The aim of the “Environmental Information Centre for Enterprises in St.-Petersburg” project is to increase the cooperation of the Finnish and Russian environmental companies and to promote the export of the environmental technology and knowhow of the Finnish environmental companies to Russia. The Environmental Information Centre is situated in the centre of St.-Petersburg in the premises of ISBE Oy’s representative office.
Within the project, we are looking into, for example, the following subjects: clean water, clean air, soil treatment, waste treatment and environmental leadership and legislation.
Among other things, the following services are available for the participating companies:
- Continuous space in the premises of the Environmental Information Centre for Enterprises in the centre of St.-Petersburg is available for the brochures and products
- The website www.ecoprofi.info is available as a channel of marketing, contacts and information
- Exhibition visits to Environmental Technology Exhibitions in St.-Petersburg or in Moscow
- Seminars as a channel of marketing, contacts and information
- Specialist consultation
- Services of ISBE Oy
The project is aimed at the Finnish environmental companies in the areas of South Savo, Kymenlaakso, South Karelia, as well as North Savo, Uusimaa and Päijät-Häme as the adjacent regions, and at the Russian environmental companies in the areas of St.-Petersburg and Leningrad, as well as the Republic of Karelia as the adjacent region. However, in practice, we take on all of the Finnish and Russian environmental companies that are interested in the project.
Mikkeli Region Business Development Centre Miset Oy (Ltd) is acting as an administrator of the project. ISBE Oy is responsible for the realisation of the project together with the Russian partners Association Ecological Partnership AsEP and Environmental Bureau KOSMOS. The period of operation is the 29.3.2011 – 31.5.2013. The project is funded by the EU’s South-East Finland-Russia ENPI CBC 2007–2013 Programme.