1. 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

2. BACKGROUND (1) * * LONG HISTORY RUSSIA - NETHERLANDS  Shipbuilding  Textile  Agriculture

3. BACKGROUND (2) * COOPERATION RUSSIA-FRYSLAN SINCE 1990  Period of adaption  From theory to practice  Partners in cooperation

4. OPPORTUNITIES * SECTORS OF INTEREST  Agriculture  Water development  Yacht building

5. ROLE OF PROVINCE * FACILITEREND  Financial impulse (seed money)  Cooperation with Oblast (letter of intent)  Manpower (subsidies)

6. EXPERIENCE (1) * PRO / CONTRA  Altitude Dutch / Russian  Role of Oblast and “middle man”  Limited access to Russian potentials

7. EXPERIENCE (2) * POTENTIALS  Export NL in RF(2004  3.18 billion)  Investments NL in RF (2004  5.3 million)  Cooperation in agriculture development

8. CONCLUSIONS  We are important trade partners  Use potentials  Improve investment conditions  Work on sustainable relations

9. SPASIEBA DASWIEDANIEJA