WELCOME TO:
Baltic 08
Karjaa, Finland 23-25 May
Coalition Clean Baltic
Annual Conference and General Meeting
We now have the pleasure to invite you to Finland to the CCB Baltic 08 Conference and the General Meeting!
This year the CCB Baltic Conference and General Meeting will be held in Karjaa, Finland. The programme starts on Friday evening with registration and social event from 17.00 onwards and ends on Sunday afternoon with an excursion.
Climate change and the Baltic Sea - challenges for environmental NGOs
is the theme for this year's Conference. During the conference we will discuss the effects of climate change on the Baltic Sea ecosystem and actions within CCB priority areas that can be taken to combat climate change. The programme will be posted on the CCB home page shortly.
General Meeting
The General Meeting will be held on Sunday morning before lunch.
Working Group Discussions on CCB Priority Areas
On Saturday afternoon there will be Working Groups about CCB priority sub-areas. These discussions will be the base for the CCB Work programme 2009.
Poster Presentations
All participants are welcome to present their work connected to the theme of the Conference on a poster. Also posters presenting other work done within the CCB Member organisations connected to CCB Priority Areas are most welcome.
Language
The working language of the Conference will be English.
Excursions
On Sunday afternoon there will be an excursion.
Conference Venue
The Conference will be held at the Folk High School Lärkkulla in Karjaa. Accommodation and meals are provided at the same location. Karjaa is situated half way between the cities of Turku and Helsinki and is conveniently reached by train from both cities (one hour by train).
Expenses
No admittance fee is charged for the conference, however if you cancel less than two weeks in advance you might have to pay your own costs.
For participants from CCB member organisations and associated partners, CCB will cover the costs for accommodation and meals. Please note that our budget only allows this full reimbursement for a limited number of people. If a full coverage of these costs should not be possible due to a large number of previous bookings, you will be notified after we receive your application and you will, of course, have the possibility to draw back.
For other participants, the total costs for rooms (Fri-Sat-Sun) and meals will amount to EUR 130 (double room) or EUR 160 (single room). Please contact Lotta Nummelin for further details. Of course you are free to choose a different accommodation.
Travel Costs and Reimbursement
We urge member organisations to cover the travel expenses for their participants.
Participants from Ukraine and Belarus: The travel expenses will be covered from Sida-funding. Reimbursement will only be paid for the most non-expensive and convenient way of travelling.
Participants from Russia: There will be funding available for a limited number of participants from Russia.
Beyond that, there are very limited funds for reimbursement of travel costs for participants from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland.
All reimbursement claims from all countries must be confirmed by the CCB secretariat!
No travel reimbursements will be made without confirmation given in advance! The travel costs will be reimbursed after the seminar when you submit to the CCB secretariat a reimbursement form and all your original receipts of your travels.
Please note that you have to state your requested total amount for travel reimbursement (SEK/EURO), local transport and potential Visa cost included, in the application form. To keep the budget-line for the Baltic 08 conference, CCB can only guarantee that you will get the amount that you have stated in the application form.
When booking you travels please be aware of the CCB environmental travel policy that states that all journeys shorter than 400km must be undertaken by bus or train. Air travel can only be considered if the distance is longer than 400km.
Application
Fill in the registration form and send it by fax or e-mail to Malin Karlsson at the CCB International Secretariat (secretariat@ccb.se). Latest date: 2 May
There will be no reimbursements granted after the last day of registration (due to administrative constraints) so for those of you that want to apply for reimbursement it is essential to meet the deadline. Indicate in the form if you apply forreimbursement or not. Please note that we only have room for a limited number of participants. We will confirm to all applicants on their possible participation in the Conference, so do not book your ticket before you have your participation confirmed by the CCB International Secretariat!
Visa Application
For those of you who need Visa please contact Lotta Nummelin. Please send your passport data and home address, so that an invitation can be sent to you for Visa application. Usually, you will be best off with a "Schengen Visa", which will normally take up to ten days to be granted.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the CCB secretariat or LottaNummelin!
CONTACT INFORMATION
Lotta Nummelin
Finnish Society for Nature and Environment
Email: lotta.nummelin@naturochmiljo.fi
Phone: +358 9 612 229 28
CCB Secretariat
Östra Agatan 53
SE-753 22 UPPSALA
SWEDEN
E-mail: secretariat@ccb.se
Phone: +46 18 711 155
Fax: +46 18 711 175
We wish you a warm welcome to Finland!
Finnish Society for Nature and Environment and Coalition Clean Baltic |
SPEECHES
AND PRESENTATIONS FROM THE CONFERENCE
Kai
Myrberg, Finnish Institute of Marine Research Presentation
(1,64 MB)
Tina
Elfwing, Stockholm Marine Research Centre
Monica
Verbeek, Seas at Risk Presentation
(710 kB)
Dan
Wilhelmsson, Stockholm University Presentation
(629 kB)
Henrik
Butze-Ruhnenstierne, The Danish Society for Nature Conservation
Presentation
(82
kB)
Oleg
Bodrov, Green World Presentation
(1,33 MB)
Gunnar
Norén, CCB
Presentation(1,76
MB)
Summary
of presentations
Download
(32 kB)
INFORMATION
Programme
Welcome
letter
Travel
reimbursement form
CONTACT
Finnish
Society for Nature and Environment
(Natur
och Miljö rf.)
e-mail:
vivi.bolin@naturochmiljo.fi
lotta.nummelin@naturochmiljo.fi
Phone:
+358 9 6122 2928
Mobile:
+358 40 584 6498
+358 50 5742275
CCB secretariat
E-mail: secretariat@ccb.se
Phone: +46 18 711 155
Fax: +46 18 711 175 |
