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Tackling entanglement – Lunch time event at the EU Parliament
The Tackling Entanglement – Bycatch Event was held on 5th December from 12:30 to 14:30 at the European Parliament in Bruxelles. EU decision-makers, cetacean bycatch experts and small-scale fisheries…
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NGOs and Small-scale fishers: A quest for a joint agenda
The NGO and LIFE fishermen meeting, organized by CCB, was held in Warsaw on 13-14 November 2019. Related documents: – Agenda of the meeting – Participants list
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POLICY ROUND TABLE – PHARMACEUTICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT (PIE)
The Policy Round Table “Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (PIE)” will take place in Lund, Sweden, on 10-11 December 2019. The event is arranged by EUSBSR PA Hazards flagship ‘BSR-Pharma Platform’ and…
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Seminar on renewable energy developments on Natura 2000
The event, organized by the EU Commission and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), took place in Stockholm, Sweden on 6 November and the aim was to present the…
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HELCOM AGRI 8-2019
The 8th Meeting of the Agri group (AGRI 8-2019) was held in Berlin, Germany on 5-6 November 2019. The Meeting was hosted by the Federal Ministry for the Environment,…
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7th International Conference on Organic Agriculture
The 7th International Conference on Organic Agriculture will be held on December 3, 2019 at the Minsk international educational center named after Johannes Rau (11 Gazety Pravda Ave., Minsk). The…
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Maritime Spatial Planning – If I were a Decision-Maker!
On 19-21 November, the 3rd Baltic MSP Forum took place in Riga, Latvia. On 19 November there was a presentation of the MSP game “If I were a Decision-Maker!”,…
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Seminar on harbour porpoise and MPAs at the Swedish Parliament
On 13 November 2019, CCB and the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation together with the Swedish Green Party, arranged a short seminar in the Swedish Parliament. Members of Parliament…
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COP25 – UNFCCC Climate Change Conference
The COP25 will take place in IFEMA – Feria de Madrid in Madrid, Spain, from 2 to 13 December. COP 25/CMP 15/ CMA 2 will take place from 2-13…
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Conference on the future of the LIFE Programme
The European Commission organised a conference on the future of the LIFE Programme, covering the 2021-2027 funding period. The event took place at the Metropole Hotel in Brussels, Belgium…
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LIFE Platform Meeting on Chemicals
The LIFE Platform Meeting on Chemicals took place on 27 & 28 November 2019, in Vilnius, Lithuania. There were approximately 80+ senior policy experts and professionals in the field of…
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HaV meeting – Fisheries regulation in MPAs
The meeting on fisheries regulation in MPAs, organized by Havs- och vattenmyndigheten, took place in Göteborg on 3-4 October 2019. Nils Höglund, CCB Fisheries Policy Officer, and Ida Carlén,…
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HELCOM Workshop on the analyses of Sufficiency of Measures (SOM) for Fish
The HELCOM Workshop on the analyses of Sufficiency of Measures (SOM) for Fish took place in Warsaw, Poland, on 4-6 November 2019. The objective of the Workshop was to consider…
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21th CBSS Expert Group Meeting
The 21th CBSS Expert Group meeting on Sustainable Development (EGSD) took place in Helsinki on 17 October 2019. Main topics of discussions were: – the focus of the Danish Priority on…
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BSAC Joint Working Group
The BSAC Joint Working Group meeting was held on Tuesday 29th October 2019 at the National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, ul. Kołłątaja 1, 81-332 Gdynia. It started at 09.00…
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19th Meeting of the joint HELCOM-VASAB Maritime Spatial Planning Working Group
The 19th Meeting of the joint HELCOM-VASAB Maritime Spatial Planning Working Group (HELCOM-VASAB MSP WG 18-2019) was held in St Petersburg, Russia, on 28-29 October 2019. The Meeting focused on the…
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Salmon River fest in Olkhovka
The River fest was organized by “Friends of Neman” organization and the Center for Environmental Solutions (CES), and took place in Olkhovka, Belarus, on 28 September 2019.
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Workshop: Transboundary solutions to a common challenge of pharmaceutical, microplastics and mercury pollution within Western Bug & Neman river basins
The workshop “Transboundary solutions to a common challenge of pharmaceutical, microplastics and mercury pollution within Western Bug & Neman river basins” took place in Lviv, Ukraine, at Bankhotel…
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Workshop – Agri-environmental measures: education and engagement of young farmers
The workshop “Agri-environmental measures: education and engagement of young farmers” took place in Lviv, Ukraine, at Bankhotel on 13 October. Related documents: – Agenda of the workshop – Directions…
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Lviv Organic & Natural Fair
The “Organic & Natural Fair” tooki place in Lviv, Ukraine, on 12-13 October, from 11:00 to 18:00. The event was organized by CCB Member Ecoterra. More info also on
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7th EMSEA Conference
The 7th Annual EMSEA (European Marine Science Educators Association) took place on 16-20 September at EXPOLAB in São Miguel, Azores, Portugal. Marine educators, communicators and scientists participated in an interactive…
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SOM Biodiversity: Marine Mammals workshop
The HELCOM Marine Mammals workshop was held on 26-27 September in Helsinki, Finland. More info are available here.
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MSP Forum “Global meets regional”
On 19-21 November, the 3rd Baltic MSP Forum takes place in Riga, Latvia. Maritime Spatial Planning Forum “Global meets regional”, organised together by VASAB, IOC UNESCO, EC DG-MARE and Pan Baltic…
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HELCOM State & Conservation 11-2019
The 11th Meeting of the Working Group on the State of the Environment and Nature Conservation was held on 21-25 October in Riga, Latvia. More info are available here.
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BALTFISH forum
The BALTFISH forum was held on 4 September in Helsinki, Finland. More info are available here. A joint NGOs (CCB and FishSec) press briefing was held
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Clean Games – Baltic Cup
Clean Games are team competitions on collecting litter and sorting it out. An exciting game with prizes, where participants solve environmental puzzles, search for artifacts, collect and sorting litter,…
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XV UBC General Conference “Building an inclusive and resident-focused city. The Baltic way”
The XV UBC General Conference “Building an inclusive and resident-focused city. The Baltic way” was held on 15–18 October 2019 in Kaunas, Lithuania. Themes of the conference included among…
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Conference: “MARINE MAMMALS: Science education”
On August 21st scientists presented results of EU-funded project “MARINE MAMMALS: Science education” in Kiel. MARINE MAMMALS is an EU-funded project to further increase young people’s interest in natural…
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CCB Board Meeting
The next CCB Board Meeting took place in Lviv, Ukraine at Bankhotel on 12-13 October 2019. Related documents: – Provisional Agenda – Directions to Bankhotel
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BSAC Ecosystem based management working group Meeting
The BSAC Ecosystem Based Working Group took place on 18th – 19th September at the Danish Agriculture and Food Council in Copenhagen and focused on the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action…
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HELCOM Workshop with River Basin Management Authorities
The HELCOM Workshop with river basin management authorities was held on 18-20 September 2019 in the premises of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development in Riga, Latvia….
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Second HELCOM Marine Protected Areas Management workshop
The workshop took place on 9-12 September in the Archipelago house Varppi, Västerö, Maxmo, outside of Vaasa in Finland. The purpose of the second HELCOM MPA managers workshop was to…
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Joint OSPAR-HELCOM workshop on incidental bycatch WS 1-2019
The joint OSPAR-HELCOM workshop took place on 3-5 September in Copenhagen and examined possibilities for developing indicators for incidental by-catch of birds and marine mammals. More info are available
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PHARMACEUTICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT (PIE)
The macro-regional workshop on PHARMACEUTICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT (PIE)– Monitoring, consumption, WWTP technologies and policies was held on 19th September (10:00-17:00) at the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, in Stockholm, Sweden. The…
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CCB MPA management workshop
On 23 September 2019, CCB organized a workshop on the best practice in management of habitats and species in Baltic Marine Protected Areas, in Hamburg, Germany. The main aim…
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EWG 19-07: Review the implementation of the EU regulation on the incidental catches of cetaceans
The “EWG 19-07: Review the implementation of the EU regulation on the incidental catches of cetaceans” took place at JRC-Ispra, Italy, on 17-21 June. CCB Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Officer…
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Kick-off meeting – “Free Baltic Rivers” project
CCB arranged a kick-off meeting for the “Free Baltic Rivers” project in Pärnu, Estonia, on 23 May. The meeting was held back to back with “Let it Flow”…
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The Greener Agriculture for a Sustainable Sea Conference – GRASS 2019
The Greener Agriculture for a Sustainable Sea conference was held in Warsaw, Poland, on 25-26 September 2019. Back to back to the Conference, a study trip to the farm of…
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57th Meeting of the HELCOM Heads of Delegation
The 57th Meeting of the HELCOM Heads of Delegation will be held on 09-10 December 2019 in Helsinki. More info will be available soon.
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HELCOM Pressure 11-2019
The 11th Meeting of the Working Group on Reduction of Pressures from the Baltic Sea Catchment Area was held on 23-25 October 2019. More info are available here.
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13th Meeting of HELCOM Expert Group on Marine Mammals
The 13th Meeting of HELCOM Expert Group on Marine Mammals was held in Helsinki on 24-26 September 2019. More info and…
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ASCOBANS – 8th Meeting of the North Sea Group
The 8th Meeting of the ASCOBANS North Sea Group was held in Stralsund, Germany, on 15 September 2019. The meeting addressed tasks stated under the ASCOBANS Conservation Plan for…
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ASCOBANS Advisory Committee (AC25)
The 25th Meeting of the ASCOBANS Advisory Committee (AC25) was held on 17-19 September 2019 in Stralsund, Germany. The Provisional Agenda and other documents can also be found…
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CBSS EXPERT GROUP Sustainable Development – Baltic 2030
The 20th Meeting of the of the Expert Group on Sustainable Development (EGSD) – Baltic 2030 took place in Riga, Latvia, on 28th May 2019. The mandate of the Expert…
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ICES ANNUAL SCIENCE CONFERENCE 2019
The Annual Science Conference (ASC) 2019 took place at the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre and Gothia Towers in Gothenburg, Sweden. During the conference hundreds of…
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BSAC meeting on future Common Fisheries Policy
At this meeting, after the Executive Committee, there was a discussion on the future Common Fisheries Policy, in order to produce a communication from the BSAC to the Commission….
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Towards solutions for sustainable shipping and boating: better biofouling and ballast water management
The stakeholder conference “Towards solutions for sustainable shipping and boating: better biofouling and ballast water management” will be organized by the COMPLETE project in Jurmala, Latvia, on 4-5 December…
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BALTFISH Forum
The BALTFISH Forum was held on 3rd June in Stockholm. The agenda and related documents are available here.
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IUCN Regional Conservation Forum 2019
The IUCN Regional Conservation Forum for Europe, North and Central Asia, took place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from 1 to 3 July 2019, as part of Union-wide preparation for…
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BSAC Joint Working Group on TACs
This meeting focused on the ICES advice for fishing stocks in the Baltic for 2020 and it took place at the Danish Agriculture and Food Council, Axelborg. Provisional agenda and…
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