The Northern Dimension Institute CSR 17, Moscow, June 29, 2010 CSR 17/3/Info 1 Katja Lahikainen, Coordinator NDI Lappeenranta University of Technology North is creative

The Northern Dimension Institute (NDI) NDI is an open network community of universities and research institutes which conducts demand-driven academic and applied research, and education, on the priority sectors of ND policy. - energy and the environment - public health and social well-being - transport and logistics - culture and society NDI is bridging universities and policy-makers together, and in this way promotes knowledge creation in the EU and especially in the Northern Dimension Creates new research partnerships for cross-border cooperation and regional development in the ND region www.ndinstitute.org 2

NDI Development 2007 Original idea from St. Petersburg State University 2009 Development of the concept and common goal for NDI by the Development Group, consisting of 14 Scandinavian, Baltic and Russian universities and institutes 2010 Common project development: Research projects Educational projects Coordination activities The preparatory work is financed by the participating universities and institutes and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland 2013 NDI developed from a conceptual framework to a permanent body: Final form and need for NDI www.ndinstitute.org 3

NDI Network and Management www.ndinstitute.org 4

MOU Agreements Signed by the Partners 1(2) Barents Institute, Kirkenes, Norway Belarus State University of Transport, Belarus Belarusian State Technological University, Belarus Cemat, Aalto University School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland Daugavpils University, Latvia European University Cyprus, Cyprus Geological Survey of Finland , Finland Institute of Radiobiology of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Belarus Institute of Economics of the Karelian Research Center of the Russia Academy of Sciences , Russia www.ndinstitute.org 5

MOU Agreements Signed by the Partners 2(2) Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland Malmö University, Sweden Lund University, Sweden Petrozavodsk State University, Russia Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration, Latvia St. Petersburg State University, Russia Tallinn University, Estonia University of Tampere, Finland Vilnius University, Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Lithuania Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania www.ndinstitute.org 6

Preliminary Project Ideas Suggested by the Petrozavodsk State University, Russia 1 (2) Pathogenesis of Diabetes-testing and Hygiene Hypothesis Tick Born Encephalitis (TBE) Acute Respiratory Infections: allergic and viral Socially Significant Diseases: tuberculosis, sexually transmitted disease (STD), AIDS Environmental health: problems of the heavy metals, the decrease of macro and micro elements in the natural environment and in the human being’s organism. Problems of destruction of the respiratory system in the areas, where pulp and paper factories are situated www.ndinstitute.org 7

Preliminary Project Ideas Suggested by the Petrozavodsk State University, Russia 2 (2) Problems of adaptation to the northern conditions in due with the great European migration process Demographic problems among the countries of the Northern Dimension: low birth rate, aging population, increase of social stress over the working population www.ndinstitute.org 8

Contact Information Katja Lahikainen Coordinator, Northern Dimension Institute Lappeenranta University of Technology, Northern Dimension Research Centre NORDI katja.lahikainen@lut.fi Mobile +358 400 570 603 www.ndinstitute.org 9