RUSSIA-NETHERLANDS ECONOMIC FORUM 7 NOVEMBER 2005 BUSINESS IN PRACTICE PETE BYMAN VICE-GOVERNOR OF PROVINCE OF FRYSLAN DELEGATE FOR: FOREIGN AFAIRS ECONOMIC AFFAIRS WATER DEVELOPMENT
BACKGROUND (1) * * LONG HISTORY RUSSIA - NETHERLANDS Shipbuilding Textile Agriculture
BACKGROUND (2) * COOPERATION RUSSIA-FRYSLAN SINCE 1990 Period of adaption From theory to practice Partners in cooperation
OPPORTUNITIES * SECTORS OF INTEREST Agriculture Water development Yacht building
ROLE OF PROVINCE * FACILITEREND Financial impulse (seed money) Cooperation with Oblast (letter of intent) Manpower (subsidies)
EXPERIENCE (1) * PRO / CONTRA Altitude Dutch / Russian Role of Oblast and “middle man” Limited access to Russian potentials
EXPERIENCE (2) * POTENTIALS Export NL in RF(2004 3.18 billion) Investments NL in RF (2004 5.3 million) Cooperation in agriculture development
CONCLUSIONS We are important trade partners Use potentials Improve investment conditions Work on sustainable relations
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