Mr. Iakov Dondych, CB2East Project Manager, Finnish Water Forum

1. 24 April 2018
CB2East
EXPERIENCE & FUTURE

2. Central Asia
Focus: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan &
Kyrgyzstan

3. North-West Russia
Focus: St. - Petersburg

4. Central Asia strategy
• Local Representation offices
• Close cooperation with Embassies
• Local needs & expectations
• Respect for local customs
• Listen more than talk
• International Tenders – Dream Teams
• Local Tenders only through Local Partners
• Pilot projects
• Green Technology Transfer Center (Kazakhstan)

5. North-West Russia strategy
Operation via of St.-Petersburg cleantech cluster (SPbCC)
• Member of the board (GNF)
• Member of working group on development of EU-Russia projects
• Official representative of the cluster in Finland
• Financing: separate development projects based on particular focus
• Rotational chairmanship (every 3 years, next is in 2019)
• Local public authorities & other target groups reached via the cluster
• For going further to Russia – scaling of SPb experiences – new
initiative Russian Green Net

6. FUTURE
• National & International Cooperation
• New sources of financing
• Commercialization of all activities
• Strong Local Partners
• Common Marketing Strategy

7. We thank
Interreg Central Baltic
for this great
opportunity!