HELCOM - 13-та зустріч Групи зі сталого ведення сільського господарства

The 2nd Project Meeting - Public Advisory River Team Western Bug was arranged in Sokal, Lviv Region, Ukraine on 13 October 2017.

The meeting addressed issues related to integrated transboundary river basin management, together with experts from Belarus, Poland, Ukraine and Sweden.

Full programme, with the presentations and media coverage is available below.

14:00-14:20     Start of the meeting and introduction of the goals; brief intro of the project and a presentation on Baltic Regional identity, Mikhail Durkin, Coalition Clean Baltic (Sweden)

14:20-15:50     Presentation of national cases with public participation in water management in Bug catchments, state-of-the-art, challenges and opportunities

• •Situation in Poland – Maria Staniszewska, Polish Ecological Club


• •Situation in Ukraine – Petro Hrytsyshyn, WORDLAB


• •Situation in Belarus – Vladimir Zujev, Nerush; Oleh Tokarczuk

15:50-16:30      Road ahead – planning the project, deliverables, practicalities: who does what?

• Network of NGOs base on example The Coalition Save the Rivers in Poland – Ewa Leś


• -Discussions on our goals and visions on common Bug River valley

16:30-18:00     Visit at waste water treatment

Media coverage from the local online resource

Picture gallery is available here



















Further information and contacts from: Mikhail Durkin or Petro Hrytsyshyn