International programs’ and organizations’ offices in Petrozavodsk

Nordic Council of Ministers information office is set up to develop cooperation between Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Island, Greenland, Farer and Aland Islands on the one hand and North-Western Russia on the other.

Tacis Local Support office
Tel: (8142) 78 41 69,
Tacis Local Support office in Petrozavodsk is created to involve Archangelsk, Murmansk regions and the Republic of Karelian into Tacis projects by means of close cooperation with local authorities and institutions of the regions. The other aim is to carry out the projects within the frameworks of the European Union programs.

Swedish – Karelian Information and Business centre
Tel/fax (8142) 76 92 57
e-mail

Karelian fund "Swedish – Karelian Informational and Business centre" has been working in Petrozavodsk since 1995 according to the Protocols on Cooperation between the Republic of Karelia and the County of Vasterbotten. Its main objective is to coordinate current and new-established projects with Swedish partners and to contribute to enterprises and organizations of Karelia and Sweden with participation in exhibitions and fairs in Russia and abroad.

Russian-German meeting centre in Petrozavodsk works with the help of Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany within the "Breitenarbeit" project.
Objectives of the centre: support of the cultural heritage of Russian Germans, propagation of the German culture and language among the Russians.

German Cultural Center.
Tel/fax +7 8142 76 93 20
e-mail

The Center is basically dealing with cultural, educational projects, organizes information events devoted to Germany, works in close contact with the Consulate General of Germany in St. Petersburg, Goethe Institute, German Service for Academic Exchanges (DAAD).

Petrozavodsk office of the Euro-region "Karelia" Neighborhood program

Main task of the office is providing assistance, consultations and information for those seeking financial support within the EU Neighborhood program.

The activities of Petrozavodsk «West-East» Society in Tubingen (Federal Land Baden-Wurtemberg) are directed to organize the joint cultural projects, cooperation in the sphere of social protection, health care, ecology, politics, economy, support in German and Russian visas receiving.