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Study visit to DenmarkA group of specialists from 9 municipalities of the Kaliningrad region is leaving for Denmark on 17 April 2010 to visit 6 Danish municipalities and to study experiences of Nordic countries on business development issues, municipal support of entrepreneurs, public-private partnership and companies’ staff upgrading. For the representatives of executive and legislative power, businessmen, staff of educational institutions and NGO from Kaliningrad, Svetly, Gusev, Neman, Pionersky, Mamonovo, Zelenogradsk, Gurievsk and Yantarny the meetings were organized at the municipalities of Sonderborg, Aalborg, Vejle, Kolding, Kalundborg and Lolland. Participants will visit the headquarters of one of the most well-known company in the world Danfoss, where the delegation will be received by Mr. Jorgen Clausen, Chairman and Danfoss owner. Russian participants will get acquainted with the structures of support for business and entrepreneurship on the municipal level (Science and Industrial Parks, Business Incubators, Innovation Houses, Business Development Councils at municipalities etc.). Special focus will be placed on the work of municipal authorities with new companies and enterprises. Lolland is one of the most interesting testing platform for promoting environmentally and energy efficient technologies in industries using the power of wind, hydrogen, tides and biofuel. The visit will last for 7 days.
Contact information: Natalya Halyk, projects coordinator nh@norden39.ru 16/04/2010 | News 14/05/2010 Nordic interest in Russia15 MPs from the Nordic Council are heading for the Leningrad and Kaliningrad regions of Russia on 16 May. The politicians will meet their Russian colleagues and learn more about the challenges facing the two Russian regions.
Sinikka Bohlin, photo - Magnus Fröderberg/norden.org details 16/04/2010 Study visit to DenmarkA group of specialists from 9 municipalities of the Kaliningrad region is leaving for Denmark on 17 April 2010 to visit 6 Danish municipalities and to study experiences of Nordic countries on business development issues, municipal support of entrepreneurs, public-private partnership and companies’ staff upgrading.
photo - Nikolaj Bock, www.norden.org details 26/03/2010 Attitudes are what have to change in order for accessibility to be achievedThere is a great deal of interest among the Russian and Baltic participants on the course in Universal Design that begun on Monday at the Nordic School of Public Health (NHV). The discussions during lectures are lively and questions posed many from participants representing various sectors and agencies.
– The problem is to change attitudes so that those working for public institutions accept that these should be accessible for all, rather than it being an issue of lack of funding, says Andrey Zonin, Director for the Institute for Cultural Programs in St. Petersburg. details |