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Project
title
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Support
and Development of the Sphere of Vernacular Arts and
Crafts (FAC)
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Priority
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Promotion
of spatial development approaches and actions for
specific territories
and
sectors (macro regions, coastal zones, islands and
other specific areas)
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Promotion
of territorial structures supporting sustainable
BSR development
(settlement structures, communication links, cultural and
natural heritage)
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Promotion
of institution building, strengthening
transnational spatial development
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Lead
applicant
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St.Petersburg
Foreign Relations Committee, City Administration
and SPb Chamber of Commerce
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Contact
person
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Georgy Psarev, Head of Sector
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E-mail
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psarev@cfea.ecc.spb.su
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Homepage
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Address
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Smolny, St.Petersburg, Russia
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Phone
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274 -
65 - 13
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Fax
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274 -
16 - 84
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Thematic
key words
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Vernacular
Arts Crafts
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Project
description
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The aim
of the project is to provide assistance in the
establishment of infrastructure required for folk arts
industry, produce a wide range of articles from
mass-produced goods up to individually designed
author’s copies, promote marketing and sale of
products of vernacular arts and crafts industry,
promote the product on to world market, introduce the
possibilities for collaboration with Western business
partners.
Another
aim is to develop the general conception for FAC’s
activity with regard to the specifics of national
culture and economic development.
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Central
objectives
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Central
objectives of the project are:
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to
develop a general guideline for vernacular arts
and crafts industry with regard to the specifics
of national culture and economic development.
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to
specify the product range in terms of its prospect
of success and main art characteristics depending
on market requirements.
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to
determine general and specific conditions of the
population practical work as well as a potential
industry output.
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to
render assistance in establishment of small
enterprises for fabrication of VAC.
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to
render assistance in formation of stable marketing
outlets.
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to
provide for professional training.
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to
assist in establishment of business contacts.
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to
disseminate information about operating companies
and their products.
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to
render assistance in launching joint businesses to
promote products on to the world market which will
allow partners to open new jobs.
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Expected
benefits
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Project
implementation will promote the development of the
cooperation with the western countries, deeper
understanding of the cultural traditions, promotion of
the national culture and the same time will attract
specialists to the FAC business.
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Partners
found
already
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Partners
searched
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Finland, Sweden, Norway
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Estimated
budget
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Date
of filling in the form
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16.04.2002
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