Marine Protection in the Eastern Baltic: What is the status quo? Good practices, ongoing challenges, and possible solutions.

Are we on track in achieving marine protection targets by 2030 in the Arena 2 region? The workshop will provide an overview of the status of marine protection in the Baltic, presenting national, regional and local practices and experiences and project initiatives, inspiring discussion in interactive sessions with participants.

Introduction/moderation: Ivana Stojanovic, SUBMARINER

11:00 - 11:15 Setting the scene: Findings of HELCOM’s State of the Baltic report - Status quo in the region in achieving the 30x10x30 targets: Cecilia Nyman, Project coordinator PROTECT BALTIC, HELCOM

11:15 - 11:20 Interaction sli.do: All

11:20 - 11:30 LIFE REEF – Latvian national initiative for reaching the marine protection targets: Ingrida Andersone, Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecolog

11:40 - 11:50 The ÅlandSeaMap project - Åland good practice presentation: Karl Weckström, Åbo Akademi University

11:55 - 12:10 Panel session with Q&A: PROTECT BALTIC, LIFE REEF, The The ÅlandSeaMap project, pitches from BLUE4ALL, MSP4BIO, Cool Blue with questions from the audience/sli.do

12:10 - 12:30 Interactive session - moderated discussions in break out groups: All

12:30 - 12:45 Reporting to the plennary and agreeing on the main action points: All