Ccb Board Meeting 15-16 May 2003

DRAFT PROGRAMME Coalition Clean Baltic Conference and General Meeting - 2006

" Transboundary river cooperation in the Baltic Sea basin" Two sub topics : 1) transboundary river cooperation and 2) sustainble agriculture

Time: May 19-21 Venue : Hotel "Uzlissiz" , located outside Lviv, Ukraine

Friday, 19 May 2006 Time Event / topic To be decided Transfer from Lviv to Hotel "Uzlissiz" where the Conference will take place upon - Information on the coming activities during Saturday and Sunday. - Dinner - Sauna after dinner

Saturday, 20 May 2006– sessions are open for the public Time Event / topic 8.00 – 9.00 Registration 9.00 – 9.20 OPENING OF THE MEETING Welcome by CCB Chairman, Valdur Lahtvee and host organisation World Lab!

9.20 – 12.20 1) TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER COOPERATION

9.20 – 9.40 - Presentation of the Convention on Transboundary rivers – Projects going on in the Baltic Sea region.

- Presentation on the HELCOM report “ Evaluation of Transboundary pollution loads”, 9.40 – 10.00 by Kaj Forsius from Secretariat of Helcom .

- Presentation on World Bank project on the Bug river – “lessons to learn from Bug river - 10.00 – 10.20 problems, constraints, and how to succesfully cooperate with transboundary rivers”, –

- Speaker from Lviv region to talk about the Regional Water Management plan 10.20 – 10.35 - Presentation on Bug river management by an offical, expert on the Bug river in Ukraine 10.35 – 10.50

1 - Presentation of the project of Lviv oblast on Transboundary cooperation for Bug river, by Petro Hrytshyshyn, World Lab 10.50 – 11.05

11.10 – 11.40 Coffee break 11.40-12.20 - Presentation of Env NGO project activities in the Bug river basin, Ukraine (4 different org in Ukraine – tot 40 minutes) (World Lab, INECO , Lviv Municipal Public organisation Ecoterra, ECO-VIT)

12.20-15.15 2) SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE SESSION

12.20 –12.40 - Introduction and Information on work performed within HELCOM and BA21 connected to Agriculture – achievements and constraints, by Maria Staniszewska, CCB Board Member and member of Polish Ecological Club

12.40-13.00 - “Eutrophication and the new Baltic Sea Action Plan”, by Kaj Forsius, from the Secretariat of Helcom.

13.00-13.20 - “Baltic eutrhopication and agriculture – how to solve the problem”. by Gunnar Norén, CCB Executive Secretary

- Presentation of a study on bufferzones in agriculture and reduction of phosphorus 13.20 – 13.40 leakage, by Jaana Uusi-Kamppa, Finnish scientist at MTT Agrifood Research Finland. 13.40 – 14.40 Lunch 14.40 – 15.00 - Presentation CCB supported work by PKE-Gliwice on organic farming in Poland by Maria Staniszewska, CCB Board Member and member of Polish Ecological Club

- Speaker from Lviv Oblast to talk about the Regional Agriculture Plan – agriculture of 15.00-15.20 today and plans for the future

15.20- 15.30 Introduction to the Working Group Session

15.30 - 18.00 Splitting into Working Groups. Working Groups – CCB Priority Areas (parallel)

1. PROMOTION OF GOOD ECOLOGICAL WATER STATUS: 1.1 Promotion of Sustainable Wasterwater management 1.2 Promotion of Sustainable River Basin Management 1.3 Promotion of Water Protection measures in Agriculture

2. PREVENTION OF INSTALLATIONS AND ACTIVITIES HARMFUL TO THE BALTIC SEA ENVIRONMENT AND COASTAL AREAS 2.1 Protection of the Baltic Sea environment from harmful installations and transports

2 2.2 Promotion of sustainable development in coastal zones, and Local Agenda 21. 2.3 Protection of Baltic river ecosystems from ecological harmful Hydro- electric power plants

3. DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE BALTIC SEA FISHERIES 3.1Protection of the naturally spawning Baltic Salmon 3.2 Promotion of Baltic Sea sustainable fishing practices

16.30 – 17.00 Coffee break 18.00 – 19.00 - Reporting back from Working Groups and closing of the Conference 20.00 - late Dinner and social event

Within all day Poster presentations: Authors near stands at coffee breaks

Sunday, 21 May 2006 Time Event / topic 9.30 CCB General Meeting 10.30 – 11.00 Coffee/tea break 11.00 – 12.00 CCB General Meeting - cont. & closing 12.00 – 13.00 Lunch 13.00 – 13.30 Packing – up, leaving 13.30 – 15.30 Excursion Departure of participants