Water meets people-learn, act and influence

Programme 2014 - 2020 South-East Finland - Russia ENI CBC

Date of latest update: 2025-06-17

Description

Description (EN): SEVIRA project focus on assessing and modelling tools of environmental state review (like riverine runoff and nutrient load) of rivers and the coastal area and increasing general awareness and mapping improvement options and recommendations.

Description (FI):

SEVIRA hankkeessa keskitytään arvioimaan ja mallintamaan menetelmiä ympäristövaikutusten (kuten jokivalumien ja ravinnekuormien) havainnointiin, joissa ja rannikkoalueilla sekä lisäämään yleistä ympäristötietoisuutta. Lisäksi hankkeessa kootaan vaihtoehtoja ja toimenpidesuosituksia kehittämistyölle.

Description (RU):

В проекте SEVIRA основное внимание уделяется инструментам оценки, мониторинга и моделирования экологического состояния (например, уровня биогенной нагрузки) трансграничных акваторий и прибрежных зон, повышению осведомленности общественности о проблемах в этой сфере, разработке рекомендаций для дальнейшего развития.

Achievements (EN):

SEVIRA-project strengthened strongly important transboundary environmental activities between Finland and Russia. It served both the overall conservation and scientific project goals and raised public awareness and consciousness. Public awareness is a really key ingredient for positive environmental outcomes that also impact sustainable socio-economic objectives. Clarifying cross-border similarities and differences provided insights on how to best practically address and strengthen joint Finnish and Russian efforts on these important issues. Project added value included the following: An improved transboundary river monitoring system (the catchments of Virojoki, Rakkolanjoki/Seleznevka and Sestra located in Kymenlaakso, Leningrad region, St. Petersburg). The exchange of Finnish and Russian environmental information and methods increased. The exchange of accurate data increased environmental information for environmental administrations and citizen involvement. Experts are joining more in the public dialogue, providing new facts on the study area state of conservation.

Achievements (FI):

SEVIRA projekti vahvisti eritäin tärkeää rajat ylittävää ympäristöyhteistyötä Suomen ja Venäjän välillä. Hankkeessa edistettiin sekä tieteellisen tutkimuksen tavoitteita että kansalaisten ympäristötietoisuuden kasvattamista. Yhteiskunnan ja kansalaisten ympäristötietoisuus on avain positiivisen muutoksen aikaan saamiseksi, joka vaikuttaa myös sosio-ekonomisiin tavoitteisiin. Rajat ylittävien yhtäläisyyksien ja erojen selkiyttäminen tarjosi näkökulmia siihen, kuinka parhaalla mahdollisella tavalla käytännössä vahvistaa Suomen ja Venäjän yhteisiä toimia näissä tärkeissä asioissa. Projekti tuotti lisäarvoa muun muassa seuraavasti: Parannettu rajat ylittävä jokien monitorointi järjestelmä (Virojoen, Rakkolanjoen ja Sestrajoen valuma-alueet Kymenlaakson, Leningradin ja Pietarin alueella). Suomalaisen ja Venäläisen ympäristötiedon ja metodien vaihto on lisääntynyt. Tarkan tiedon jakaminen lisäsi saatavilla olevaa tietoa ympäristöviranomaisille ja lisäsi kansalaisten osallisuutta. Hankkeen ansiosta asiantuntijat osallistuvat enemmän julkiseen keskusteluun, tarjoten uusia tietoja hankkeen tutkimusalueesta.

Website: http://www.sefrcbc.fi

Delivered Outputs (EN):

Number of persons participating in environmental awareness raising activities 3000/1820 Number of improved systems on water and waste management created 3/3 New automatic water level measurement sites to project rivers / tributaries 5/5 Stage-discharge curves to project rivers / tributaries 4/6 Joint hydrological monitoring excursions 4/3 A water quality sensor is deployed and in operation 1/1 Intensive manual water quality monitoring in operation 7/9 Guidelines on the cost-effective monitoring of rivers 3/6 Climate change and land use adaptation scenarios 6/5 Coastal water quality assessment maps and analyses from eastern GOF 4/8 Assessment report from coastal eastern GOF 1/1 Citizens surveys (questionnaires, interviews) 1500/2373 Teachers trained in region 50/221 Unique visitors in the Lakewiki webservice 1000/3066 Publications for the public River Watch 5/37 Social media used for dissemination (volume) 60/261 Round Tables 2/3 Road Map 1/1 Public River Watch done by schoolgroups / field trips 6/14 Recommendations for better environment of the study area 10/17

Thematic information

Evaluation systems and results Waterways, lakes and rivers

Thematic Objective: Environmental protection, climate change mitigation and adaptation

Partners (5)

Lead Partner: Suomen ympäristökeskus

Address: Mechelininkatu 34a, 00250 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.syke.fi

Total budget: EUR 689 661.74

Ecocentrum Ltd

Name: Ecocentrum Ltd

Address: Razvodnaya 12-101, 198516 Saint Petersburg, Russia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.ecocentrum.ru

Total budget: EUR 144 514.46

Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for Southeast Finland

Name: Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for Southeast Finland

Address: Salpausselänkatu 22 , 45100 Kouvola, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ely-keskus.fi

Total budget: EUR 189 343.36

Northwest Administration for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring

Name: Northwest Administration for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring

Address: 23rd line of Vasilievsky island, 2a, 199106 Saint Petersburg, Russia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.meteo.nw.ru

Total budget: EUR 119 671.30

Institute of Limnology, Russian Academy of Sciences

Name: Institute of Limnology, Russian Academy of Sciences

Address: Sevastyanova 9, 196105 Saint Petersburg, Russia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.limno.org.ru

Total budget: EUR 181 376.59

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Ecocentrum Ltd

Water meets people-learn, act and influence

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Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for Southeast Finland

Water meets people-learn, act and influence

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Northwest Administration for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring

Water meets people-learn, act and influence

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Institute of Limnology, Russian Academy of Sciences

Water meets people-learn, act and influence

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Suomen ympäristökeskus

Water meets people-learn, act and influence

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Summary

Project name (EN): Water meets people-learn, act and influence

Project acronym: SEVIRA

Project start date: 2018-11-01

Project end date: 2022-01-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 324 567.45

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 606 389.26

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 48.00%

Co-financing sources:

Third-country contribution: Russia: EUR 217 247.00

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Structure diagram of the Sevira project

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://www.syke.fi/hankkeet/sevira

Publication date: 2022-08-06

Document date: 2018-11-13

Languages: en

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2014 - 2020 South-East Finland - Russia ENI CBC

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2024-01-29

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Water meets people-learn, act and influence

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