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Agenda of the 2nd Baltic Regional Workshop
2nd Baltic Regional Workshop June 10-11, 2014
Natural Water Retention Measures (NWRM): upstream and downstream linkage for urban flood prevention in the Baltic Sea Region
Hotel “Gimo Herrgård”
Bruksgatan, SE-747 44, Gimo, Sweden <www.gimoherrgard.se>
Agenda
10 June, Tuesday
Ca. 12:30 |
Registration and light lunch |
13:15 |
Welcome to Gimo by Dennis Collentine, Swedish University of Agriculture Sciences (SLU) Opening: introduction to the DG ENV project on NWRM and to the workshop by Heidrun Fammler, Baltic Environmental Forum Introduction of the participants |
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Session 1: Upstream/downstream linkage for Urban Flood Risk Management |
13:30 |
Keynote 1 – the concept: by Dennis Collentine, Swedish University of Agriculture Sciences (SLU) |
13:45 |
Keynote 2 – the problem: by Martyn Futter, Swedish University of Agriculture Sciences (SLU) |
14:00 |
Keynote 3 - a paradigm shift: by Thomas Hartmann, Utrecht University, the Netherlands |
14:15 |
Case studies: UK (by Heather Williams, AMEC UK); Latvia (by Kristina Veidemane, BEF LV) |
15:00 |
Coffee break |
15:30 |
Work groups: “Sources & management” (3 groups)
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17:00 |
Report from work group sessions Plenary discussion |
17:45 |
Synthesis plenary discussion and wrap-up by Martyn Futter, The Swedish University of Agriculture Sciences (SLU) |
Ca. 18:00 |
Closing of the day |
19:30 |
Joint dinner |
11 June, Wednesday
8.30 |
Introduction to the day by Heidrun Fammler, Baltic Environmental Forum |
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Session 2, Using rural measures for urban flood risk management |
8.40 |
Keynote 4 – the legal basis: how to work with both directives
by Iveta Teibe, Latvian Ministry of Environmental Protection and regional Development |
9.00 |
Key note 5 – Legal framework for implementation: byJakub Lewandowski, STARFLOODS project (FP7) and Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Science |
9.30 |
Working with stakeholders in Spain to implement measures: Who should pay? by Gonzalo Delacámara, IMDEA, Spain |
9.45 |
Case Study: Flood risk management in an urban environment in a transboundary catchment, Frankfurt am Main, Germany by Kai Deutschmann, Brandenburg & Ronald Eckert, Frankfurt/Odra |
10.15 |
Work groups: “Creating the upstream/downstream linkage: potentials and possibilities”: what does DG ENV need to do and what do MS require to support implementation of NWRM? Including coffee |
11.30 |
Report from work group sessions and plenary discussion |
12.15 |
NWRM Guidance manual
by Pierre Stroesser (ACTeon) |
12:45
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Summary & Closing of the workshop by Heidrun Fammler, Baltic Environmental Forum |
13:00 |
Lunch |
Around 14:00 |
Departure by bus to Arlanda Airport or Uppsala |