External meeting

Informal consultation workshop on phosphogypsum waste site management (IC WS Phosphogypsum)

October 17, 2022

External meeting

Informal consultation workshop on phosphogypsum waste site management (IC WS Phosphogypsum)

Start date: October 17, 2022 

End date:  October 17, 2022

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Informal consultation workshop on phosphogypsum waste site management (IC WS Phosphogypsum)
Official meetings of all HELCOM Working and Experts Groups and other subsidiary bodies are postponed due to the HELCOM strategic pause until further notice, however, informal consultation sessions, without Russian participation, are organized and hosted by a Contracting Party.
The informal consultation sessions process and discuss documents and provide guidance and recommendations as to how to progress work.

Description

The Informal consultation workshop on phosphogypsum waste site management was hosted by Sweden, supported by Coalition Clean Baltic and John Nurminen Foundation, in Uppsala and online, on 17 October 2022.

The Workshop was attended by Denmark, Finland, Germany, Lithuania and Sweden. Observers from Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB), John Nurminen Foundation and Race for the Baltic as well as invited guests also attended the Workshop.

The Workshop was moderated by Mr. Mikhail Durkin, Executive Secretary of Coalition Clean Baltic.

CCB participant in the session:- Mikhail Durkin, CCB Executive Secretary.
Outcomes of the session:
- The Workshop took note of the NGO perspective on behalf of the CCB
pointing out the importance of carefully planned monitoring of the waste sites to have the right information on environmental effects.



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CCB's participation in the event was supported by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor CINEA can be held responsible for them.

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