Programme of the Fifth HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan Stakeholder Conference 2010
Time: Wednesday, 3 March 2010; starting at 09:30, until 17:00
Place: Marina Congress Center, Katajanokanlaituri 6, FI-00160 Helsinki, Finland
Theme: One goal, one direction, many ways: Streamlining the implementation of the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan
and other common actions for a healthy Baltic Sea
Background
The idea behind the 5th Stakeholder Conference is to streamline various ongoing activities and projects and their resources to better serve the goal of achieving a healthy Baltic Sea and to investigate synergies and possible needs for further coordination between the HELCOM activities / the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan and other processes, like the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, the NIB/NEFCO TA fund, the NDEP etc.
The Conference will also, based on inter alia the work in each country to develop National Implementation Programmes for the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan and the activities to implement the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, contribute to the exchange of ideas and indication of topics for possible new projects in fields that are lacking actions, and by that will contribute to developing, together with the relevant sectors and actors, a List of Projects for the 2010 HELCOM Moscow Ministerial Meeting.
Opening of the Conference 9.30-9.40
Mr. Igor Maydanov, Chairman of HELCOM
Opening statement (pdf)
Opening session 9.40-10.40
The model region – towards a full implementation of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
Mr. Dirk Ahner, Director General, DG Regional Policy, European Commission
Synergies in implementing the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan and the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
Ms. Gabriella Lindholm, the Swedish Ambassador for the Marine Environment (pdf)
The BSAP Fund - resources and use
Mr. Harro Pitkänen, Nordic Investment Bank (pdf)
Plenary session 10.40-15.00
Strategic actions and flagship projects to combat eutrophication 10.40-11.30
Setting the scene by Co-moderators:
Ms. Ulla Kaarikivi-Laine, Ministry of Environment of Finland (pdf)
Mr. Marcin Witaszek, Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection, Poland
PURE - Project on Urban Reduction of Eutrophication
Ms. Lotta Ruokanen, Project Coordinator (pdf)
BALTHAZAR - Baltic Hazardous and Agricultural Releases Reduction
Mr. Kaj Forsius, HELCOM Secretariat (pdf)
RUSNIP - Capacity for Compliance with the Baltic Sea Action Plan
Ms. Ulla-Britta Fallenius, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (pdf)
Baltic COMPASS - Comprehensive Policy Actions and Investments in Sustainable Solutions in Agriculture in the Baltic Sea Catchment - and
Ecosystem Health and Sustainable Agriculture
Mr. Staffan Lund, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (pdf)
Strategic actions and flagship projects to halt inputs of hazardous substances 11.30-12.10
Setting the scene by Co-moderators:
Ms. Petra Wallberg, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (pdf)
Ms. Helena Parkman, Swedish Chemicals Agency
COHIBA - Control of hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea region
Ms. Ansa Pilke, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) (pdf)
BALTHAZAR - Baltic Hazardous and Agricultural Releases Reduction
Mr. Kaj Forsius, HELCOM Secretariat (pdf)
BEAST - Biological Effects of Anthropogenic Chemical Stress: Tools for the assessment of Ecosystem Health
Ms. Anu Lastumäki, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) (pdf)
Lunch
Strategic actions and flagship projects to protect biodiversity 13.30-14.10
Setting the scene by Moderator:
Ms. Heike Imhoff, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany (pdf)
Ecological coherence and management of the network of the Baltic Sea marine protected areas
Mr. Dieter Boedeker, German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (pdf)
Overview of the state of salmon and sea trout populations in rivers flowing into the Baltic Sea
Mr. Orian Bondestam, Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (pdf)
HELCOM Red List: Assessing the threat status of the species and biotopes of the Baltic Sea
Ms. Mona Johansson, Swedish Species Information Centre (pdf)
Strategic actions and flagship projects in the field of maritime activities 14.10- 15.00
Setting the scene by Co-moderators:
Ms. Clea Henrichsen, Danish Maritime Authority (pdf)
Ms. Charlotte Wiin Havsteen, Danish Maritime Safety Administration (pdf)
Mr. Claus Smith Rasmussen, Danish Defence Command
BRISK and BRISK-RU – Sub-regional risk of spill of oil and hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea
Mr. Peter S. Poulsen, Admiral Danish Fleet (pdf)
EfficienSea – Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Traffic at Sea
Mr. Henry Schuren, Danish Maritime Safety Administration (pdf)
REBAS – Measuring the Reduction of Emissions from Baltic Shipping
Mr. Tapani Stipa, Finnish Meteorological Institute (pdf)
Towards introducing Maritime Spatial Planning in the Baltic Sea - the INTERREG project BaltSeaPlan
Mr. Jochen Lamp, WWF Germany (pdf)
Coffee break
Parallel interactive sessions 15.30- 16.30
Report by moderators on identified needs for new projects/activities and discussions 16.30-17.00
Closing of the conference 17.00
The List of Participants of the Conference (pdf)