Welcome

Welcome to the web site of the Baltic Institute of Finland pilot development project Promotion of Knowledge Society in St. Petersburg through a Regional Partnership.

 This project is initiated and designed in the framework of close collaboration between the city of  Tampere in Finland and the city of St. Petersburg in Russia to promote local  information society development. The partner cities are strongly committed to facilitate eEurope, Northern eDimension and eRussia initiatives in general and e-St. Petersburg and eTampere programmes in particular. 

The cooperation is focusing to facilitate development of high-quality modern public services for citizens in St. Petersburg utilizing the experience and knowledge acquired in the eTampere InfoCity and eCity Card projects. The goal is to establish a pilot city smart card scheme for public services in St. Petersburg in close collaboration between experts and public and private sectors.

Note: the project has ended in January 2006. In February 2006 the follow-up project called    e-St. Petersburg II was launched.