Projekt jest finansowany ze środków 6. Programu Ramowego Unii Europejskiej

Ida-Virumaa county

• Ida-Virumaa county is located in North-Eastern part of Estonia, common border with Russia
• Area 3 364 sqkm
• Population 175 000 (2005) Mainly non-Estonian population: Estonians 18,6%, Russians 71,0%, Ukrainians 3,2%, Byelorussians 3,3%, Other 3,8% (1998)
• Rate of employment,15-69 yr olds – 54%; Estonia 61% (2005)
• Rate of unemployment – 16%; 8% (2005)
• 3% employed in primary, 52% in secondary, 45% in tertiary sector (2001)
• Major industries: power engineering, oil shale mining and production of oil from oil shale, textile industry, chemical industry, production of wood products, production of metals and machinery, mineral products.
• No of companies by size: more than 200 employees – 26, n=20-199 – 253, n=5-19 – 666, n<5 – 2390 (2002)
• Main roads:
  • Narva-Tallinn road
  • Narva-Tartu-Valga road
  • Narva-Tallinn railro

Narva town

• Area 84,54 sqkm
• Population approximately 70 000 inhabitantsMainly non-Estonian population: 90% Slavs (Russians, Byelorussians, Ukrainians), 4% Estonians
• Large scale industry: textile industry, power engineering, clothing manufacture, metal-working and wood-working, production of furniture, building materials, controlling and measuring apparatuses, industrial equipment.
• Small and medium sized enterprises: trade, manufacture and public services. The overall number of enterprises in Narva is growing steadily.
• Twin towns of Narva: Karlskoga in Sweden, Tinglev in Denmark
• Partners towns of Narva: Forssa and Lahti in Finland, Donetsk in Ukraine, Pärnu in Estonia, Ivangorod, Pihkva and Kirovsky District of St.Petersburg in Russia

Ivangorod

Ivangorod is border town on the Russian side, located opposite to Narva

• Population 11 900 inhabitants
• The economic situation in Ivangorod is unstable. Large city enterprises are almost inactive, the greatest share in 2000 belonged to trade - 43%. Small business sector is developing, profit in industry and construction has increased due to the creation of new businesses and the building of a complex of purifying machinery. Industrial production of 2004 exceeded that of 2003 more than 2 times. In 2004, the largest enterprise of the town employed 183 employees.
• Ivangorod's famous history, memorial and architectural monuments help develop internal and foreign tourism, empty plants can be reopened for different productio