KL scenarios

Towards the Kaliningrad partnership in EU-Russia relations: 

Towards the Kaliningrad partnership in EU-Russia relations RECEP, 27 April 2005

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Area 15,100 sq. km Population 950 000 Distance from Moscow 1289 km Major cities Kaliningrad 428 000 Sovetsk 50 000 Chernyakhovsk 43 000 Baltiysk 31 500 Gusev 28 000 Share in the RF total: Area 0,1% Population 0,7% GDP 0,4% Retail trade 0,5% Exports 0,4% Imports 3,7% FDI 0,1%

Two phases of research: 

Two phases of research Phase 1 (November 2004 – April 2005) Request from the Administration of the President, study the Kaliningrad region in the context of EU-Russia relations, build scenarios Phase 2 (starting April 2005) Request from the State Duma scenarios of the socioeconomic development

Phase 1: Report outline: 

Phase 1: Report outline Introduction (Christer Pursiainen) Scenarios (Sergei Medvedev) Russian Scenarios EU Scenarios EU-Russia Scenarios Kaliningrad Scenarios Road Maps (Christer Pursiainen) Towards a Common Economic Space The EU-Russia Partnership Road Map The Kaliningrad Partnership Road Map Legal Instruments (Mark Entin) Statistics and Bibliography (Marina Cherkovets)

Research methodology: 

European scenarios Russian scenarios RE1 RE2 RE3 K1 K2 K3 Kaliningrad Partnership Kaliningrad Road map E1 E2 E3 R1 R2 R3 Legal instruments Research methodology

Scenario template: 

Scenario template Statist Regulated Liberal Global Centralized/ Integrated Decentralized/ Networked Economic axis Political axis

Russian scenarios: 

Russian scenarios Statist Regulated Liberal Global Centralized/ Integrated Decentralized/ Networked R1: Administrative Modernization R2: Liberal Modernization R3: Bureaucratic Capitalism

EU scenarios: 

EU scenarios Statist Regulated Liberal Global Centralized/ Integrated Decentralized/ Networked E1: Global Actor E2: Network Europe E3: Fortress Europe

Russia-EU scenario matrix: 

Russia-EU scenario matrix

Kaliningrad in Russia-EU scenarios: 

Kaliningrad in Russia-EU scenarios

Kaliningrad in Russia-EU scenarios: 

Kaliningrad in Russia-EU scenarios Kaliningrad partnership

Guidelines for Kaliningrad Partnership: 

Guidelines for Kaliningrad Partnership Integration into the European economic space Creating the institutional base of cooperation Modifying the SEZ regime Improving federal and regional governance Improving business climate and lowering administrative barriers Development of infrastructure Export incentives Supporting small and medium business

Impact of Kaliningrad Partnership: 

Impact of Kaliningrad Partnership From being a mere corollary, the Partnership can become a shaping factor of EU-Russia relations Forward implementation of European Economic Space Adaptation by Russia of part of the acquis Improving EU-Russia compatibility through a common interface Promoting cooperative regionality and cross-border networks Linkage to existing regional institutions (CBSS, NCM) Tapping into the existing EU instruments (Northern Dimension, INTERREG, ENI) without creating new institutions and ad-hoc structures

Kaliningrad Partnership Road Map: 

Kaliningrad Partnership Road Map Creating a joint EU-RF list of policy priorities for Kaliningrad. Done in connection with drafting the third Northern Dimension Action Plan (2007-2009), e.g., in the form of ND Kaliningrad Partnership Connecting to regional organizations (CBSS, the Nordic Council of Ministers) Detailing policy priorities, developing concrete projects at regional and local levels by local governments, businesses and NGOs from Kaliningrad and the larger Baltic Sea region Securing linkage between the local and regional projects and the financial instruments: the European Neighborhood Instrument (ENI, replacing TACIS in 2007), INTERREG programs, Euroregions, IFIs (EBRD, NIB etc.) Establishing Kaliningrad Partnership Project implementation Project evaluation New action plan for 2010-2012 2005 2006 2007 2010 2009

Legal Instruments: 

Legal Instruments Comparing legal models for the development of Kaliningrad Selecting an optimal model Various methods for legal regulation Using the newly adopted Russian legislation Concession Law Anti-monopoly Law Tax Law Customs Law Legal regulation of Foreign Economic Activity Law on Special Economic Zones

Phase 2: Research Issues : 

Phase 2: Research Issues Study of the shaping factors EU enlargement New Russian law on the SEZ (from 2006 on) The forthcoming Common Economic Space Scenarios of socioeconomic development Desired outcomes Road maps Economic/legal instruments

Appendix: Kaliningrad Stats: 

Appendix: Kaliningrad Stats

Population Dynamics: 

Population Dynamics Natural change, per 1000 population (‰) Net migration, per 1000 population (‰)

Population Dynamics: 

Population Dynamics Life expectancy at birth Infant mortality rate (infant deaths under 1 year per 1000 live births)

Economy: 

Economy Unemployment rate GRP index (% to the previous year)

Standard of living: 

Standard of living Changes in real monetary income, % change on previous year Change in real wage, % change on previous year

Industry: 

Industry Real industrial production index, % on the previous year Goods Production Index

Investment Climate(Kaliningrad in the Rating of Investment Potential and Risk among 89 regions of the Russian Federation): 

Investment Climate (Kaliningrad in the Rating of Investment Potential and Risk among 89 regions of the Russian Federation)

Investment Climate: 

Investment Climate Real index of investment in fixed capital, % change to the previous year Investment in fixed capital

Foreign Investment : 

Foreign Investment Foreign investment in the Kaliningrad Region Direct Foreign investment in the Kaliningrad Region

External Trade : 

External Trade Goods structure of Kaliningrad’s import and export (first half of 2004) Import Export

External Trade : 

External Trade Import and Export Dynamics in Kaliningrad Region Trade turnover between Kaliningrad region and Lithuania in 1998–2003 (mln USD)