Meeting
2nd Basin Meeting - Public Advisory River Team Nemunas
October 27, 2017
Description
From River Watch to River Manage
Public engagement in Integrated River Basin Management in the Eastern Baltic

The 2nd meeting of the Public Advisory River Team Nemunas was arranged on 27-28 October in Kaliningrad Region, Russia
Presentations are available under the links below:
Presentation of national cases with public participation in water management in Neman/Nemunas and Luga catchments; Youth engagement in River Watch monitoring; Establishment of PARTs (Public Advisory River Teams) – involvement other NGOs and sectors, its challenges and opportunities.
Experiences of microplastic monitoring in rivers / work on microplastic
Picture gallery is available here
Public engagement in Integrated River Basin Management in the Eastern Baltic

The 2nd meeting of the Public Advisory River Team Nemunas was arranged on 27-28 October in Kaliningrad Region, Russia
Presentations are available under the links below:
Presentation of national cases with public participation in water management in Neman/Nemunas and Luga catchments; Youth engagement in River Watch monitoring; Establishment of PARTs (Public Advisory River Teams) – involvement other NGOs and sectors, its challenges and opportunities.
- Recommendations on PARTs from Luga river basin, Anna Kazina, Olga Senova, Friends of the Baltic (Russia)
- Updates on joint data management system for public water monitoring. Eugeniy Lobanov, Center for Environmental Solutions (Belarus)
- Baltic Starts here – experience from River Camp in Baranovichi, Eugeniy Kalach, Nerush (Belarus)
- Public participation in RBM in Lithuania, Edmundas Greimas, Lithuanian Fund for Nature (Lithuania)
- Threats of flooding in the Neman River delta (within the Kaliningrad Oblast) / Barents-Baltic Nature & People Programme, Roman Voropaev, Boris Chubarenko, Institute of Oceanology (Russia)
- Neman and Pregolya river basins / Barents-Baltic Nature & People Programme, Russia
Dmitry Filippenko, Svetlana Gutsol, Eco-Center/Green planet (Russia) - Gurievka river / Barents-Baltic Nature & People Programme, Tatiana Taletskaya, Nature Heritage (Russia)
Experiences of microplastic monitoring in rivers / work on microplastic
- Introduction to Marine Litter and Microplastic. Review of the Postkod Project, Eugeniy Lobanov, Center for Environmental Solutions (Belarus)
- Experiences of microplastic monitoring in Belarussian waterbodies, Maria Suma, Center for Environmental Solutions (Belarus)
- Microplastic contamination in textiles and paints, Marijana Toben, Fiends of the Earth Germany (BUND)
- Review of microplastic studies in the Baltic Sea, Margarita Bagaeva, Institute of Oceanology (Russia)
- Experiences of microplastic monitoring in southern part of Gulf of Finland, Daria Mytareva, Friends of the Baltic (Russia)
- Experiences of microplastic monitoring in Neman and Pregolya, Svetlana Gutsol, Dmitry Filippenko, Eco-Center/Green planet (Russia)
- Experiences of microplastic monitoring in Polish rivers (Vistula etc.), Natalia Kozak, Polish Ecological Club (Poland)
- Experiences of microplastic monitoring in Lithuanian rivers, Indrė Čeidait, Lithuanian Fund for Nature (Lithuania)
- Workshop on marine litter monitoring at the Baltic beach, Olga Krylova, Eco-Center/Green planet (Russia)
- Workshop on microplastic study at the beach, Margarita Bagaeva, Institute of Oceanology (Russia)
- Microplastic in cosmetic products, Daria Mytareva, Friends of the Baltic (Russia), Marijana Toben, Fiends of the Earth Germany (BUND)
Picture gallery is available here