Conference
HELCOM Stakeholder Conference 2021 - “Practically Implementing Ecosystem-Based Management”
March 11, 2021
Conference
HELCOM Stakeholder Conference 2021 - “Practically Implementing Ecosystem-Based Management”
Start date: March 11, 2021 10:30 AM
End date: March 11, 2021
Place: Online
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What is HELCOM?
The Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission – also known as the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) – is an intergovernmental organization (IGO) and a regional sea convention in the Baltic Sea area. HELCOM was established about four decades ago to protect the marine environment of the Baltic Sea from all sources of pollution through intergovernmental cooperation. The HELCOM Secretariat is located in Helsinki, Finland. To know more about it.
Description
On Thursday, 11 March 2021, has been held online the HELCOM Stakeholder Conference 2021: “Practically Implementing Ecosystem-Based Management”.
This workshop co-organised by CCB and the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SwAM) was having 3 main objectives:
- What are the basic principles of the Ecosystem Approach (EA) and Ecosystem-based management (EBM)
What is the ecosystem approach, and how can ecosystem-based management best be implemented? - Bottlenecks and opportunities
What are the bottlenecks to and opportunities for the implementation of ecosystem-based management? - BSAP update
In addition to supporting the UN Decade of Ocean Science, the results of the conference may be used to support the drafting and implementation of the updated HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP).
Registration (closed)
Participation was open to all but due to limited number of seats (90), registration it was on a first-come-first-serve basis and it has closed when the maximum number of participants has been reached.
Programme
10:30–10:40 Welcoming remarks by Rüdiger Strempel (HELCOM)
10:40–10:50 Opening keynote presentation by Mark Dickey-Collas (ICES)
10:50–11:00 Conference instructions and icebreaker
11:00–12:30 Session 1 (Station 1+2+3)
12:30–13:30 Break
13:30–15:00 Session 2 (Station 1+2+3)
15:00–15:15 Break
15:15–16:45 Session 3 (Station 1+2+3)
16:45–17:00 Break
17:00–17:30 Closing plenary session
Timings are EET/Helsinki time
Read the brochure of the workshop.
To read the outcome of the event.
To read the outcome of the 3 stations: - Policy - Science - Society.
The participants list is not available for this event.
The HELCOM Stakeholder Conference is organized in conjunction with Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB) and the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SwAM).