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  UniC. Activities in 2008  

  • Activity 1. (22-25 April 2008)
    Lahti: seminar/workshop "Business opportunities in the fields of health care and environmental protection in Russia and Finland".
  • Activity 2. (24 April 2008)
    Lahti: joint forum.
  • Activity 3. (15-16 May 2008)
    St Petersburg: seminar "Organisation and practice of business and trade among Russian and Finnish entrepreneurs (foreign-economic issues)".
  • Activity 4. (17 June 2008)
    Lahti: seminar/workshop "Issues of environmental ecology" and business contacts among experts of Lahti and St Petersburg.



Activity 1. 

The study-tour to Lahti was organized on 22-25 April 2008 (29 participants).

The topic of the seminar was "Business opportunities in the fields of health care and environmental protection in Russia and Finland". The priority issues for discussion were: "Opportunities of Russian-Finnish cooperation in implementation of projects of social field" and "Environmental impact on condition of health of Russian and Finnish population".

Within the framework of the seminar we represented the activity of Regional Association of Health Care Managers, which unites the heads of the leading medical and pharmaceutical organizations of St Petersburg and Leningrad region. The issues of Russian-Finnish cooperation in social field were discussed.

On 24 April 2008 Finnish companies operating in social field were visited (Dila Deacony Foundataion, Konstan ja Koulu, Suomen Terveystalo).


Activity 2. 

The joint forum was held on 24 April 2008 in Lahti (28 participants).

The participants of the forum exchanged experience and revealed problems and constructive schemes of cooperation of Russian and Finnish universities and representatives of health care and ecological fields.


Activity 3. 

The seminar "Organisation and practice of business and trade among Russian and Finnish entrepreneurs (foreign-economic issues)" was held on 15-16 May 2008 in St Petersburg (18 participants).

The participants of the seminar showed special interest to the following topics: "Business-associations, their role and influence on development of trade and partner relations", "Functional field and technologies of customs logistics" and "Specific features of international contacts used in activity of Russian companies".


Activity 4. 

The seminar and the workshop "Issues of environmental ecology and business contacts among experts of Lahti and St Petersburg" were held on 16 June 2008 in Lahti.

On Russian side, the seminar and the workshop were attended by the representatives of "Centre of Innovative Technologies" from St Petersburg, who established perspective business-contacts with Finnish companies (for example, with "PP Recycling") operating in the field of industrial and medical waste processing. The participants visited wastewater treatment plant of "Lahti Aqua" company, carried out fruitful discussion with the representatives of the company.


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