11.09.2013

Wednesday, September 11^th
International Conference

9.00 – 10.45

• European Green Belt Initiative - example for cross border cooperation,
  Daniela Leitzbach, BUND Project Office Green Belt
• Examples from Latvia;
  Spatial planning and coastal territories, Dace Samite, Kurzeme regional administration of Nature Conservation Agency

Examples from Slovenia;

• Marko Peterlin, Maja Simoneti, Transnational governance of natural areas Trilateral Nature Park Goričko-Raab-Őrség  (Project ESPON TANGO)
• Jelka Hudoklin, Best practice in spatial planning, ACER, Novo mesto d.o.o.
• Jelena Hladnik, EU convention of landscape implemantation, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment

Example from Croatia;

• Implementation of Mura Drava Regional Park in Virovitica-Podravina county, Tatjana Arnold Szabo, (Public Institution for management of protected areas in Virovitica-Podravina county) and Ivan Darko Grlica (Natural history society Drava)

10.45 – 11.00
Coffee break

11.00 − 12.20

Cross border cooperation along the Green Belt– examples from the GreenNet pilot regions:

• Lore Abartr-Heriszt/Barbara Hofbauer-Schmiedl; Cross Border Strategies within the GreenNet Pilot Regions

• Marcus Bals,  GreenNet Pilot Region 1 (Grabfeld: DE-CZ); The Green Belt in an agrarian environment: Requirements, challenges, options

• Johannes Gepp, GreenNet Pilot Region 4 (Kučnica/Kutschenitza: AT-SI); Wildlife in and along the Kutschenitza/Kučnica River

12.20: Discussion

Facilitator: Maja Simoneti, Marcus Bals, Johannes Gepp

13.00 - 14.00
Lunch break
Press conference

14.00-16.00
Nature walk nearby the Grad castle and communication exchange between experts.

16.00-18.00
Workshop on green infrastructure (GI)

Introduction/Key note speeches:

• “What is GI?”, Melanie Kreutz: definition of GI, potential components of GI and role of ecosystem services and spatial planning; EU-strategy on GI, EU financial instruments to support  the development of GI, European Green Belt as GI project on EU-level
  
  
• EU agriculture policy 2014-20 and implementation of green infrastructure, Rainer Luick

Workshop/Brainstorming:

Collection of project ideas regarding the further implementation of GI in the framework of the Central European Green Belt

Facilitator: Daniela Leitzbach, Stanka Dešnik, Gregor Domanjko

19.00 Evening Reception
Music, catering, movies about European Green Belt, Green Belt book by J. Gepp