International Waters learning Exchange & Resource Network

Agenda

09 Oct 2017

TUESDAY 7 JUNE

Arrival in St. Petersburg and transfer to Hotel Pribaltijskaya 
19.00 – 21.00  Dinner at the hotel. 

WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE

09.00 – 09.30  Registration 
09.30 – 10.00  Opening and introduction to the workshop
Chairpersons until the first coffee-break: Mr. Dann Sklarew and Mr. Bo
Libert

Russian Ministry of Natural Resources, World Bank Institute, Swedish
Environmental Protection Agency
in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia
10.00 – 11.15  Session 1. Finnish-Russian and Estonian-Russian cooperation in the
region
11.15 – 11.30  Coffee-break 
11.30 – 13.00  Session 2. Information management in transboundary water cooperation
Chairperson: Mr Nadim Kazibekov, Azerbaijan
13.00 – 14.00  Lunch
14.00 – 16.00  Working groups on information management and exchange
Participants will be divided in four groups, each focusing on specific river basins selected as case study (Dniester, Daugava and Nemunas, Syr Darya and Amu Darya, and Kura). For each river basin, the current information management and exchange will be reviewed and, on the basis of the experience of the group members, practical recommendations on the way forward will be formulated.
16.00 – 16.15  Coffee-break 
16.15 – 18.00  Session 3. Tools for information management
Chairperson: Mr Evgenyi Tyrtyshnii, Kazakhstan
19.00 – 20.00  Dinner

THURSDAY 9 JUNE

09.30 – 10.00  Presentations of the working groups results on information management
and exchange 
10.00 – 11.00  Session 4. The public in transboundary water management – its role and
impact

Chairperson: Ms. Natalia Zakorchevna, Ukraine
11.00 – 11.15 Coffee-Break
11.15 – 13.00  Panel on public participation and stakeholders involvement in (transboundary) water management
The panel will be composed of different transboundary water stakeholders (representatives of national authorities, NGOs and private sector) who will discuss aspects of public participation, e.g. legal and economic aspects, institutional arrangements, education and awareness raising, problems encountered and results achieved, from their specific perspectives. A general discussion will follow.
13.00 – 14.00  Lunch
14.00 – 16.00  Session 5. Public participation tools and methods used in transboundary water management
Chairperson: Mr. Harry Liiv, Estonia
16.00 – 20.00  Boat-excursion on the Neva River and dinner.

FRIDAY 10 JUNE

09.30 – 11.15  Working groups on public participation
Participants will be divided in four groups, each focusing on a specific river basin selected as case study. For each river basin, the public participation and stakeholders involvement will be reviewed and, on the basis of the experience of the group members, practical recommendations on the way forward will be formulated. 
11.15 – 12.00  Presentations of the working groups results on public participation 
12.00 – 12.15  Coffee-break 
12.15 – 13.30  Closing the seminar
Chairpersons: Ms. Francesca Bernardini and Mr. Dann Sklarew
Conclusions from the presentations and working groups work
Recommendations of the seminar
Ms. Francesca Bernardini, UNECE, “Next stop Tbilisi
Dr. Dann Sklarew, IW:LEARN, “Next stop Salvador”

Additional References

  • Background paper on information management in transboundary water cooperation      English
  • Background paper on public participation in transboundary water cooperation     English
  • UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes     EnglishRussian
  • Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters     EnglishRussian
  • The role and use of information in transboundary water management, Susanna Nilsson, Royal Institute of Technology     English
  • Short guidebook for the production of popular state-of-environment report on the web, UNEP/GRID–Arendal     EnglishRussian

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