1. Syktyvkar Forest Institute Bordeaux, France December 2011

2. Russian Federation

3. Komi republic, Syktyvkar » Komi republic - in North-West Russia » Territory - 415 900 km 2 (which makes 2.4 % of All-Russian territory) » The population of the Komi republic is 975 000 residents (2010) » Syktyvkar is the capital, population approximately 232 961 citizens (2010) » Forest covered area is 28.7 mln ha (4.1 % of All-Russian area), wood stock volume is 2.8 billion m 3 » Annual Allowable Cut - 27 mln m 3 (used by 25%)

4. Syktyvkar Forest Institute » established in 1952 » 6 000 full-time, part-time and correspondence students. » 300 lecturers, PhD, professors. » 5 faculties: » 26 Departments. Forest-and-Engineering; Faculty of Economics-and-Management; Technological; Agricultural; Faculty of Correspondence studies.

5. Specialties: » Forestry; » Mechanization in Agriculture; » Electrification and Automation of Agriculture; » Forestry Machines and Equipment; » Chemical wood processing technology; » Environment Protection and Nature Resources Conservation; » Economics- and-Management in Forest industry; » Forest Engineering; » Wood processing Technology ; » Automation of Technological Processes and Production; » Economies-and-Management in Agriculture; » Company Management; » Accounting, Analysis, Audit; » Automobiles and automobile industry; » Automobile Roads and Airdromes; » Transport and Technological Machines and Equipment Servicing; » Industrial and civil engineering; » Information Systems and Technologies.

6. Trends of training (Bachelor): » Forestry; » Agricultural engineering; » Management; » Technological machines and equipment; » Use of transport and technological machines and complexes; » Technical systems management; » Technological processes and productions automation; » Informational systems and technologies; » Chemical technology; » Energy and resource-saving processes in chemical technology, petroleum chemistry and biotechnology; » Economics; » Logging and woodworking technology; » Construction; » Technospheric safety.

7. GIS centre Main trends of GIS-centre activities: » Foresters’ and forestry specialists’ training; » Retraining and further training courses; » Research and development in forestry and timber industry; » Project activities and contract works. Software used: ArcGis from ESRI Inc. ERDAS IMAGINE from ERDAS Inc. Easy Trace from Easy Trace Group, etc. There’s the possibility for remote sensing and GIS like CropCam use, which is a radio control (RC) glider plane equipped with a Pentax digital camera, controlled by an autopilot, along with pre- programmed ground control software. CropCam offer images at request and is an inexpensive alternative o satellite or an airplane flying over a field.

8. Established in September 2008. OJSC “Mondi Syktyvkar” financed the project. Laboratory equipment affords to reproduce the paper production in little at a pulp and paper mill. Students are asked to perform the required laboratory analysis to define the mechanical, physical and chemical paper characteristics. The laboratory allows implementation of the students’ and lecturers’ research. «Paper and Board» laboratory

9. Established in September 2009. OJSC “Mondi Syktyvkar” provided the financial support. JSC “Lespromservis” worked out and supplied the required equipment. Software “FluidSIM Hydraulic” is used in training and is useful for foreign machines mechanics training and retraining. «Modern forest machines mechanics» laboratory

10. Optional professional training centre Main trends of activities: » Training » Further training courses (both short and long term) » Seminars » Retraining » Additional qualification to the certificate degree » School-leavers preparatory courses Provide the activities in the following thematic trends: » Forestry and wood processing » Environment protection » Information technologies » Management and Marketing » Construction » Auto transport » Accounting, analysis, tax system and auditing » Foreign languages

11. Project goal – students training for self-sufficient innovative entrepreneurship. «Young people projects start up» laboratory Young people projects start up is a platform for the students and partners business-ideas development and establishment; students companies establishment, which allows the students to combine theoretical knowledge with real practical experience. Project implementation is a joint project with Göttingen University of Applied Sciences and Arts, which has a good experience in entrepreneurial training.

12. » Specialists training and further training in innovative technologies; » Distance-learning technologies use in practice, accreditation, testing, including teaching staff further training; » Situation management and expert systems technologies development and implementation; » Industrial, management, educational processes modeling; » Program-hardware systems development in different areas (chemistry, management technologies, machines and mechanisms); » Research and development activities; » GIS technology: development and implementation; » Space technologies: use of satellite images, remote sensing in forestry; » Use of pilotless aircraft technologies in forest management; » Carrying out meetings, seminars, conferences (including video conferences), expert councils, etc. LABORATORY OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN FOREST CLUSTER Laboratory goals:

13. » establishment of corporative laboratories at SFI; » master-classes by OJSC “Mondi Syktyvkar” staff; » Komi Forest Academy The Academy’s goal is to develop human resources and boost moral in the Komi forest industry by offering relevant skills training in three key areas – management, harvesting and transport and forestry – to create a better equipped workforce for Mondi and other partners in the venture, including logging and paper companies. Cooperation with OJSC «Mondi Syktyvkar»

14. Partner Universities » Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, Finland » Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland » Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences, Finland » University of Eastern Finland » Luleå University of Technology, Sweden » Swedish University of Agricultural sciences » Norwegian Road Agency, Norway » Bodø University College, Norway » Göttingen University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany » Riga Technical University » University of the Arctic

15. » International Council in Forestry Higher Education Professional training in the Finno-Ugric countries and RF regions. » Swedish–Russian Forestry Sector cooperation program. » Finish–Russian development program on sustainable forest management and conservation of biodiversity in North–West Russia. » Report «RF Forest Cluster situation», was made for the Austrian Chamber of Economics. » Young professionals in forestry, wooden construction and international business in Russia and Finland. » Forest Sector Advisory Services in Komi. » Internationalization of Forestry SMEs in the Komi republic by improving the Value Chain of the sector. » Development and improvement of vocational teacher training system for environmental forestry in high education institution in North-west Russia. » Summer Intensive School for teachers in Forestry and timber industry. International Research and Development programs of the Institute

16. International Council in Forestry Higher Education Professional training in the Finno-Ugric countries and RF regions Established in August 2009 The first online videoconference “Professional forestry training: International experience, cooperation perspectives and training services quality improvement”.

17. The second videoconference: “Innovations in the forest sector” proceeded on April 7, 2010.

18. The third videoconference “Forms of cooperation between higher educational institutions and business in the forest cluster” was held on April 27, 2011 and devoted to the 90th anniversary of the Komi republic establishment.

19. 2005 - 2010 Swedish–Russian Forestry Sector cooperation program

20. Finish–Russian development program on sustainable forest management and conservation of biodiversity in North–West Russia

21. Report «RF Forest Cluster situation», was made by group of economics students supervised by the lecturer for the Austrian Chamber of Economics and presented at the International Forest Fair in Klagenfurt in August 2010.

22. Young professionals in forestry, wooden construction and international business in Russia and Finland, 2010

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