trilateral meeting: Border Parks - in harmony with nature · 2015-11-25 · Development of a Trilateral National Park Project Germany, Poland and Belarus Meeting in Criewen, 02.-03.07.2015

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Trilateral National Park Project

Germany, Poland and Belarus

Meeting in Criewen, 02.-03.07.2015

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9th trilateral meeting: Border Parks - in harmony with nature

Date: 02.-03. July 2015

Venue: Bernd-von Arnim-Str. 28, 16303 Criewen (new Building House Natura 2000)

Objective Objective of the meeting is to present the current version of the INTERREG V B project application

and to further qualify it for the 2nd part of the application procedure concerning outputs and related

activities by the partners of the trilateral cooperation.

Agenda

Wednesday, 01.07.2015

• Arrival of partners from Bialowieza and Kamenjuki, check-in

• 19:00: Supper in the restaurant “Zur Linde”, Bernd-Von-Arnim-Str. 21 16303 Criewen,

Phone: 0049 3332 521498

Thursday, 02.07.2015

09:30 Start of the meeting: Registration, coffee

House NATURA 2000, Bernd-von Arnim-Str. 28, 16303 Criewen

10:00 Welcome

� Welcome speech and introduction to the meeting:

Dirk Treichel, Director NLP Lower Oder Valley

10:15 News of the partners: What has been happened since the last meeting

max. 5 min. per partner

1. National Park Lower Oder Valley Dirk Treichel, Director

2. Regional Directory of Environmental Protection Grzegorz Kubiak, Direktor

3. Landscape Parks Lower Oder Valley and Cedynia Dorota Janicka, Director

4. National Park Beloveshzkaya Pushcha Aleksandr Buryj, General Director

5. Białowieza National Park Mirsosław Stepaniuk, Direktor

11:00 INTERREG VB Central Europe project application <TRANSNATURE>

Transnational natural heritage areas: Places for flora, fauna and human beings

� Presentation of current state of the project application incl. news from the EUROPARC

meeting: Project specific objectives and thematic work packages

Dorota Janicka / Igor Szakowski, Landscape Parks Lower Oder Valley and Cedynia

� Overview about information to be provided for the 2nd part of the project application

Nils Scheffler, Urban Expert

� Questions & answer session

Das Projekt wird gefördert mit Mitteln des Bundesministeriumsfür Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit

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12:00 Lunch

13:30 Workshop “Outputs & Activities”: WP 1: Protecting together: cross-border

harmonization and coordination of nature protection and management systems

� Introduction, Nils Scheffler, Urban Expert

� Discussion of outputs and activities

� Bilateral workshops to coordinate activities on transborder level

� Presentation of results of bilateral workshops

15:30 Coffee break

16:00 Workshop “Outputs & Activities”: WP 2: Using together: land use systems for the

sustainable use of natural heritage areas





19:00 Supper and informal get together

restaurant “Zur Linde” – barbecue outside (in case of rain in the restaurant)

For supper we plan a so called “potlatch”, which means that everybody will bring

something typical to eat and drink from its region. The “Pot” will be added with soup,

bread, butter, vegetables by the restaurant.

Friday, 03.07.2015

09:00 Field trip

� Through the floodplain by bike, new observation tower

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Project „Transborder trail map“

� Presentation of trail map of National Park Lower Oder Valley

� Discussion of problems, developing the trail map

13:30 Workshop “Outputs & Activities”: WP 3: Working together: preparation of local income

generating activities based on the natural heritage assets






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15:30 Further steps in preparation of the INTERREG VB project application

� Clarification of support to be provided by external expert team

� Discussion of next steps / tasks for the preparation of the 2nd part of the project

application

� Coordination of venue and date

16:00 End of the working day, free time

19:00 Supper and informal get together

restaurant “Zur Linde”

Expected / invited participants Alexandr Bury General Director of Beloveszskaya Puszcha State National Park,

Belarus

Vasili Arnolbik Head of the Research Unit, Belovezhskaya Pushcha State National

Park, Belarus

Miroswław Stepaniuk Direktor of Białowieza National Park, Poland

Renata Krzysciak-Kosinska Head of the Research Unit, Białowieza National Park, Poland

Female person Białowieza National Park, Poland

Dorota Janicka Director of Western Pomerania Landscape Parks, Poland

Igor Szakowski Natural Resources, Education and Tourism Advisor, Poland

Karolina Bloom Natural Resources Advisor and Parks Liaison, Landscape Parks of

West Pomeranian District, Poland

Dirk Treichel Director, National Park Lower Oder Valley, Germany

Michael Tautenhahn Head of Research Unit of National Park Lower Oder Valley, Germany

Heike Flemming resp. person for German-Polish cross-border cooperation, National

Katrin Todt Park Lower Oder Valley, Germany

Axel Steffen Ministry of Environment Brandenburg, Germany

Andrea Eichenberg Ministry of Environment Brandenburg, Germany

Jens Meisel IAG, Germany

Nils Scheffler Urban Expert, Germany


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Handout Outputs, activities, deliverables


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Explanation on Outputs

Strategy/ action plan

A strategy should be jointly defined on the basis of problems which are relevant for the participating

regions. It should provide a common vision and set objectives and priorities in a mid- to long-term

perspective. The formulation of a transnational and/or regional strategy should be carried out with

involvement of relevant stakeholders (targeting the policy level) and aim at its subsequent

implementation. An action plan should break down the strategy goals and objectives into specific

tasks. It should include the sequence of steps to be taken, or activities that must be performed, for a

strategy to succeed. Therefore it should include a time line, the financial resources and a definition

of the responsible actors. This type of output can relate either to the development of new or further

improvement, revision and/or update of existing strategies/action plans as well as their subsequent

implementation. Each developed strategy/action plan, whether implemented or not, should be only

counted once under the respective output indicator. Project management-related strategies such as

e.g. the project communication strategy should not be considered under this output indicator.

Tools

A tool is to be understood as a means for accomplishing a specific task or purpose. Tools should be

jointly developed at transnational level and innovative; they can be physical or technical objects, but

also methods, concepts or services. They comprise amongst others of analytical tools, management

tools, technical tools, software tools, monitoring tools, decision support tools etc. To be effective, a

tool must be tailored to user needs and the respective framework conditions and has to be

comprehensive and durable. This type of output relates either to the joint development of new or

further improvement and/or adaptation of existing durable tools as well as their subsequent

operational implementation. Each developed tool, whether implemented or not, should be only

counted once under the respective output indicator. Project management-related tools such as

standard project websites, internal communication platforms and templates should not be

considered under this output indicator.

Pilot actions

A pilot action is to be understood as a practical implementation of novel schemes (e.g. services,

tools, methods or approaches). An experimental nature is central to a pilot action (or pilot

investments, if relevant) which aims at testing, evaluating and/or demonstrating the feasibility and

effectiveness of a scheme. Therefore it covers either the testing of innovative solutions or

demonstrating the application of existing solutions to a certain territory/sector. The results and

practices of pilot actions should be exploited on and transferred to other institutions and territories.

A pilot action is limited in its scope (area, duration, scale etc.) and must be unprecedented in a

comparable environment.

Training

Training is to be understood as providing persons with the understanding, knowledge, skills,

competences and access to information required in particular occupations. Training may encompass

any kind of education (general, specialised or vocational, formal or non-formal, etc.). Training

measures should be jointly developed at transnational level and tailored according to the needs of

the specific territories, target groups and stakeholders addressed by the operation. Implemented

training measures such as training seminars, study visits, peer reviews, online training courses, etc.

are to be counted under the respective output indicator. Internal project management related

trainings such as on reporting requirements, finances etc. should not be considered under this

output indicator.


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Budget lines The project budget must be structured according to the following budget lines:

1. Staff costs

2. Office and administrative expenditure

3. Travel and accommodation costs

4. External expertise and services costs

5. Equipment expenditure

6. Infrastructure and works expenditure

Only for outputs, activities, deliverables described in the work packages, project funds can be

calculated; make sure that activities, which are important for you, are described in the work

packages.

Target groups Individuals and/or organisations positively affected by the activities and results of the project. Not

necessarily receiving a financial grant and even not directly involved in the operation, the target

groups may exploit project outcomes for their own benefits. They include both the public and

private sector, such as policy makers and planners and organisations dealing with the protection,

management and valorisation of natural heritage and resources, owners and users of natural

heritage sites. Target groups include all population groups which are benefitting from the improved

management of natural heritage and resources.

Examples of target groups

• Local, regional, national public authorities

• Sectoral agency

• Infrastructure / service provider

• Interest groups / NGO

• Higher education / research

• Education / training centre and school

• Large enterprise

• SME

• Business support organisation

• International organisation

• General public

• others

Involvement of target groups for example through participation in trainings, interviews, workshops,

local stakeholder groups, advisory boards, testing of tools, implementation of pilot actions etc.

In the project application it has to be described who are the target groups and how they are reached

/ involved in the project. Attention has to be paid to how outputs can be used by the target groups

addressed, as well as to their durability and transferability in order to achieve the intended results.


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Associated Partners Institutions willing to be involved in the project without financially contributing to it are to be

considered as associated partners. Expenditure incurred by these bodies might be borne by any of

the financing project partners in compliance with the applicable eligibility rules (public procurement

rules). Requirement is that the activities and related costs are officially of “benefit” for the CE

programme area and are essential for the implementation of the project (for example to be able to

develop a cross-border strategy; travel and accommodation costs for transnational meetings, etc).

Investments Information about ELIGIBILITY of investments

� Pilot investments can only be small-scale interventions which contribute to the successful

implementation of a pilot action thereby demonstrating the feasibility and effectiveness of a

scheme (e.g. services, tools, methods or approaches) or investment.

� Pilot investment must have a demonstrating/model or pilot character and shows a clear

transnational effect being jointly strived for and evaluated by the partnership.

� Pilot investments can cover infrastructure and works (e.g. setting up ex-novo of a building or

adapting existing infrastructure) as well as thematic equipment linked to the project activities

(e.g. air quality monitoring equipment).

� Such successful demonstration is supposed to pave the way for subsequent large-scale

investments within the regions participating in the project and beyond.

Pilot investments have to comply with the following requirements:

� Clear transnational effect and added value;

� Clear contribution to project objectives and expected results;

� Clear benefit for target groups;

� Mutual learning of the whole partnership and transfer of experience to other stakeholders and

regions, the transnational transfer of results should form part of the project;

� Durability of investment (e.g. maintenance, financing) to be ensured after project end (for 5 years

following the final payment to the beneficiary);

� Ownership of investment to be retained with the responsible partner. If an investment consists of

unmovable items, also the related investment site needs to be owned by and remain in the

ownership of the respective partner.


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trilateral meeting: Border Parks - in harmony with nature · 2015-11-25 · Development of a Trilateral National Park Project Germany, Poland and Belarus Meeting in Criewen, 02.-03.07.2015