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PA Nutri and PA Bioeconomy webinar on the implementation of the HELCOM Baltic Sea Regional Nutrient Recycling Strategy

CategoryPA Nutri Events
Date
  • 22/11/2021 10:00 - 14:00
Venue Microsoft Teams
Emailanna.hernberg@gov.fi
We are happy to invite you to the webinar on the implementation of the HELCOM Baltic Sea Regional Nutrient Recycling Strategy. The webinar is organized by the Policy Areas Nutri and Bioeconomy and the Ministry of the Environment of Finland.
 
The purpose of the webinar is to present some topical issues and points of view in nutrient recycling and to discuss the opportunities and challenges in implementing the HELCOM Nutrient Recycling Strategy in the Baltic Sea Region. The Baltic Sea Regional Nutrient Recycling Strategy was adopted at the HELCOM Ministerial Meeting on 20 October 2021 in connection with the adoption of the updated Baltic Sea Action Plan.
 

The webinar is held online in Teams. 

Please register to the webinar via the following link no later than by 18 November 2021: Registration (Lyyti.fi)

The meeting link will be sent to registered participants.

 

Programme

 

Morning session 9.00-10.50 (CET)/10.00-11.50 (EET)

 

Opening words: Tarja Haaranen/Director General, Department of the Natural Environment, Ministry of the Environment, Finland

Presentations:

Introduction to the Baltic Sea Regional Nutrient Recycling Strategy, Lotta Ruokanen/HELCOM Secretariat

Perspectives for nutrient recycling from the European Green Deal, Isidro Campos Rodriguez/EU COM, DG AGRI

EU fertilising products regulation and link to nutrient recycling, Ana-Lucia Crişan/EU COM, DG GROW

National approaches in nutrient recycling: Nutrient recycling in the wastewater sector in Sweden, Anders Finnson/ Svenskt Vatten

Challenges and opportunities for recovered nutrients in fertilising products – a market and business perspective, Christian Kabbe/ EasyMining part of Ragn-Sells Group

 

Break 10.50-11.30 (CET)/11.50-12.30 (EET)

 

Afternoon session 11.30-13.00 (CET)/12.30-14.00 (EET)

Panel discussion on the implementation of the Baltic Sea Regional Nutrient Recycling Strategy: current state of nutrient recycling in the Baltic Sea Region countries, opportunities and challenges in the implementation of the strategy such as creating business opportunities and improving policy coherence

Speakers:

  • Andrea Roskosch, German Federal Environment Agency
  • Marja-Liisa Tapio-Biström, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland
  • Zigmas Medingis, Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania
  • Ossi Kinnunen, Soilfood
  • Marc Buttmann, TerraNova Energy GmbH
  • Gunnar Norén, Coalition Clean Baltic