On March 26, 2020, a visit was made to Kolpino for housing facilities. Participants visited residential buildings of the Housing Committee No.4 (Tverskaya, 45), ZHSEK Graphite (Zavodskoy Prospekt, 56), TSG "On the shore" (Anisimova, 5).
Received an official letter about the cancellation of the forum, to read the letter in Russian is available on the link.
This week, I had a phone conversation with a representative of EcoPeatMix.
The main product of the company is a peat sorbent for the elimination of spills of oil, petroleum products, oils and other flammable liquids.The sorbent is used in all industries where petroleum products are used, and in fact - everywhere, on water and on land, where spills and contamination occur. Unlike synthetic sorbents, which after their use require removal and disposal at special closed landfills, peat sorbent can be burned in boiler plants as a high-calorie secondary fuel without compromising the environment. A short presentation in Russian of peat products can be viewed here, and information on the sorbent in Russian here.
The project consultation days planned for April 7th - 8th in St. Petersburg and April 14th - 15th in Lappeenranta will be organised via Skype. Due to the rapid evolution of Covid-19 lately, we are minimising travel and face-to-face meeting until the situation clears out.
The online consultations are open for all project partners with any questions, challenges or other topics to discuss with Managing Authority and Branch Office staff. More information and booking on the site.
For the time being, due to COVID-19 outbreak, it may be necessary to cancel or postpone project related work-trips and events that are already booked and confirmed. In case of such changes, costs with no refund possibility are considered eligible. Documents in such case are presented by the standard procedures accompanied with a short description of the grounds causing the cancellation. Concerning travelling and participation to the events and meetings, instructions and recommendations from the project partners’ own organisations and national authorities, will apply.
For further consultation or need for advice, contact your project’s coordinator in the Managing Authority.
In connection with the Decree of the Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, signed on March 13, banning mass events with more than a thousand participants, the forum "Ecology of the big city" is postponed to September 2020.
Two international projects - Cata3Pult (Finnish Russian Public Private Partnership catalysing new green business) and BBC1 (Business in biotechnology and circular economy) will take part in the XX international forum "Ecology of the big city", which will be held on March 18-20, 2020.
Forum venue: Congress and exhibition center Expoforum, St. Petersburg, Peterburgskoye highway, 64/1.
The Forum is the largest convention and exhibition event in of environmental protection, nature conservation, as well as environmental protection equipment, technologies and services in the North-West Russia.
Detailed information on the website.
Cata3Pult project:
BBC1 project:
You can meet us as well as the Finnish companies and students of biotechnology and circular economy in our stand C1 in Pavilion F on the exhibiton area.
Participation in the events is free of charge. Welcome to meet our project team in the Forum!
The program of the seminar "Environmental projects of the cross – border cooperation Program "Russia-South-Eastern Finland 2014-2020" is presented. You can get acquainted with the program at the link.
