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The purpose of the umbrella project NORDIC-RUSSIAN GREEN GROWTH ARENA is to implement green growth development principles in the North-west Russian regions and municipalities based on Nordic experience. The project will help municipalities, regions and other organizations to create sustainable platform for joint decisions realization. Plans of the project - conferences, seminars, study visits to the Nordic countries for Russian experts and other events. The project will last two years and be completed in late 2013.

Nordic-Russian Green Growth Arena project identifies three priority areas (sub-projects) under its umbrella:

Green Planning Instrument and Strategies
- Developing appropriate strategies, green brands, roadmaps and policies to facilitate environmentally sustainable economic growth;
- Implementing green master planning ;
- Green tax and procurement schemes;
- Investing sustainable infrastructure (energy, transport , water systems, buildings, green roofs and living walls);
- Promoting sustainable consumption, green lifestyle for citizens and tourists.
Nordic-Russian Greenways
- Sustainable transport and safety
- Promoting healthy lifestyles
- Development of eco-tourism and natural and cultural heritage conservation, including the creation and promotion of environmental tourist product
- Supporting economic and social development of communities, including enterprise development
Sustainable Hubs and Cleantech Cluster
- Promotion of Green technologies and clusters, which facilitate economic growth;
- Development of cooperation on all levels – industry, science and government;
- Public-private partnership;
- Creating incentives for investment in the resource-efficient technologies and environmental protection

All three pilot models can be used further as a sample for multiplication. Publication with working title Green Growth Leaders in the North-West Russia on the results of the project will be prepared by the final conference.

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