LSP4: Reconstruction of border checkpoint "Vientuli" and arrangement of border checkpoint "Brunishevo" Yuri Kondratenko, State Real Estate (LV) Elena N. Kitova, Rosgranitsa (RU) ROSGRANITSA

ROSGRANITSA Active border checkpoints RU-LV Brunishevo (RU) - Pededze (LV) Ludonka (RU) - Vientuli (LV) Ubilinka (RU) - Grebnevo (LV) Burachki (RU) - Terehova (LV)

ROSGRANITSA # of vehicles crossing (LV >> RU) Goods vehiclesPassenger vehicles

ROSGRANITSA Queues at the border (annual average number of goods vehicles) Ubilinka (RU) - Grebnevo (LV) Burachki (RU) - Terehova (LV)

ROSGRANITSA Brunishevo (RU) Pededze (LV) Project concept Vientuli (LV)Ludonka (RU)

ROSGRANITSA Project status and partners Project summary approved, currently full application being prepared – Jan 2012 LV: State JSC “State Real Estate” RU: Federal agency for development of the State border of the Russian Federation

ROSGRANITSA State JSC “State Real Estate” operating since 1994 in various legal forms largest manager and developer of Latvian State Real Estate (2 781 properties, 2 mil. sq.m., 289 mil. EUR) 408 staff, 27 mill. EUR turnover exclusively develops and manages Latvian border crossing checkpoint facilities

ROSGRANITSA The Federal Agency for the Development of the State Border Facilities (Rosgranitsa) Createdby the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation (October 11 th, 2007) Submitted directly to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation

ROSGRANITSA Objectives Strategic objectives: Operative objectives: Working out and realizing the state policy in the sphere of border check points development Rules and regulations in the given sphere (establishment, opening, closing, equipping requirements) Regulations for control bodies activities in check points Construction, repairs, day-to-day operations in check points complexes

ROSGRANITSA Goals (I) Check points activity management Establishing, opening, equipping of border check points and optimization of their number Optimization of control procedures for citizens and businessmen crossing the border

ROSGRANITSA Goals (II) Development of infrastructure needed for conducting control operations in checkpoints and on the state border в International relations Creation of a common control system for arrangement and development of infrastructure

ROSGRANITSA Intergovernmental Commissions and Working Groups Rosgranitsa international relations Intergovernmental and interagency international agreements Development of relations with competent bodies of foreign states

ROSGRANITSA Rosgranitsa is the coordinating body of border check points system Border Control Other kinds of Control Customs Control Agricultural Control Sanitary Control Rosgranitsa ROSGRANITSA CONTROL BODY

ROSGRANITSA ROSGRANITSA Marine Board to the Government of the Russian Federation Governmental Commission on Fish Industry Development Governmental Commission on Transport and Communications Governmental Commission on Transport and Communications State Antinarcotic Committee State Border Commission State Border Commission Interagency interaction is the basis for effective work

ROSGRANITSA FETA SibTA UTA PTA STA NWtA KTA CTA Saint-Petersburg Rostov-na-Donu Kaliningrad Nizhniy Novgorod Novosibirsk Khabarovsk Moscow Yekaterinbur g Total - 8 Rosgranitsa Territorial Administrations

ROSGRANITSA Air check point «Sochi- Adler» Air check point «Sochi- Adler» Railway check point «Adler» Marine check point «Sochi» Marine check point «Sochi» Multilateral automobile check point «Adler» Check points preparation for Olympic Games (Sochi) Marine BCP «Vostochnyy» Marine BCP«Nakhodka» Marine BCP«Vladivostok» Marine BCP «Vostochnyy» Marine BCP«Nakhodka» Marine BCP«Vladivostok» Air BCP «Airport Vladivostok» Air BCP «Airport Khabarovsk» Air BCP «Airport Vladivostok» Air BCP «Airport Khabarovsk» Rosgranitsa is declared to finance the arrangement of 5 check points in 2010 Check points preparation for APEC Summit (Vladivostok) Rosgranitsa in the system of national preparation for APEC Summit and Olympic Games -2014

ROSGRANITSA Implementing «one window» and «one stop» principles Introduction of electronic systems of interagency document flow Electronic documents for border security Exception of subjective factors in decision- making Time and procedures reduction for vehicles Interagency Integrated Automated Information System (IIAIS)

ROSGRANITSA Rosgranitsa-International Organization for Migration Joint International Project within the framework of European Union Programs means Counteraction to challenges to national interests of the Russian Federation due to improvement of the state border system development and introduction of new technical means of control Time reduction of crossing procedures on the State Border of the Russian Federation for people, vehicles, cargoes, goods and animals Carrying capacity increase of check points on the State Border of the Russian Federation

ROSGRANITSA Collecting and transferring the information system Technology of risks monitoring Information Rules and standards for checkpoints construction Decision-making on border checkpoints opening (closing) Checkpoints project management Risk management Checkpoints management Decision on arrangement of the check points on the Mexican and Canadian borders (influence of North American free trade zone and the North-American Union) International interagency agreements Joint operations International relations Forms for interagency cooperation Information and experience exchange

ROSGRANITSA Brunishevo-Vientuli project framework Large Scale project Priority I. Socio-economic development Measure 1.2 Transport, logistics and communication solutions

ROSGRANITSA Planning documents - LV The Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 14 “Information report on measures for situation normalisation at Latvian-Russian border” Ministry of Finance “Information report for development of border crossing check points on the border of Latvia and Russian Federation” Regional and local planning documents

ROSGRANITSA Planning documents - RU Concept of realization of the state policy in the sphere of State Border Development of the Russian Federation (the order of the Government of the Russian Federation from 9/11/ r); The Decree of the President of the Russian Federation from 5/12/ "Strategy of national safety of the Russian Federation till 2020"; The Concept of long-term social and economic development of the Russian Federation for the period till 2020 (The order of the Government of the Russian Federation from November, 17th r); Transport strategy of the Russian Federation for the period till 2030 (The order of Government of the Russian Federation from r); Concept of development of Pskov region for 2010 – 2020

ROSGRANITSA Main project activities Brunishevo: Technical design (including pre-design activities) Construction of infrastructure and facilities Equipping Vientuli: Technical design adjustment 1st phase of construction (site, utilities, paved areas)

ROSGRANITSA Estimated budget and financing, EUR

ROSGRANITSA As a result of the project Brunishevo/Pededze: turned into fully functioning multilateral border checkpoint for passenger transport Ludonka/Vientuli: first phase of turning into fully functioning border checkpoint for passenger and cargo transport

ROSGRANITSA Project implementation model Difficulties for Rosgranitsa to carry out RU part of the project due to institutional limitations - EUR bank account issue - Procurement procedures Solution: SJSC “State Real Estate” authorised by Rosgranitsa to carry out activities on its behalf on the RU side: - technical design -construction works Rosgranitsa to ensure technical coordination

ROSGRANITSA Questions? Yuri Kondratenko Senior EU project manager SJSC “State Real Estate” Elena N. Kitova Chief of State Policy Department The Federal Agency for Development of State Border Facilities of the Russian Federation +7(495) ext. 185