Past Events

A two day conference about marine litter in the Baltic Sea hosted by Keep Sweden Tidy About the conference: Marine litter has not been considered a major problem in the Baltic Sea, still there has been a huge knowledge gap about the amounts and sources of marine litter. During the Baltic Marine Litter project, beach litter has been monitored on the shores of the Baltic Sea, using a standardised method developed by UNEP/Regional Seas. Responsible authorities of implementing the Marine Strategy Framework Directive will present national challenges concerning marine litter. Representatives from NGOs, the tourism sector, shipping sector and waste management experts will also be there to discuss actions and good examples to reduce litter entering the environment.   

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• Project Marlin homepage

Expected vote on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. Agenda forthcoming.

The meeting will be held at the Natural History Museum in Stockholm, and will take place in both English and Swedish. Email fishbase@nrm.se for registration by 17 October.

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• Invitation (Swedish)

The Network of European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils (EEAC) are hosting their annual conference at Bangor University in North Wales. Attendece is free of charge.

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• Further information and registration

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• Draft agenda

It is expected that the TACs and quotas for Baltic Sea stocks in 2014 will be agreed.

Monitoring and Evaluation of Spatially Managed Areas (MESMA) Final Conference will take place in Lisbon, Portugal. MESMA scientists look forward to share their findings and experiences, and discuss the policy, practice and science of marine spatial planning with you. Therefore, we would like to invite you to the MESMA Final Conference, which will be held in Lisbon on the 8-10 October 2013. Register now Please register via our website www.mesma.org. The fee is 105 Euros for the three days, including the conference dinner. Deadline for submission of abstracts and outlines is 1 July 2013.

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• MESMA Website

The annual Marine Environment seminar takes place 8-9 October. The state of Sweden's marine environment will be presented and discussed, with the starting point on the results of the national marine environmental monitoring.

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• Havsmiljöseminariet

The “Baltic Sea Conference 2013 – Blue Growth, Sustainability and Water Industries” aims at bringing all relevant stakeholders together back-to-back with the 2013 Helcom Ministerial meeting in Copenhagen 3 October. As Baltic Development Forum (BDF) is cooperating with the Danish Helcom Presidency, responsible Ministers for the Environment will join the conference, which is organised by BDF and the European Commission (DG Mare) together with Clean Shipping – Priority Area of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. In making the Baltic Sea Region a European model and testing ground for these new policies, Baltic Development Forum will work with regional partners in forming a new water alliance. Please see the conference draft programme.