with the contribution of:
CEEweb Academy on
Building Blue-Green Infrastructure
Date: 6-8th October 2015
Venue: Budapest, Hungary
DRAFT AGENDA
6th October: Conference
12:00-13:00 Sandwich lunch and registration
13:00-13:15 Welcome note from Ms Agnes Zolyomi, CEEweb for Biodiversity’s General
Secretary
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Blue-Green Infrastructure:
Policy, Financing and State of Play
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13:15-13:30 Target 2 of the 2020 Biodiversity Strategy and its state of play, Mr
Marco Fritz, European Commission (tbc)
13:30-13:45 Natural Water Retention Measures. Capturing the multiple benefits
of nature-based solutions, Ms Lucia Bernal Saukkonen, European Commission (tbc)
13:45-14:00 TEN-G – latest developments, Ms Lisa Eichler, Triple E (tbc)
14:00-14:15 Operational Programs and GI Financing, Ms Agnes Zolyomi, CEEweb for
Biodiversity
14:15-14:30 The Natural Capital Financing Facility, Mr James Ranaivoson, European
Investment Bank (tbc)
14:30-15:30 Reaching the 2020 Targets with Blue-Green Infrastructure: Member
State Perspectives
Germany, Mr Frank Klingenstein, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature
Conservation and Nuclear Safety (tbc)
United Kingdom, Ms Jacqui Stearn, Natural England (tbc)
This event has been organised with the support of Michael Otto Stiftung
and the European Commission.
with the contribution of:
Luxembourg, Mr Jean-Claude Kirpach, Administration of Nature and Forestry
(tbc)
Slovakia, Ms Jana Durkosova, Ministry of Environment Department for Nature and
Landscape Protection (tbc)
Hungary, Mr Ors Marczin, Ministry of Agriculture (tbc)
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
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Closing of Michael Otto Project:
Building Blue-Green Infrastructure in Central- Eastern Europe
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Overview of CEEweb’s Wetland Restoration Project, Ms Malgorzata Siuta, CEEweb
for Biodiversity
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16:00-16:15 Slovakia: Restoring Degraded River Branches and Oxbows of
the Danube, Ms Karolina Sobekova, BROZ Regional Association for Nature
Conservation and Sustainable Development
16:15-16:30 Estonia: Restoring a Coastal Wetland, Ms Silvia Lotman, Estonian
Fund for Nature
16:30-16:45 Romania: Restoring a former Gravel Mine into a Wetland
Habitat, Mr Tamas Papp, Milvus Group
16:45-17:00 Wetland Restoration and Ecosystem Service Change: Lessons
Learnt and their Implications, Ms Malgorzata Siuta, CEEweb for Biodiversity
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Wetland Ecosystem Services: Theory and Practice
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17:00-17:15 Theory: Wetlands and their potential for tourism, Ms Dorothee van TolLeenders, Alterra (tbc)
17:15-17:30 Practice: Romania: Tourism and Ecological Restoration in Lower Prut
Floodplain Natural Park, Romania, Ms Fica Boldea, Regional Environmental
Protection Agency Galati (tbc)
17:30-17:45 Theory: Wetlands and their social and health benefits, Mr Patrick ten
Brink, Institute for European Environmental Policy (tbc)
17:45-18:00 Practice: Bucharest Urban Wetland Restoration (tbc)
This event has been organised with the support of Michael Otto Stiftung
and the European Commission.
with the contribution of:
18:30-19:30 Dinner
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20:00-22:00 Wetland Night
7th October: Conference & Working Group Breakout Sessions
Short recap of Day 1, Ms Agnes Zolyomi, CEEweb for Biodiversity
9:00-9:15 Theory: Wetlands and their water purification potential, Mr Jos T.A
Verhoeven, University of Utrecht Department of Biology (tbc)
9:15-9:30 Practice: LIFE River Restoration Project Examples, Ms Eveline Durieux,
NEEMO (tbc)
9:30-9:45 Theory: Wetlands for flood mitigation, Ms Anuschka Heeb, Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences (tbc)
9:45-10:00 Practice: Belgium: SIGMA II Project, Mr J. Claessens, Flemish Government
(tbc)
10:00-10:15 Theory: Wetlands for climate change, Mr Dan Laffoley, IUCN (tbc)
10:15-10.30 Practice: Wetlands and Climate Mitigation: Practical Examples, Mr
Pieter van Eijk, Wetlands International (tbc)
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
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11:00-11:15 Theory: Wetlands for biodiversity, Ms Urszula Biereżnoj, Biebrza National
Park (tbc)
11:15-11:30 Practice: Poland: Restoration of Pomeranian Raised Bogs Project, Mr
Paweł Pawlaczyk, Naturalists Club Poland (tbc)
11:30-11:45 Practice: Bulgaria: Salt of Life Project, Ms Diyana Kostovska, Bulgarian
Biodiversity Foundation (tbc)
11:45-12:00 Practice: Lithuania: Rehabilitation of the Baltic coastal lagoon habitat
complex, Nerijus Zableckis Lithuanian Fund for Nature (tbc)
This event has been organised with the support of Michael Otto Stiftung
and the European Commission.
with the contribution of:
12:00-13:00 Lunch
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Parallel Workshop Sessions
Session 1
Session 2
Natura 2000
Thematic Networking Event:
Wetland Restoration and
Management
Green Infrastructure
Train the Trainers
interactive workshop
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Session 1
Natura 2000 Thematic Networking Event: Wetland Restoration and
Management
(To be confirmed and officially endorsed at the
Continental/Pannonian/Steppic and Black Sea Kick-off Seminar in
Luxembourg June/July 2015)
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Parallel Session 2
Green Infrastructure: Train the Trainers interactive workshop
(details to be provided by Triple E)
18:30-19:30 Dinner
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This event has been organised with the support of Michael Otto Stiftung
and the European Commission.
with the contribution of:
8th October: Fieldtrip
9:00-12:45 Wetland Restoration Site Visit (Potential destinations: Velence Lake,
Hungary/ Harta Municipality, Hungary)
12:45-13:00 Concluding remarks, Agnes Zolyomi, CEEweb for Biodiversity
13:00-14:00 Lunch and Departure
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This event has been organised with the support of Michael Otto Stiftung
and the European Commission.