Session “Northern Dimension”

13th Baltic Development Forum (BDF) Summit

24-26 October 2011, GdanskSlava T. Khodko, Vice-President and Chairman of

the Executive Committee, Association North-West, Russia

Northern Dimension. Territory

Northern Dimension. OrganizationsBaltic Sea Region CBSS Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Germany, Finland,

Denmark, Russia, Estonia, the European Commission. The observer countries: the Netherlands, Spain, Britain, Italy, France, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus and the United States, as well as a number of regional organizations cooperating with the status of a special member.

HELCOM Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Germany, Poland and Russia.

Barents Euro-Arctic Region Barents Euro-Arctic Council Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Russia, the European Commission.

Barents Regional Council Finland - Province of Lapland and Kainuu and Ostrobothnia Pohyoys, and in Norway - Finnmark, Nordland and Troms, Sweden - Norrbotten and Västerbotten province, in Russia - Arkhangelsk and Murmansk, Karelia and Komi, Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The observer countries - the Netherlands, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Canada, Poland, France, Germany, the United States. An observer in the BRC: Province Pohyoys-Karjala (Finnish).

Arctic Region Arctic Council Iceland, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Russia, United States. The observer countries: the Netherlands, Spain, Britain, Poland, France and Germany, as well as 18 intergovernmental and civil society.

Cross-Border Cooperation of the Russian Federation (Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland)

Partner cities Narva-Ivangorod, Imatra-Svetogorsk, Slates - Kohli-Jarve, Vyborg - Lappeenranta, Gatchina - Espoo, Kingisepp-Jõhvi.

Partner regions Leningrad Region - Southern Finland, Leningrad Region - Western Finland, Republic of Karelia and Västerbotten

Euroregions Euroregion "Pskov-Livonia" (Russia, Lithuania, Latvia), Euroregion "Baltic (Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia), Euroregion" Neman "(Russia Lithuania, Latvia), etc.

Northern Dimension. Projects

The Northern Dimension The Baltic Sea Region The Barents Euro-Arctic Region Cross-border cooperation

Ecology Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership

HELCOM, Expert Group on Sustainable Development - Baltic 21

Working Group on Environment (WGE) of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council

ENPI (Priority 2. Common challenges)

Transport The Northern Dimension Partnership on Transport and Logistics

Motorways of the Baltic Sea (TEN-T)

Steering Committee for the Barents Euro-Arctic Transport Area (BEATA) of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council

ENPI (Priority 1. Economical and social development)

Public health Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being

Civil Protection Network Joint Working Group on Health and Related Social Issues of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council

ENPI (Priority 1. Economical and social development)

Tourism Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture

Baltic Sea Tourism Commission (BTC)

Joint Working Group on Tourism (JWGT) of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council

ENPI (Priority 1. Economical and social development)

Energy Working group on energy and energy saving of the Northern Dimension Business Council

Baltic Sea Region Energy Cooperation (BASREC)

Joint Working Group on Energy (JEWG) of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council

ENPI (Priority 2. Common challenges)

Culture Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture

Ars Baltica Organising Committee, Baltic Sea Monitoring Group on Heritage Cooperation

Joint Working Group on Culture (JWGC) of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council

ENPI (Priority 1. Economical and social development)

Northern Dimension. Problems

Lack of central project coordination

Lack of clear and transparent financial mechanisms

Weak development of the Northern Dimension institutions

Successful NDEP structure

Programmes of cross-border cooperation of the European

Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument

Kolarctic (2007 - 2013) : € 28,241,000 Karelia (2007 - 2013) : € 23,203,000 South-East Finland-Russia. (2007 - 2013) : €

36,185,361 Estonia-Latvia-Russia (2007 -

2013) : € 47,775,000 Lithuania-Poland-Russia (2007 -

2013) : € 132,130,000 

Southern Dimension

Southern Dimension. Financial recourses

1991-1996 EIB 1,3 billion ECU 1995 MEDA programme 1995-1999 – 3424,5 mln. ECU 1999 – MEDA 2: amount of financing 47 % of € 5, 350 billion

MEDA 2 Skopje programme: € 1,7 billion EIB for reconstraction of of the Eastern Mediterranean: €

6,425 mln. EIB nonborrowed reserves: € 1 billion «Interregional and Mediterranean Partnership»: € 0,775

billion 2007 – 2013 ENPI programme

Recommendations It’s necessary to form a clear structure for the

governing bodies of the Northern Dimension, as well as providing them with regular meetings, sessions, summits, etc.

There should be continuous formation of precise goals and objectives for specific program times. Action plans

It’s necessary to determine the precise mechanisms for financing priority projects of the Northern Dimension. Nowadays one of the main sources may be a European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument.

Northern Dimension Development Center

(http://nddc.ru/)

Regions of the North-West Federal District of the Russian Federation

towards Russian presidency in the Council of the Baltic Sea States

The North-West region: proposals for the Russian Presidency. Main priorities:

Infrastructure development Environment protection Transport and logistics Maritime policy Strengthening cooperation in tourism sector Cooperation in the field of energy efficiency

Thank you for your attention!