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Plenary sessions

Thursday 26 February:

Welcome, Mr. Jens William Grav, Chairman of the CC Baltic Sea Network


Official  welcome, Mr. Per Tærsbøl, Mayor of Helsingør (Elsinore)


The role of the Baltic Sea in the development of EU, in social affairs, human rights, sustainable development and culture, Ms. Dr. Gabriele Kötschau, Director CBSS (Council of the Baltic Sea States)


Cooperation NGO Forum and Baltic Sea Parliamentarians, Ms. Christina Gestrin, Chairman, Baltic Sea Parliamentarians

Friday 27 February:

Official opening of BS NGO Forum 2009 - Mr. Karsten Petersen, Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark


In memory of Erhard Müller (Ms. Almut Müller)


Ambassadors’ greetings:
- Ambassador of Latvia, Mr. Andris Razans


Presentation of LO skolen, Director Frode M. Nicolaisen

Introductions – thematic workshops (in plenum):

- Lifelong Learning – Ms. Anneli Bauters

- Environment and Climate Changes – Ms. Margareta Hammermann

- Social Affairs - Mr. Holger Rohde

- Civil dialogue - Ms. Inta Simanska

- Cultural Diversity and Tolerance -  Mr. Dimitry Dubrovsky

Mr. Grigory Pasko showing and discussing  his film  "Buried at Sea"


Financial subsidies to NGOs and NGO activities in the Baltic Sea Area. Representative from EU Grundtvig-programme,  Ms. Annemarie Holm and from the Nordic Council of Ministers’ programme, Mr. Frederic Larsson


Saturday 28 February:

NGOs and the mass media, roundtable (plenum). How can NGOs and mass media cooperate better?
Mr. Peter Riesbeck, Berliner Zeitung , Mr. Grigory Pasko, journalist , Ms. Darja Akhutina, Norden Association  and Mr. Thorbjorn Nesjan, Severin


Future structure of BS NGO (plenum)
Working plan for the CC and the BS NGO Forum  - Mr. Albert Caspari, Infobalt


New EU Baltic strategy - Mr. Jens William Grav, Chairman,  CC, Baltic Sea Network


Sunday 1 March:

Welcome and good morning, Mr. Jens William Grav. Morning song, "Die Gedanken sind frei" lead by Mr. Bertel Haarder, Minister of Nordic Cooperation and Minister of Education


"The Nordic values and the role of the NGOs in the civil society and the political decision making process”  - Mr. Bertel Haarder, Minister of Nordic Cooperation and Minister of Education

Video of Mr. Haarder's speech (QuickTime-format (mov)) 136,1 MB
Mr. Haarder's written speech "The nordic Values and the role of the NGO's in civil society and the political system" (pdf)

Cooperation NGO Forum and Baltic Development Forum - Mr. Hans Brask, Director, Baltic Development Forum

Video of Mr. Brask's speech (QuickTime-format (mov)) 67,3 MB
Mr. Brask's written speech (doc)

Summaries in plenum:

Presentation and discussions of the recommendations and working plan from the thematic working groups:

- Lifelong Learning – Aliona Velichko
- Environment and Climate Changes – Margareta Hammermann
- Social Affairs - Holger Rohde
- Civil dialogue- Inta Simanska
- Cultural Diversity and Tolerance -  Dimitry Dubrovsky

Video of the presentations (QuickTime-format (mov)) 168,7 MB
Presentation from the workshop - Lifelong learning (ppt)
Presentation Civil Dialogue in the Baltic Sea Region - Summary of the workshop (ppt)

BS NGO Forum – future, structure, recommendations and declarations Discussion and decisions - Mr. Jens William Grav, Chairman,  CC, Baltic Sea Network

Video of the session (QuickTime-format (mov)) 10,6 MB
The Final declaration (doc)




















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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark