Swedish-Karelian Business and Information Center works in Petrozavodsk since 1995. Having started as a SIDA-supported project, SKBIC from 1999 operates in the framework of Agreement on cooperation between the Republic of Karelia, Russia and Västerbotten county, Sweden. SKBIC carries out its activities aimed at assistance of SME enterprises in order to spread necessary for all parties useful information about opportunities for economic cooperation and contribute to broadening of contacts among entrepreneurs in a different way: participation in fairies, exhibitions, business seminars and meetings, as well as realization of small projects. Read more

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"People of the Lakes" project kicked off in Karelia and Minnesota

13 october 2022

The project’s main theme is cultural exchange between the native Americans of the Ojibwe tribe and the Karelians of the Olonets region.

Virtual meetings on traditional crafts brought together crafts masters from Umeå and Petrozavodsk

13 december 2021

The events were supported by the Swedish Institute as a part of the cultural exchange between Karelia and Västerbotten

Preparing to kick start cooperation between rural municipalities in Karelia and Västerbotten

31 may 2021

In May 2021 representatives of Pryazha, Medvezhyegorsk, Kostomuksha and Petrozavodsk met on a trip to Olonets municipality, discussing the forms of possible cooperation between rural settlements in Karelia and Västerbotten