Inventory C
Defence Environmental Co-operation
and Country-specific Needs in the
Baltic Sea Region
Nele Veski
MOD Estonia
+ 372 6406 129
[email protected]
Purposes
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To clarify past, ongoing and planned cooperation and projects
To clarify specific country needs for
action and timeframe
To clarify specific country needs for cooperation
Questionnaire
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Defence environmental multilateral and
bilateral co-operation in the Baltic Sea
Region
Country-specific needs of defence
environmental action
Classification
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E (Education and training)
MP (Management Plans)
EMS (Environmental Management Systems)
NP (Nature Protection)
CU (Clean up)
PP (Pollution Prevention)
N (Noise)
WM (Waste Management)
SE (Something else)
Response
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Germany
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Sweden
Russia
US
Denmark
Past and on-going co-operation 1
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Germany
- 6 projects in past, 7 on-going
- types: E (1 project in past , 1 on-going)
MP (1 project in past)
NP (1 project in past, 3 on-going)
EMS (2 projects in past, 1 on-going)
N (1 on-going)
General (3 projects in past, 1 on-going)
- partners: Russia, Estonia, Czech Republic, Latvia,
Lithuania, Poland, Sweden
Past and on-going co-operation 2
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Estonia
- 4 projects in past, 5 on-going
- types: E (1 project in past, 1 on-going)
MP (1 on-going project)
CU (1 project in the past, 2 on-going)
N (1 project in the past)
PP (1 project in the past)
EMS (1 on-going project)
- partners:
Sweden, USA, Denmark, Germany,
Lithuania, Latvia, Finland
Past and on-going co-operation 3
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Latvia
- 4 projects in past, 3 on-going
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types: E (2 on-going projects)
MP (1 project in the past)
PP (3 projects in the past)
CU (3 projects in the past)
SE (1 on-going project)
- Partners: Sweden, USA, Norway, Denmark,
Canada, Lithuania, Estonia, Georgia, Finland,
Germany, Romania, Russia UK
Past and on-going co-operation 4
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Lithuania
- 2 projects in past, 4 on-going
- types: E (1 project in past, 2 on-going)
MP (1 project in the past)
EMS (1 on-going project)
WM (1 on-going project)
- partners: Estonia, Latvia, Sweden, USA,
Canada, Denmark
Past and on-going co-operation 5
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Sweden
- 5 projects in past, 9 on-going
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types: E
(3 projects in past, 3 on-going)
NP (1 project in past)
CU (1 project in past, 2 on-going)
EMS (1 project in past, 1 on-going)
N (1 on-going)
SE (2 on-going)
- partners: Estonia, Russia, USA, Lithuania,
Latvia, Canada
Past and on-going co-operation 6
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Russia
- AMEC (Arctic Militarty Environmental co-operation)
Partners: Norway, UK, USA, Russia
Projects in general: Waste management (WM), radiation, nonradioactive projects (CU and EMS)
- FEDULOVO
Partners: Germany, Russia
Projects: Concerning CU
- Bilateral co-opeartion with USA
Currently suspended but projects included:
oil contamination at ariforce bases (CU),
elimination of adverse consequences of space rocket activities
environmental training (E)
Past and on-going co-operation 7
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US
- EUCOM Pfp Environmental Conference Baltic Group – (6
conferences in past)
- Riga Initative Conference (BARDEC) (1 conference in the past, 1
on-going)
- AMEC (7 projects in the past)
- Baltic/Swedish/US security program (on-going)
- Environmental considerations in the Systems Acquisition (ongoing)
- partners: Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway,
Macedonia, Poland, Denmark, Finland, Russia
Past and on-going co-operation 8
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Denmark
- 6 projects in the past, 6 on-going
- types: EMS (2 projects in the past, 1 on-going)
NP (2 projects in the past)
E (1 project in the past, 1 on-going)
WM (2 project on-going)
N (1 project on-going)
SE (1 project in the past, 1 on-going)
- partners: Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Finland,
Sweden, Norway,
Future projects 1
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Germany
- EP (International Symposium)
- sept 2004
- partners: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
Sweden, Russia and NATO
- E (data exchange for environmental education)
- 2004
- partners: Lithuania
- EM (EP on training areas)
- aug 2004
- partners: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Future projects 2
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Estonia
- no information given
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Latvia
- WM (waste segregation in the NAF units)
- 2003
- partners: Denmark
Future projects 3
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Lithuania
- MP (Gis database)
- 2003
- partner: Germany
- PP (Energy saving)
- 2004
- partner: Germany
(Environmental solutions for shooting ranges)
- 2004
- partner: Sweden
(Environmental considerations in acquisition process)
- 2004
- partner: Sweden
Future projects 4
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Lithuania
- CU (Pollution maping)
- 2003
- parnter: Denmark
Future projects 5
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Sweden
- E (Education in CU)
- 2003
- partner: Russia
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Russia
- no information given
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US
- TBD
Future projects 6
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Denmark
- Plans to continue the present co-operation, no other
project presently planned
Country-specific needs 1
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Germany
- no information given
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Estonia
- E (environmental training multimedia tools)
- MP (environmental management plans)
(forest management plan for CTA)
- CU (mineharbour aquatory investigation and
clean-up)
Country-specific needs 2
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Latvia
short-term
- MP (Base management plan for Aluksene)
- N (Noise regulations in Adazi base)
- E (soldiers environmental quide)
- SE (Environmental impact)
- SE (Environmental regulations on militarty –EU
regulations implementation
Country-specific needs 3
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Latvia
Long-term
- CU (Liepaja harbour)
(Lielvarde air field)
(Air Force apron at Riga airport)
Country-specific needs 4
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Lithuania
short-term
- PP (Phase-out of Ozone Depleting substances)
(Environmental rules during military operations)
(optimisation of washing installation – no need for co-operation)
(optimisation of local water supply sources – no need for co-operation)
- E (Revision of environmental training programs)
(Training on specific environmental issues)
- NP (Forest management plans – no need for co-operation)
Country-specific needs 5
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Lithuania
Long-term
- PP (Hazardous material management)
(Complete optimisation of sewage systems
operation)
operation)
operation)
– no need for co-
(Complete optimisation of rainwater systems –
no need for co-
(optimisation of fuel supply systems – no need for co-operation)
(complete optimisation of heating systems – no need for co-
- N (noise management)
Country-specific needs 6
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Sweden
- SE (Interregional co-operation with BARDEC countries)
- N (Noisereduction with BARDEC countries)
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Russia
- E (military environmental education and training)
- CU (development and application of innovative technologies
for remediation of air pollution at military sites
- PP (ellimination of air pollution at military sites
Country-specific needs 7
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US
- TBD, but general view is to countinue to support
regional co-operation on military/environmental
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Denmark
- The Environmental Strategy of the Danish Ministry od Defence
is presently under revision, Denmark will be able to list their
country-specific needs for environmental action after the
revision work is finished (the end of 2003)
Contacts for further information
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Germany
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Estonia
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Latvia – Zanda Sproge ([email protected], tel:+371 768
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GE Joint Support Command
Nele Veski ([email protected], tel: +372 6406 129)
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Lithuania – Irma Jakimaviciute ([email protected], tel: +370 5 273
5568)
Sweden – Lars Josefson ([email protected])
Russia – no information given
US – Kurt Preston (tel:+ 1 919 549 4234)
Denmark – Margit Malmsten ([email protected], tel:+45 33 92 24 54)