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AGENDAOF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Integral Coastal Zone Management: experience, prospects and its importance for the sustainable development of local communities

Ovidiopol, 14-15 June 2007

14, June

Place: / Conference-hall of Ovidiopol District Council(169, Ovidiopol, Odessa region)
10.00-10.30 / Registration
10.30-11.30 / Opening session
MykolaTINDYUK / Deputy Chairman of Odessa Regional Council
VolodymyrLEVCHUK / Chairman of the Ovidiopol District Council
Natalya CHEGODAR / Chairman of the OvidiopolDistrictState Administration
Jane TAUSSIK / PhD, Project Director (UK)
Igor STUDENNIKOV / Executive Director of the Centre for Regional Studies, Project co-ordinator
11.30-13.00 / Session 1. ICZM: theory, practice and its importance for the sustainableregionaldevelopmentofUkraine
Moderator:Igor STUDENNIKOV
Jane TAUSSIK / ICZM as a tool of sustainable territorial development
Olga GUTSAL / Legal aspects ofintroducing an integrated approach to theAzov-BlackSea costal zone
Vasyliy KOSTYUSHIN
Gennadiy MARUSHEVSKIY / Wetlands International’s Programme for wetland conservation and management in Ukraine’s coastal zone
Gennadiy MOLODAN / Costal zone management at the protected area: experience of the regional landscape park “Meotida”
Natasha BARKER / Practical aspects of ICZM (example of Severn Estuary, UK)
13.00-14.00 / Lunch
14.15-16.30 / Session 2. Problems and prospects of Ovidiopol district costal zone development
Moderator: VolodymyrLEVCHUK
Oleg DYAKOV / Project “Introducing ICZM for strengthening local community involvement in sustainable development”: results and prospects
Yuriy SOKOLOV / Integrated approach to coastal zone management in Ovidiopol district
Galina MINICHEVA / Developinga local ecological network in Ovidiopol district as an element of the European ecological network: prospects and opportunities
Boris ALEXANDROV / Land and water ecosystems management in the context of a strategy for sustainable management and use of natural resources in the coastal zone of Ovidiopol district
Valeriy SUNTSOV / Historical heritage in the coastal zone of Ovidiopol district: problems of conservation and use in the interests of local community development
Galina VYKHOVANETS / Managing landslide processes in the Ovidiopol Coastal Zone: current situation and modern approaches
Roman SIZO / GIS as a tool for the management and planning in the Ovidiopol coastal zone
15.15-15.30 / Coffee-break
Oleg RUBEL / Natural resources of the Ovidiopol district coastal zone: the state and value for the community development
Ivan RUSEV / Public participation in the management of natural resources in the Ovidiopol coastal zone
TatyanaORLOVA / Introducing a participatory approach to the management of coastal resources in the Ovidiopol District
Tatyana CHERNAYA / Role of NGO in raising of public awareness in value of coastal zone as a resource of local community development
16.30-17.00 / Discussion and conclusions
Issues to be discussed:
  • Problems and prospects of wise use of Ovidiopol district coastal zone resources;
  • Planning in coastal zone;
  • Discussing project ideas for sustainable development of the Ovidiopol District’s Coastal Zone

18.00-20.00 / Dinner

15, June

Place: / Hotel «Irina», Gribovka resort, Ovidiopol district
9.30-14.00 / Training – Modelsfor co-operation and partnershipbuilding between stakeholders in the process of introducingICZM
Moderators:Jane TAUSSIK,Natasha BARKER, Igor STUDENNIKOV,
Oleg DYAKOV
Jane TAUSSIK / ICZMasatoolforsustainabledevelopment
Interactive exercise / Identifying the issues (problems & opportunities) for Ovidiopol district
11.30-12.00 / Coffee-break
Natasha BARKER / Recognising sectors and the need for integration
Interactive exercise / Tools for working together
14.00 – 15.00 / Lunch

IntroducingICZMforstrengtheninglocalcommunityinvolvementinsustainabledevelopment

Project is funded by the UK Environment for Europe Fund and supported by the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and British Council through the Small Environmental Project Scheme (SEPS II)