April 29, 2021 webinar on Smart and eco-friendly mobility of the Cata3Pult project. The webinar will be organized via Zoom. More information about the program and the registration form is available on the Great Reality network website.
On April 27, 2021, Cata3Pult & LALAPETE will organize an expert webinar "Textile recycling - business in mind".
The webinar will be organized via ZOOM. For more information about the program and registration, visit the Green Net Finland website.
On April 22, the first Baltic Circular Economy Forum (BCEF) will be held in St. Petersburg.
The event is supported by the following projects of the CBC program 2014-2020 South-Eastern Finland - Russia: LALAPETE, Startup Connect and Twin Campus. Register via the link.
On April 15, the second meeting of the interaction and cooperation group of five projects was held: Cool4City, Cata3Pult, BBC1, LALAPETE and CroBoDDIT of the cross-border cooperation program of South-Eastern Finland and Russia.
The idea to hold a joint meeting on five projects arose because the focus of these projects is waste management and the transition to a closed-loop economy. In this way, there is a natural and effective communication between projects.
During the second meeting, a discussion of upcoming events and publications was held:
On April 8, "Housing and Communal Services Control" held an online seminar on the topic: "Legal aspects of waste and secondary raw materials management in an apartment building" and which was attended by.
Sodom Mikhailovich Budatarov (head of the educational program of the IGSU RANEPA "Production and Consumption Waste Management", head of the laboratory of the IGSU RANEPA for the study of the financial, managerial and technological foundations of the closed-loop economy, founder and head of the expert group Wasteconsulting) made a presentation.
The concepts of "waste from the use of goods", "solid municipal waste" (SMW), "secondary raw materials" were highlighted, questions were raised about the need for widespread implementation of separate waste collection, as well as about the economic benefits of separate collection for all participants – residents, management companies and homeowners ' associations, processing enterprises. In his report, Sodnom Mikhailovich conducted a comparative analysis of the quality of secondary material resources during separate collection and sorting at landfill waste sorting complexes, which showed the absolute advantage of separate collection. The relations of the management companies with the regional operator, the issues of ownership of the SMW components were also discussed. In conclusion, a practical example of waste separation and reduction of SMW volumes in Sevastopol was given.
The speaker answered the questions of the seminar participants.
The maximum number of webinar participants is 43.
A recording of the webinar will be available on the YouTube channel.
On March 25, they took part in a joint meeting of the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (CCI of the Russian Federation) and the International Scientific and Educational Consortium "Cadres for the Green Economy" on the topic "Digitalization of communications between educational, scientific and industrial enterprises and organizations in the field of ecology within the framework of creating a Digital platform of the Unified Intellectual Library of Innovations for the Environment-saving Economy of the Russian Federation (SILI)".
The meeting was attended by leading representatives of the Ministries of the Russian Federation, scientific, scientific and educational organizations, public organizations and the business community.
The meeting discussed the mechanisms of interaction between stakeholders in the development of a new type of environmental practice-oriented education system based on digital platforms (using the example of the prototype of the Digital Platform of the Unified Intellectual Library of Innovations for the Environment-saving Economy of the Russian Federation (SILI)).
This system provides conditions for an online dialogue between the user with an eco-innovation initiative (idea, project, eco-innovation, educational program, unique specialist) and interested parties represented by representatives of universities, enterprises, mentors, experts, authorities, public figures and other interested competent parties.
The following issues were considered at the meeting:
The parameters of the Russian eco-innovation market, the role of SILI in this market, the prospects for development until 2024 were outlined, and the work of the test version of the prototype of this system was demonstrated.
As a result of the meeting, it was decided to test and implement the SILI prototype for the International Scientific and Educational Consortium "Personnel for the Green Economy". Together with the Consortium participants, draw up a roadmap for testing and implementing the digital platform, and initiate participation in the events of the Year of Science and Technology within the framework of the thematic month (December) "Man, Nature, Society and Technology" on the basis of SILI, as well as to develop a business plan for the commercialization of a digital product within the framework of eco-innovation activities in Russia.
Photos can be viewed here.
On March 25, we took part in the final conference of the Russian-Finnish project "Application of innovative solutions to improve the environmental safety of International Road Transport in the border regions of Russia and Finland" (Green InterTraffic), which summed up the results of its implementation.
The event was held in a mixed format – most of the participants from Russia and Finland joined online, the offline part was held at the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry (St. Petersburg CCI).
The project was aimed at reducing the impact of air pollution through cross-border cooperation in the field of air quality monitoring, improving road safety through cross-border cooperation in the field of road weather services, improving meteorological support in improving transport safety.
Lyudmila Karelina, Project Manager, Vice-President of the St. Petersburg CCI, introduced the project partners and thanked them for their contribution to its implementation.
During the conference, Russian and Finnish approaches and solutions for improving transport and environmental safety were announced.
The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Transport of Russia, the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Finland, the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "North-West", representatives of Russian and Finnish companies.
Boris Krylov, Director of the Association of Environmental Partnerships (NP "AsEP"), Deputy Chairman of the Environmental Council under the Governor of St. Petersburg, made a report at the conference. In his report, he stressed the importance of the ongoing project, which allowed us to get real practical results, including the air quality system created within the framework of the project on the highway, which makes it possible not only to control, but also to make management decisions that will help reduce the burden on the environment.
At the end of the event, Lyudmila Karelina thanked all those present for their participation in the conference and fruitful cooperation within the framework of the project.
Materials and developments are in the public domain. You can read them on the project's website.
Photos can be viewed here.
