Baltic Sea subregional workshop (Espoo Convention)

Agenda

List of participants

1. Work on the EIA Convention - introduction, information and updates on the work, by UNECE

2. Case studies on transboundary EIAs and SEAs:

- Review of Espoo activities in the subregion - ongoing and new cases

by Poland

by Denmark

by Sweden

by Finland 

- Presentation of the practical application of a number of Espoo cases in the Baltic Sea Region:

- update on FehrmanBelt Fixed Link Case

by Denmark

by Germany

- off-shore wind farm WIKINGER NORD & WIKINGER SÜD, by Germany

- off-shore wind farm Södra Midsjöbanken, by Sweden

- Danish experiences as an Affected Party within Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) from the North Sea, by Denmark

3. Transboundary access to justice by the public and NGO's - the recent judgment of the European Court of Justice against Germany (C-115/09 - Trianel), by Germany

4. Outcomes of the UBA-Workshop "Transboundary Access to Justice for Environmental NGOs", by Germany

5. Cooperation with other conventions and organizations in the subregion, linkages between them and benefits derived from such cooperation (HELCOM, VASAB and others), by Sweden

6. Polish legal background for maritime spatial planning and short presentation of pilot maritime spatial plans for the Western part of the Gulf of Gdańsk and the Middle Bank, by Poland

7. Polish experience with Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the pilot maritime spatial plan for the Western part of the Gulf of Gdańsk, by Poland

- Introductory presentation by UNECE

- Update on the Monitoring of the Nord Stream case

by Germany

by Finland

by Denmark

2. The application of EIA in preparation of shale gas projects: