On November 11, 2021, the XXV International Forum “Russian Industrialist” was held at the EXPOFORUM Congress and Exhibition Center (St. Petersburg, Russia), within the framework of which a round table “Interim results of the Finnish-Russian project KS1877 ImProfEdu “Improving professional education based on the needs of the labor market in Finland and Russia by using innovative methods and new technology”” and a workshop were held.

The event was attended by 20 participants in full-time format and at least 204 participants in remote format. The speakers were representatives of partner organizations of the two countries: on the Russian side – ANO APE “IBIN”, St. Petersburg State Budgetary Professional Educational Institution “St. Petersburg College of Architecture and Construction”, St Petersburg State Budgetary Professional Educational College “Petrovsky College”, on the Finnish side – Kouvola Region Vocational College (KSAO), South-Kymenlaakso Vocational College (Ekami). Among the listeners were students, including project participants, heads of secondary vocational education organizations and employers.

According to the results of the Round Table, a resolution was accepted.