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2014-11-5-7 Ryn, Poland

Project Development and Design Workshop - Indicative River Basin


Management Plan, Program of measures and Investments for the South
East Baltic Sea Region Neman/Pregola Basin Micro-Region
Part of Swedish Institute (SI) sponsored projects in the Management of the
Transboundary Waters in Belarus; Lithuania; Kaliningrad, Russia; Poland and
Greater Baltic Sea Region
FINAL PROGRAM
2014-11-05 (PRE-MEETING)
GIS meeting (partnership for joint information system workshop SEBS Region)
Select partners

2014-11-06

Project Development and Design Workshop

09.00-09.30 Registration (Outside meeting room)


09.30-09.40 Welcome and introduction. Project background and purpose- Andreas Lindstrm,
Stockholm International Water Institute, SIWI
09.40-10.00 Project Results to Date a theory of change applicable to the water-energy-food-ecosystem
nexus in trans-boundary waters settings- Jakob Granit (moderator), Stockholm Environment Institute,
SEI
Block 1- Gap and Economic Analysis progress to date
10.00-10.15 Perspectives of gaps and barriers identified to cooperation and joint management
approaches on shared water resources in the SEBS region- Tomasz Okruszko, Warsaw University of
Life Sciences
10.15-10.30 A macro-economic perspective on opportunities for Green Growth in the SEBS
region-Nataliya Smorodinskaya, Russian Academy of Sciences
10.30-10.45 Bridging the information divide- description of a joint initiative to create a shared GIS data
base for the SEBS region- Bernardas Paukstys, Vandens Namai, Lithuania
10.45-11.00 Shared resources of SEBS as opportunities for strategic investments- Georgy Dykhanov,
Business Expert Kaliningrad Consulting Centre
11.00-11.30 Coffee break

Block 2 Broader Economic Incentivies to promote cooperation and integration


11.30-11.45 Energy issues in the SEBS Region challenges and opportunities from a regional
perspective, Jurate Krauciuniene, Lithuanian Energy Institute
11.45-12.00 Collaborative Water Management for Sustainable Cities/urban growth Hannamaria
Yliruusi, Union of Baltic Cities/Environmental Commission (Finland)
12.00-12.15 Agriculture and nutrient management perspectives results from the EU financed Baltic
Compass project, Kaj Granholm, SLU, Sweden
12.15-12.30 Climate change challenges in the SEBS- Sonja Koeppel, UNECE
12.30-12.45 Drought management in the CEE region-Sabina Bokal, GWP
12.45-13.00 Ecosystem perspectives SEBS region and the Baltic Sea- Sulev Neumann, SEI
13.00-14.30: Lunch
Block 3- Building a cooperative project Indicative River Basin Plan for the SEBA Neman/Pregola
Region
14.30-14.50 Theory of change in project design Jakob Granit
14.50-15.10 Introduction of the concept of an Indicative River Basin Plan for the SEBS region
Bernardas Paukstys
15.10-17.00 Developing detailed project components break out groups
Discussions will center on project design for a potential continuation and the development of an
Indicative River Basin Plan. Basis for discussions will be the formulation of a project structure/outline,
key steps to be included in the plan, identifying concrete investment components and program of
measures in the plan.

Evening activity: Dinner and social event

2014-11-07 (cont. from previous day)


09.00-11.00 Project Design continuation
11.00-11.50 Financing opportunities of the project Indicative Transboundary River Basin Plan in the
SEBS region
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Discussions will aim at establishing an understanding of the different funding


opportunities to be explored in order to realize the implantation of a future project
developing the Indicative River Basin Plan.

11.50-12.00 Concluding remarks, next steps and closing

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