Organisational Development and Capacity Building
CCB's main events & campaign
"OCB" course
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, also in 2021 the OCB course was held online via Zoom as a series of 6 thematic webinars from 27 August to 15 October. These thematic webinars covered the topic of cross-cutting issues, biodiversity and nature protection, hazardous substances, maritime activities and eutrophication.
The course gathered 21 participants and 26 speakers, representing both the CCB network and external experts, and all the lectures were recorded and are available in the dedicated CCB YouTube playlist.
Moreover, the program offered a space to look at environmental problems in connection to social and ethical issues, and why this awareness, including our gender norms, matters for some of the deepest shifts we hope to support in this work, our move from ego to eco. We also had a significant focus on the Theory of Change and Results Based Management, with the support of two experts from Transformancy.
2nd Edition
CCB River University was established and launched on 20-24 October 2020. Due to Covid-19, we had to move this initiative online, via Zoom.
International River University aims for professional river education to change the reality and to create a network. Plus, to train the participants in public engagement into river basin management, share experiences and generate new joint project ideas that help our waters.
The 2nd edition took place in Lithuania in August 2021 and gathered more than 20 participants, and with:
- 8 lecturers
- 2 livestreaming on Facebook
In 2021 River University took part in the Open Life Science program preparing to implement open science elements within its scheme. Moreover, it received the patronage of the European Parliament & the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania.
Awareness raising campaign on climate change in the BSR
The CCB awareness raising campaign on climate change in the Baltic Sea Region run for 7 days in April 2021.
Friends of the Baltic, one of CCB Member Organizations, led the campaign which had the focus on climate change consequences for river basins in the Baltic Sea region. The campaign was developed and promoted in collaboration with other 7 CCB MOs and the support of 2 external partners (Global Water Partnership Central and Eastern Europe & Eestimaa Rohelised, a university students group from Estonia). It was published in Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and Estonia, through social media (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter), website, newsletters, and media. The campaign reached more than 20.000 people in the social media channels and got one radio interview in Lithuania.
Along with the campaign, the booklet “Flood Risk Management in the Baltic Sea Region” (in English and Russian) was published and was also promoted in the Baltic Talks dedicated to the topic and the campaign (recorded in English with Russian subtitles).
1st Edition
During CCB OCB course, CCB organized drafting project sessions to support the participants navigating within project and programme development in the areas of their interest, and the last day they had the opportunity to present their project proposals.
One of the outcomes was the organization of the 1st edition of CCB Coastal University, which was held between December 2021 (2 webinars) and January 2022 (1 webinar). This international event aimed to raise awareness and train the participants in public engagement into coastal management, share experiences and generate new joint project ideas that can help the coasts of the Baltic Sea.
The first edition was devoted to sustainable planning with the ecosystem approach and the participation of citizens and was held online due to the Covid-19 pandemic, gathering more than 100 participants and 17 speakers.
Improve organizational structure
Following the work started in 2020 and after the Board approval in 2021, CCB has launched a new website based on the pilot version developed by Delta and reflecting the updated and approved CCB’s graphic profile and visual identity.
The new website is more attractive and user-friendly, enabling us to further develop and improve the website in the coming years, keeping to highlight our project results and story-telling.
During 2021, CCB core staff has attended different thematic trainings:
- Result Based Management (RBM) course organized by Sida Partnership Forum;
- Developing and Evaluating Results of Information and Communication Activities course organized by Sida Partnership Forum;
- Global Learning Event “People and Planet: Gender, Environment and Climate” (online);
- Online interactive workshop, comprising of five sessions based on the Men in the Climate Crisis guide.
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