Lakepromo: the 4th Steering group meeting 17 May 2006, P

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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group meeting17 May
2006, Pühäjärve, EstoniaAGENDA

• 1600 Opening
• 1605 The third Lakepromo Progress Report to JTS
• 1620 Changes concerning the part of Budapest
  University
• 1630 Information packages
• 1640 Pilot phase
• 1705 Information and publicity
• 1720 Next seminars
• 1740 Feedback
• 1800 End of meeting

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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group meetingThe
third Lakepromo Progress Report

• Current phase with reporting
• Approval gained 11.5. from JTS
• -gt LPs re-audit on 30.5. -gt submission to JTS
• -gt payment to LP -gt payments to partner
• Everything approved by JTS after justification
  and clarifications, although some important
  changes were reported only after the reporting
  period
• /- Underspending still occurred but less than
  previously
• (changes in partnership covering 77 from
  accumulated underspent sum)
• - Long and difficult process this time several
  mistakes in financial management during the
  process -gt many lessons learned

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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group meetingThe
third Lakepromo Progress Report
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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group meetingThe
third Lakepromo Progress Report
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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group meetingThe
third Lakepromo Progress Report
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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group meetingThe
third Lakepromo Progress Report
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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group meetingThe
third Lakepromo Progress Report
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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group meetingThe
third Lakepromo Progress Report

• Lessons learned concerning financial management
• Questions and changes need to be negotiated
  beforehand between partner and lead partner as
  well as lead partner and JTS
• Rules have to be strictly followed only
  appropriately audited costs can be included in
  the LPs report to JTS
• Clear allocation of Lakepromo meeting costs to
  components (in direct relation to the time spent
  per CP)
• Accurate reporting by partners (correct figures)
• Auditors (external and internal) must familiarize
  themselves to the INTERREG IIIC budget line
  principles, component division and timing -gt to
  be able to catch up possible mistakes
• Lead partner has to check partner reports
  thoroughly at once and ask everything that is
  unclear -gt at least the next version of a partner
  report will be the final one
• Corrections have to be done promtly

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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group meetingChanges
concerning the part of Budapest University

• Partner 10 (The Budapest University of Technology
  and Economics) has requested for drop out
  Lakepromo partnership due to troubles with their
  financial management.
• - Budget around 40 500 ERDF-financed part
  left (total budget
• 54 000 , 25 co-financing)
• Description of expertise The Department of
  Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering to be
  involved in this project has long been
  coordinated and/or contributed to lake projects
  both in Hungary and abroad (Finland, Austria,
  Cambodia) on hydro- and sediment dynamics, water
  level control, littoral-pelagic zone interaction,
  habitat, restoration and management issues.
• It is suggested that the remaining budget and
  tasks will be shifted to another
  Lakepromo-partner (Estonian partner? also a new
  EU-country)

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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group meetingChanges
concerning the part of Budapest University

• The shift should be done as soon as possible to
  avoid more underspending!
• The official Request for Change documents,
  including a new co-financing statement should be
  sent to the Joint Technical Secretariat of
  Interreg IIIC North
• Added tasks?
• - Budapest University would like to participate
  in Hungarian seminar and can be consulted if any
  specific items will arise during this latter part
  of Lakepromo

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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group
meetingInformation packages

• STRATEGIC FOCUS of Component 2 (The
  information-packages, data analysis)
• To gather present knowledge and former
  experiences in the field of water management and
  restoration procedures from partner regions and
  to report this information in a structured,
  easily comparable manner thus give the basis
  for further co-operative projects
• - Original timeframe until the end of June 2006
  -gt the lead partner has requested for some
  additional time until the end of December 2006

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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group
meetingInformation packages

• Country-specific packages in English are almost
  all ready (Hungarian package will be published
  soon)
• In native languages ? The lead partner will need
  two copies of each publication.
• German partners will not publish their
  information package in German, because another
  quite similar publication in Germany
• DWA-Regelwerk (2006) Maßnahmen der Seentherapie.
  Merkblatt DWA-M 606, 104 S, in Vorbereitung.
• It is suggested that they provide an overview in
  German of the example of their pilot setting and
  translate the joint summary manual in German
• - Joint Summary Manual will be prepared by the
  lead partner during summer (additional time for
  component 2 has been requested and received until
  the end of 2006)

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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group meetingPilot
phase

• STRATEGIC FOCUS of Component 3 (Pilot phase)
• - To get a very practical aspect to the exchange
  of experiences between different regions, to
  offer to the partners true opportunities for
  mutual learning and stregthen possibilities for
  further co-operation, new innovations of
  activation the local people to water management
  and restoration processes
• Time July 2004 June 2007
• Indicators The written and pdf-format reports
  from the experiences in each target area (at
  least 8), which will be summarized in a manual of
  practical tools, questionnairies among
  participants of the pilot phase

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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group meetingPilot
phaseWorkshop schedule
LAKEPROMO-MEETING PILOT TARGET AREAS IN WORKSHOPS
UK 10/2005 Pevensey Levels (UK), Lake Sukevanjärvi (Finland)
Estonia 5/2006 Lake Võrtsjärv (Estonia), Lake Petosenlampi (Finland)
Russia 8/2006 Lake Pryazinskoe (Russia)
Spain Autumn 2006 Punta Entinas-Sabinar (Spain), Lake Scharmützelsee (Germany), Lake Fertõ/Lake Neusiedl (Hungary)
Denmark Spring 2007 Danish lakes Lake Schlachtensee (Germany)?
Hungary Summer 2007 Final Seminar Results
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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group meetingPilot
phase

• -Any new events or special progress in pilot
  areas?
• Finland workshop tomorrow around Lake Petonen
• Lake Sukevanjärvi meeting with local people in
  March
• Spain Meeting in July 2006 and in October 2006
• Denmark
• United Kingdom
• Estonia workshop tomorrow around Lake Võrtsjärv
• Germany
• Hungary

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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group meetingPilot
phase

• New tasks concerning rural sewage treatment
• UK Current practices and methods available for
  rural sewage treatment with a particular emphasis
  on (1) P and N stripping techniques and (2) the
  use of faecal source tracking as a means to
  assess the effects of different sewage treatment
  techniques on water quality.
• -descriptions (chemical or biological)
• -initial and operating costs
• -selection criteria
• -common problems
• -examples of effect(s) on receiving waters
• -Extensive review of current practice as used by
  water companies. Consultation with the
  Environment Agency to assess effectiveness in
  different parts of the UK. Discussion with
  consultants/researchers as necessary to seek
  alternative viewpoints where appropriate.
  Application of new techniques in faecal source
  tracking to existing pilot study at Pevensey
  Levels, East Sussex.

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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group meetingPilot
phase

• HUNGARY (University of Debrecen)
• Overview of rural area sewage treatment in
  Hungary
• Overview of available Hungarian rural area sewage
  treatment methods, gained experiences
• Qualification of different solutions
  adaptability (individual house, small group of
  houses, settlements with less than 2000
  inhabitants) based on partners experiences

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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group meetingPilot
phase

• FINLAND
• In Finland approximately one million residents
  and over one million vacationers locate beyond
  the reach of municipal sewer networks. A
  significant portion of their wastewater treatment
  systems will need improvements during the coming
  years according to the requirements given in the
  new Government Decree on Treating Domestic
  Wastewater in Areas Outside Sewer Networks
  (542/2003).
• Information package in English will be gained
  (short introduction to the current situation in
  Finland, incl. used wastewater treatment methods
• Pilot area Kaislastenlahti in Kuopio Focus on
  collaborative planning -Tentative operation model
  for selecting village-specific methods for rural
  sewage

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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group meetingPilot
phase

• Meeting in Kuopio in September 2006 (21-22
  September?)
• Introduction and visit in the pilot area, focus
  on rural sewage treatment
• If you are interested in participate in this
  meeting, contact
• Arja.ruokojarvi_at_savonia-amk.fi until the end of
  May.
• - Meeting in Spain in July 2006, focus on wetland
  and coastal management
• If you are interested in participate, contact
• Leonardo.gonzalez_at_sicidominus.com until the end
  of May
• - Partners are encouraged to arrange informal
  meetings around pilot areas and specific themes!
  

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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group
meetingInformation and publicity

• Lakepromo- website
• Links to Estonian, Hungarian, Russian and Danish
  pages
• coming soon German pages?
• Pilot area websites?
• Needed links?
• -Brochures- New Spanish brochure
• -Leaflets Remember essential EU-emblems and
  Interreg-logos!
• -Local level seminars, press releases any good
  practices to activate local people?
• Communication and Media training in Vienna 6-7
  June 2006 the Lead Partner will participate in
  the material to the material case
• INTERREG IIIC Photo Competition Images on
  interregional cooperation (open until 16 June
  2006) www.interreg3c.net

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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group meetingNext
seminars

• -In Petrozavodsk, Russia 29-31 August 2006
• AGENDA in the material case!
• Accomodation is arranged by Tatjana
  regerand_at_nwpi.krc.karelia.ru
• Turist visas visa support paper from Tatjana if
  needed!
• Train tickets between Sankt Petersburg
  Petrozavodsk from lead partner!
• Seminar fee (200 ) will be paid directly in
  Petrozavodsk to NWPI
• -In Spain in October 2006 (week 43?)

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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group meetingFeedback

• -financial management and reporting is a
  demanding task special attention should be paid
  to accurate division between components and
  different budget lines
• -common difficulty in lake management how to
  activate local people to participate in
• -pilot areas differ quite much from each other
  the challenge is how to exchange experiences and
  best practices (information packages may help in
  understanding better others processes)
• -contacts to other projects and experts from
  other countries (the Netherlands, Sweden..)?
• -collected, analyzed and critically assessed
  experiences to the webpages? How to divide,
  could each partner collect knowledge and examples
  for their own special expertise?

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Lakepromo the 4th Steering group meetingFeedback

• Thank you for your attention and co-operation!
• Lets have a successful seminar!