With a view to promoting cooperation and synergies among the legal instruments, the seminar discussed the following themes:
1) Assessment and reduction of transboundary impacts on transboundary watercourses and international lakes in the context of the Espoo Convention, its Protocol on SEA and the UNECE Water Convention; and the UN Watercourses Convention;
2) Effective public participation in SEA and EIA in the context of the Espoo Convention, the Protocol on SEA and the Aarhus Convention.
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| Agenda | ENG | |
| List of participants | ||
| Report | ENG | |
| Presentations | ||
| Monday, 28th September | ||
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Work on EIA Convention and SEA-Protocol |
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| Case studies (country reports) on transboundary EIAs and SEA | ||
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- Poland |
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- Latvia |
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| - Sweden | ENG | |
| - Finland | ENG | |
| - Germany | ENG | |
| - Lithuania | ENG | |
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The Rail Baltica project in the Baltic States–state of play: |
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Construction of the European standard gauge public railway infrastructure line in Latvia |
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European standard railway line Kaunas - Lithuanian/Latvian state border (Rail Baltica 2) |
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The Rail Baltic Project in Estonia, State of play |
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The role of Espoo-consultations in a communicative world – A Marine Spatial Planning example from Sweden and the Baltic Sea Region (Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management) |
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Assessment and reduction of transboundary impacts on transboundary watercourses and international lakes in the context of the Espoo Convention, the Protocol on SEA and the Helsinki Convention: - The international dimension of the EU water policy. Links between the Espoo Convention and the UN Watercourses Convention |
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- Relationships between Espoo and Helsinki Conventions - Special focus on Finland-Russia boundary (Freshwater Centre Finnish Environment Institute) |
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- Transboundary water co-operation between Lithuania and neighbouring countries according to Helsinki Convention and bilateral agreements |
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| Tuesday, 29th September | ||
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Effective public participation in SEA/EIA in the context of the Espoo Convention, the Protocol on SEA and the Aarhus: - Public participation in the context of transboundary EIA/SEA: main concepts and the case law of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee |
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- Public participation in the light of Espoo and Aarhus conventions: the practice of Lithuanian courts (Law Application Division, MoE of Lithuania) (TBC) |
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Case studies on transboundary EIAs and SEAs (continues) |
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| EIA of the Balticconector offshore gas pipeline connecting Finland and Estonia (Finland) | ENG | |
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AOB: - Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 amending Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (transposition – state of play) - coordinated and/or joint procedures with assessment under Birds and/or Habitats Directives (Directive 92/43/EEC and Directive 2009/147/EC) |
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