CEEweb Academy on Building Blue-Green Infrastructure Restoring and protecting wetlands and their ecosystem services through Natura 2000 and Green Infrastructure - policy and practice 12:30-13:30 Sandwich lunch and registration Dates: 6-8th October 2015 Venue: Alfa Art Hotel, Budapest, Hungary AGENDA 6 th October: Policy Conference 13:30-13:45 Welcome, Ms Ágnes Zolyomi, CEEweb for Biodiversity Blue-Green Infrastructure: Policy, Financing and State of Play 13:45-14:00 Target 2 of the EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy and its State of Play, Ms Lucia Bernal Saukkonen, DG Environment, European Commission 14:00-14:15 Developing a Trans-European Green Infrastructure Network, Ms Lisa Eichler/ Mr Koen Rademaekers, Trinomics 14:15-14:30 Natural Water Retention Measures - Capturing the Multiple Benefits of Nature-Based Solutions, Ms Lucia Bernal Saukkonen, DG Environment, European Commission 14:30-14:45 Green Infrastructure: EU, national sources and market mechanisms, Ms Agnes Zolyomi, CEEweb for Biodiversity 14:45-15:00 Green Infrastructure and Natura 2000: funding and implementation, Mr Alberto Arroyo Schnell, WWF European Policy Office (tbc) 15:00-15:15 Using the Voluntary Carbon Market to Provide Funding for Green Infrastructure Projects in the UK, Mr Stephen Prior, Forest Carbon Ltd 15:15-16:00 Reaching the 2020 Targets with Blue-Green Infrastructure: Member State Perspectives Slovakia, Ms Adriana Kušíková, Slovak Ministry for Environment Austria, Ms Valerie Zacherl-Braxler (tbc) United Kingdom, Mr Ian Crosher, Natural England 16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
Wetland Ecosystem Services 16:30-16:45 Wetland Ecosystem Services, Main Facts and Figures, Ms Malgorzata Siuta, CEEweb for Biodiversity 16:45-17:00 Wetlands and their Social and Health Benefits, Mr Patrick ten Brink, Institute for European Environmental Policy 17:00-17:15 A Bucharest Urban Wetland and its Benefits for the City s Inhabitants, Mr Dan Barbulescu, Vacaresti Natural Park Association 17:15-17:30 Wetlands for Tourism in the Danube Delta, Ms Gabriela Creţu, Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority Romania Building Blue-Green Infrastructure in Central- Eastern Europe 17:30-17:45 Slovakia: Restoring Degraded River Branches and Oxbows of the Danube, Ms Karolina Sobekova, BROZ Regional Association for Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development 17:45-18:00 Estonia: Restoring a Coastal Wetland, Ms Kertu Hool, Estonian Fund for Nature 18:00-18:15 Romania: Restoring a former Gravel Mine into a Wetland Habitat, Mr Tamas Papp, Milvus Group 20:00-22:00 Movie screening / Informal evening 18:30-19:30 Dinner 7 th October: Management Conference & Working Group Breakout Sessions 9:00-9:15 Wetland loss and restoration potential in Flanders, Belgium, Mr Kris Decleer, Research Institute for Nature and Forest / SER Europe 9:15-9:30 LIFE River and Wetland Restoration Project Examples, Ms Lucie Trokanova, NEEMO 9:30-9:45 Wetlands and their Biodiversity in the face of Climate Change, Mr Akos Malatinszky, Szent István University 9:45-10:00 Tiszatarján Green Economy Project: Ecological Restoration and Renewable Energy Hand in Hand in Hungary, Mr Csaba Vaszkó, WWF Hungary 10:00-10:15 Conservation and Restoration of Mires in Pomerania, Poland, Mr Paweł Pawlaczyk, Naturalists Club Poland 10:15-10.30 Salt of Life Project, Bulgaria, Mr Stefan Avramov, Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 10:30-10:45 Restoration methods and project results at Kis-Balaton, Hungary, Mr Csaba Megyer, Balaton Uplands National Park (tbc) 10:45-11:00 Restoration of wetlands for amphibians and reptiles in Lithuania, Ms Dalia Bastyte Lithuanian Fund for Nature Parallel Workshop Sessions Picture by: European Commission How can we make the Water Framework Directive and the Birds and Habitats Directives work together? Natura 2000 Biogeographical Process Thematic Networking Event officially endorsed at the Continental/Pannonian/Steppic and Black Sea Kick-off Seminar in Luxembourg June/July 2015 11:15-11:30: Welcome and introduction, Ms Ágnes Zolyomi, CEEweb for Biodiversity 11:30-11:45 - Introduction to the biogeographical process and the main outcomes of the Continental, Pannonian, Steppic and Black Sea Biogeographical Region Kick-off Seminar, Mr Kristijan Čivić, ECNC 11:45-12:00: Integration of the Water Framework Directive and the Birds and Habitats Directives, European Commission (tbc) Stakeholder-based planning for Green Infrastructure Train the Trainers Workshop 11:15-11:45 Introductory round focussing on involvement of participants with Green infrastructure and an introduction on TEN-G. 11:45-12:00 Group work: Identification of the benefits of GI. 12:00-13:00 Lunch 14:15-14:45: The practice of improving river landscapes: directives as measures, living rivers as the goal, Mr Vlastimil Karlik, Arnika/Czech River Coalition 14:45 15:00: Integrating the WFD with the BHDs a Bavarian example, Mr Werner Rehklau, Bavarian Environment Agency 13:00-13:15 Group work continued: Identification of the benefits of GI. 13:15-13:30 Presentation: Green Infrastructure benefits and good practices, Trinomics/Alterra 13:30-14:30 Dream sessions: Develop a vision for a case put forward by participants.
15:00 15:15: Integrating the WFD with the BHD from the water management point of view, Ms. Monika Supeková, Slovak Water Management Enterprise 15:15-16:00 Working Group Session I: Identifying conflicting and overlapping issues in the Water Framework Directive and the Birds and Habitats Directives. 16:30-17:00 Working Group Session I continued: Identifying conflicting and overlapping issues in the Water Framework Directive and the Birds and Habitats Directives. 17:00-18:15 Working Group Session II: How to effectively work with the WFD and the BHDs in the field. Group exercise: Working out a guidance on how the WFD and the BHD can be implemented in a mutually supportive manner. 18:15-18:30 Conclusions and follow-up activities, Ms Ágnes Zolyomi, CEEweb for Biodiversity 16:00-16:30 Coffee Break 18:30-19:30 Dinner 14:30-15:00 Presentation: Introduction on tools for stakeholder based planning for Green Infrastructure, Trinomics/Alterra 15:00-16:00 Group work: Work with the Roadmap tool. 16:30-17:00 Exchange of experiences 17:00-18:00 Group work: Roadmap tool revisited: how to work towards an action plan with stakeholders? 18:00-18:30 Evaluation: what did we learn today? 9:00-12:45 Fieldtrip to Ocsa Ramsar Site Fieldtrip Photos by: Dan Gasztonyi 12:45-13:00 Concluding remarks, Ms Ágnes Zolyomi, CEEweb for Biodiversity 13:00 Departure