On April 11-12, 2012 Petrozavodsk hosted an international seminar on designing new products based on cultural heritage of Karelia. It was opened by the Minister of Culture of Karelia Elena Bogdanova. Dmitry Bazegsky, the head of the ENPI CBC Karelia office in Petrozavodsk also gave his welcoming speech to over 60 participants. Among them were local practicing craftspeople, representative of creative businesses, the Administration of Petrozavodsk, local and Finnish designers. During the two intensive days a new assortment of craft and souvenir products was drafted under the themes Wood, Stone, Ceramics and Glass, Gifts, Textile, and Historic Petrozavodsk together with potential producers of souvenirs and experts. A separate agreement was signed with each designer from Finland on technological design of a specific number of new products or re-design of existing products. The first designs of new craft and souvenir products will be ready in May 2012.

More information: http://crafts.karelia.ru/incubator 

The process of rebranding of the city's waterfront areas will receive follow-up in the form of changes to the existing Rules of land use and construction, which will be made basing on the proposed concepts.A set of measures, proposed within the Old City concept aims at developing this corner of Petrozavodsk into an object of tourist attraction, which would demonstrate urban lifestyle of late 19 and early 20 centuries. 
The concept City by the Water pursued the main aim of opening the city towards the water: create conditions for a comfortable life of the citizens, including possibilities for residential housing, sport facilities, parks and recreation facilities. The set of measures, recommended by the concept, significantly increases the quality of the urban environment. 
Task, set out by the project to the team of 8 architects, included elaboration of two architectural concepts - City by the Water, covering the whole waterfront territory of the city, and Old City, a more detailed concept of the historical quarter of Petrozavodsk, located nearby Onega lake in the center of Petrozavodsk.  Results of a one year work on elaboration of new approaches to spatial development of waterfront territories and city marketing have been presented at a round table Old and New in Urban Space, which took place in Petrozavodsk on April, 11 2012.

On behalf of the ENPI KA179 project team we invite you to take part in the 11th FRUCT conference (www.fruct.org/conference11) that will be held in St.-Petersburg on 23-27 April, 2012. The event bring together the top academic and industrial experts in ICT and should be seen as a great opportunity to learn more about potential and get new best practices for development of the region in ICT field. The event will consists of a number of educational and scientific sessions, with many presentations about ongoing FRUCT projects and status reports from a number of universities from Russia, Finland and whole Baltic region. Thanks to funding of ENPI Karelia program, contribution of FRUCT community and industrial partners this event if free of charge for the participants.

For registration and additional information about the event please visit the conference web site www.fruct.org/conference11.

Looking forward to see you in St-Petersburg!

On February 20-22, another travelling seminar took place in the framework of the project "Improvement of the Environment and Living Standards on the Basis of Modern Rural Development" in the city of Oulu, Finland. The participants were the staff of the Federal State Educational Facility of Vocational Training "Petrozavodsk College Municipal Utilities" and the teachers from the department of "Water supply and wastewater treatment". The participants of the seminar started studying Finnish experience by visiting the water company of Oulu, where they listened to presentations on organizing water services in Finland, and they visited water and wastewater treatment facilities. Visit to the Oulu University of Applied Sciences was an important part of the program. The participants received general information about the training facility, got familiar with curricular on water-related subjects. When visiting the laboratory on testing technical water supply solutions at Oulu University of Applied Sciences, the participants learned about Finnish principles of facilitating research activities and principles of operating a pilot water treatment plant. Now, after exchanging experience in the area of teaching the course on water supply and wastewater treatment with Finish colleagues, the College of Municipal Utilities will embark on fulfilling its role in the project.

In December 2011 the project launched The KARELIAN STYLE creative business ideas contest to boost new creative businesses based on cultural heritage of Karelia in the following areas:

• Designer and souvenir products (souvenirs including gastronomic souvenirs, gifts, clothing, accessories, costume jewelry, interior design, etc.)

• Audio, video and media products for regional positioning (computer games, music, videos, clips animation, presentation programs, etc.).

The contest was held during December 10, 2011 - January 10, 2012 for the residents of the Republic of Karelia with the priority given to applicants from Petrozavodsk and Pitkyaranta and Sortavala regions which are the pilot regions of the project.

The finalists selected by January 24, 2012 will be interviewed and the winners will be announced by February 8, 2012.

Finalists and winners will be offered a free training course in business basics to transfer their business ideas into business plans.

Winners of the contest will get assistance in product design and packaging, registration as small businesses and preparation of applications for getting grants for small business enterprises from the Ministry of economic development of the Republic of Karelia and the Local administration of Petrozavodsk. Winners from Petrozavodsk will be offered production workshop premises in the creative incubator located in the historic part of the city. Winners from the pilot regions of the project will get assistance in creating local productions workshops.

On November 23-24, 2011 a seminar and a round table "Creative industries as an important vector of human capital development in Russia" were held in Petrozavodsk. The round table was part of the Karelian international forum "Investments into the Future" and was devoted to the creative industries role in human capital development.

Creative industries as a key sector of innovative economy make it possible to create attractive work places for young people, to trigger the creative energy of the communities and to shape environments that contribute to self-realization of the citizens. What kind of projects in the cultural field will contribute to the human capital development? Why do creative industries and design present the area not only for economic growth but also for human capital build-up? These questions were covered during the discussion.

Experts from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Petrozavodsk and Finland made presentations about design and creative industries development in Russia and abroad.

More information at http://crafts.karelia.ru/incubator/news_eng.htm or by email Sähköpostiosoite on suojattu roskapostiohjelmia vastaan, Javascript-tuen tulee olla päällä nähdäksesi osoitteen .

Project has been running successfully since May 2011. This week we had a pleasure to host our Russian partners, when they came to Eastern Finland to familiarize themselves with Finnish water treatment facilities and companies who has the experience and knowhow in this interesting field.

November 21 and 22 study tour participants visited different locations in Kuopio and Leppävirta. After the two-day study tour guests arrived to Joensuu. Seminar was held November 23 in Science Park, Joensuu. In seminar project’s Finnish partners, Pöyry and Keypro and presented their thoughts of the possibilities that could be done to improve water treatment in Sortavala. Komperon Vesiosuuskunta from Liperi presented how this little village has taken care of their own water supply and treatment with the help of modern technology.

Just before study tour and seminar project websites were published. From project’s websites everyone interested have a possibility to get information. Websites are also meant to improve communication between project partners that are geologically located on wide area and to guarantee that everyone has the same possibilities to get information about project progression.

Conversation forum on project’s website makes it possible to have a conversation that each partner has the possibilities to attend. And, of course, when everyone is working towards the same goal, sustainable development of Sortavala town’s environmental situation’s improvement, there are a lot to talk about.

Please visit our website www.projectsortavala.fi for further information!

On October 13, 2011, another seminar took place in the framework of the project “Improvement of the Environment and Living Standards on the Basis of Modern Rural Development” in Petrozavodsk. 17 persons participated. The leader of the project presented the overall project situation and further implementation plan. Project Partners, the Institute of Water Problems of the North under KRC RAS made the analysis of water supply situation in Kalevala and Pryazha districts. Project participants, the heads of the settlements from the two districts, presented the information on the current status in water supply and wastewater treatment in Pryazha and Kalevala districts collected during the project. Also potential investment projects in the settlements were discussed.

A seminar “Studying Finnish Experience in Local Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment in Small Settlements” took place in Oulu on 30.05- 1.6.2011. Representatives of Administrations of Pryazha and Kalevala districts participated in the seminar. During the visit, the participants got familiarized with solutions for water supply and wastewater treatment in small settlements in Finland, they also visited a plant producing septic tanks and local treatment plants, water treatment plant, and a laboratory for testing technical water supply solutions of the University of Applied Sciences in Oulu. Finnish colleagues devoted the seminar to studying Finnish experience and knowledge in the area of decentralized low-cost water supply and wastewater treatment systems in small settlements.

On April 28, 2011, in the conference hall of Severnaya Hotel in Petrozavodsk the first information seminar took place under the project” “Improvement of the Environment and Living Standards on the Basis of Modern Rural Development”. Representatives of all project partners and Heads of Pryazha and Kalevala National Districts, representatives of the State Committee for Local Self-Government and Energy Sector took part in the event. The welcoming speech was made by Bazegskii Dmitrii Vasilievich, coordinator of Karelia ENPI CBC program in Karelia. Project goals, objectives and the implementation plan were presented at the seminar. The amount of work and people responsible for those works for the coming 6 months were identified in more detail.

On March 21 – 22, two working meetings took place with the project partners. The following issues were under discussion: project implementation plan, division of duties between the project participants, distribution of finances and use of resources, establishment of a project working group. Decisions were made to appoint a responsible person and participants of specific project actions, finalize and sign the contracts with the account for the notes from the partners, act within the framework of the budget agreed upon before, and when spending the money act under the governance of the principles and rules of the Joint Management Authority (JMA).

Project "Cities by the Water" invites all interested partners to paticipate in the international Round table "Water in Urban Space", which is to take place in Petrozavodsk on Nov, 29th from 10.00 to 16.00 in the City Hall (room 206).

Aim of the Round table - discuss the architectural concepts "City by the Water" and "Old City", which are under elaboration in Petrozavodsk.

Architects from Joensuu will present their plans for spatial developing of territories on the banks of Pielisjoki in Joensuu.

It is planned to discuss such issues, as marketing of waterfront territories, possibilities for business development, options for reconstruction of existing waterfront enterprises.

For more information please contact us at Sähköpostiosoite on suojattu roskapostiohjelmia vastaan, Javascript-tuen tulee olla päällä nähdäksesi osoitteen

On 28-29 September 2011 one of the key project activities was organized in St. Petersburg. It was an expert seminar on concept development for the Design center and the Craft business incubator.

During the two intensive days 16 experts from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Petrozavodsk, Helsinki and Joensuu plunged into presentations, round tables, discussions, suggestions and proposals. During the working group sessions the seminar participants concentrated on functions, structure, budget, funding and launching projects for the Design center and the Craft business incubator.

The Final Concept will be presented in public for the first time on November 25, 2011 in the framework of the Round table "Design and creative industries development in Karelia" within the investment Forum "Investments in Future".

For more information, please contact:

Natalia Sidorova, project manager, Creative Industries and Cultural Tourism Development Fund at Sähköpostiosoite on suojattu roskapostiohjelmia vastaan, Javascript-tuen tulee olla päällä nähdäksesi osoitteen or visit our website at http://crafts.karelia.ru/incubator

On behalf of the ENPI KA179 project team we invite you to take part in the 2nd Finnish-Russian Mobile Linux Summit that will be held in Tampere on 4-5 October, 2011 (http://fruct.org/MobileLinux2). The summit provides an unmatched collaboration and education forum for all matters Mobile Linux. The summit brings together the best and brightest that the Regional Mobile Linux communities have to offer, including core developers, administrators, end users, business executives, and operations experts - the best technical talent and the decision makers and industry experts who are involved in the community. The summit is targeted to scale up cross-border cooperation between ICT experts and mobile developers from Russian and Finland, with particular focus on Oulu region and Republic of Karelia.

The summit starts at noon of October 4th and continue for 1.5 days. The program consists of invited lectures provided by industrial and academic experts, community presentations selected from the open call and demos on MeeGo and other Mobile Linux systems given by the regional groups, invited FRUCT teams and selected from the open call. The key priority of this summit is community development so a lot of attention will be given to creation of cozy environment and possibilities for social interaction.

Looking forward to see you in Oulu!

On behalf of the ENPI KA179 project team we invite you to take part in the 10th FRUCT conference (www.fruct.org/conference10) that will be held in Tampere on 7-11 November, 2011. The event bring together the top academic and industrial experts in ICT and should be seen as a great opportunity to learn more about potential and get new best practices for development of the region in ICT field. The event will consists of a number of educational and scientific sessions, with many presentations about ongoing FRUCT projects and status reports from a number of universities from Russia, Finland and whole Baltic region. Thanks to funding of ENPI Karelia program, contribution of FRUCT community and industrial partners this event if free of charge for the participants.

For registration and additional information about the event please visit the conference web site www.fruct.org/conference10.

Looking forward to see you in Tampere!

RESEARCH of the Karelian market of unique local products and the potential of the conversion of the historical and cultural heritage into new businesses is in full swing in Karelia. Research is carried out by the team of experts from the Center for Strategic Research "North-West", St. Petersburg. On 14-20 June 2011 over 30 INTERVIEWS were held in Petrozavodsk with the representatives of small and medium-size businesses, design, food, arts and crafts, textile and other industries as well as the representatives of educational institutions and creative young people.

On June 20, 2011 the first SEMINAR "Entrepreneurship based on historical and cultural heritage of Karelia - to be or not to be" took place in Petrozavodsk in the framework of the Research. More than 30 participants that represent small and medium-size businesses, handicrafts and souvenir industry discussed the possibilities, problems and perspectives of the creative industries development in our region. The next seminar that will present results of the Research is scheduled for September 2011.

For more information please, contact:

Natalia Sidorova, project manager, Creative Industries and Cultural Tourism Development Fund at Sähköpostiosoite on suojattu roskapostiohjelmia vastaan, Javascript-tuen tulee olla päällä nähdäksesi osoitteen

In the framework of the study of the European experience in the field of state support to the creative sector of economy a joint study tour for the Russian and Finnish project experts took place to the Finnish and Swedish organizations presenting successful examples of using design and innovative approach to regional economic development.

The program was developed by the Finnish partners and included visits to more than 15 creative industries organizations in 7 cities – Joensuu, Tampere, Turku, Stockholm, Uppsala and Helsinki. Among them were such famous institutions as Taitokortteli in Joensuu and the Joensuu Science Park, Skansen Outdoor museum in Stockholm, Ulva Kvarn craft village in Uppsala, Fiskars village, Aalto Design Factory and Korjaamo in Helsinki. An important part of the trip was an opportunity to meet in person and talk straightly to designers about their work, problems and the way their businesses were set up. Mums, Tonfisk Design, Manilla, Gullkrona, Brinkkalan Outo Lintu, Klo Design, Kulmadesign, Design Torget, and Design House Stockholm are those places that shared their experience with the study tour participants. A special presentation was also given by Ristomatti Ratia, one of the most versatile and productive designers in Finland and the son of Armi Ratia, the founder of Marimekko.

In addition the study tour also turned into a great opportunity for all project partners to discuss and plan upcoming project activities through separately-organized meetings.

The Study Tour in numbers:

• 14 participants from partner organizations;
• 7 days;
• 6 cities;
• Over 3000 km traveled;
• Over 20 visits to creative industries organizations;
• Numerous work meetings of project partners.

Thursday, April 28th, 14.30 to 17.00 in room 206 of Petrozavodsk City Hall a presentation of the project will take place for the partners and all interested stakeholders.

The project "Cities by the Water: New opportunities for business development" aims at elaboration of integrate solutions in territorial development in the cities of Joensuu, Kitee, Petrozavodsk and Sortavala, which would combine business support and spatial planning.

The project is broken down into three work packages (WP). WP1: spatial planning is the central package of the project, which is interconnected with WP2 Business support and WP3 marketing.

More information:

Aleksaanteri Jääskeläinen, project manager, Josek Oy / Lead Partner Sähköpostiosoite on suojattu roskapostiohjelmia vastaan, Javascript-tuen tulee olla päällä nähdäksesi osoitteen

Vera Meshko, project manager in Petrozavodsk, Petrozavodsk City Adminsitration Sähköpostiosoite on suojattu roskapostiohjelmia vastaan, Javascript-tuen tulee olla päällä nähdäksesi osoitteen

On behalf of the ENPI KA179 project team we invite you to take part in the 9th FRUCT conference (www.fruct.org/conference9) and the 1st Regional MeeGo Summit Russia-Finland that will be held in Petrozavodsk on 25-29 April, 2011. The event bring together the top academic and industrial experts in ICT and should be seen as a great opportunity to learn more about potential for development of the region in ICT field. The event will consists of a number of educational and scientific sessions, with many presentations about ongoing FRUCT projects and status reports from a number of universities from Russia, Finland and whole Baltic region. Thanks to funding of ENPI Karelia program, contribution of FRUCT community and industrial partners this event if free of charge for the participants.

For registration and additional information about the event please visit the conference web site www.fruct.org/conference9.

Looking forward to see you in Petrozavodsk!

JAKELUUN

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Karjalan XI Lääketiedepäivät pidetään 20.- 21.10.2010 Lomakeskus Huhmarissa Polvijärvellä Pohjois-Karjalassa.

Lääketiedepäivät kokoavat Suomen ja Karjalan tasavallan terveysalan asiantuntijat ja kansalaisjärjestöjen edustajat yhteiseen tapahtumaan. Päivillä tullaan käsittelemään kahden Karjalan terveyshaasteita, vaihdetaan kokemuksia käytännössä hyviksi osoittautuneista terveysohjelmista sekä esitellään uusimpia kansanterveystilastoja ja tutkimustuloksia. Tapahtuman teemana on ”Keskeiset kansanterveyshaasteet Suomessa ja Venäjällä”.

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