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

2. 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 2

3. 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 3

4. NDI Network and Management 4

5. 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 5

6. 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 6

7. 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 7

8. 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 8

9. Contact Information
Katja Lahikainen
Coordinator, Northern Dimension Institute
Lappeenranta University of Technology, Northern Dimension Research Centre NORDI
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