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Draft Agenda, Black Sea Day 2009

DRAFT AGENDA FOR
INTERNATIONAL BLACK SEA ACTION DAY & 1st MARINE ENVIRONMENT WORKSHOP AND ACTIVITIES

Omtel Hotel, Samsun, Turkey, 30-31 October 2009
Friday , 30 October (Joint Session – Room A)

Duration

Activity

09:00 – 09:30
  • Registration

09:30
  • Opening Remarks
  • Samsun Metropolitan Mayor

      (Yusuf Ziya YILMAZ)

  • Turkey’s Commissioner, Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (On the behalf of Minister of Environment and Forestry)

      (Prof. Hasan Z. Sarikaya, Turkey)

  • Governor of Samsun

      (Mr. Hasan Basri GÜZELOĞLU)

10:30 – 11:15
  • Black Sea Medal Awards

11:15 – 11:45
  • Coffee Break

11:45 – 12:15
  • Remarks of the Commissioners of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution

12:15

PLENARY SESSION: (Joint Session – Room A)
ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION OF THE BLACK SEA REGION
(Chairperson: Sedat KADIOĞLU, Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry of Environment and Forestry)

12:15 – 12:30
  • Implementation of the Strategic Action Plan for the Protection and Rehabilitation of the Black Sea 2002 – 2007

(Assoc. Prof. Çolpan POLAT BEKEN, Senior Researcher, TÜBİTAK – Marmara Research Center, Chemistry and Environment Institute)

12:30 – 12:45
  • Regional Environmental Management in the Black Sea: State of the Environment of the Black Sea Region, Strategies, Developments

(Prof. Ahmet E. KIDEYS, Executive Director, Permanent Secretariat of the Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution)

12:45 – 13:00
  • The EU and the Black Sea Area: Working Together to Protect the Environment

(Dumitru DOROGAN, Policy Officer, European Commission, DG Environment Unit D2-Water & Marine)

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

ROOM A

ROOM B
 

1st SESSION (Chairperson: Dr. Colpan POLAT BEKEN, Senior Researcher, TÜBİTAK – Marmara Research Center, Chemistry and Environment Institute):

POLLUTION MONITORING

  

1st SESSION (Chairperson: Prof. Gürdal TUNCEL, Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Environmental Engineering Department):

LAND BASED POLLUTION SOURCES

14:00 – 14.15
  • Pollution Monitoring in the Black Sea Region

(Volodymyr MYROSHNYCHENKO, Project Expert, Permanent Secretariat of the Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution)

14:00 – 14:15
  • Pollution Originating from Using Coal for Producing Energy in Catalagzi Energy Basin and Its Impacts on the Black Sea 

(Assoc. Prof. Yılmaz YILDIRIM, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Environmental Engineering Department)

14:15 – 14:30
  • Black Sea Monitoring Project

(Prof. Halil İbrahim SUR, Istanbul University, Institute of Marine Sciences and  Management)

14:15 – 14:30
  • Pollution from the Atmosphere in the Black Sea

(Prof. Gürdal TUNCEL, Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Environmental Engineering Department)

14:30 – 14:45
  • Pollution Monitoring in the Central Black Sea Coasts of Turkey

(Prof. Hanife BÜYÜKGÜNGÖR, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Environmental Engineering Department)

14:30 – 14:45
  • Land-based Pollution Sources on the Eastern Black Sea Coast 

(Ass’t. Prof. Coşkun ERÜZ, KTU Surmene Faculty of Marine Sciences)

14:45 – 15:00
  • Pollution Monitoring by Using Mytilus galloprovincialis and Fish: The Black Sea Example

(Assoc. Prof. Nuray BALKIS, Istanbul University, Institute of Marine Sciences and  Management)

14:45 – 15:00
  • Activities Carried Out On the Black Sea Coast Within the Framework of the Project “Domestic Wastewater Management on Turkish Coasts (TARAL 1007)”

(Gülsen AVAZ, Senior Researcher, TÜBİTAK – Marmara Research Center, Chemistry and Environment Institute)

15:00 – 15.15
  • Monitoring Programmes of the Marine and Coastal Waters in Turkey

(Assoc. Prof. Çolpan POLAT BEKEN, Senior Researcher, TÜBİTAK – Marmara Research Center, Chemistry and Environment Institute)

15:00 – 15:15
  • Project for Preventing Pollution from Agriculture in the Black Sea

(Yalçın BAĞSIZ, Unit Head, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, General Directorate of Conservation and Control)

15:15 – 15:30
  • Oil Pollution in the Sediment of the Southern Black Sea

(Assoc. Prof. Nuray BALKIS, Istanbul University, Institute of Marine Sciences and Management)

15:15 – 15:30
  • Domestic and Industrial Sources of Discharge Originating from Samsun Province

(Selçuk ÇOŞKUN, Assistant Expert of Environment and Forestry, Samsun Provincial Directorate of Environment and Forestry)

15:30 – 15:45
  • EC FP7 EnviroGRID Project on the Black Sea Basin

(Volodymyr MYROSHNYCHENKO, Project Expert, Permanent Secretariat of the Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution)

15:30 – 15:45
  • Land-based Sources of Pollution in Giresun

(Güven YUĞURANLAR, Biologist, Giresun Provincial Directorate of Environment and Forestry)

15:45 – 16:00
  • Marine Litter on the Western Black Sea Coast of Turkey

(M.Sc. Arda M. TONAY, Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV))

15:45 – 16:00
  • Municipal Waste Management 

(Ufuk TÜRKMEN, Engineer, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, General Directorate of Environmental Management, Waste Management Department)

16:00 – 16:15

  

16:00 – 16:15
  • Land-based Sources of Pollution Originating from the Province of Kastamonu

(Ferda Tarhan DUMAN – Ferhan KAŞIKÇI, Kastamonu Provincial Directorate of Environment and Forestry)

16:15 – 16:30

Coffee Break

16:15 – 16:30

Coffee Break

 

2nd SESSION (Chairperson: Dr. Arzu OLGUN, Cheief Senior Researcher, TÜBİTAK – Marmara Research Center, Chemistry and Environment Institute)

POLLUTION ORIGINATING FROM VESSEL TRAFFIC

  

2nd SESSION (Chairperson: Prof. Izzet OZTURK, Istanbul Technical University, Department of Environmental Engineering):

CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY -
FISHERIES AND COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT

16:30 – 16:45
  • Activities Carried Out by the Turkish Coast Guard Command for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Black Sea

(Zerin USLU OLMEZ, Environmental Engineer, Turkish Coast Guard Command )

16:30 – 16:45
  • Application of Institutional Planning Methodology According to Principals of Integrated Coastal Zone Management – Akcakoca Province Pilot Project

(Prof. İzzet ÖZTÜRK, Istanbul Technical University, Department of Environmental Engineering)

16:45 – 17:00
  • Ballast Water Risks in Turkish Marine Areas

(Dr. Arzu OLGUN, Cheief Senior Researcher, TÜBİTAK – Marmara Research Center, Chemistry and Environment Institute)

16:45 – 17:00
  • A Social Look At the Change in the Coastal Landscape of Eastern Black Sea

Ass’t. Prof. Coşkun ERÜZ, Karadeniz Technical University, Sürmene Faculty of Marine Sciences)

17:00 – 17:15
  • Activities Carried Out by the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry for the Prevention of Pollution Originating from Ordinary Vessel Activities

(Kerem NOYAN, Assistant Expert of Environment and Forestry, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, General Directorate of Environmental Management)

17:00 – 17:15
  • Conservation of Landscape and Biodiveristy in the Black Sea  - Coastal Zone Management

(Nazmiye UZUN, Zonguldak Provincial Director of Environment and Forestry)

17:15 – 17:30
  • Activities Carried Out in the Black Sea Within the Framework of Emergency Intervention Legislation

(D. Didem UGUR Ministry of Environment and Forestry, General Directorate of Environmental Management – TÜBİTAK / Marmara Research Center)

17:15 – 17:30
  • Coastal Zone Management in the Special Areas of  Environmental Protection

(Emrah MANAP, Biologist, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Environmental Protection Agency for Special Areas)

17:30 – 17:45
  • Environmental Monitoring of the Black Sea Basin: Monitoring and Information Systems for Reducing Oil Pollution (MONINFO) 

(George BALASHOV, Project Manager, Permanent Secretariat, Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution)

17:30 – 17:45

  

17:45 – 18:00

RODELTA Oil Spill Clean-Up and Search and Rescue Exercise
(Nilüfer AKPINAR, Public Relations Expert, Permanent Secretariat, Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution)

17:45 – 18:00

  

19:00

Dinner

19:00

Dinner

Saturday, 31 October (Joint Session – Room A)

Duration

Activity

9:00

PLENARY (Chairperson: Gül GÖKTEPE, Turkish Confederation of Black Sea Region NGOs (KASTOB)):
PUBLIC AWARENESS ACTIVITIES

9:00 – 9:15
  • Cooperation and Capacity Building in the Black Sea Riparian States in the EU Process 

(Yeşim ÇAĞLAYAN, Environmental Information Programme Manager, REC, Turkey)

9:15 – 9:30
  • Outcomes of the EU Project Environmental Collaboration for the Black Sea

(Tatiana ZAHARCHENKO - TBC)

9:30 – 9:45
  • Public Awareness Activities

(Lütfi ÇAKMAK, Senior Chemical Engineer, Turkey Environmental Protection Foundation)

9:45 – 10:00
  • UNDP/BSC/WWF-Turkey The Black Sea Box Education Project

 (Boğaçhan BENLİ, Project Manager, Regional Water Partnership Project, UNDP)

10:00 – 10:15
  • Transboundary Environmental Issues and the Role of NGOs in the Black Sea Region in the 13th Year of the International Black Sea Action Day

(Gül GÖKTEPE, Turkish Confederation of Black Sea Region NGOs (KASTOB))

10:15 – 10:30
  • Environmental Education and Awareness Studies at Schools in Istanbul

(Suna GÜRLER DEDEOĞLU, Landscape Architect, Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Environment and Forestry)

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee Break

10:45 – 11:00
  • Public Awareness Activities in Trabzon

(Özlem AKYÜREK, Environmental Engineer, Trabzon Municipality)

11:00 – 11:15
  • KARDOGA

(Hakan ADANIR)

11:15 – 11:30
  • Activities of Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV), Photography Exhibition

(M. Sc. Arda M. TONAY)

11:30 – 12:30

Evaluation of the Workshop and Announcement of the Outputs (Chairpersons)

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

14:00 – 19:00

Excursion to Kizilirmak Delta

19:00

Dinner