UNIDO at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum - 2018

May 30, 2018

UNIDO at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum - 2018 Photo by: https://forumspb2018.tassphoto.com/

From 24 to 26 May 2018 the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) was held in the city of Saint Petersburg, as in previous years attended by UNIDO.

On the opening day of SPIEF on 23 May, UNIDO in cooperation with the OPORA Russia Committee on Women Entrepreneurship Development held an International Forum “Increasing the contribution of women to economic growth and prosperity: creating an enabling environment”. The main theme of the event was promotion of an increased participation of women in economic activities through capacity building and access to resources for entrepreneurship development. Among high-level speakers and participants of the Forum were Galina Karelova, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Gulnaz Kadyrova, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Sergey Movchan, Vice Governor of St. Petersburg, Stanislav Cherdantsev, Vice Governor of Kemerovo Region. National expert of the UNIDO Centre in Russia Svetlana Erkenova took part in a discussion on fostering smart and innovative business models and success stories of their implementation into practice in the Russian Federation.

UNIDO at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum - 2018 Photo by: https://forumspb2018.tassphoto.com/

On May 24, Olga Memedovic, Chief of Business Environment, Cluster and Innovation Division, Department of Trade and Investment and Innovation of UNIDO participated in the panel discussion “Nature-like technologies: responding to major challenges”, organized by the partner of the UNIDO Centre in Russia the Kurchatov Institute. The Director of the UNIDO Centre Korotkov also took part in the session. Matters of support of future nature-like developments and their effective implementation in Russia and abroad were discussed. At the end of the event, it was officially announced that the Global Forum on Nature-Like and Convergent Technologies for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development will be held on 27-29 September in Sochi.

UNIDO at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum - 2018 Photo by: https://forumspb2018.tassphoto.com/

Furthermore, on May 24-25, upon invitation of the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation to take part in the SPIEF took place an official visit of the Deputy Director General of UNIDO Hiroshi Kuniyoshi to St. Petersburg. The purpose of the visit was the formalization of the intent expressed by the Russian Federation to organize the second Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit. As part of the visit, a joint declaration and a memorandum of understanding were signed during an official ceremony, laying the foundations and outlining respective responsibilities for organizing the next summit of Roscongress Foundation, Global Manufacturing Organization Limited, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Energy and Industry of the United Arab Emirates, Government of Sverdlovsk Region. The event is to be held in 2019 in Yekaterinburg and is expected to be dedicated to nature-like technologies.

On the sidelines of SPIEF the Director of the UNIDO Centre held a number of business meetings with regional and international partners with the purpose of discussing potential opportunities for cooperation in the field of sustainable industrial development.

  • St. Petersburg International Economic Forum - 2018
  • St. Petersburg International Economic Forum - 2018
  • St. Petersburg International Economic Forum - 2018
  • St. Petersburg International Economic Forum - 2018