The topics for the expert discussions in the current year were: the modern business technologies (digitalization of society, subcontracting as the means to improve performance), as well as the interaction between business, science and government in order to stimulate innovation and technological activities of SME.
Organized by: The Committee for External Relations of St. Petersburg and the City Administration of Tampere with the support of the Trade Mission of the Russian Federation in Finland.
The topics for the expert discussions in the current year were: the modern business technologies (digitalization of society, subcontracting as the means to improve performance), as well as the interaction between business, science and government in order to stimulate innovation and technological activities of SME.
The event was attended by the representatives of federal and regional authorities of Russia and Finland, leading experts in the sphere of Russian-Finnish trade and economic cooperation, the representatives of higher education institutions, business, Russian and Finnish development institutions.
This year the business forum was attended by the preventatives of 236 companies from Russia, Finland, the Republic of Belarus and the United States. The event was attended by the representatives of 8 subjects of the Russian Federation (among them: St. Petersburg, Moscow, Karelia, Tatarstan, as well as Vologodskaya, Kemerovskaya, Nizhegorodskaya and Yaroslavskaya regions).
The opening ceremony of Partneriat was attended by the Vice Governor of St. Petersburg Sergey Movchan, the Mayor of Tampere Anna-Kaisa Ikkonen, the Trade Representative of the Russian Federation in Finland Valery Shlyamin and the Ministerial Adviser in Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Republic of Finland Martta Halonen.
The speakers noted that Russia and Finland have the unique experience of interaction with total of hundreds of successfully implemented joint projects, including large scale projects, significant achievements in industrial cooperation. Despite the difficult economic situation in the world, such Russian-Finnish cooperation areas as energy efficiency, "clean" technology, IT sector, photonics, laser technologies and medicine are promising for the development of the Russian and Finnish businesses.
On the sidelines of the Partneriat, there were official meetings between the Vice Governor of St. Petersburg Sergey Movchan and the representatives of business and government of Tampere. During the business program there was a series of talks in the framework of an organized exchange of business contacts and during a visit to the exhibition "Subcontracting".
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It should be noted that this year the Partneriat was held on the territory of the international exhibition "Subcontracting" ("Alihankinta", www.alihankinta.fi), which is the largest event in Northern Europe in the sphere of industrial cooperation.
The reception was organized on behalf of the Government of St. Petersburg and the City Administration of Tampere.
The delegation of St. Petersburg led by the Vice Governor Sergey Movchan also took part in the opening ceremony of the "Eagle Rock" memorial monument (Kotkankallio) after its restoration.
On 9-11 October 2017, Russian-Finnish Partneriat will take place in Helsinki.
More details about "Eagle Rock"
Finland joined the Russian Empire as the Grand Duchy of Finland in 1809. At that time Tampere was still a small town with the population of a few hundred inhabitants. The city already had small scale industrial activities, but its industrial growth began only under the Russian authorities.
In Wilhelm von Nottbeck park, near the complex "Finlayson", on the banks of the Tammerkoski river there is a "Eagle Rock" memorial. The monument was built probably in 1830-40-ies upon the project of Russian sculptor. Next to the monument there are two commemorative plaques in memory of the Emperors Alexander I and Alexander II visits to the city. A bronze figure of the eagle was installed on a cliff top in honor of the Emperors. It was made at Felix Chopin foundry in St. Petersburg. The wingspan of the eagle is 4.2 meters. The rock got its name through this sculpture. Texts in Latin engraved on the plaques thank the Emperors for their contribution to the development of Tampere.
Alexander I visited Tampere in 1819, thus 10 years after Finland entered the Russian Empire. The Emperor was impressed by the beauty of the river, which due to its rapids was a great location for industry, and by the city itself, so after his visit he issued several decrees forced the development of the city. Due to one of the decrees, Tampere received the rights of a free city in 1821, and entrepreneurs having their productions here were guaranteed to have fiscal and customs exemption.
The first major industrial enterprise of the city became Finlayson textile factory. Scotsman James Finlayson has filed a petition to the Emperor about the foundation of an industrial enterprise on the banks of the Tammerkoski river full of rapids. The petition was approved, and the entrepreneur has received a number of privileges.
In December 1855, Alexander II extended the status of a free city of Tampere for another 50 years, and in March 1856 the Emperor visited Tampere and the home of the new owner of Finlayson factory, Wilhelm von Nottbeck (the park is named after him).
"Eagle Rock" is the oldest public monument in Tampere, although it was open to public only after 1980, when "Finlayson" territory ceased to be an industrial area, and Wilhelm von Nottbeck park was open to the general public.