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
2014-11-5-7 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
2014-11-5-7 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
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 -
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