1. BRICS Environmental Ministers meeting April, 21, 2015 Nuritdin Inamov, Department of International Cooperation

2. Saint-Petersbrg Initiative” – “ Saint-Petersbrg Initiative” – public-private partnership mechanism aimed at transboundary cooperation, economically sound actions and environmentally oriented projects in the Baltic Sea region. “Our ultimate goal is to create a unified Baltic space on the basis of public- private partnership, mutually beneficial cooperation which are necessary for the health and wellbeing of all people who live on the Baltic”. Dmitry Medvedev's speechDmitry Medvedev's speech at the Baltic Sea Forum, April 6, 2013

3. SPbI goals 1 Joint efforts of the States, business, scientific, financial community and NGOs to improve the environment of the Baltic Sea region 2 Establishing of an efficient the public-private partnerships platform in the Baltic Sea region 3 Launching broad-ranging environmentally oriented projects 4 Effective cooperation between the interested participants in frames of a stable structure, supported by the Governments

4. SPbI tasks Promoting “green” technologies Support of projects Platform for sharing the ideas Regular international forums / plenary meetings / conferences

5. SPbI Council of Partners Administrations of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast SUE Vodokanal of St. Petersburg Baltic Sea Action Group (BSAG) Financial Group Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau Bankengruppe (KfW) Center for International Industrial Cooperation UNIDO in the Russian HELCOM Gazprombank Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) Vneshekonombank Baltic Fund of Nature Interregional public organization “Conservation union” Sudoimpeks Biozem SET-Group … OPEN FOR NEW MEMBERS!

6. Priority areas for development Projects in the area of best available technologies (BAT) Projects in the area of domestic waste treatment Projects in the area of waste water treatment Monitoring of the Baltic Sea Projects in the area of energy and resource efficiency, energy saving Environmental education and outreach

7.  Vodokanal of St. Petersburg: reduction of the negative impact on a water system "Ladoga Lake - Lake Onega - Neva River - Gulf of Finland”  Green shipping GEF/EBRD project  JSC “Biozem”: use of poultry waste and elimination of the HELCOM hot spots  OPTEL energy optimizer  UNIDO Centre in the Russian Federation: Organization of the electronic and electrical equipment waste management system in Russia  Roshydromet: Creation of the Russian data and monitoring Center for the Baltic Sea environment

8. Results and achievements Agreement 1 Royal Danish Consulate General in St. Petersburg FSUE “Information- analytical centre of water industry development”. Agreement 2 LLC NPK "OPTEL" LLC UK “SISTEMA”. Agreement 3 ANO "International Center of best environmental technologies" in cooperation with Association of socio- economic development "Central Federal District" Finnish company "SET-group". On October, 24, 2015 On October, 24, 2015 three framework Agreements on cooperation were signed in frames of the SPbI

9. Gazprom export Maersk BaltGazBunker Wartsila (Finland) Haldor Topsoe (Denmark) Lloyd's Register EMEA (UK) Vitkovice (Czech Republic) Sudoimpex BaltGasBunker Russian Maritime register of Shipping. SPbI: Green shipping Conference (28.04.2014)

10. Next steps Implementation of the signed Agreements – new projects Thematic meetings and round tables in frames of SPbI Committees Expanding the geography of cooperation

11. SPbI BRICS Green Technology Platform WHAT IS IT? The Platform is designed to serve as a practical ground for the BRICS countries, to ensure knowledge sharing in field of legal environmental regulations, data sharing on best available “green” technologies, as well as search, exchange and introduction of “green technology”. HOW IT WORKS? Conference of Parties (Line Ministers of the BRICS countries) Conference of Parties (Line Ministers of the BRICS countries) Steering Committee (Senior officials of the BRICS line Ministers) Steering Committee (Senior officials of the BRICS line Ministers) BRICS$Development$BankBRICS$Development$Bank Council of Partners Country quota: 10 representatives per country Governmental body representatives of the BRICS countries Representatives of private companies Scientific organizations Country quota not limited: National financial institutes of the BRICS countries International financial institutions International organizations Council of Partners Country quota: 10 representatives per country Governmental body representatives of the BRICS countries Representatives of private companies Scientific organizations Country quota not limited: National financial institutes of the BRICS countries International financial institutions International organizations National coordinators

12. Thank you! www.mnr.gov.ru www.spbinitiative.ru Alex.bakhtov@mnr.gov.ru