NRCC Networking Meeting in Oslo - 30 January 2018

On January 30, Norwegian-Russian Chamber of Commerce (NRCC) and Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) had a pleasure to invite their members to the first NRCC event in 2018 – NRCC Networking Meeting in Oslo. The meeting took place at the NHO facilities.

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Mr Tore Myhre, Derictor of International Department at NHO, opened meeting by welcoming all the participants.

Then Mr Alexey Vedev from Institute of Applied Economic Research, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) and former Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation (2014-2017) held a presentation about Russian economy and economic reforms in 2018. 

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Mr Alexey Vedev, Institute of Applied Economic Research, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) and former Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation (2014-2017)
Next speaker, Dr Helge Blakkisrud, Senior Research Fellow, Head of the Research group on Russia, Eurasia and the Arctic, NUPI, updated teh audience on Russian presidential elections 2018, candidates, political programs and expected results.
 
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Dr Helge Blakkisrud, Senior Research Fellow, Head of the Research group on Russia, Eurasia and the Arctic, NUPI

For the first time there were given an exclusive presentation to NRCC and NHO members about business opportunities in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug by Mr Sergei Kungurtcev, Head of Sector for international and interregional relations of the Department for interaction with local self-government bodies and external relations of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Naryan-Mar. 

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Mr Sergei Kungurtcev, Head of Sector for international and interregional relations of the Department for interaction with local self-government bodies and external relations of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Naryan-Mar

New NRCC members such as Fearnley AS and Norterminal AS held coprorate presentations about their main activities.  

Finally, Mr Jarle Forbord, NRCC Managing Director, updated participants on NRCC activities in 2018. 

At the end of the meeting, participants were invited to join a networking session with refreshments, organised by the NHO.