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

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).

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.

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.