News/Events   
19.07.2010

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.

12.07.2010

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.

 

08.06.2010


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.

31.05.2010

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.

 

03.05.2010
Substitution of Hazardous Chemicals – policies, options and experiences

Date: 19th - 21th May 2010
Place: Riga, "Tallink Hotel Riga"
Participants: project partners, stakehoders from relevant authorities, additional industrial enterprises

Aim of the workshop – to give the overview of substitution (general principles, requirements and tools) and to introduce the options for substitution (practical examples and advice, suitable alternatives for substitution of hazardous substances with less hazardous ones or changing the process technology).

 

Main topics of the workshop:
- Political trends to regulate high concern chemicals
- Why companies need a substitution strategy? Finding sustainable and viable substitutes
- Integrated approach to the pollution prevention and reduction – contribution in companies eco-efficiency
- Substitution – cost benefit analysis
- Substitution – successful case studies

Please find the agenda below:

Agenda.pdf 


For more information please contact:
Ms. Liga Karkle (name.surname@bef.lv)
Project assistant,
Baltic Environmenta Forum Latvia

02.05.2010


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.

 

 

12.04.2010

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.

Agenda.pdf

 

23.03.2010

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.

 

02.02.2010

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. 

18.01.2010

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

24.11.2009

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 

11.11.2009

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.

 

18.09.2009

2nd partners meeting was held 7 - 8 September 2009 in Riga. Report and presentations from the event available for download in the download area.

 

18.09.2009

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.

19.08.2009

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.

 

12.08.2009

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

15.05.2009

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.

Agenda.pdf

Technical information for partners.pdf

Registration Form.doc

30.03.2009

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.

11.02.2009

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.

 

10.02.2009

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.

 

19.01.2009

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.

Estonia
Jörgen Talkop
Project Manager
Tel.: +372 6597 028
Fax: +372 6597 027
name.surname@bef.ee
www.bef.ee

Latvia
Valters Toropovs
Country Coordinator
Tel.: +371 6735 7546
Fax: +371 6750 7071
name.surname@bef.lv
www.bef.lv

Lithuania
Zita Dudutytė
Country Coordinator
Tel.: +370 5213 8155
Fax: +370 5213 5068 
name.surname@bef.lt
www.bef.lt

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/.