Study tours

Component 2 will facilitate and promote regular cooperation and information exchange between Finnish and Russian law enforcement bodies. Targeted training seminar and study visits to Nordic countries and Russia will be organized for authorities and enforcement bodies responsible for control and prevention of counterfeit and piracy including joint activities for customs officials in Finland and Russia.

Component 3 aims to promote intellectual property rights (IPR) educational cooperation between Nordic and Russian universities, as well as between universities in St. Petersburg, utilising the Finnish IPR University Centre model. Education to researchers, professors and specialists will be implemented with an excursion and guest lectures. Russian participants will visit Finland and Sweden to give both parties a possibility to familiarize with the methods used in Finland and Sweden, and to thoroughly discuss the needs and possibilities in different universities.

Component 4 - the awareness raising campaign focuses on raising public awareness on IPR by designing and implementing an awareness raising campaign against counterfeit industry and counterfeit production consumption in St. Petersburg. The Copyright Information and Anti-piracy Centre (CIAPC) has implemented a large number of anti-piracy campaigns in Finland, and it has a strong experience and material base for such campaigns. One study tour to Finland will be organised for purposes of planning the upcoming events, evaluating the campaign materials and preparing the follow-up activities.