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WORKSHOP ON NORDIC INNOVATION IN THE TOURISM SECTOR
(28.05.2008)
On behalf of the Swedish Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Nordic Innovation Centre (NICe), the Nordic Atlantic Cooperation (NORA) and Greenland Tourism & Business Council hereby invites Nordic stakeholders from the tourism sector to a workshop on 3-4 June, 2008 in Copenhagen themed “Innovation in the Nordic Tourism Sector”.
Objective of the workshop is to bring Nordic, West Atlantic and Baltic actors together in order to increase the innovation capacity, transfer knowledge and identify Nordic synergies within the tourism sector. Furthermore the workshop will address sustainable development, and nature related tourism as well as enhanced competitiveness in a global perspective.
LowResProgramTourism.pdf
Invitation to the First Nordic-Baltic Nature Interpretation seminar in Denmark 8.-10. October 2008
(22.05.2008)
Dear colleges i the Nordic – Baltic countries
The International Ranger Federation (IRF) and The Danish Rangers Association has the pleasure in common to invite you to the first Nordic-Baltic Nature Interpretation seminar in Denmark 8. - 10. October 2008.
The aim of the seminar is to promote Nature Interpretation as an important part of rangers work. There are 2 key-elements at the seminar: Intensive training in Nature Interpretation methods and the founding of an “IRF-Nordic-Baltic Forum for Nature Interpretation”.
The seminar takes place in Denmark at a Nature Center close to the city Nykøbing Sjælland. The seminar-fee is 1660 Danish Crowns ( about 220 Euro) and cover accommodation in shared room and all food.
If you wish to participate – send a mail with your name and address to larsborch@tdcadsl.dk not later than 1. September 2008.
Please distribute this invitation to all relevant people in your country.
See you in Denmark!
Best wishes
Rigmor Solem (IRF) and Arne Bondo-Andersen (Danish Ranger Association)
DRA&IRF-semianr-program 8-101008.pdf
Short description of evaluation of EMAS, Eco-Schools and Learning by Physical Activity
(18.03.2008)
EMAS and Eco-Schools
In 2004 Uddevalla municipality became Sweden’s first EMAS registered municipality. The most crucial issue for the Education department to work with was supporting learning for sustainable development and nature interpretation. To support this process we have arranged meetings, seminars and conferences for school staff. Since the start we have arranged 192 meetings, seminars and conferences for 3179 persons about our environmental management system (EMAS) and learning for sustainable development. At the start of the BSR Eagle project Uddevalla didn’t have any schools and pre-schools working with the Eco-School concept but the amount grew continuously during the project. At the end of the project we had 21 Eco-schools and pre-schools. (Now we have 23, so it is still increasing).To inspire the schools’ and preschools’ work with Eco-Schools we have started a network for this. We have also developed our home page where we publish the schools’ and pre-schools descriptions of their work. This is a good inspiration for others to see how one can work with the Eco-school concept.
Learning by Physical Activity
The aim with this project was to inspire teachers to use physical activity as a learning method and also to improve health among the youth by being more outdoors and to be more physically active.
In our programme “Learning by Physical Activities” we have arranged 14 seminars for about 280 teachers and we have arranged one 2-days conference with 50 participants. In the project we have built a database with lessons in different topics and for different ages, but with one character in common: to use physical activity as a learning method. Now we have about 100 lessons in the database, but it is continuously growing. We have not been able to measure how much these ideas have been used in the ordinary school work, but the evaluations we have done of the seminars have been very positive. Some of the ideas from this network will be used in a book about “Learning Swedish outdoors” that will be published by the Swedish Nature School Association.
Miljösamordnare Helene Grantz
Tfn 0522-69 70 70
Curriculum for nature guide training from Luua Forest College
(10.03.2008)
During the project BSR EAGLE the new curriculum for nature guide training was elaborated and tested in Luua Forest College. Two training groups of guides had their 1,5 year studies completed. The curriculum is in Estonian, short summary translated incl contact data for for further interest. Read more at page Thematic Programs
Luua nature guide curricula.pdf
Protected areas and sustainable development in Russia
(02.03.2008)
On 18th of February, the Ministry of Nature Resources of Altai Republic, Russia, invited a round table of specialist to analyze and discuss on the future of protected areas and sustainable livehood. The delegation of Eco Center Zapovednics was head by N.R. Danilina, chair of the Eco Center.
Read more: http://www.wildnet.ru/?act=news&id=163
INVITATION: Conference: Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013:
(29.02.2008)
INVITATION
Conference: Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013: new partnership opportunities for Russian and Belarusian regions and the Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B NP project exhibition
The Conference “Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013: new partnership opportunities for Russian and Belarusian regions” will take place on 16-17 April 2008 in St.Petersburg, Russia.
The objective of the Conference is to disseminate the results of the BSR INTERREG III B NP in Russia and Belarus, to illustrate the added value of transnational cooperation for Russian and Belarusian regions. Also, the Conference will serve as a launching event for the 1st Call for Proposals within the Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013.
You and your Russian and/or Belarusian partners are kindly invited to take part in the Conference. You will find the agenda and the registration form attached. Deadline for the registration is 31 March 2008.
During the Conference, an exhibition of the BSR INTERREG III B projects will be organised. The main goal of project exhibition is to make the results of the BSR INTERREG III B NP 2004-2006 visible on Russian and Belarusian side and to demonstrate the benefits of transnational cooperation to potential project partners from these countries.
Each project will be presented with a poster. We kindly ask the Lead Partners of the BSR INTERREG III B NP projects with participation of Russian and/or Belarusian partners to provide the organizers of the Conference with the following information and materials for the exhibition poster:
ü Title of the project and acronym
ü Logo of the project
ü Partnership network (list of countries and organizations)
ü Budget of the Tacis part
ü Brief description of the project (maximum 1500 characters)
ü 2 photos
ü Achieved results (on Russian and/or Belarusian side)
ü Remaining results to be achieved until the end of project implementation (for Russian and/or Belarusian side)
ü Website of the project
Please send this information to koroleva.elvira@gmail.com by 07 March 2008.
If you would like to display the products of your project or make a performance at the project exhibition please fill in the appropriate cell in the registration form and inform us what kind of information material you’ll bring with you (e.g. leaflets, brochure, CD-editing etc).
If you need technical assistance regarding the presentation of your projects or if you have any further questions about the exhibition, please contact:
Elvira Koroleva (Pskov Info Point)
Phone: +7 911 388 94 06
e-mail: koroleva.elvira@gmail.com
Thank you and see you soon!
Darijus Valiucko
Information Manager
Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013
Joint Technical Secretariat
Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein
Grubenstrasse 20, 18055 Rostock, Germany
Tel: +49 381 45484 5277
Mob: +49 163 600 5277
Fax: +49 381 45484 5282
mailto:darijus.valiucko@eu.baltic.net
The Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 is investing in Europe’s future by fostering sustainable growth of the region.
http://eu.baltic.net
http://www.bsrinterreg.net
apr 2008 ST PetersAgenda.DOC
Invitation to the conference "Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013
(26.02.2008)
The Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme has the pleasure of inviting you to the conference "Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013: new partnership opportunities for Russian and Belarusian regions". More than 200 representatives from national, regional and local authorities, educational institutions, and NGO's from Russia, Belarus, Norway, and the European Union are expected to get together in Hotel Park Inn Pribaltyskaya in St.Petersburg on 16-17 April 2008.
The Tacis Neighbourhood Programme is almost finalised. Though some projects are still running, it is high time to draw a line and to sum up the results. The new European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument will substitute the Neighbourhood initiative. Being an integrated element of the Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007 - 2013, it will bring new opportunities of transnational cooperation for Russian and Belarusian partners with the European Union.
The Conference will offer you the opportunity to take a closer look upon 28 projects implemented under the Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Neighbourhood Programme. Results achieved will illustrate the added value of transnational cooperation to Russian and Belarusian regions. Alongside with this, participants will get acquainted with the new Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013. The requirements of the 1st call for project proposals launched in February 2008 will be explained to interested applicants. You will have a chance to learn about the new programme's thematic priorities in different workshops. A "Partner Search Cafe" will help you make contacts. A project exhibition will illustrate how cooperation works in practice. Besides, you can consult experts from the European Commission Delegations on the current projects and the Joint Secretariat on your new project idea.
In order to apply for the event, please fill in the attached Registration Form and send it to the following e-mail: belova@leontief.spb.su. Closing date for registration: 31 March 2008. For further information please contact:
Ms Elena Belova (St.Petersburg): +7 812 570 36 26,
Ms Zhanna Podolyako (St.Petersburg): + 7 812 314 41 19,
Ms Olga Smirnova and Mr Dzmitry Sharko (Riga): +371 6735 73 68
Block reservation has been made at Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel, which is valid till 15 March 2008. We kindly ask you to make your own travel and accommodation arrangements.
Joint Secretariat Team
http://www.bsrinterreg3a.net
http://www.bsrinterreg.net
http://eu.baltic.net
St_Petersburg_16-17April.zip
Palade Nature Centre has the director
(12.02.2008)
Karin Poola, the initiator of creation the Nature Centre in Palade School, is now officially in the position of the director of the NC. The Palade Municipality created this position to ensure that the Nature Centre will be as beneficial as possible to the local community. Past half year of activities of the NC since June 2007 proves that this kind of nature education is needed.
The Palade NC has now the staff of two: director and librarian.
Karin Poola during the opening of the Nature Centre
Invitation to the roundtabel on Nord Stream project
(05.02.2008)
Olga Senova from NGO Friends of the Baltic writes." If you are interested in the discussion on the environmental impact of Nord Stream AG project,
can share information about national Environmental Impact Assessment in your country, and interested in the public control on the International EIA of Nord Stream AG Project for minimizing its impact to the Baltic Sea, then we would like to invite you to take part in the international Round Table "Environmental Impact of Nord Stream AG Project ", which will be held March 4, 2008, in Helsinki.
Attached you can find Informational Letter and registration form.
Please, send us registration form latest 10th of February.
Org-committee of the Round Table
For more information please contact:
Olga Senova
Friends of the Baltic NGO
olga@baltfriends.ru
Tel: +7 921 9117986
Alexander Shkrebets
Trabsboundary Environmental Information Agency:
sasha@teia.org
Tel: +7 921 9496090
Nordstream info_2.doc
Nordstream_ RT_regform.doc
Final publications of BSR EALGE project is published
(04.02.2008)
"Nature schools? They expose you to the nature. In BSR Eagle project you are also exposed to other cultures and languages, and discover their similarities and differences. To do this with your neigbours is peace and conflict education at its best.
I write about “exposing” as if it was something necessary evil and not a true pleasure. My first long-term boyfriend was an ornithologist and we shared only partially the same interests. We listened to rhythm & blues and rock. But while I would have rather read books all evening long, we took my father’s car to the dumping place, opened the car window and listened to the eagle-owl, among the stink and the rats. Later in life I have realised that most things don’t need to exclude each other. You can combine opera and symphonies with rock, and I have nowadays the privilege to be able to enjoy the rich bird life in Maatsalu, West Estonia. The profit of cross-border regional cooperation is that you expose yourself to something you thought was different – just to notice the similarities."
These are addressing words from the Director of the Tallinn Office of Nordic Council of Ministers, Ms. Carita Pettersson.
Director Carita Pettersson
The final publication of the Interreg IIIB project BSR EAGLE is published and printed in 10 languages of Baltic Sea countries.
The broshure is published by BSR Eagle project. Texts and editing: Anna Hirsikoski, Reet Kokovkin, Riina Plosila, Mats Wejdmark, Timo Vuorisalo.
Photos: Anna Kettunen, Jarkko Nikkilä, Riina Plosila, Päivi Töyli, Malmö Naturskola and BSR Eagle project.
Layout and illustrations: Keijo Viljakainen
Final_Danmark.pdf
Final_Deutsch.pdf
Final_Eesti.pdf
Final_English.pdf
Final_Finland.pdf
Final_Latvia.pdf
Final_Liettua.pdf
Final_Norsk.pdf
Final_Russia.pdf
Final_Svenska.pdf
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