Baltic Sea Action Group

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2 A Finnish foundation that carries out environmental projects within the whole Baltic Sea Acts as an initiator and a catalyst Social innovation: Baltic Sea Action Group To find the best and the most efficient ways of doing things, not just take the traditional approach (i.e. collection of money + collect project resources + do project) To engage those who can solve the problems and bring solutions One of the biggest assets is the high level contact network of the foundation. Many of the projects need a strong political backup as an identified solution and funds are not enough CONSTRUCTIVE AND REALISTIC APPROACH TO ENVIROMENTAL TOPICS NOT A PRESSURE GROUP

3 BSAG acts as a catalyst Pressure Heads of states Ministers Politicians Decision makers Public officials Concrete actions BSAG Knowledge, skills Experts Companies Financers NGOs Activists HELCOM/BSAP EU Baltic Sea strategy BSAP = HELCOM s Baltic Sea Action Plan

4 FOUNDATION: ORGANIZATION AND MANDATES EXPERTISE, NETWORK, DIRECT INFLUENCE ON DECISION MAKING STRENGTHENS THE BALTIC SEA COOPERATION SPEEDS UP THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECTS FULL LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FOUNDATION AND FUNDS ALIGNS THE STRATEGY OF THE FOUNDATION OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT & SHARED FUNCTIONS PROGRAM- AND PROJECT LEADERS, EXPERTS IN SUBSTANCE SCIENTIFIC ADVICE INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR: President of the Republic of Finland, Ms. Tarja Halonen Ex-Chairman of HELCOM, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Mr. Igor Maydanov Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Mr. Alexander Stubb, Ph.D Minister for Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Mr. Urmas Paet Chairman of Cargotec Corporation &Foundation, Ilkka Herlin, Ph.D Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and Nokia, Mr. Jorma Ollila Professor of Economics (MIT), Mr. Bengt Holmström Director, The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Mr. Axel Wallenberg BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR: Ilkka Herlin, Ph.D., Chairman of the Cargotec Corporation Peter Immonen, Chairman of WIP Asset Management Lassi Linnanen, Ph.D., Professor of environmental economics CORE GROUP OF THE FOUNDATION Saara Kankaanrinta, Content producer, co-founder Anna Kotsalo-Mustonen, Ph.D., Development Director, co-founder Mathias Bergman, Ph.D., Secretary-General, Maritime Program Director AGRICULTURE & BIOENERGY CLEAN&SAFE MARIT.ACT. HAZARDOUS WASTE INTERNATIONAL EXPERT POOL Network of research institutes, individual researchers and experts INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

5 THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE Oxygenation of bottoms Pilot projects Restricting fishery Leisure boating: Sanitary waste collection systems Emissions and discharges from ships to air and water Kaliningrad Practically no waste water treatment. New project started Cleaning waste waters in Poland Transition time granted by EU up till Agriculture in Poland Due to EU the use of fertilizers can increase to fourfold Wastewater treatment in the Baltic States EU transition time till Agriculture in Finland Spoiling coast waters locally, and impact the whole sea Improving safety of navigation and preventing oil catastrophes (e.g. better IT systems, oil spill response; technology) Manure from animal farms in Leningrad oblast Converting manure to energy, emission trade which connects climate, energy and the Baltic Sea Management of hazardous waste and chemicals Agriculture: Baltic States e.g. preserving wet lands for natural absorption

6 Challenges of saving the Baltic Sea 14 states in the catchment area, national authorities, private sector, NGOs Lack of cooperation and coordination between different sectors and actors on national and international levels Different incentives and silo thinking Implementation, tangible action

7 Eutrophication state of the Baltic Sea

8 Algal bloom in the Baltic Sea

9 Presence of hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea Red = high concentration

10 The great threat of the Baltic Sea: Heavy vessel traffic: > 2000 ships at any given moment Oil transport: ca 200 million tons/year

11 Ships routes in the Gulf of Finland

12 THE BALTIC SEA ACTION SUMMIT A NEW APPROACH AND COMMITMENTS

13 The BSAS process acts as a converter Commitments by states, organisations and citizens to perform certain tasks for the benefit of the Baltic Sea Concrete actions

14 ACTION AT EVERY LEVEL Commitments (photo): President of Finland, Tarja Halonen E.g. continues to promote the BSAS process Prime Minister of Russia, Vladimir Putin HELCOM National Implementation Plan in Moscow Waste waters in St Petersburg Program for Kaliningrad region incl. waste water treatment Chairman of BSAG, Ilkka Herlin BSAG keeps up the process Personal commitment: A pilot farm for recycling nutrients

15 Examples of ongoing Commitment projects Royal Dutch Shell: Expert Seminar on oil spill in ice, March 2011 Bain & Co Nordic: Port waste reception project Viking Line Abp: Forerunner of environmental solutions and new concepts + funding Copenhagen port: Port waste reception facilites BSPC: Promotion of introduction of a harmonized vessel traffic and information system in all Baltic Sea countries Yara Ltd: Use of gypsum in trapping phosphorus in agricultural run-off ICES (International Council for Exploration of the Sea): Ecosystem analysis methods for the Baltic Sea Niemi Ltd: Containers and logistics for oil clean up equipment Wärtsilä Ltd: Clean ship technology & education on use Parliament of Åland: 1) Minimising ship emissions; 2) Oxygenation of dead sea bottoms; 3) Mussel farming Saloy Ltd: Removal of algae; removal of phosphorus from run-off streams

16 The Safest Sea project Towards a harmonised Baltic Sea vessel traffic information system Implementation of EU Baltic Sea Strategy, national strategies and a number of project proposals

17 BSAG project Safest Sea: Schematic presentation of the creation of a harmonized vessel traffic information system for the whole Baltic Sea State Ministry State Ministry State Ministry State Ministry Memorandum of Understanding (Ministerial level) Multilateral Implementation Committee (Governance) Practical implementation (VTS, ships etc): Functions, SOPs, best practices, language, routines etc

18 Expected results of the BSAG Baltic VTIS project Highly improved safety Strong impact on the common ownership of the sea Smooth communication between authorities Improved logistics and planning (cargo owners, shipping, ports etc) Decreased environmental impct due to better logistics Provides the basis for a European full scale end-to-end logistic chain, incl. environmental regulations (being planned)

19 AIS + Project A novel IT application for sending and receiving Application Specific Messages (ASM) carried by the AIS system

20 VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE AIS Base Stations VHF Radios Verbal communication Automatic information exchange Automatic information exchange Radar/s Verbal communication

21 Example of an ASM using AIS+

22 The JÄRKI project Practical analysis, introduction and testing of sustainable farming methods in southern and southwestern Finland In close collaboration with MTK*, MTT** and funding from private foundations Collaboration with all Baltic Sea countries Input for the renewed agricultural policy of EU (2014) * Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners ** Agrifood Research Finland

23 EU financing programs National financing program National financing program National financing program National financing program Project Application Baltic Sea Strategy Unit : National financing HELCOM, other expertise Project Project Project Project Project

24 A PILOT AREA FOR GLOBAL COOPERATION AND ACTION