1. Session “Northern Dimension” 13th Baltic Development Forum (BDF) Summit 24-26 October 2011, Gdansk Slava T. Khodko, Vice-President and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Association North-West, Russia

2. Northern Dimension. Territory

3. Northern Dimension. Organizations Baltic Sea RegionCBSSIceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Russia, Estonia, the European Commission. The observer countries: the Netherlands, Spain, Britain, Italy, France, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus and the United States, as well as a number of regional organizations cooperating with the status of a special member. HELCOMSweden, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Germany, Poland and Russia. Barents Euro-Arctic RegionBarents Euro-Arctic CouncilIceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Russia, the European Commission. Barents Regional CouncilFinland - Province of Lapland and Kainuu and Ostrobothnia Pohyoys, and in Norway - Finnmark, Nordland and Troms, Sweden - Norrbotten and V ä sterbotten province, in Russia - Arkhangelsk and Murmansk, Karelia and Komi, Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The observer countries - the Netherlands, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Canada, Poland, France, Germany, the United States. An observer in the BRC: Province Pohyoys- Karjala (Finnish). Arctic RegionArctic CouncilIceland, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Russia, United States. The observer countries: the Netherlands, Spain, Britain, Poland, France and Germany, as well as 18 intergovernmental and civil society. Cross-Border Cooperation of the Russian Federation (Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland) Partner citiesNarva-Ivangorod, Imatra-Svetogorsk, Slates - Kohli-Jarve, Vyborg - Lappeenranta, Gatchina - Espoo, Kingisepp-Jõhvi. Partner regionsLeningrad Region - Southern Finland, Leningrad Region - Western Finland, Republic of Karelia and V ä sterbotten EuroregionsEuroregion "Pskov-Livonia" (Russia, Lithuania, Latvia), Euroregion "Baltic (Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia), Euroregion" Neman "(Russia Lithuania, Latvia), etc.

4. Northern Dimension. Projects The Northern DimensionThe Baltic Sea RegionThe Barents Euro-Arctic RegionCross-border cooperation EcologyNorthern Dimension Environmental Partnership HELCOM, Expert Group on Sustainable Development - Baltic 21 Working Group on Environment (WGE) of the Barents Euro- Arctic Council ENPI (Priority 2. Common challenges) TransportThe Northern Dimension Partnership on Transport and Logistics Motorways of the Baltic Sea (TEN-T) Steering Committee for the Barents Euro-Arctic Transport Area (BEATA) of the Barents Euro- Arctic Council ENPI (Priority 1. Economical and social development) Public healthNorthern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well- being Civil Protection NetworkJoint Working Group on Health and Related Social Issues of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council ENPI (Priority 1. Economical and social development) TourismNorthern Dimension Partnership on Culture Baltic Sea Tourism Commission (BTC) Joint Working Group on Tourism (JWGT) of the Barents Euro- Arctic Council ENPI (Priority 1. Economical and social development) EnergyWorking group on energy and energy saving of the Northern Dimension Business Council Baltic Sea Region Energy Cooperation (BASREC) Joint Working Group on Energy (JEWG) of the Barents Euro- Arctic Council ENPI (Priority 2. Common challenges) CultureNorthern Dimension Partnership on Culture Ars Baltica Organising Committee, Baltic Sea Monitoring Group on Heritage Cooperation Joint Working Group on Culture (JWGC) of the Barents Euro- Arctic Council ENPI (Priority 1. Economical and social development)

5. Northern Dimension. Problems  Lack of central project coordination  Lack of clear and transparent financial mechanisms  Weak development of the Northern Dimension institutions

6. Successful NDEP structure

7. Programmes of cross-border cooperation of the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument  Kolarctic (2007 - 2013) : € 28,241,000  Karelia (2007 - 2013) : € 23,203,000  South-East Finland-Russia. (2007 - 2013) : € 36,185,361  Estonia-Latvia-Russia (2007 - 2013) : € 47,775,000  Lithuania-Poland-Russia (2007 - 2013) : € 132,130,000

8. Southern Dimension

9. Southern Dimension. Financial recourses  1991-1996 EIB 1,3 billion ECU  1995 MEDA programme  1995-1999 – 3424,5 mln. ECU  1999 – MEDA 2: amount of financing 47 % of € 5, 350 billion MEDA 2  Skopje programme: € 1,7 billion  EIB for reconstraction of of the Eastern Mediterranean: € 6,425 mln.  EIB nonborrowed reserves: € 1 billion  «Interregional and Mediterranean Partnership»: € 0,775 billion  2007 – 2013 ENPI programme

10. Recommendations  It’s necessary to form a clear structure for the governing bodies of the Northern Dimension, as well as providing them with regular meetings, sessions, summits, etc.  There should be continuous formation of precise goals and objectives for specific program times. Action plans  It’s necessary to determine the precise mechanisms for financing priority projects of the Northern Dimension. Nowadays one of the main sources may be a European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument.

11. Northern Dimension Development Center (http://nddc.ru/)

12. Regions of the North-West Federal District of the Russian Federation towards Russian presidency in the Council of the Baltic Sea States The North-West region: proposals for the Russian Presidency. Main priorities:  Infrastructure development  Environment protection  Transport and logistics  Maritime policy  Strengthening cooperation in tourism sector  Cooperation in the field of energy efficiency

13. Thank you for your attention!