Baltic Sea Rotary Action Network - First Member Meeting

Webinar on February 23rd 2021
at 9.00-11.00 CET


 

- Join us to Save the Baltic Sea

- Listen to RI President Holger Knaack supporting the initiative

- Learn about the state of the Baltic Sea

- Find out our means to tackle the problems through strong Rotarian involvement together with all nine Baltic Sea Countries

Baltic Sea Rotary Action Network BASRAN aims to establish a strong Rotarian intervention to support the process of improving the state of the Baltic Sea. We aim to have activities comprehensive and coherent in all Baltic Sea countries to have better impact. For this we aim to connect all Rotarians round the Baltic Sea in all 9 coastal countries to a Joint Initiative to save the Baltic Sea. Our long-term goal is to have state of the Baltic  Sea clearly improved in future.

Join our first webinar! Registration, at 19th of February at the latest: https://forms.gle/3rbSxdErjUGV7MXU7

PROGRAM

 
Welcome
-          Host Lotta Ruokanen, Coordinator at the Baltic Sea Challenge at the city of Helsinki
 
Baltic Sea Rotary Action Network BASRAN - why and for what
-           PDG Pentti Aspila, Chair of the Steering Group
 
Why environment is important to Rotary and what Rotary could do for the better environment
-          Holger Knaack, President, Rotary International 2020-2021
 
The Baltic Sea needs Us
 
The State of the Baltic Sea
-          Jannica Haldin, Professional Secretary of HELCOM
 
Wicked problems and solutions
-          Anna Törnroos-Remes,  Marine biologist, Assistant professor at Environmental and Marine Biology at Åbo Akademi University
 
Rotarians Saving the Baltic Sea – ideas, examples, projects
 
The Expedition Save the Baltic Sea, Rädda Östersjön
-          PDG Tommy Lekenmyr, Rotary club of Nynäshamn, Sweden, D2370
 
Rotary unites beyond borders
-          Mark Krawczynski, Warszawa City Rotary Club, Poland, D2231
 
 What kind of activities in Northern Germany
-          Martin Weigel, Rotary Club Greifswald, D1940, Germany
 
Rotarian Baltic Sea activities in Finland
-          Päivi Kippo-Edlund, President, Borgå västra-Porvoo läntinen RC, Director of Environmental Monitoring and Supervision in city of Helsinki
 
What to do next
 
How to get involved
-          Lotta Ruokanen
 
What is ESRAG and why is the environment relevant to Rotary
How ESRAG (Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group) and Save the Baltic Sea can benefit from each other.
-          Gunilla Östberg, member of ESRAG Europe leadership,
 
Closing Words – thank you and welcome aboard
-          Lotta Ruokanen
o   2.10.2021 BASRAN – BASRAN Member Meeting in Helsinki
o   3.10.2021 Rowing for the Baltic Herring Event of Rotary  in Helsinki  
o   3.-5.10.2021 Baltic Herring Cruise Event Helsinki -Stockholm -Helsinki
 
Join our first webinar!
Registration, at 19th of February at the latest: https://forms.gle/3rbSxdErjUGV7MXU7
 
Inquiries: hannele.kauranne@gmail.com (Finlandia Hall RC, BASRAN secretary)