In frame of BaltActHaz project at least 12 notice boards were foreseen to be set up at places accessible for the public bearing information about hazardous substances in the water environment. List of locations in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania can be found Google Maps. Clik on the map below to see the locations in Google Maps. The information will be updated during summer and will include photos of all notice boards at each location.
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Valmis voldik: "Ohtlike ainete asendamine - kuidas täita seadusanluses tulenevaid nõudeid ja olla konkurentsivõim"
Voldik annab lühikese ülevaate:
- Mida tähendab ohtlike ainete asendamine,
- miks ja mida asendada,
- millised on asendamisprotsessi peamised etapid,
- millised on peamised seadusandlikud aktid, mis reguleerivad ainete asendamist
- ja kuidas alustada.
Workshop on the Substitution of Hazardous Chemicals was held in Riga, 29-21 May 2010. Please find the presentations and report available for download in the download area of the homepage.
In frame of the BaltActHaz project Baltic Environmental Forum Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have produced and are setting up notice boards. The notice boards are targeted for the general public and contain information about hazardous substances and their risks to the environment, especially from the point of view of in the Baltic Sea. The notice boards will be set up at different locations easily accessible for the public and are produced in the languages of the three Baltic States.
For further information about the notice boards please contact the the Baltic Environmental Forum country offices.
Date: 19th - 21th May 2010
Place: Riga, "Tallink Hotel Riga"
Participants: project partners, stakehoders from relevant authorities, additional industrial enterprises
The dialogue seminar with stakeholders from the EU and the Russian federation took place in St.Petersburg, 28-29 April 2010 with 43 participants alltogether. Please find the presentations and report from the event available for download in the download area of the homepage.
Date: 28th - 29th April 2010
Place: Russia, St.Petersburg, Hotel Natali
A Dialog seminar with Stakeholders from the European Union and the Russian Federation
Aim: to inform Russian stakeholders about European Union requirements in frame of chemicals management, in particular REACH, and elaborate dialogue between EU countries and Russia to improve the exchange of information on this subject between interested stakeholders.
3rd partners meeting was held in Riga, 22-23 Febuary 2010. Report and presentations from the event available for download in the download area. With the 3rd partners meeting the project team also held the 3rd BaltActHaz project monitoring board meeting to discuss the progress of project implementation and plan further steps.
Date: 22th - 23th February 2010
Place: Riga, Hotel Europa Royale
Participants: Project partners
Topics of the meeting:
- Overview about project general implementation
- Project administration issues
- Implementation of the actions
- Planning of work plan
Please find below the agenda for the meeting and registration form , which we are kindly ask You to send to BEF Estonia office (laura.remmelgas@bef.ee or by fax +372 6 597 027) by 12 February, 2010.
In the first weeks of February 2010 Baltic Environmental Forum organizes Journalist Round Table under the Project „ Baltic Actions for Reduction of Pollution of the Baltic Sea from Priority Hazardous Substances”. It takes place in all three Baltic States with the participation of the members from the project team and the representatives from different national media.
Estonia: 10th Febuary
Latvia: 10th Febuary
Lithuania: 5th Febuary
Date: 26 November 2009
Place: Riga, Latvia
26th November 2009 will take place a Baltic Expert meeting on developing the permitting guideline.
Please find draft agenda below:
Agenda
1st advisory committee meeting was held in Tallinn 2-3 November 2009. The goal of the meeting was to introduce the project and highlight project actions in detail, get advice for successful project implementation for some challenges, agree on issues and procedures, where the advisors input will be necessary, backstop the project with policy implementation needs in the Baltic States.
2nd partners meeting was held 7 - 8 September 2009 in Riga. Report and presentations from the event available for download in the download area.
The 2nd project monitoring meeting was held back-to-back with the 2nd partners meeting in Riga. The goal of the meeting was to discuss project progress and implementation, give feedback and plan further activities.
Topics of the meeting
-Planning of Hazardous substances Screening exercises in Estonia and Latvia
-Subcontracting of laboratories – requirements and criteria
-Source control of priority substances in Europe (overview on the project SOCOPSE)
-Identification of hazardous substances sources
Please find below preliminary programme of the meeting and registration form, which we are kindly asking to send to BEF Lithuania office (Radvile.Kutorgaite@bef.lt or by fax +370 5 2135068) by 25 August 2009.
Technical information on the place, travel and accommodation will come later by the end of August.
Date: 7 - 8 September 2009
Place: Riga, Latvia
Target Group:
Will take place in Latvia, Riga, Hotel AVALON, Kaleju Str 70 (by car 13.Janvara str. 19), Riga, Latvia
7th - 8th September 2009
The seminar will take place in Hotel "Lielupe", Bulduru prospect 64-68, Bulduri, jurmala (www.lielupe.lv).
Please find below more detailed technical information about the seminar, agenda and registration form which we kindly ask You to fill in and send back to BEF Estonia office (karin.malken@bef.ee) or fax +372 6 597 027 by 25 May, 2009.
Date: 16 - 17 April 2009
Place: Vilnius, Lithuania
Target Group:
Meeting will take place 16-17 April in Vilnius, Hotel "Centrum Uniquestay" (Address: Vytenio str. 9/25, LT-03113 Vilnius, Lithuania).
16th of April, Session 1, starts with the overview of hazardous substances screening exercise in Lithuania and in Finland. Findings, choice of sampling sites, substances and matrixes will be discussed as well as the further use of the results of screening. Setting task for the working groups and planning of hazardous substances screening in Estonia and Latvia will take place.
1st project monitoring board meeting was held 6 Febuary 2009 in Riga. The project action leaders met to dicuss the roles and involvement of team members in implementing actions, dicuss project progress, timeplanning and management issues.
BaltActHaz first partners meeting held in Riga 4 - 5 Febuary 2009 in Riga. Report and presentations from the event available for download in the download area.
We kindly thank all project partners for active participation and wish a successful cooperation.
Date: 4 - 5 Febuary
Place: Riga, Latvia
Target Group: Project partners
The meeting will take place 4 - 5 Febuary in Riga, Hotel "Burninieks". Project partners will meet and start discussing and planning project activities. Introduction to the project and project partners, discussing administrative obligations, roles and responsibilities.
Duration: 1 January 2009 – 31 December 2011
Financers: LIFE+ financial instrument of the European Community, Estonian Environmental Investment Centre, Environmental Ministry of Lithuania and Latvia, Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs
Main aim: To support the Baltic States in implementing the EU Water Framework Directive, the IPPC Directive and the coming Marine Directive as well as the new HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan with regard to reduction of hazardous substances.
Objectives:
To investigate the occurrence of selected priority substances and pollutants in wastewater, sewage and the receiving environment and propose relevant monitoring measures;
To improve the current permit quality with regard to measures for reduction of hazardous substances at enterprises;
To enhance better chemicals management at pilot enterprises;
To build capacity among stakeholders by systematically generating and disseminating information related to environmental hazardousness of substances and conditions of safe use, through this also make the best use of the REACH mechanism
To enhance dialogue among different stakeholders (authorities, industry, scientists, etc.) on cooperation needs to improve the management of hazardous substances at different levels of their occurrence in their life-cycle;
To facilitate the network of Baltic stakeholders with international experts on new legislative developments regarding hazardous substances control and reduction;
To develop a concept for raising awareness of the general public on hazardous substances.
Target group:
Competent authorities: Ministries of Environment, Environmental Agencies, Environmental permitting institutions; Environmental inspections
Industry
Waste Water Treatment plants
Environmental Consultants
General Public
Partners:
Alltogether 19 partners.
Lead partner: Baltic Environmental Forum Estonia
BEFs: BEF Latvia & BEF Lithuania
Research institutions: Estonian Environmental Research centre, Institute for Aquatic Environment
Consultancy companies: Hendrikson & Ko
Competent authorities: Lithuanian Environmental protection Agency
Inspectorates and environmental departments: Latvian State Environmental Services, Vilnius/ Klaipeda/ Šiauliai Regional Environmental Protection Department
Industrial companies: Tarkon, Estko, Eskaro, Tenax, REBIR, Vienybė, Panavėžio Aurida
WWTP: Vilniaus vandenys
For more information on the project please contact:
Kitty Kislenko,
Project Manager
E-mail: kitty.kislenko@bef.ee
Tel.: + 372 6 597 028
Fax: + 372 6 597 027
The project “Baltic Actions for the reduction of Pollution of the Baltic Sea from Priority Hazardous Substances” (BaltActHaz) is co-financed with the contribution of the LIFE+ financial instrument of the European Community /Project nr. LIFE07 ENV EE 000122/.