for Coordination of Foreign Economic Relations and Regional Cooperation Ekaterina D. Belyakova Head of Department for Coordination of Foreign Economic Relations and Regional Cooperation Smolny St. Petersburg 191060, Russia tel. +7 (812) 576 74 15 fax +7 (812) 576 76 33 mob.: +7 921 903 00 69 cat@kvs.gov.spb.ru