1. GEF Baltic Sea Regional Project: views on management and implementation

2. Baltic Sea: Main Characteristics
Semi-enclosed brackish water area
Persistent vertical layers
Residence time of water : 25yrs
Finland
Renewal of bottom-water: unpredictable - often stagnation periods
Norway
Russia
Plants/animals: low numbers - stressed
Large catchment area with land use activities strong effect on water quality - population - 85 million
Sweden
Estonia
Latvia
Denmark
Lithuania
Poland
Germany

3. International Managing Bodies
International Baltic Sea
Fishery Commission
Scientific Advice
350 scientists
BSRP: HELCOM and ICES

4. The Baltic LME concept Land Coastal Marine
Strengthening technical capacity
Training farmers
Grant/Credit on-farm invest-ments.
Coastal
Marine
Salmon river rest.
CZM
Modeling water quality and nutrient transport
Fish/envionm.
Ships of Opportunity
Toxins/impact
Joint integrated ass. surveys
COMBINE
Ecosystem Health parameters
Strengthening technical capacity, WS.s
Upgrade laboratories and ships
Improve scientific/and political
coordination C1 C2

5. BSRP Working Structure
CC: Coordination Centre
LL: Lead Laboratory
LIU: Local Implem. unit
Coordinators, C1, C2
LIU and CC
Socio-economy
Tallinn
LIU and CC
Fisheries
Riga LL
ICES surveys
Kaliningrad
Coast. Activities
Tallinn
Fish age/
Stomach anal
Salmon restor.
LIU andCC
GIS & Data
Vilnius CC
Ecosystem
Health
Gdynia LL
Alien Species
Klaipeda
Fish diseases
Kaliningrad
LIU and CC
Productivity
Riga LL
Zooplankton
Gdynia
Phytob.monit,
SOOP
Tallinn
Co-LPM
MMED LL
Biodiversity
St. Petersburg
Co-LPM
CZM
Co-LPM SOOP
Tallinn

6. + Scientists/farmers Politicians Conventions –
BSRP 1st phase
Actors:
Scientists/farmers
Politicians
Conventions –
International organizations
Cooperators +
Cooperation,coordination -
Too much national
Strengthened + +
MoU , LoA , + network +
EU , Reg. Program

7. GEF/BSRP: has been a Catalyser
BSRP 2:nd phase
Major stength:
Organization
BIREME BONUS
BOOS SAFMAMS
BONUS-169
Major challenge:
POLITICIANS (national owners)
Key-words:
INTEGRATION and OUTREACH
GEF/BSRP: has been a Catalyser