Joint Meeting of WG Biodiversity and WG Spatial Development
22 - 24 October 2014, Kluszkowce, Poland
“How can cooperation on spatial planning at the central, regional and local levels enhance achieving the greater territorial cohesion of the Carpathian region ?”
For the first time in the history of the Carpathian Convention the professionals from the field of biodiversity and the field of spatial development and planning will meet together in order to discuss possible synergies and propose joint activities to be undertaken by the two CC Working Groups in support for the implementation of the Convention.
The meeting will take place in Kluszkowce, Poland on 22 – 24 October 2014 and is being organized is being co-organized by the Secretariat, as well as by Ekopsychologia Association and UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre within the project “Carpathians Unite – mechanism of consultation and cooperation for implementation of the Carpathian Convention”, supported by Switzerland through the Swiss Contribution to the enlarged European Union.
MEETING PRESENTATIONS
- Carpathians Unite project – Monika Ochwat Marcinkiewicz, Ekopsychologia Association
- Introductory presentation – Zbigniew Niewiadomski, UNEP/GRID Warsaw
- Carpathian Convnetion and its main activities – Harald Egerer, UNEP Vienna Office – SCC
- Role of spatial planning in protection of biodiversity and landscape values – Ewelina Zajac, Pieniny National Park
- Progress in drafting the Carpathian Code of Good Practice in spatial planning – Monika Rusztecka, UNEP/GRID Warsaw
- Ecological connectivity and spatial planning in the Carpathians, Vaclav Hlavac, Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic
- Improving the ecological connectivity in the Carpatahins, Andreas Beckmann, WWF DCP
- INSPIRE Directive as an instrument providing access to spatial data for sustainable spatial planning in the Carpathians, Monika Rusztecka, UNEP/GRID Warsaw
- Spatial planning vs. Spatial development, Maciej Borsa, TUP, SGH
