Meeting agenda
June 27
Arrival at Certosa di Pontignano
16:30 – 20:00: Registration
20:00: Dinner at Pontignano
June 28
8:30: Departure from Pontignano to Talamone (South Tuscany coast) by bus.
10:30: Arrival at Talamone upon arrival demo activity on the Tuscan coast to get closer to the marine litter issue and the activities of the partners involved in the project.
Demo activity by boat:
- Microplastics sampling
- Microplastics characterization
Demo activity at the Talamone sea turtles rescue center
- Welcome in the “Maremma Natural Park”
- The sea turtles rescue center
- Protocol to detect marine litter in living/stranded organisms
- Protocol to detect toxicological responses in living/stranded organisms
17:00: Departure from Talamone to Pontignano
20:30: Dinner at Pontignano – Welcome by the University of Siena Rector, Prof. Francesco Frati.
June 29
8:30 – 9:00: Registration
9:00 – 9:15: Welcoming words
Angelo Riccaboni, Simone Cresti, University of Siena, SDSN-Mediterranean, Italy
9:15 -9:50: Plastic Busters: state of the project
Plastic Busters spot video
Introduction by:
Maria Cristina Fossi, University of Siena, Italy PDF
Holger Kuhle, UN-SDSN/GIZ, France
Alessandra Sensi, Secretariat UfM, Spain PDF
9:50 – 11:15: Effects of marine litter on Mediterranean marine life: A monitoring protocol based on bioindicator organisms
Chairperson: Maria Cristina Fossi and Silvia Casini, University of Siena, Italy
Topics:
- State of art on litter ingestion by Mediterranean marine organisms
- Selection criteria for the choice of sentinel species
- The threefold monitoring approach to detect marine litter ingestion and related impact in bio-indicator organisms
- Bioindicator selection strategy in relation to habitat and home range
Speakers:
University of Siena- Maria Cristina Fossi PDF, Silvia Casini, Matteo Baini PDF
ISPRA-Teresa Romeo, Cristina Pedà PDF
IEO-Monserrat Compa Ferrer PDF
HCMR-Catherine Tsangaris PDF
Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle-Francoise Claro PDF
UNEP/MAP-Christos Ioakeimidis PDF
11:15 – 11:35: Coffee break
11:35 – 12:20: Panel discussion on the protocol, gaps and future developments
Chairperson: Christos Ioakeimidis, UNEP/MAP, Greece
Panelists:
University of Siena-Maria Cristina Fossi, Silvia Casini, Matteo Baini
ISPRA-Teresa Romeo, Cristina Pedà
IEO-Monserrat Compa Ferrer
HCMR-Catherine Tsangaris
Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle-Francoise Claro
12:20 – 13:30: Prevention and mitigation measures
Chairperson: Thomais Vlachogianni, MIO-ECSDE/SWIM-H2020 SM
Speakers:
Italian Ministry of Environment Territory and Sea-Roberto Giangreco PDF
UNEP/MAP-Christos Ioakeimidis PDF
MIO-ECSDE/SWIM-H2020 SM-Thomais Vlachogianni PDF
SCP/RAC-Enrique de Villamore PDF
ISOTECH-Demetra Petsa PDF
13:30 – 14:30: Lunch break
14:30 – 15:45: Overview/Inputs on marine litter from the Southern Mediterranean countries
Chairperson: Holger Kuhle, UN-SDSN/GIZ and Alessandra Sensi, UfM Secretariat
Speakers:
Regional Expert -Anis Ismail PDF
Israel, Ministry of Environmental Protection-Fred Arzoine PDF
Lebanon, Ministry of Environment-Ahmad Damaj PDF
Morocco- State Secretariat for Sustainable Development-Abid Abdeslam PDF
15:45 – 16:00: Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30: Potential funding opportunities, Links to partner projects and programs
Chairperson: Alessandra Sensi, Secretariat UfM and Holger Kuhle, UN-SDSN/GIZ
Speakers:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation-Grammenos Mastrojeni
INTERREG MED Programme, European Territorial Cooperation-Francesca Marcato PDF
EU Funded Integrated Maritime Policy-Med Facility-Lothar Schillak PDF
H2020 and SWIM support mechanism-Anis Ismail PDF
Legambiente-Giorgio Zampetti PDF
18:00: Departure from Pontignano to Siena to attend the Palio “prima prova”
21:00: Social Dinner in Siena at “Palazzo del Rettorato”
23:00: Departure from Siena to Pontignano
June 30
HOUSEKEEPING PARTNERS MEETING
9:15 – 10:10: Outputs of the meeting
Chairperson: Alessandra Sensi, Secretariat UfM, Spain and Holger Kuhle, UN-DSN/GIZ, France
- Open Discussion on the main outputs and inputs from day 1 and 2 and future strategy
- The Plastic Busters position paper
10:10- 11:00: Plastic Buster’s: partners discussion on fundraising strategy (Part I)
Chairperson: Maria Cristina Fossi, University of Siena and Alessandra Sensi, Secretariat UfM,
Wrap up presentation on fundraising opportunities – Manolo Clar, UfM, Spain PDF
MED Programme
CBC Programme
Call of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Links to other ML ongoing projects
11:00 – 11:30: Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00: Plastic Buster’s: partners discussion on fundraising strategy (Part II)
(discussion – continued)
13:00- 13:10: Closing session
Holger Kuhle, UN-SDSN/GIZ,
Maria Cristina Fossi, University of Siena, Italy
13:10: Lunch
Organizing committee
Cristina Fossi, Silvia Casini, Ilaria Caliani, Cristina Panti, Matteo Baini- University of Siena, SDSN-MED, Italy
Holger Kuhle, UN-SDSN/GIZ, France
Alessandra Sensi, Secretariat UfM, Spain
Conference Secretariat
Giuliana Pasquini – University of Siena, Italy
