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Concept paper
The establishment of environmental public-private-partnership mechanism of
the BRICS countries
Taking the “Saint-Petersburg Initiative” as an example
WHAT IS IT?
In April 2013 in St. Petersburg the Heads of government of the Baltic Sear region
gathered at the Conference of the Baltic Sea States for Environmental Protection of the
Baltic Sea (Baltic Sea Forum). The Forum featured the high-ranking representatives of
the international organizations, Academia business and financial circles.
The main outcome document of the Forum was the Declaration of the Heads of
government on environmental protection of the Baltic region countries, and adoption
of the “Saint-Petersburg Initiative”, a public-private partnership mechanism aimed at
transboundary cooperation, economically sound actions and environmentally oriented
projects in the Baltic Sea region.
In February, 2014, “Saint-Petersburg Initiative” was officially supported by the
Government of the Russian Federation.
Steering
Committee
Public-private partnership
and financing committee
Council of
Partners
Project committee
Dedicated (thematic) committees
Secretariat
HOW IT WORKS. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE?
PARTISIPANTS?
STEERING COMMITTEE – decision makers, key parties of SPbI.
COUNCIL OF PARTNERS - dedicated committees
Regional and Oblasts’ (federal units) authorities
International organizations
Companies
Banks
Scientific and public organizations
SECRETARIAT – Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE? 2 YEARS WORK PROGRESS
 5 plenary SPbI meetings in expanded format (regularly over 100 participants)
conducted
 Committees meetings conducted
 International conference on environmentally safe maritime transport (green
shipping) held
 3 agreements on cooperation signed
 First pilot projects in frames of SPbI launched
BRICS Green Technology Platform
WHAT IS IT?
Established as per the decision of the BRICS environmental Ministers on April 22,
2015 in Moscow following the results of the First official BRICS environmental
Ministers meeting (indicated in the “Ministers’ Resolution”).
The Platform is designed to serve as a practical ground for the BRICS countries, to
ensure knowledge sharing in field of legal environmental regulations, data sharing
on best available “green” technologies, as well as search, exchange and
introduction of “green technology”.
HOW IT WORKS. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Conference of Parties
(Line Ministers of the BRICS
countries)
National coordinators
Steering Committee
(Senior officials of the BRICS line
Ministers)
Council of Partners
Country quota: 10 representatives per
country
 Governmental body
representatives of the BRICS
countries
 Representatives of private
companies
 Scientific organizations
Country quota not limited:
 National financial institutes of the
BRICS countries
 International financial institutions
 International organizations
BRICS
Development
B ank
PARTISIPANTS?
Steering Committee. Line Ministers of the BRICS countries, Senior officials,
participants approved by countries. Designates general work stratagem of the
Platform
Conference of Parties. Senior officials of the BRICS countries, directors of
international departments of the line Ministries. Discusses the harmonization of
environmental activities, carries out general (political) management of the
Platform, considers and approves the performance of the Council of Partners.
Council of Partners1. Representatives of state entities, business, private
companies, scientific organizations (maximum 10 representatives from one
country), national and international financial institutions and organizations
(country quota not limited).
Responsible for projects and financial work, enlisting experts and scientific
organizations on priority areas of cooperation. Reports to the Steering
Committee.
National coordinators. Coordinators of the BRICS Platform activities (2
representatives from each country).
WORK PLAN
In frames of the BRICS Senior officials meeting (April, 21):
 Approval of the draft Platform layout
 Discussion of a time frame for the countries to submit proposals on the
composition of the Council of Partners (which companies, financial and
other organizations should be invited)
 Proposal to carry out first coordination meeting of the Steering Committee
in 2015 for planning the concrete actions for substantiation of the Platform
and resolving other organizational arrangements.
Members of Council of Partners are the permanent participants of the Platform.
Upon
necessity,
countries
are
allowed
to
enlist
additional
organizations/institutions/companies to the work of Council.
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