Syktyvkar Forest Institute
Bordeaux, France
December 2011
Russian
Federation
Komi republic, Syktyvkar
» Komi republic - in North-West Russia
» Territory - 415 900 km2 (which makes 2.4 % of All-Russian territory)
» The population of the Komi republic is 975 000 residents (2010)
» Syktyvkar is the capital, population approximately 232 961 citizens (2010)
» Forest covered area is 28.7 mln ha (4.1 % of All-Russian area), wood stock volume is
2.8 billion m3
» Annual Allowable Cut - 27 mln m3 (used by 25%)
Syktyvkar Forest Institute
» established in 1952
» 6 000 full-time, part-time and correspondence students.
» 300 lecturers, PhD, professors.
» 5 faculties:
Forest-and-Engineering;
Faculty of Economics-and-Management;
Technological;
Agricultural;
Faculty of Correspondence studies.
» 26 Departments.
Specialties:
» Forestry;
» Mechanization in Agriculture;
» Electrification and Automation of Agriculture;
» Forestry Machines and Equipment;
» Chemical wood processing technology;
» Environment Protection and Nature Resources Conservation;
» Economics- and-Management in Forest industry;
» Forest Engineering;
» Wood processing Technology ;
» Automation of Technological Processes and Production;
» Economies-and-Management in Agriculture;
» Company Management;
» Accounting, Analysis, Audit;
» Automobiles and automobile industry;
» Automobile Roads and Airdromes;
» Transport and Technological Machines and Equipment
Servicing;
» Industrial and civil engineering;
» Information Systems and Technologies.
Trends of training (Bachelor):
» Forestry;
» Agricultural engineering;
» Management;
» Technological machines and equipment;
» Use of transport and technological machines and
complexes;
» Technical systems management;
» Technological processes and productions
automation;
» Informational systems and technologies;
» Chemical technology;
» Energy and resource-saving processes in
chemical technology, petroleum chemistry and
biotechnology;
» Economics;
» Logging and woodworking technology;
» Construction;
» Technospheric safety.
GIS centre
Main trends of GIS-centre activities:
» Foresters’ and forestry specialists’ training;
» Retraining and further training courses;
» Research and development in forestry and timber
industry;
» Project activities and contract works.
Software used:
ArcGis from ESRI Inc.
ERDAS IMAGINE from ERDAS Inc.
Easy Trace from Easy Trace Group, etc.
There’s the possibility for remote sensing and GIS
like CropCam use, which is a radio control (RC) glider
plane equipped with a Pentax digital camera,
controlled by an autopilot, along with preprogrammed ground control software.
CropCam offer images at request and is an
inexpensive alternative o satellite or an airplane flying
over a field.
«Paper and Board» laboratory
Established in September 2008.
OJSC “Mondi Syktyvkar” financed the project.
Laboratory equipment affords to reproduce the paper
production in little at a pulp and paper mill. Students are asked
to perform the required laboratory analysis to define the
mechanical, physical and chemical paper characteristics. The
laboratory allows implementation of the students’ and
lecturers’ research.
«Modern forest machines
mechanics» laboratory
Established in September 2009. OJSC “Mondi Syktyvkar”
provided the financial support.
JSC “Lespromservis” worked out and supplied the required
equipment.
Software “FluidSIM Hydraulic” is used in training and is useful for
foreign machines mechanics training and retraining.
Optional professional
training centre
Main trends of activities:
» Training
» Further training courses (both short and long term)
» Seminars
» Retraining
» Additional qualification to the certificate degree
» School-leavers preparatory courses
Provide the activities in the following thematic
trends:
» Forestry and wood processing
» Environment protection
» Information technologies
» Management and Marketing
» Construction
» Auto transport
» Accounting, analysis, tax system and auditing
» Foreign languages
«Young people projects start up»
laboratory
Project goal – students training for self-sufficient innovative
entrepreneurship.
Young people projects start up is a
platform for the students and partners
business-ideas development and
establishment; students companies
establishment, which allows the students
to combine theoretical knowledge with
real practical experience.
Project implementation is a joint project
with Göttingen University of Applied
Sciences and Arts, which has a good
experience in entrepreneurial training.
LABORATORY OF INNOVATIVE
TECHNOLOGIES IN FOREST
CLUSTER
Laboratory goals:
» Specialists training and further training in innovative technologies;
» Distance-learning technologies use in practice, accreditation, testing, including
teaching staff further training;
» Situation management and expert systems technologies development and
implementation;
» Industrial, management, educational processes modeling;
» Program-hardware systems development in different areas (chemistry,
management technologies, machines and mechanisms);
» Research and development activities;
» GIS technology: development and implementation;
» Space technologies: use of satellite images, remote sensing in forestry;
» Use of pilotless aircraft technologies in forest management;
» Carrying out meetings, seminars, conferences (including video conferences), expert
councils, etc.
Cooperation with OJSC
«Mondi Syktyvkar»
» establishment of corporative laboratories
at SFI;
» master-classes by OJSC “Mondi
Syktyvkar” staff;
» Komi Forest Academy
The Academy’s goal is to develop human
resources and boost moral in the Komi forest
industry by offering relevant skills training in
three key areas – management, harvesting and
transport and forestry – to create a better
equipped workforce for Mondi and other partners
in the venture, including logging and paper
companies.
Partner Universities
» Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, Finland
» Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland
» Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences, Finland
» University of Eastern Finland
» Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
» Swedish University of Agricultural sciences
» Norwegian Road Agency, Norway
» Bodø University College, Norway
» Göttingen University of Applied Sciences and Arts,
Germany
» Riga Technical University
» University of the Arctic
International Research and
Development
programs of the Institute
» International Council in Forestry Higher Education Professional training in
the Finno-Ugric countries and RF regions.
» Swedish–Russian Forestry Sector cooperation program.
» Finish–Russian development program on sustainable forest management
and conservation of biodiversity in North–West Russia.
» Report «RF Forest Cluster situation», was made for the Austrian Chamber
of Economics.
» Young professionals in forestry, wooden construction and international
business in Russia and Finland.
» Forest Sector Advisory Services in Komi.
» Internationalization of Forestry SMEs in the Komi republic by improving the
Value Chain of the sector.
» Development and improvement of vocational teacher training system for
environmental forestry in high education institution in North-west Russia.
» Summer Intensive School for teachers in Forestry and timber industry.
International Council in Forestry Higher
Education Professional training in the Finno-Ugric
countries and RF regions
The first online videoconference “Professional forestry training: International
experience, cooperation perspectives and training services quality improvement”.
Established in August 2009
The second
videoconference:
“Innovations in the forest
sector” proceeded on
April 7, 2010.
The third videoconference “Forms of cooperation between higher educational
institutions and business in the forest cluster” was held on April 27, 2011 and
devoted to the 90th anniversary of the Komi republic establishment.
Swedish–Russian Forestry 2005 - 2010
Sector cooperation program
Finish–Russian development program on
sustainable forest management and
conservation of biodiversity
in North–West Russia
Report «RF Forest Cluster situation», was made by
group of economics students supervised by the lecturer
for the Austrian Chamber of Economics and presented at
the International Forest Fair in Klagenfurt
in August 2010.
Young professionals in forestry, wooden
construction and international business in
Russia and Finland, 2010
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