VI Annual International Conference "CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION: THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, THE EUROPEAN UNION AND NORWAY"

CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION:
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, THE EUROPEAN UNION AND NORWAY
VI ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
21-22 September 2010, St.Petersburg
"Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya" Hotel (Korablestroiteley str., 14)

21 September,Tuesday.

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08.30-09.00 Registration.

09.00-09.30 Opening. Welcoming speeches.

Moderator - Slava KHODKO, Vice-President, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Association of economical interaction of the subjects of the Russian Federation North-West region (The North-West Association)

Speakers:

• Viktor BASARGIN, Minister for Regional Development of the Russian Federation
• Ilya KLEBANOV, Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President of the Russian Federation to the North-West Federal District
• Koos RICHELLE, Director General of EuropeAid, European Commission

09.30-09.45 Exchange of the documents on accomplishment of internal procedures of the Russian Federation and the European Union, which required for agreements about financing and implementation of the programs of cross-border cooperation of European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument to come into force

09.45-11.15 Session №1. Cross-Border cooperation in Northern Europe. Common challenges and creation of the shared strategy for the territories` development.
Moderator - Halldor ASGRIMSSON, Secretary General, Nordic Council of Ministers

Key topics:
1.Role of the cross-border cooperation in social-economic development of the regions of the Russian Federation
2.Experience of the European Union in implementation of the regional policy and neighbourhood policy
3.Priorities of the cross-border cooperation. Unity and/or differences of the interests. Towards to coordination
4.Development of the economic and technological cooperation. Supporting cross-border flows of the innovations and natural recourses

Speakers:

• Maksim TRAVNIKOV, Deputy Minister for Regional Development of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Russian part of the Finnish-Russian Intergovernmental commission for cross-border cooperation
• Evgeny LUKYANOV, Deputy Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President of the Russian Federation to the North-West Federal District
• Mauri PEKKARINEN, Minister of Economааic Affairs of the Republic of Finland
• Tor Egil LINDEBERG, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Local government and Regional development of Norway  
• Martin GUILLERMO, Secretary General, Association of European Border Regions (AEBR)

11.15-11.45 Coffee-break. Briefing.

11.45-13.00 Session №2. Baltic Sea Region - new opportunities for multilateral cooperation.
Moderator - Martin GUILLERMO, Secretary General, Association of European Border Regions (AEBR)

Key topics:
1.Economic situation in border regions and new sources of the post-crisis recovery
2.Environmental risks in the Baltic Sea. Shared responsibility and joint actions aimed at environmental protection
3.Facilitation to the people-to-people contacts and tourism in cross-border cooperation

Speakers:

• Siim-Valmar KIISLER, Minister for Regional Affairs of the Republic of Estonia
• Dagnia STAKE, Minister for Regional Development and Local-governments of Latvia
• Esko HAMILO, Under-Secretary of State, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
• Krzysztof HETMAN, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Regional Development of the Republic of Poland
• Sigitas ŠIUPŠINSKAS, Vice-Minister of Interior of the Republic of Lithuania
• Marcin LATA, Deputy Director, Department of Territorial Cooperation, Ministry of Regional Development of the Republic of Poland

13.00-14.00 Lunch.

14.00-15.00 Session № 3. Cross-border cooperation of the regions of the Russian Federation. Focus on Saint-Petersburg.
Moderator - Igor LONSKY, Deputy-head of the Committee on External Relations

Key topics:
1.Development of the cross-border cooperation of Saint-Petersburg in frames of the collaboration - Russia-European Union. Aims and priorities
2.New mechanism of cross-border cooperation between Russia and South-Finland
3.Participation experience of Saint-Petersburg in the programme of the neighborhood "Estonia-Latvia-Russia"

Speakers:

• Alexander PROHORENKO, Member of the Government of Saint-Petersburg, Head of Committee for External Relations of Saint-Petersburg
• Irina KARELINA, Director-General of the Social-economic research International Centre "Leontief Centre" (Saint-Petersburg)
• Michael WEBB, acting Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Russian Federation
• Georgy PSAREV, Head of Saint-Petersburg Office of Joint Managing Authority of the ENPI programme South-East Finland-Russia
• Sergei BALANYEV, Director-General, Saint-Petersburg foundation for business development

15.00-16.00 Parallel sessions Round tables.

Round table 1. Federal law on cross-border cooperation of the Russian Federation: current state, importance, main provisions
Moderator - Galina IZOTOVA, First Deputy Chairman, Committee on Federation and Regional Policy, State Duma, Federal Assembly Of Russian Federation

Invited to discussion:

• Ruslan KONDRATOV, Member ot the Committee on International Affairs, State Duma, Federal Assembly of Russian Federation
• Alexey OSTROVSKY, Head of the Committee on Commonwealth of Independent States, State Duma, Federal Assembly of Russian Federation
• Olga TSIN, Referent of the Unit on Development of Cross-Border Cooperation, Ministry for Regional Development of the Russian Federation

Programmes of cross-border cooperation of European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument:

Round table 2. ENPI CBC Lithuania-Poland-Russia.
Moderator - Gediminas ČESONIS, Head of the Unit on Regional Development, Department of Regional Policy, Ministry of the Interior of Lithuania Republic

Invited to discussion:

• Alexandr ROLBINOV, Minister for infrustructural development, Kaliningrad Oblast
• Alla IVANOVA, Deputy-Head, Agency on foreigneconomic activity and international relations, Kaliningrad Oblast

Round table 3. ENPI CBC Kolarctic.
Moderator - Pekka Järviö, Ministerial Counsellor, Ministry of Employment and the Economy of Finland

Invited to discussion:

• Yury EFREMOV, Minister of Economic Development, Murmansk Oblast
• Yan BERLIN, Deputy-head of Nenezk Autonomous district Administration on Infrastructure development

Round table 4. ENPI CBC Karelia.
Moderator - Marko RUOKANGAS, Regional Development Manager of the ENPI CBC Karelia Programme

Invited to discussion:

• Dmitry KISLOV, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Republic of Karelia
• Alexander PANKRATOV, President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Republic of Karelia

Round table 5. ENPI CBC South-East Finland-Russia.
Moderator - Petri HAAPALAINEN, Senior Officer, Ministry of Employment and the Economy of Finland

Invited to discussion:

• Sergey Nikolaev, Head of the Unit, Committee on External Relations, Saint-Petersburg
• Zhanna ALEXANDROVA, First deputy-chairperson of the Committee on Foreigneconomic and Interregional Relations, Leningrad oblast Government 

Round table 6. ENPI CBC Estonia-Latvia-Russia.
Moderator - Krista KAMPUS, Head European Territorial Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of the Interior of Estonia

Invited to discussion:

• Arina ANDREICIKA, Director of Development Instruments Department, Ministry of Regional Development and Local Governments of the Republic of Latvia
• Sergey PERNIKOV, First deputy-governor of Pskov Oblast

16.00-16.30 Coffee-break.

16.30-18.15 Session № 4. Summary of the round table moderators. Discussion.
Moderator - Yury Berestnev, Director of the Department on International Relations and Cross-Border Cooperation Development, Ministry for Regional Development of the Russian Federation

Speakers:

• Galina IZOTOVA, First Deputy Chairman, Committee on Federation and Regional Policy, State Duma, Federal Assembly Of Russian Federation
• Sergey PERNIKOV, First deputy-governor of Pskov Oblast
• Markus CORNARO, Director of Europe, Southern Mediterranean, Middle-East and Neighbourhood Policy, EuropeAid cooperation office, European Commission
• Päivi ILVES, ENPI CBC South-East Finland-Russia Programme Director
• Gediminas ČESONIS, Head of the Unit on Regional Development, Department of Regional Policy, Ministry of the Interior of Lithuania Republic
• Marko RUOKANGAS, Regional Development Manager of the ENPI CBC Karelia Programme
• Arina ANDREICIKA, Director of Development Instruments Department, Ministry of Regional Development and Local Governments of the Republic of Latvia
• Päivi EKDAHL, ENPI CBC Kolarctic Programme Director
• Marcin LATA, Deputy Director, Department of Territorial Cooperation, Ministry of Regional Development of the Republic of Poland
• Natalya PORTNAYA,  Vice-Governor of Murmans Oblast
• Sergey PERNIKOV, First deputy-governor of Pskov Oblast

19.00-22.00 Evening Reception (by invitations)

22 September. Wednesday.

09.00-11.00 Parallel sessions.

          Session № 5. Common spatial development.
Moderator - Alexander KHODACHEK, Higher School of Economics, Director of St.Petersburg branch.

Key topics:
1.Common spatial and social-economic planning
2.Cross-border cooperation of the regions of the North-West Federal District
3.New modes of cross-border cooperation in the European Union. European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation (EGTC)
4.New forms of cross-border cooperation in the Commonwealth Of Independent States
5.Presentation of the research on the role of Cross-Border Cooperation between the European Union and the Russian Federation in Bilateral and Regional Economic Development Programmes.
6.Presentation of the Center of cross-border and interregional cooperation by the Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg Branch

Speakers:

• Alexander KUZNETSOV, Vice-governor of Leningrad oblast
• Hans-Günther CLEV, Director General of the Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière (MOT), France
• Natalia VNUKOVA, Chair the department financial services management, Kharkov National University of Economics, Ukraine
• Šarūnas RADVILAVIČIUS, expert of the project "Cross-border cooperation in the context of EU-Russia Regional Dialogue"
• Nikolay MEZHEVICH, Dr. Sci.(Econ), Head of Laboratory of cross-border and transboundary cooperation of the Institute for Regional Economy Problems RAS

          Master Class «Preparation of projects within the framework of ENPI СBC Programmes»
Moderator: Igor KUPRIENKO, Director of the Finnish-Russian Innovation centre

          Session № 6. «New instruments of cooperation in transport and logistics in the North-West Europe»
Moderator Svetlana VORONTSOVA, Senior Deputy Director, Research and Design Institute of Regional Development and Transportation

Key topics:
1.Analyses of cargo flows. Features of the cargo structure
2.Transport and Logistics in cross-border cooperation. The role of the industry in the development of border regions
3.Connection of Russia and the trans-European transport network. Russian-European cooperation in the transport sector
4.Northern Dimension Partnership on Transport and Logistics. Working Group on Transport and Logistics of the Northern Dimension Business Council. The mechanism of interaction between Partnership and the Working Group

Speakers:

• Nikolay ASAUL, Chairman of the Committee on transport and transit policy of Saint-Petersburg
• Grigory DVAS, Vice-Governor of Leningrad Region - Chairman of the Committee for Economic Development and Investment
• Stefán Jón FRIDRIKSSON, senior manager, Lending Department, Nordic Investment Bank
• Larissa IVOLGINA, Representative of the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia in the Russian Federation - Transport attaché
• Slava KHODKO, Vice-president, Chairman of the Executive committee of the Association «North-West»
• Sergey SHIDLOVSKY, President, Group of companies « Transsphere»
• Igor TITOV, General director, Exterior transport Agency

11.00-11.30 Coffee-break.

11.30-14.00 Session №7. Session «Logistics of international transportations»
Moderator - Mikhail PIMONENKO, Director General of the North-West Information and Analytic Centre of transport logistic «AILOT»

Key topics:
1.Features and future of logistics in the North-West Russia.
2.Creation of transport & logistics areas.
3.Development of contract logistics.
4.Development of road infrastructure (platforms, recreation areas).
5.Investment projects of «Russian Railways» in the North West.
6.Simplification of customs procedures and improvement of border crossing points.
7.Prospects for a single transport document for the different states and modes of transport.

Speakers:

• Simon ALDRICH, Director of the department of ecology and environment, AECOM,  Great Britain
• Vyacheslav BALEZIN, Chief of the commercial department, SoftLand, Ltd
• Henrik FALCK, Project Manager of Eastern Europe Tschudi Shipping Company AS
• Alexander KUZNETSOV, Professor, Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy (AMSMA)
• Stanislav SHKLENSKY, Head of the department of implementation of perspective customs technologies, the North-West Customs.
• Ludmila SIMONOVA, Senior analyst of the consulting department, «RBC»
• Sergey SKORIK, Member of the board, Association of the Transport and Logistic Complexes of North-West
• Mikhail SMOLKIN, Head of the department, North-West department of Rosgranitsa
• Viktor STEPOV, Head of the Oktyabrskaya railway - branch of «Russian Railways»

14.00-15.00 Lunch.

Key topics:
1.Development of port systems in the Baltic region
2.Competitiveness of maritime transport in the Baltic region. Measures aimed at protecting the interests of the Baltic ports
3.Prospects of development of Sea Commercial Port «Ust-Luga».
4.Arctic: cargos, transport, investments.
5.Exploitation of the Northern Sea Route.
6.Logistic Hubs in the High North - Cooperation between the Norwegian Barents Secretariat and Northern Maritime Corridor Project.
7.Environmental security and shipping in the region.

Speakers:

• Alexander GOLOVIZNIN, Deputy Director General for port business, JSC «Ust-Luga Company»
• Mikhail GRIGORYEV, Director, Geological Consulting Center «Gekon»
• Elman HUDAZAROV, General Director, Interregional company «Belkomur»
• Alexander PIVOVAROV, Professor, Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy
• Andrey SHAPOVALYANTS, General Director of «Murmansk Transport Hub»
• Harald SORENSEN, Adviser, The Norwegian Barents Secretariat
• Serik ZHUSUPOV, Executive Director, Association of Sea Commercial Ports

16.30-17.00 Coffee-break.

16.30-18.00 Session №9. «Transport and Logistics. New investment opportunities in the industry».

Moderator - Viktor DOSENKO, Vice President, International Academy of Transport

Key topics:
1.Presentation of investment projects.
2.Development and improvement of legislative base.
3.Directions of Public Private Partnership development.
4.Opportunities of the Northern Dimension Business Council for financial support for projects.

Speakers:

• Viktor DOSENKO, Vice President, International Academy of Transport
• Roman ISAYENKO, Business development manager, AECOM
• Mikhail KIRILIN, Director General, CJSC «Morptest»
• Mikhail PIMONENKO, Director, North-West Information and Analytic Center of transport logistic «AILOT»
• Svetlana VORONTSOVA, Senior Deputy Director, Research and Design Institute of Regional Development and Transportation
• Yulia ZVORYKINA, Assistant of Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation

18.30-19.30 Fourchette.