Russian National BSR INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme

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Russian National BSR INTERREG III B
Neighbourhood Programme Sub-Committee by
Irina Karelina, Russian National BSR Interreg III
B sub-committee Vilnius, 23 May 2005
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RNSC ESTABLISING September 05 of 2000 - The
Consultation meeting on Russian and Belarus
participation in the Baltic Sea Region Interreg
III B programme has taken place on the 5-th of
September 2000 in Helsinki May 15th of 2001 -
The meetings of the initiative group aimed to
establish the Russian National Sub-Committee
(RNSC) under EU BSR Interreg IIIB Programmein the
framework of international seminar Baltic Sea
Region Interregional Co-operation New
Opportunities for North-West Russian
Participation, organized by the Baltic Sea
Region Interreg IIIB partnership, the Committee
on Spatial Development in the Baltic Sea Region
(VASAB) and Saint-Petersburg City
Administration. May 16th of 2001 - The meeting
of the Committee for International and External
Economic Activity of the Association for economic
elaboration of North-West subjects of the Russian
Federation, May 16th, 2001
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• RNSC MAIN TASKS
• Generation of project ideas from North-West
  Russian regions for co-operation under BSR
  Interreg IIIB programme
• Consideration of generated project ideas taking
  into account strategic goals of North-West of
  Russia
• Monitoring of projects (with the participation of
  Russian partners) implementation under BSR
  Interreg IIIB programme
• Taking part in consideration and discussion of
  different options of projects funding (funding
  from different sources)
• Co-operation with the BSR Interreg IIIB Joint
  Secretariat on such matters as project ideas
  formation, search for funding of Russian
  participation, project partners search,
  monitoring of projects implementation, getting
  the information concerning call for proposals,
  applicants package, submission results etc from
  the Secretariat.
• Transfer of information concerning results of
  co-operation with the Secretariat to regions of
  Russian North-West.
• Co-operation with the Committee of Spatial
  Development in the Baltic Sea Region VASAB 2010,
  TACIS Offices, St-Petersburg Liaison Office of
  European Commission Delegation in Russia and
  other appropriate bodies.

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RNSC MEMBERS Permanent members Representatives
of North-West regions of Russia (Arkhangelsk,
Kaliningrad, Leningrad, Murmansk, Novgorod and
Pskov oblasts, Republic of Karelia,
Saint-Petersburg) 2 representatives from each
region (representatives of regional and municipal
authorities, scientific organizations, public and
NGOs, consulting companies etc) 1 representative
from the Association "North-West" Observers
Representatives of federal authorities
(Minisrtries, dealing with international
co-operation on spatial development, Tacis
financial matters federal bodies situated in
North-West staff of RF Presidents
Plenipotentiary representative in North-West
Federal Region) 3 representatives
Representatives from non-commercial
organizations of Russian North-West scientific,
consulting companies and NGOs, dealing with
spatial planning (Centre for strategic
developments "North-West", International Centre
for socio-economic researches "Leontief Centre"
etc.) not more then 7 representatives
Representatives from Tacis Office and
St-Petersburg Liaison Office of European
Commission Delegation in Russia by 1
representative from each office.
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REGULATUION FOR ORGANIZATION OF RNSC ACTIVITY -
Activity of Russian national BSR Interreg IIIB
sub-committee is led by two co-chairmen (chosen
from among North-West regional administrations
representatives for the 1 year period on rotation
basis). RNSC co-chairmen are appointed as
representatives of Russian Federation into BSR
Interreg IIII B Steering and Monitoring
Committees -The activity of co-chairmen is
assisted by the responsible secretary who is a
permanent member of the BSR IR3B Steering
Committee to guarantee continuity of
participation and to be able to collect all
relevant information directly and on the
spot -Technical assistance of Russian national
BSR Interreg IIIB sub-committee activity. Due to
the territorial disconnectedness of
sub-committees members it is reasonable to use
facsimile and e-mail opportunities to get with
contact with each other. The special www-site is
created for the efficient information on
sub-committees activity of interested regional
actors.
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• MAIN DIRECTIONS AND RESULTS OF ACTIVITY
• Mutual informing of North-West Russian regions
  and BSR Interreg IIIB, VASAB, TACIS about results
  of activity
• Analysing and translation of main BSR Interreg
  IIIB, Tacis, VASAB documents
• Preparation of brief references based on these
  documents for RNSC members
• Preparation of necessary documents and materials
  under references of BSR Interreg IIIB inquiries
• Mutual changing and distribution of materials and
  documents between RNSC members and Secretariats
  of international organizations (BSR Interreg
  IIIB, Tacis, VASAB etc.)
• Preparation of Partner Search Forum (PSF)
• Preparatory process
• -Analyzing and translating appropriate documents,
  including documents from the BSR Interreg IIIB
  web-site
• -Providing North-West Russian regions with the
  information about PSF details and procedures

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MAIN DIRECTIONS AND RESULTS OF ACTIVITY Preparatio
n of Partner Search Forum (PSF) Preparatory
process -Rendering of assistance in establishing
contacts between North-West Russia regions and
BSR INTERREG III B Secretariat (collection of the
requests of regions about the Forum, forming
relevant requests to Secretariat, receiving the
information and sending it to regions) -Forming
Project Ideas Catalog of the North-West Russia
regions (consulting regional administrations in
preparing project ideas, collecting project ideas
from regions and providing with it BSR Interreg
IIIB Secretariat) -Forming Delegation from
North-West Russia regions (contacts with Forum
organizers and North-West Russia regions
etc) Follow up activities -Analyzing Project
Ideas Catalog with the aim to identify potential
project partners taking into account strategic
interest of North-West of Russia -Establishing
contacts and initiating correspondence between
potential partners from EU, candidate countries
and North-West Russia Regions -Web-publishing
project ideas on RNSC web-site for further
promotion
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• MAIN DIRECTIONS AND RESULTS OF ACTIVITY
• Generation and monitoring of project ideas from
  North-West Russian regions
• Generation a numerous of project ideas from
  North-West Russian regions in the framework of
  international seminar Baltic Sea Region
  Interregional Co-operation New Opportunities for
  North-West Russian Participation (May 15, 2001)
• Initiating and collection of the project ideas
  from North-West Russian regions within Partner
  Search Forums and Project Ideas Catalogs
  preparation
• Analyzing BSR Interreg III B projects with the
  aim to identify potential project partners for
  North-West Russian regions
• Supporting of North-West Russian regions
  participation within BSR Interreg III B Calls
  and Seed Money BSR Interreg III B Calls (getting
  the information concerning call for proposals,
  applicants package, consultation, submission
  results etc from the Secretariat)
• Monitoring projects (with Russian partner
  involvement) implementation

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MAIN DIRECTIONS AND RESULTS OF ACTIVITY East-West
spatial planning Forum for sustainable
development in the Baltic Sea Region (EWF
project) EWF as umbrella project had been
initiated in 2001 for establishment and
development of the dialogue between the BSR
states and the North West Russia regions, as well
as for RNSC activities support. The main
objectives of the project -strengthen the
grass-root involvement of Russia in the Baltic
problems and issues, -bring new economic stimuli
to the development of the North West part of
Russia thanks to increasing face to face
international contacts at local and regional
level in the framework of concrete project,
-encourage Russian regional and local
decision-makers to change their developmental
patterns and behaviors to the more
entrepreneurial ones (orientation towards
financial engineering, acquisition of external
grants, inventing/conceptualizing and building of
transnational projects), -ensure involvement of
the North West Russia in the economic and social
development of the BSR, -create better climate
among the citizens of North-West Russia towards
EU enlargement and more vivid EU presence in the
BSR
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MAIN DIRECTIONS AND RESULTS OF ACTIVITY East-West
spatial planning Forum for sustainable
development in the Baltic Sea Region (EWF
project). Main stages of  the project
development Year 2003. EWF project application
had been submitted to BSR INTERREG III B Seed
Money and approved. The decision to apply to
Tacis and BSR Interreg III B programme have been
made by partners. Year 2004. Promoting Spatial
Development by Creating COMmon MINdscapes -
COMMIN had been submitted to BSR INTERREG III B
Programme and Excellence Centres Network for
Sustainable Development in the Baltic Sea Region
DEX had been submitted to Tacis Programme. 4th
of June 2004. The application submitted in the
framework of competition of BSR INTERREG III B
Programme has been approved on the Steering
Committee meeting.   July 2004. The application
submitted in the framework of competition of
Tacis Programme has been approved . At present
the implementation of the COMMIN project is going
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• MAIN DIRECTIONS AND RESULTS OF ACTIVITY
• Preparation and holding RNSC meeting. Current
  interaction with RNSC members between RNSC
  meetings
• In according to the RNSC Regulation the RNSC
  meeting will be hold at least twice a year before
  project proposals submission under the BSR
  Interreg IIIB. In case of the necessity to take
  urgent decisions and impossibility to arrange
  meeting (due technical or financial reasons)
  e-mail and facsimile connection are used.
• - Finding and attracting resources for
  organization of RNSC meeting
• Logistics and technical assistance in preparation
  of the meetings
• Preparation and distribution and approval of
  documents (invitation, agenda, informational
  materials, minutes prepared on the results of the
  meeting etc.) among RNSC members before the
  meeting and after it
• Organization of RNSC chairmens rotation
• Control and updating of the list of RNSC members
• Monitoring of RNSC decisions execution and
  current interaction with RNSC members between
  meetings

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• MAIN DIRECTIONS AND RESULTS OF ACTIVITY
• Informational and technical assistance to SC and
  MC members from Russia
• - Regular analyzing SC and MC documents and
  informing of SC and MC members from Russia about
  the SC and MC activity
• Assurance of SC and MC Russians members
  involvement in the SC and MC activity, including
  participation in SC and MC meetings
• Co-operation with Russian Federation authorities,
  including Ministry of Regional Development of the
  Russian Federation established in 2004
• Ministry is implementing functions on development
  of state policy and normative and legal control
  in the sphere of social and economic development
  of the RF subjects and municipalities including
  Northern districts and Arctic administrative-terr
  itorial system of the Russian Federation
  delegation of authorities concerning objects of
  co-ownership between federal executive bodies,
  executive bodies of the RF subjects and bodies of
  local government construction, architecture,
  urban planning and housing and communal services
  state national policy and international relations
  in the Russian Federation as well as protection
  of minorities and  the indigenous population of
  the RF.

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MAIN DIRECTIONS AND RESULTS OF ACTIVITY Participat
ion in elaborating of new BSR Interreg III B
Programme documents taking into account strategic
goals of North-West of Russia. Recent most
important results. - Creating RNSC Task Force
(February 2004) by the Russian National
Sub-Committee (RNSC) as the main coordinating
unit of Russian regions in the framework of BSR
Interreg III B Programme, under the auspices of
RF Ministry for Economic Development and
Trade -Close co-operation and consultation of
RNSC Task Force with RNSC network members, St
Petersburg Liaison Office, EC Delegation to
Russia and Tacis Local Support office in St
Petersburg, BSR Interreg III B Steering Committee
Strategy Task Force, BSR Interreg III B Task
Force for amending the CIP - Holding a numbers of
the RNSC Task Force meetings, since March. -
Elaboration of the document of Starting Points
and Proposal on Tacis Funding by Task Force
members in year 2004. The documents have been
sent to BSR IR IIIB authorities and disseminated
among RNSC members.
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MAIN DIRECTIONS AND RESULTS OF ACTIVITY Participat
ion in elaborating of new BSR Interreg III B
Programme documents taking into account strategic
goals of North-West of Russia. Recent most
important results Russian Task Force proposes to
use RNSC secretariat with its experience, network
and telecommunication capabilities as Russian
info point of the Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III
B Neighbourhood Programme. The financing of Info
Point from Technical Assistant Fund is needed.
RNSC Secretariat will be responsible for
co-operation with the Joint Secretariat on such
matters as - project ideas formation, - project
partners search, -monitoring and coordinating of
projects implementation to avoid duplication, -
getting the information concerning call for
proposals, applicants package, submission results
etc from the Secretariat - exchange of the
project results information
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• MAIN DIRECTIONS AND RESULTS OF ACTIVITY
• Promotion of BSR Interreg III B and RNSC activity
  
• Preparation and publishing editions devoted to
  BSR Interreg III B and RNSC booklet European
  Initiative of the Interreg III B programme for
  the Baltic Sea Region. Brief guide for Russian
  partners, the leaflet The Baltic Sea region
  Interreg III B Programme. A Community Initiative
  about transnational co-operation on spatial and
  regional development, brief references about
  RNSC and BSR Interreg III B
• Distribution editions, information about RNSC,
  Intereg, Tacis programmes among North-West
  regions and Russian Federation authorities,
  during different meetings, international seminars
  and conferences
• Consultation of North-West regions and Russian
  Federation authorities interested in about RNSC,
  Intereg, Tacis programmes activity
• Development of the RNSC web-site
  (www.leontief.ru/rnsc) created with support of
  BSR Interreg IIIB Programme

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MAIN DIRECTIONS AND RESULTS OF ACTIVITY RNSC
web-site (www.leontief.ru/rnsc) created with
support of BSR Interreg IIIB Programme The RNSC
web-site structure About committee North-West
Regions Projects Programs BSR Interreg III B
Tacis  VASAB 2010 Northern Dimension Other
programs News Links Contact us
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MAIN DIRECTIONS AND RESULTS OF ACTIVITY RNSC
web-site (www.leontief.ru/rnsc)
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MAIN DIRECTIONS AND RESULTS OF ACTIVITY RNSC
web-site (www.leontief.ru/rnsc)
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MAIN DIRECTIONS AND RESULTS OF RNSC ACTIVITY
SOME FIGURES 3 Partner Search Forums had been
organized with RNSC organizational and
informational support 30 representatives of
North-West Russian regions had take part in the
Forums 33 Project Ideas had been presented by the
North-West Russian regions during the Forums and
in the Project Ideas Catalog 80 projects with
Russian partners involvement had been presented
within BSR Interreg III B Calls and 40 projects
with Russian partners had been approved within
BSR Interreg III B Calls 45 projects with
Russian partners involvement had been approved
within Seed Money BSR Interreg III B Calls 3
RNSC meetings (November 20th, 2001, June 21st
2002, September 15th, 2004) had been prepared and
hold 9 SC and 7 MC meetings have been provided by
RNSC organizational and informational support
More 20 presentations about RNSC and BSR
Interreg III B had been done during different
seminars and conference 2802 appeals to the RNSC
web-site pages are registered monthly 65,5 MB
informational resources are put on the RNSC
web-site
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HOW TO CONTACT US Co-Chairmen Oleg Klimov, Head
of Foreign Investment Department of Economic
Committee of Novgorod Oblast Administration
Tel. [phone], Fax 7 (8162)
132-502 Dmitry Shakhov, Deputy Head of Pskov
Oblast AdministrationTel. 7 (8112) 165-337,
Fax [phone]     Responsible
Secretary Irina Karelina, Member of Steering
Committee of BSR Interreg III B Programme, St.
Petersburg representative of the CSD/BSR VASAB
2010, General Director of ICSER "Leontief Centre
?-mail karelina_at_leontief.spb.su Tel. 7- 812
- 314-41-19, Fax 7- 812 - 319-98-14 RNSC
web-site www.leontief.ru/rnsc