SECTOR PROGRAMME

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SECTOR PROGRAMME

• FOREST

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CONCEPTBilateral or Multilateral Interaction
between companies, educational institutions and
governmental organisations in order to-
identify and agree upon key issues- initialize
and create projects in order to find bilateral or
multilateral solutions for solving and developing
key issuesThe projects will be developed on the
base of the Barents strategy and support creation
of The Barents Forest Industry Zone
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SECTOR PROGRAMME SCHEME
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Nordic organisation of Sector Programme Forest

• Coordinator Swedish Forest University/ Swedish
  National Board of Forestry in cooperation with
  for example Joensuu Forest University
• Private actors Forest industrial companies,
  equipment suppliers

• Governmental actors Västerbotten administration
• Vindeln Kommun
• Swedfund
• SIDA
• Swedish National Board of Forestry
• Finnish Ministry of IndustryTrade
• Finpro
• Oulu University
• Regional administrations

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Partners in Russia

• KOMI Ministry of Industry, Forest Institute,
  Voluntary School no 20, Mondi Pulp and Paper,
  Local forest companies
• (ARCHANGELSK Regional administration, Technical
  university, Forest college, Association of SME
  forest companies, Local forest companies)

• KARELIA Ministry of Economic Development, SKBIC,
  Petrozavodsk State University, Kostamus City
  Administration, Local forest companies

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Components

• Logistics
• Financing
• Education/Training
• Social aspects of mechanization
• Wood Processing/drying

• Fuel conversion
• Harvesting methods
• Silviculture
• Certification (ecology, environmental)
• Use/supply/demand of wood waste and forest
  resources

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Identification of and contact with

• Harvesting companies/forest companies in Russia -
  Ongoing
• Needs of technical development,training See
  above
• Existing logistic solutions, possible future
  solutions, infrastructural situation Ongoing
• Investigate possibilities for russian
  tonnage/train to transport forest resources to
  the gulf of bothnia - Ongoing
• Possibilities to have access to forest areas by
  direct leasing or by cooperation with existing
  russian partners -OK
• Contact with forest universities in Karelia,
  Archangelsk, Komi - OK
• Dialogue/cooperation with finnish forest
  universities - Ongoing
• Coordination with Swedish National Board of
  Forestry of activities in Russia - Ongoing

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FOCUS 2006

• EDUCATION - establishment of training(machine
  operators) in Syktyvkar, continous forest
  training in Kostamus, training as a tool for
  business with forest companies both for equipment
  and forest resources
• SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF MECHANIZATION
• LOGISTICS Barents Link, forest roads, timber
  transportation
• FUEL CONVERSION-PELLET PRODUCTION
• INCREASED TRADING with wood waste, pulp wood and
  sawlogs
• SILVICULTURE/FOREST MANAGEMENT Regeneration,
  cleaning, thinning, forest management plans

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Action plan 2006(first 6 months)

• Komi meetings and negotiations regarding
  training center for machine operators 23rd of
  january-27th of january.
• Karelia - Identification, communication,
  evaluation and meetings with russian harvesting
  companies 29th of january-3rd of february.
• Archangelsk later in the spring/early summer
• Meeting with Swedish Forest Industry 10th of
  february in Vindeln, Sweden
• Sector Programme Conference 21st of february in
  Petrozavodsk
• 1st Business trip 13th-17th of march in Karelia
• Barents Link conference - 23rd-24th of march in
  Kajaani
• MONDI Business Paper visit Sweden in may
  preliminary

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Business Trip to Karelia

• Preliminary agenda
• 13th of March
• 07.00 departure from Umeå with charter bus to
  Kostamus
• Arrival 19.30 local time in the evening.
• Accomodation in Hotel Fregatt(our hotel during
  the whole week)
• 14th of March
• Departure in the morning to Mujeserski
  Lespromkhoz, harvesting volume 800 000 cbm using
  both harvesters and manual cutting. Export of
  round logs and pulp wood.
• All day meeting with the company and in the
  evening departure back to Kostamus again.
• 15th of March
• Visiting IKEA/Swedwood premises in Kostamus,
  after lunch meeting with Kostamuksha
  Les(harvesting volume 120 000 cbm/harvesters,
  official meeting with Mayor of Kostamus and in
  late afternoon reception with invited guests from
  local forest industry.
• 16th of March
• Departure in early morning to Pyazero
  Lespromkhoz, harvesting volume 320 000 cbm, using
  both harvesters and manual cutting. Meeting with
  company management.Export of round logs and pulp
  wood.
• 17th of March
• Departure for Umeå and arrival in the evening.
• Within Russia we will travel in a smaller bus,
  Mercedes sprinter. Due to limited transport
  capacity we have to maximize the number of
  participants to 12 !

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What is needed for future !

• A coordinating organisation of the programme
  what organisation will carry our activities
  within Sector Programme Forest ?
• Financing
• Support from companies - are we doing the right
  things and shall we continue ?
• Governmental activities in cooperation with
  Finland towards Russia for example regarding
  railroads and logistics