RTPI — Europa a Porta
20260806 221600 UTC
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[00:01:00] on one side of the river in Estonia, the
[00:01:03] and on the other, in Russia, just
[00:01:06] 120 meters away, the Ivangorod
[00:01:10] fortress founded in 1492.
[00:01:13] The Friendship Bridge separates the two sides. The name was
[00:01:17] ironically given by the Russians in the
[00:01:21] 60s to symbolize the closeness between
[00:01:24] Russia and the Soviet
[00:01:26] Republics.
[00:01:30] in the Soviet times, it actually was built in the Soviet times, it's called
[00:01:33] Friendship, nowadays it's pretty ironically to call it like that, but
[00:01:37] it's the only bridge that you can go through to the Russia side, there was
[00:01:41] opportunity to go by car, but nowadays it's from
[00:01:44] the Russian border that are making some reconstructions
[00:01:47] and
[00:01:53] Russian nationality are prohibited from entering Estonian territory
[00:01:57] since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
[00:03:00] Narva is of Russian origin, after Estonia's independence in
[00:03:03] 1991, the
[00:03:06] vast majority of inhabitants remained in the
[00:03:08] country.
[00:03:11] Narva is the capital of Idaviruma, the poorest
[00:03:15] region in Estonia, with an unemployment rate of
[00:03:18] over 12%.
[00:03:21] The European Union has allocated more than 300 million euros
[00:03:24] to the region, from the Just Transition Fund for the period of 2022-2027,
[00:03:28] justa para o período de 2 2027
[00:03:32] aimed at supporting European countries with the greatest
[00:03:35] need for adaptation to the carbon neutrality
[00:03:39] process, and Davi Ruma is suffering the
[00:03:42] impact of the energy transition with the
[00:03:45] replacement of the use of oil shale with
[00:03:49] cleaner energy
[00:03:50] sources.
[00:04:02] The Just Transition Fund is a financial instrument
[00:04:05] of the European Union that is part of the cohesion
[00:04:08] policy and provides support to territories facing
[00:04:12] socioeconomic challenges resulting from the process of
[00:04:15] transitioning to a climate-neutral economy. The fund
[00:04:18] supported the creation of the first
[00:04:22] rare earth magnet factory in
[00:04:24] Europe.
[00:04:54] following the specifications of the European automotive industry and
[00:04:58] the turbine sector.
[00:05:12] supplies the automotive customers of Europe and the
[00:05:16] renewable energy customers for offshore wind turbines of Europe,
[00:05:20] and in a time of crisis of rare earth
[00:05:23] magnetics, challenging trade flows,
[00:05:26] tariff, non-tariff barriers that are happening in the world, the
[00:05:29] localization of critical material supply chain such as what we've
[00:05:32] done here in Estonia, helping and being part of Estonia becoming the
[00:05:36] rare earth hub of
[00:05:38] Europe.
[00:05:41] The factory represents an investment of 75 million
[00:05:45] euros, European support is 14
[00:05:48] million, it employs around 80 people, but
[00:05:52] a thousand jobs are expected to be created in the
[00:05:55] coming years. One of the objectives of magnet
[00:05:59] production in this part of northern Europe is to increase European
[00:06:02] competitiveness and reduce
[00:06:05] dependence on China, which dominates the
[00:06:08] world market.
[00:06:13] "if we want our world to succeed in the transition to net zero, part
[00:06:16] of it is transitioning to renewable energy sources, but
[00:06:20] the other part is using motors that are more energy
[00:06:24] efficient, that is using less energy in a motor to achieve the
[00:06:28] kind of mechanical outputs that we need to maintain if not increase
[00:06:31] our quality of life, and rare earth permanent magnets that
[00:06:35] go into motors, they help them become energy efficient, they are
[00:06:39] energy saving magnets to the
[00:06:42] effect." digitally, including obtaining
[00:06:45] licenses, constructing the factories, installing
[00:06:49] equipment, and hiring local and
[00:06:52] international employees.
[00:06:55] The factory was built in just 500
[00:06:59] days. Estonia because of how
[00:07:02] effective uh the administration, the public
[00:07:05] administration procedures are because of how invested the
[00:07:09] public administration Estonia was in working with EU.
[00:07:12] institutions um and of course us working
[00:07:15] together um Estonia became the first
[00:07:19] country that was able to grant an EU just
[00:07:22] transition fund award and by extension we became the first project. New
[00:07:26] Performance Materials is a Canadian company with
[00:07:29] branches in China, Thailand,
[00:07:31] Singapore, Germany, United Kingdom, and United
[00:07:34] States. The EU Commission and the government of Estonia had
[00:07:38] vision where in areas that have suffered the most.
[00:09:13] In the riverside area, with a view of Russia, the atmosphere is
[00:09:17] usually one of relaxation and
[00:09:19] leisure.
[00:09:21] The riverbanks have been completely renovated with European financial
[00:09:25] support. On the promenades, it is possible to see
[00:09:28] the dates of countries' accession to the European Union marked on
[00:09:32] the ground, including that of Portugal 40
[00:09:35] years ago.
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