Waterpraxis

20 - 24 September 2011, Hamburg, Germany 

The Summer Course is an initiative of the German office of the Baltic University Programme in Hamburg and is organized in cooperation with the Interreg IVB Baltic Sea Region project WATERPRAXIS. It is meant to acquaint delegates from various countries about matters related to sustainable development, river basin management and climate issues in the Baltic, as well as foster international and multicultural learning. The course will offer a state-of-the-art overview of matters related to sustainable development and river basin management and will be a timely contribution towards efforts in the internationalisation, networking and cultural interaction among local government officials, practitioners and students from Baltic countries.

Background
One of the most serious problems seen in the Baltic Sea is the eutrophication caused by nutrient loads. Although there are practical measures to restrict them, the implementation of river basin restoration measures as envisaged in the Water Framework Directive (WFD) is still deficient.

Donnerstag, 05. Mai 2011 im Forum Alstertal in Hamburg-Poppenbüttel, Germany

This is a national event and it will be held in German language.

WATERPRAXIS unterstützt diese Tagung, die sich an alle wendet, die sich für die Alster und ihre Nebengewässer interessieren oder beruflich für sie verantwortlich sind. Anwohner, Erholungssuchende, ehrenamtliche Naturschützer und Bachpaten, Angler und Behörden bringen eine Vielzahl an verschiedenen Interessen und Ansprüchen mit.

10 - 12 April 2011, Opole, Poland

In April 2011, it will already be the eleventh time that the conference on issues of sustainable development is organized in co-operation with a wide range of European research institutes.

17–20 January 2011, Oulu, Finland

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1 - 2 November 2010, Luleå, Sweden

Land use by ditching and ditch cleaning on acid sulphate soils (ASS) is an increasing environmental problem. Our knowledge on the biogeochemical effects of anthropogenic activities on ASS has gradually increased whereas ecological effects are rarely studied. In addition, we still do not know the accurate distribution and dimension of ASS.

Please download the first circular (in English, Finnish or Swedish) for further information.

21 - 24 September 2010, Hamburg, Germany

The Summer Course is an initiative of the German office of the Baltic University Programme in Hamburg and is organized in cooperation with the Interreg IVB Baltic Sea Region project WATERPRAXIS. It is meant to acquaint delegates from various countries about matters related to sustainable development, river basin management and climate issues in the Baltic, as well as foster international and multicultural learning. The course will offer a state-of-the-art overview of matters related to sustainable development and river basin management and will be a timely contribution towards efforts in the internationalisation, networking and cultural interaction among local government officials, practitioners and students from Baltic countries.

People from local governments, officials, engineers, practitioners and students from Baltic countries may register for the Summer Course. Students from all subjects currently registered at universities across the Baltic Sea are especially welcome to attend the Summer Course. Interested participants need to register until the 30th June 2010.

Please take a look at the summer course flyer for detailed information.

The course is already fully booked so that no further applications can be accepted.

18 – 20 April 2010, Opole, Poland

13 - 14 January 2010, Kaunas, Lithuania

Training course: How to use Environmental Economic Analyses in River Basin Planning

The  training  course  aims  to  provide  river  basin  planners  with  insights  and  hands-on training  in  how  economic  analyses  regarding  costs  and  benefits  can  be  used  in  water resource  planning,  especially  related  to  the  implementation  of  the  Water  Framework Directive (WFD). Representatives of local and regional stakeholders, governmental as well as  non-governmental  institutions,  researches  and  educators  that  are  lacking  knowledge and  require competence  in  the  field of economical studies are  invited  to  join  the course. Prior knowledge of environmental economics or economics is not required.

9 December 2009, Lyngby/Kopenhagen, Denmark

The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will meet in Copenhagen, Denmark from the 7th to the 18th December 2009 where, among other things, a post-2012 climate change framework will be agreed.

Freitag, 4. Dezember 2009, Hamburg, Germany

HAW Hamburg, Hörsaal 1.12, 1. Obergeschoss, Berliner Tor 5, Hamburg

Hintergrund
Mit der Umsetzung der Richtlinie 2000/60/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 23. Oktober 2000 zur Schaffung eines Ordnungsrahmens für Maßnahmen der Gemeinschaft im Bereich der Wasserpolitik (auch bekannt als die EU-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie oder EU-WRRL), verfolgt die EU das Ziel, die nachhaltige Bewirtschaftung der Gewässer in Europa zu fördern und einen »guten« Zustand aller Gewässer in Europa bis 2015 zu erreichen.

7 december - 18 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark

The COP15 conference is the fifteenth Conference of the Parties under the United Nations’ Climate Change Convention. The conference will take place from 7 december to 18 December 2009.

The conference will take place in the Bella Center in Copenhagen

http://www.cop15.dk/en/

11 - 13 November 2009, Helsinki, Finland

The aim of the training workshop is to provide knowledge and methods to the participants regarding the challenges from climate change and land-use development on river basin planning and management. Focus will be on hands-on exercises using freely available GIS based software developed in earlier EU projects Forum Skagerrak, RiverLife and Watersketch. The participants will be provided with data. The target group of this workshop is land-use and river basin planners. Experience in GIS is expected.

29 September - 3 October 2009 in Hamburg, Germany

The Summer Course is an initiative of the German office of the Baltic University Programme in Hamburg and was organised in cooperation with the Interreg IVB Baltic Sea Region project WATERPRAXIS. It is meant to acquaint delegates from various countries about matters related to sustainable development, river basin management and climate issues in the Baltic, as well as foster international and multicultural learning.

The course will offer a state-of-the-art overview of matters related to sustainable development and river basin management and will be a timely contribution towards efforts in the internationalisation, networking and cultural interaction among local government officials, practitioners and students from Baltic countries.