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After 11 years in consulting the Agency has exceeded the bounds of providing just separate consulting services (market analysis, business-planning, corporate analysis etc.) and now it works on the complex tasks and assignments (from forming a business-idea to the implementation of the project) for private business and public utilities development.
Broad contacts in the Russian business environment and in the national system of state and municipal governing as well as diversified and positive international experience creates necessary prerequisites for the Agency to provide an efficient and effective assistance to its clients.
The Agency concentrates its special attention on introducing innovative managerial, technical and financial solutions to the Russian business.
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Projects
International Projects
Business Development
2008
Design of new building materials and their promotion to the Baltic countries (GFK-OR-NET, Germany, Russia, Poland, Finland)
The main project aim is to form a network of building, projecting, architecture, scientific and consulting companies and organizations involved in the process of designing, producing and marketing of new materials in construction area, municipal infrastructure and transport.
Russian-Finnish cooperation in building and construction (TEKES, Finland)
Two workshops were arranged with 80 Russian and Finnish companies taking part, 34 meetings were organized for the Finnish companies.
2007
Utilization of poultry waste at four poultry plants in Leningrad oblast (NEFCO)
Corporate analyses of poultry plants were made and business plans prepared for further financing.
2006
International contest of venture projects "Investments without boundaries" (Ukraine, Russia, Germany)
Selection of projects in the Ukraine and Russia and their presentation to the corporate investors.
Joint business - development without boundaries (Germany, Ukraine, Russia)
Swedish-Norwegian SMEs development
Organization of joint businesses of the Swedish, Norwegian and Russian companies, organizations and institutions.
2004
E-skills for Russian SMEs (France, Great Britain)
The project aim was to raise competiveness and efficiency of SMEs in Northwest Russia by wider use of information and communication technologies.
Utilizing waste wood at Onezhsky LDK (Sweden)
An energy and economic audit was held and recommendations were worked out to utilize waste wood for energy purposes. The Swedish technologies in forming the enterprise biofuel energy supply system were passed over to the company management.
Municipal Infrastructure
2008
Efficient administrative structures as a prerequisite for successful social and economic development of rural areas in demographic transition - A. S. A. P. (BSR INTERREG III B, Germany, Finland, Poland)
Analysis of administrative structures and economic, environmental and demographic situation in Leningrad oblast and selected areas was made. Recommendations on organizational changes in municipalities were worked out.
Introduction of innovative solutions to housing and communal services sector - INNSOLCOM ("Southeast Finland - Russia" programme)
Increase of local authorities capacities as well as opening new opportunities for businesses in forming public-private partnerships through introduction of modern innovative technical, managerial and financing solutions.
2005
Improvement of water supply and sewage services in the city of Kirovsk of Leningrad oblast (Denmark, Sweden, Finland)
Modernization of the city water supply and sewage system, introduction of modern financing tools (budgeting).
2004
Management of municipal services (Germany)
Concept of reforming housing and communal utilities was worked out on the basis of analysis of housing and communal utilities management systems.
Eco city Pushkin (Denmark)
Evaluation of energy saving potential of the city, introduction of Danish technologies of energy saving, waste recycling, water treatment.
Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency
2008
Market of the Russian ESCO business (EBRD)
Evaluation the ESCO market potential in Hanty-Mansi autonomous okrug, identification of barriers in the ESCO business development; estimation of present legislation basis, presentation of financing models.
2006
Economically efficient measures in energy saving in educational sector of Russia (UN Development Programme/GEF)
Evaluation of the project efficiency in its implementation regions (Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, Petrozavodsk, Tver), final report.
Energy saving partners network (Germany, Sweden, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Russia)
The Internet portal was made and filled with multilingual information.
2005
Introduction of international ESCO concept for energy saving and waste utilization for energy production - PHOENIX (TACIS CBC)
Implementation of institutional changes in cross-border municipal authorities' activities to attract international financing for solving actual problems of communal infrastructure modernization by means of ESCO technology and transfer of municipal energy to energy efficient way of development.
2004
Environmental education through implementation of energy saving programmes at schools - ENEDIS (Denmark, Slovakia)
Design of training programmes and materials, manual on resource saving for scholars, training of teachers, organization of school environmental councils, contest on energy saving projects, web-site.
Refurbishment of water supply and water treatment system of the Summer Palace in Pushkin (Denmark)
Modernization of the boiler house, training of specialists for running the system.
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The non-for-profit partnership ingrates the efforts of the Russian and international actors of the process of energy efficiency and energy saving rise in industries, building sector, transport and public utilities.
The Partnership introduces tested international technical and financial tools and mechanisms in energy saving.
The Partnership acts as an initiator, a participant and a project manager in international projects on municipal infrastructure modernization, energy saving, alternative energy use, energy management system implementation.
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