Board meeting October 25th 2016
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Call for ESIN Board meeting no 7/2016
Time 25th of October at 12:30 GMT Place Telephone conference Call your local access number: https://www.freeconferencecall.com/wall/christian706, code: 590169. Agenda 1 Opening Attending members, chair of the meeting, approval of agenda. 2 Approval of minutes from AGM September 28th See ESINs website https://europeansmallislands.com/annual-general- meeting-2016/ Motion: 3 Notes from Sustainability Conference September 27th Presentations, see ESINs website https://europeansmallislands.com/annual-general-meeting-2016/ General feedback and everybody’s observations? To do’s? Motion: 4 News from the members Check-in from the members: news from your islands, what’s top of mind? 5 Financial situation ESIN has 13.658€ on its account and 721€ in unpaid invoices which includes most of the costs for the AGM in Brussels. Motion: 6 Possible project list: status a NETWORKING, FACEBOOK Ideas, links? Who will take care of ESIN on FaceBook? Motion: b ESIN ATLAS Further development of the Atlas draft that was presented at the Sustainability Conference on September 27 in Brussels. We have been in close contact with Brendan Devlin from DG energy the last weeks. He seems to want a much better understanding of the small islands, at least from an energy point of view. Motion: Neil Lodwick and Christian Pleijel continues the work aiming at
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defining a set of sustainability indicators through a study involving us as a partner and, hopefully, financed by DG Energy. c ENTREPRENEURSHIP A project addressing that small islands lack economies of scale and their businesses are under pressure of high costs regarding transports, distribution and production (see CPMR paper “Off the Coast of Europe”, 2002). Although the support from regional, national and EU bodies is weak, there are examples of businesses and island that develop well – "smart islands”. The project wants partners from all ESIN members, 5 different businesses from one island. It will thoroughly analyse costs and cost structure, gross income structure, where their revenues come from (market analysis), describe the whole island economy (GDP), extra costs for running businesses on small islands (= the cost of insularity), make an inventory and comparison of subsidies per nation, island and business types (how are the costs of insularity met by the governing structures?). It will analyse the whole group of participating islands and businesses (the clusters), define findings, success stories and failures, and develop a set of strategies/recommendations for other islands. It will disseminate its findings through local conferences and at the 2017 AGM (Orkney) or 2018 AGM (Brussels?) Greece may be lead partner? Or Scotland? Motion: d SUSTAINABILITY Christofis Koroneos suggestion on the AGM, as COST project www.cost.eu, see https://europeansmallislands.com/annual-general-meeting-2016/ Christofis has promised us a draft before the 26th of October. Motion: e ZERO WASTE/WATER SAVING A project that addresses ways of saving water (technical and behaviour) on small islands in Greece, Croatia, France and Ireland by calling together one Mayor and one Ceo/Technical Director of the island water plant from islands in these countries. ESIN can be a learning/disseminating partner. KTH in Stockholm and the University of Brest can support us. Motion: We become members of Zero Waste (no cost). Christian Pleijel uses our contacts with Tonino Piccula and the Zero Waste organisation to elaborate a project application. f THE NEW ISLANDERS
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A Swedish-Åland-Finland project that focuses on the people who may want to be new islanders in a scientific/statistical manner: Who are they? Where are they? Can we identify them? Can we reach them? What happens when they show interest? What happens when they contact the island (The local committee? The municipality?) Which factors make them move to an island – and which make them not move? How do we greet them and integrate them? If they don’t stay – why? If they stay – why? The project is not focused on the islands and what they can offer (the objects) but on the immigrants and what they want (the subjects): it’s an integration project. It will run in three phases: (1) a pre-study to make the applications to the Central Baltic funds (nov 16 - jan 17); (2) A small (200.000€) project answering the above questions about who the new islanders are and how to integrate them (2017); (3) an implementation of findings, methods, actions and integration tools on local, island level (2108-2020). ESIN can be a learning/disseminating partner, especially members from the Mediterranean could be valuable partners (= travel costs paid). Motion: Christian Pleijel continues the work with the Nordic Council of Ministers, including ESIN as a learning/dissemination partner g ISLAND PRODUCT LABELLING See Laurids Siig Chrsitensens presentation from the AGM: https://europeansmallislands.com/annual-general-meeting-2016/ Who is interested in taking this forward? Motion: 7 Next AGM 2017 Orkney, middle to late September. One of the smaller islands? Theme: energy, use of locally produced electricity? Motion: 8 Possible new members of ESIN Old contacts a Gozo: the Junior Chamber of Commerce wants to become a member through its chairman Ryan Mercieca, who is also at the Anna Lindh Foundation and the European Youth Council [email protected] b Alderney/the Channel Islands: Neil Harvey c Tristan da Cunha: Motion: New contacts d Norway: we have been contacted by a Norwegian island (Geitanger west of Bergen, pop 10), who wants to be Norway’s representative.
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e Germany has inhabited small islands in two seas, one river and two lakes. The Baltic Sea islands are Fehmarn, Poel, Walfisch island, Langenwerder, Hiddensee, Rügen, Danholm, Vilm, Greifswalder Oie, Ruden, Ummanz and Usedom (partly belonging to Poland). The islands in the North Sea are Helgoland, the East Frisian islands (Borkum, Lütje Hörn, Kacheloplate, Memmert, Juist, Norderney, Baltrum, Langeoog, Spiekeroog, Wangerooge and Mellum), Neuwerk, Scharhön, Nigehörn and the North Frisian islands (Sylt, Föhr, Amrum and Pellworm) plus the halligen who are also part of the North Frisian islands (Langeness, Norderoog, Süderoog, Nordstrandischmoor, Südfall, Hooge, Hallig Habel and Hamburger Hallig,). In the Elbe river is Lühesand, in Lake Constance is Mainau, Reichenau and Lindau. f Iceland has four small populated islands: Flatey (Breiðafjörður), Grimsey, Heimaey and Hrisey. We have contact lists to their mayors. g The Dutch islands has 32 islands, many bridged but many un-bridged too. 9 Meeting calendar Motion: 10 Other issues Christian Pleijel has been invited as an expert to DG Regio’s structured dialogue in Brussels November 15 (DG Regio covers all costs). The meeting lasts from 09:3 to 17:30 and will cover a welcome address by Marc Lemaître (Director General DG Regio), the Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Policy 2007-2013, the high level group on simplification and planned steps in preparation of the post-2020 legislative framework. Comments, suggestions? Motion:
Welcome! Camille Dressler Chairman
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