Project WOPE-wood procurement entrepreneurship

Svetlana Tereshchenko, StPFTUKirsi Itkonen, Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences

WOPE – educational project aimed at training for representatives of business sector in forest

harvestingDuration of the project 01.12.2012-01.12.2014

Project participants:

1.Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences2.Center of Small Business Aalto University3.Professional College ESEDU4.Saint-Petersburg State Forest Technical University5.Vyborg college of agriculture and forest sector

The aims of the project

1.Raising competence of forest harvesting companies in Leningrad Region2.Raising competence of teachers from forest related professional schools in Leningrad Region3.Acquitance of Finnish entrepreneurs from forest sector how to make business in Russia4.Risk-management in forest harvesting

Target groups of the project:In Leningrad Region:Managers of forest harvesting companies; Teachers of forest related professional schoolsIn Finland: Entrepreneurs from forest sector, who would like to

operate on Russian market

EDUCATIONAL MODULES,ORGANIZED IN THE PROJECT

3 modules for business representatives from Leningrad Region2 modules for teachers of professional schools3 modules for Finnish entrepreneurs

Amount of trained in different target groups:1.Representatives from forest sector in Leningrad Region-25 persons2.Teachers from forest related professional schools-18 persons3.Finnish entrepreneurs-17 persons

Training for business representatives from

Leningrad Region

Places of training 1 module Podporozhie October 2013 2 module Mikkeli April 2014 3 module Tikhvin October 2014

Company representatives from:

Metsa, Intersolar, Ponsee,Swedwood, Volosovsky LPH & other

The results of the project that was achieved:1.Network of business and educational institutions2.Network between companies3.Network between educational institutions4.Creation of manual for effective forest harvesting

Thank you for attention!

Svetlana Tereshchenko,SPbFTU teresveta@mail.ruKirsi Itkonen, Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences

kirsi.itkonen@mamk.fi