Improvement of the accessibility of the remote areas in South-East Estonia and Pskov region for traditional entrepreneurship and sustainable development

Programme 2014 - 2020 Estonia - Russia ENI CBC

Date of latest update: 2025-06-17

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Description (EN):

Common challenge: Local municipalities in border areas are particularly suffering from economic depression and decrease of population. However, in these areas in both sides of the border still exists an authentic rural lifestyle, culture and business activity, mainly including culture and nature based tourism, handicraft and agriculture. The main problem for local entrepreneurs is the ability to sell their products or provide services on site due to the absence of a comfortable and high-quality roads, connecting remote territories with district centres and national main routes and settlements. Farmers producing ecological products have to make an extra effort and to use alternative forms of transportation, which increases their costs and makes the product less competitive. A direct contact between food producers and end customers is getting more important these days. It enables for farmers to offer higher value for customer and to receive fair price for their products. Project objective: The project objective is increased SME development in Setomaa and Pechory district, which will be achieved through traditional business promoting and improved infrastructure. It is expected that ca 30 SME’s from project area (ca 15 from Värska/Saatse area and ca 15 from Pechory district) will be actively and substantially involved to project activities and benefit directly from improved infrastructure. Main outputs: It is expected that ca 30 SME’s from project area (ca 15 from Värska/Saatse area and ca 15 from Pechory district) will be actively and substantially involved to project activities and benefit directly from improved infrastructure. As a result of project activities these businesses get new opportunities for growth and higher competitiveness. They will be provided with new skills and knowledge for product development/marketing. New and improved infrastructure enables them to enlarge their client base and to establish new business contacts using short supply chain (direct sale to the clients in the farm, in market places etc). Additionally even more SME’s from project area (up to 50) will use the market places established in Pechory and Värska for direct selling to the end-customers using short supply chain. Main activities: 1) Arrangement of fairs, study tours, seminars and workshops for SME';s 2) Construction of market place in Pechory and equipping 2 market places in Pechory and Värska 3) Reconstruction of the road Värska-Saatse-Ulitina-Est/Rus border (14,618 km) and Krupp-Kulje road (6,482 km) 4) (Re)construction of 3 foot/cycle ways and 3 parking areas in Värska area Approach and cross-border cooperation reason: Partners have decided to use sectoral approach in project implementation and have selected the target group from specific field- rural SME';s and persons interested in entrepreneurship in non-traditional farming sector. The sectoral approach makes project activities more attractive for target group as the approach and the content will be more appropriate and practical. In that way it is possible to meet their specific needs and expectations. Since there is lack of co-operation between farmers in border areas, low know-how on how to produce farm products for higher added value and to establish short supply- chain, then it is needed to organize different activities and events. The main working method of the project is to bring experienced and young entrepreneurs working in the same business field together, and let them to establish personal contacts with colleagues acting in same sector. The role of project partners is to offer them a platform (series of events) suitable for exploring possibilities for further cooperation. High quality road infrastructure is essential part of good business environment in any region, incl. rural remote areas. Therefore partners have decided that investments to local roads in rural areas connecting rural villages (where non-traditional farming takes place) with local centers (Värska, Pechory) is needed. Using cross-border cooperation for project implementation is essential, because the SME’s from project area share the same challenges and problems and it’s useful to use the experiences of both regions for solving them. Joint approach is used in creation of infrastructure for SME’s from project area, improvement of their skills and knowledges and in establishing of sales opportunities in market places.

Website: http://www.estoniarussia.eu/

Expected Results (EN): The strength of joint development in products and services by business

Expected Outputs (EN):

It is expected that ca 30 SME’s from project area (ca 15 from Värska/Saatse area and ca 15 from Pechory district) will be actively and substantially involved to project activities and benefit directly from improved infrastructure. As a result of project activities these businesses get new opportunities for growth and higher competitiveness. They will be provided with new skills and knowledge for product development/marketing. New and improved infrastructure enables them to enlarge their client base and to establish new business contacts using short supply chain (direct sale to the clients in the farm, in market places etc). Additionally even more SME’s from project area (up to 50) will use the market places established in Pechory and Värska for direct selling to the end-customers using short supply chain. More specific expected results are: 1. Skills and knowledge of ca 50 SME’s (owners and staff) from project area improved in the field of product development, marketing etc. 2. Cross-border network of SME’s from project area created. 3. Better business environment in project area for rural businesses which is achieved through 2 market places and improved road infrastructure (in total 21,1 km), 3 parking areas and 3 foot/cycle ways. 4. Better accessibility and increased attractiveness of project area for foreign and domestic tourists. 5. Better living environment for local inhabitants from Värska municipality and Pechory area.

Thematic information

SME and entrepreneurship

Thematic Objective: Business and SME development

Partners (5)

Lead Partner: Setomaa vallavalitsus

Department: NA

Address: Pikk 12, 64001 Värska, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.setomaa.ee

Total budget: EUR 440 238.41

ENI budget: EUR 377 302.49

Администрация Печорского района

Name: Администрация Печорского района

Department: NA

Address: Kashtanovaya 1, 181500 Pechory, Russia

Legal status: public

Website: http://pechory.reg60.ru

Total budget: EUR 112 500.03

ENI budget: EUR 112 500.00

Transpordiamet

Name: Transpordiamet

Department: Construction Department of Southern Region

Address: Valge 4, 11413 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.transpordiamet.ee

Total budget: EUR 1 846 091.60

ENI budget: EUR 238 769.45

Комитет по транспорту и дорожному хозяйству Псковской области

Name: Комитет по транспорту и дорожному хозяйству Псковской области

Department: NA

Address: K.Marksa 5, 180001 Pskov, Russia

Legal status: public

Website: http://transport.pskov.ru

Total budget: EUR 1 103 826.94

ENI budget: EUR 2 687 175.74

Комитет по экономическому развитию и инвестиционной политике Псковской области

Name: Комитет по экономическому развитию и инвестиционной политике Псковской области

Department: NA

Address: Nekrasov 23, 180001 Pskov, Russia

Legal status: public

Website: http://economics.pskov.ru

Total budget: EUR 11 637.91

ENI budget: EUR 20 064.80

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Project name (EN): Improvement of the accessibility of the remote areas in South-East Estonia and Pskov region for traditional entrepreneurship and sustainable development

Project acronym: SME ACCESS

Project start date: 2019-04-01

Project end date: 2022-10-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 3 514 294.89

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 888 139.98

Co-financing sources:

ENPI/ENI/NDICI: Amount, EUR 4 754 522.84.

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2014 - 2020 Estonia - Russia ENI CBC

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Improvement of the accessibility of the remote areas in South-East Estonia and Pskov region for traditional entrepreneurship and sustainable development

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