4th Conference
Delta Awareness
Gdansk, Poland
Date: 7th – 10th May, 2012
7th May – workshops for DeltaNet Partners
8th May – study visit
9th - 10th May – International Conference
Venue: Office of the Marshal of the Pomorskie Voivodeship
21/27 Okopowa St.
80-810 Gdańsk
During the Conference in Gdańsk we would like to focus on such issues:
1. Educational paths for young people – We would like to present examples of programs for young people – some of them within the school system, from primary to secondary - dealing with the special character, potentials and challenges of the Delta areas. Programs which create awareness through innovative education and trainings, to enable young people to improve their environment by promoting the management and sustainable use of all resources. Programs to promote environmentally aware tourism and use of water routes that increase young people's knowledge and delta awareness about the environment and associated challenges, develop the necessary skills and expertise to address the challenges, and foster attitudes, motivations, and commitments. Examples of innovative education include various tools to educate the public such as print materials, websites, media campaigns, outdoor education etc.
2. Development of sustainable tourism and public awareness – We would like to focus on and gather the best practices regarding the following issues:
- ways of monitoring influx of tourist and sports vessels (kayaks, canoes, fishing boats, tourist boats, windsurfing boards, etc) in order to avoid intensive density at the expanse of environment of the Delta areas.
- ways to increase public awareness of needed restrictions and conditions which have to be imposed on tourism and economic development in the Delta areas in order to prevent the degradation of the nature.
- ways to increase public participation in the life of the Deltas in order to enhance their knowledge of the specific problems of the Delta areas and to get the public involve in looking for the solutions.
The City of Gdansk
Gdansk – a thousand-year old city in the north of Poland, has almost 0,5 million inhabitants (with Sopot and Gdynia creates metropolis of over 1 million people). Major industries are maritime, high tech, logistics, tourism, petrochemical, cosmetics. Very important academic centre educating at good level in different faculties, putting emphasis on learning foreign languages. Gdansk has a unique place in history – World War II started here and the Solidarity Movement, that made communism system to collapse, was established here. Solidarity leader Mr Lech Walesa lives here. Gdansk is also a important tourist destination surrounded by the beaches of the Baltic sea and wild nature forests.
Visit City of Gdansk’s Website www.en.gdansk.gda.pl
4th Conference - Delta Awareness
The international Conference “Delta Awareness” is organised in the frame of the DeltaNet project.
Gdansk, Poland
Date: 7th – 10th May, 2012
7th May – workshops for DeltaNet Partners
8th May – International Conference
9th - study visit by boat
10th May – International Conference
Venue: Office of the Marshal of the Pomorskie Voivodeship
21/27 Okopowa St.
80-810 Gdańsk
The main goal of the Conference is to increase the public awareness about the specific characteristics of Delta regions. Politicians, stakeholders and the public in general; are having a low awareness of the special character, potential and challenges of the Delta areas. There is lack of clear communication and public participation. A higher awareness of these areas will stimulate the recognition of the Delta regions.
During the Conference in Gdańsk we will focus on such issues as:
Development of sustainable economy (including tourism) and public awareness
Plenary Session 1 – Ways of Increasing the Local Community Involvement in the Life of Deltas
Plenary Session 2 - Ways of Increasing the Local Community Involvement in the Life of Delta (best practises)
Plenary Session 3 – Sustainable Development of Deltas
Plenary Session 4 - Sustainable Development of Tourism in Deltas – best practises and recommendations from the partner regions
Public Awareness and Education
Plenary Session 5 – Education and the Public Awareness about Deltas
Plenary Session 6 – Educational Paths for Young People – examples
Location
Delta of the Vistula River
The river forms a wide delta called the Zulawy Wislane around the town of Biala Gora near Sztum, about 50 km from the mouth, splitting into two branches: the Leniwka (left) and the Nogat (right). In the city of Gdansk the Head of the Leniwka branch separates again into the Szkarpawa branch, for the purpose of flood control closed to the east with a lock. The so-called Dead Wisla divides again into the Przegalina branch flowing into Gdansk Bay. Until the 14th century the Vistula was divided into a main eastern branch, the Elbląg Vistula, and the smaller western branch, the Gdansk Vistula. Since 1371 the Vistula of Gdansk is the river's main artery. After the flood in 1840 an additional branch formed called the Smiała Wisla ("Bold Vistula"). In 1890 through 1895, additional waterworks were carried out up the Swibna.
Pomorskie Voivodeship – Region of Pomorskie
Pomorskie is one of 16 voivodeships (regions) in Poland. The region is situated in the northern part of country on the Baltic Sea coast. Almost 60% of Poland’s coastline is within Pomorskie. The region’s population is 2,2 million, which is about 5,8% of Poland’s total. A significant majority – 1,5 million – lives in cities.
With its good location the region became long ago wealthy from the sea, its fertile soil and the amber and trade routes. The gothic castle route is evidence of the presence of the Knight Orders of the Teutonic Order and the Joannit Order, while waterworks construction are legacy of Mennonite immigrants from the Netherlands.
Merchants from all over Europe used to come to the region. The thousand years old city of Gdansk has always been the most dynamic centre, and was once the main Hanza Union port and one of the richest cities in Europe.
The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were the period of Gdansk’s greatest glory. During the Reformation the city provided shelter for religious dissidents and became a symbol of tolerance. Gdansk attracted outstanding architects, painters and sculptors who transformed the city into an important centre of culture and art.
The city’s decline occurred during the time of Poland’s partition, when Gdansk became a Prussian city (in 1871 it became a German city). In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles established the Gdansk Free City Zone.
On 1 September 1939, at around 4.30 in the morning, it was here, in Gdansk, that the Second World War started with shots fired from the battleship Schleswig-Holstein.
The war and the particularly fierce struggle for liberation left Gdansk completely devastated. Its reconstruction, with the help of fully dedicated citizens, took several dozen years. Gdansk once again became the big Baltic port and regained its former splendour. Once again it drew the attention of the whole world, becoming a synonym for the liberation aspirations of Poles.
The tragic December 1970, and then August 1980 and the martial law period are the successive dates symbolizing the fight of the citizens of Gdansk against the prevailing communist regime. It was Gdansk that became the cradle of "Solidarność" which was to transform the then map of Europe. History has come full circle. Contemporary Gdansk - a half-a-million (with Sopot and Gdynia creates metropolis of over 1 million people), dynamically developing agglomeration - is vibrant with life as before and again deserves to be called "the Pearl of the North."
Program of the Conference
International Conference – Deltanet Project – “Delta Awareness”
May, 8th - 10th of 2012
Gdansk - Poland
Venue: The Lech Badkowski Hall, Office of the Marshal of the Pomorskie Voivodeship, 21/27 Okopowa Street, Gdansk 80-810
6th May (Sunday) – arrival of the partners of the DeltaNet project to Gdansk
7th May (Monday) – room 133 C, Office of the Marshal of the Pomorskie Voivodeship – worshops of the partners of the DeltaNet project
7th May, 2012 (Monday) - Workshops Programm
Venue: Office of the Marshal of the Pomorskie Voivodeship, room 133 C (first floor)
21/27 Okopowa St. 80-810 Gdańsk
9.00 – 11.00 - Third workshop – Healthy Delta Environmental
11.15 – 13.15 – Second workshop – Delta Awareness
13.15 – 14.15 – Lunch
14.15 – 16.15 – First workshop – Coordinated Delta Policy
16.30 – Steering Committee
Arrival of the participants of the Conference
8th May (Tuesday)- Conference - The Lech Badkowski Hall, Office of the Marshal of the Pomorskie Voivodeship
09.00 – 09.30 – Registration of the participants
09.30 – 10.00 - Opening of the Conference – speeches by Marshal of the Pomorskie Voivodeship, representative of the ministry, European Commission, Project Leader
Introductory Session
Moderator – representative of the Office of the Marshal of the Pomorskie Voivodeship
10.00 – 10:20 – „Social Space and Public Awareness and the Methods of Building It” / “Space as Social Capital of Local Community” - Dr Aleksander Wolski – Katowice School of Economics
Plenary Session 1 – Ways of Increasing the Local Community Involvement in the Life of Deltas
Modarator - Prof. Wojciech Majewski – Institute of Hydroengineering of Polish Academy of Sciences
10.20 - 10.35 – Conditions and importance of the delta areas – speaker TBC
10.35 – 10.50 - Awareness and the Environmental Protection In the Delta Areas - speaker TBC
10.50 – 11.05 - „Complex Flood Protection” – Dutch experiences - speaker TBC
11.05 – 11.20 – Programme for the Zulawy Region to 2030 – Comple Flood Protection - – Piotr Kowalski, Regional Water Management Board in Gdansk
Q & A / discussion
11.35 – 12.00 – coffee break
Plenary Session 2 - Ways of Increasing the Local Community Involvement in the Life of Delta (best practises)
Moderator - Prof. Jan Węsławski – Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
12.00 – 12.15 - NATURA 2000 in the Delta Areas – General Introduction – Prof. Babiński – Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz
12.15 – 12.30 – Program of the Protection of the NATURA 2000 Area in the Region of the Gulf of Gdansk – Dr Lidia Kruk-Dowgiałło – Maritime Institute in Gdansk
12.30 – 12.45 - Examples of the Public Involvement in Solution Searching – study case from abroad - speaker TBC
12.55 – 13.00 – presentation by a representative of European Commission
Q & A / discussion
13.15 – 14.15 - Lunch
Plenary Session 3 – Sustainable Development of Deltas
Modarator - TBC
14.15 - 14.30 - Problems of Rational and Nature Friendly Development of deltas – EC? / project partner? Or Foreign Experiences in Preparing Investments in Protected Areas
14.30 -14.45 - Sustainable Environmental Protection in Deltas – the Legal Context – Dr. Dorota Pyć, University of Gdansk
14.45 – 15.00 – Development of Water Transport in Deltas – The Vistula River – Prof Adam Bolt – Technical University of Gdansk
15.00 – 15.15 - The Absorbency of Tourism in Deltas - Speaker TBC or Economic Development in the Vistula Delta – Regional Chamber of Commerce
15.15 – 15.30 – Tourism in Accordance with Nature - Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport
Q & A / discussion
15.45 – 16.00 – coffee break
Plenary Session 4 - Sustainable Development of Tourism in Deltas – best practises and recommendations from the partner regions
Modarator - Zbigniew Ptak / Marta Chełkowska
16.00 – 16.10 – Presentation of the Loop of Zulawy Project
16.10 – 17.10 – Examples of Sustainable Tourism Development in Partner Regions – partners of the DeltaNet Project
Q & A / discussion
Dinner – National Sailing Centre (TBC)
9th May (Wednesday) – study Tour by boat – Delta of the Vistula River
10th May (Thuarsday) - Conference - The Lech Badkowski Hall, Office of the Marshal of the Pomorskie Voivodeship
Plenary Session 5 – Education and the Public Awareness about Deltas
Moderator - Zbigniew Sobociński – Gdansk Water Foundation
9.00 – 9.15 - Dissemination of the Knowledge about Delta Areas – innovation, motivation, challenges – Speaker TBC(from abroad)
9.15 -9.30 – Lifelong Education and Participation in Decision Making – Local and Regional Processes - Speaker TBC(from abroad)
9.30 – 9.45 – Ecological Education – presentation of nature friendly behavior - Gdansk Water Foundation (TBC)
9.45 – 10.00 – Can the Economic Future of a Delta Be Built of the Past? – Michał Górski, Baltic Institute of Communes
10.00 – 10.15 – Seals in the Vistula Delta –Prof Krzysztof Skóra – The Hel Marine Station, University of Gdansk
Q & A / discussion
10.30 – 10.50 – coffee break
Plenary Session 6 – Educational Paths for Young People – examples
Modarator – Ornithological Station, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences
10.50 – 11.05 – Rhine - Scheldt Delta
11.05 - 11.20 – Tagus, Lisboa
11.20 – 11.35 – Severn, UK
11.35 – 11.50 – The Vistula Delta, Pomorskie – Dir. Adam Krawiec – Department of Sport and Education
12.40 – 13.00 - Program of Marine Education in Gdansk
Q & A / discussion
13.15 – 14.00 Closing Session (discussion, final conclusions)
Modarator - Prof. Jan Węsławski – Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences + Partner from abroad
14.00 – 15.00 - Lunch
Registration:
Participation in the Conference is free of charge
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