D E R L A N D T A G SCHLESWIG - HOLSTEIN
127/2002 Kiel, 27. September 2002



11. Ostseeparlamentarierkonferenz vom 29. 9. bis 1. 10. 2002 in Sankt Petersburg


Kiel (SHL) –Am Abend des 29. September 2002 treffen sich annähernd 140 Abgeordnete der Parlamente rund um die Ostsee zur 11. Ostseeparlamenta- rierkonferenz. Am Morgen des 30. September 2002 beginnt dann die eigentli- che Arbeit der Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference – BSPC.
Tagungsort ist diesmal Sankt Petersburg.
Themenbereiche sind Fragen der grenzüberschreitenden Zusammenarbeit, maritime Sicherheit, Umweltschutz und Meeresverschmutzung und die be- sondere Situation im Kaliningrader Gebiet im Kontext der EU-Erweiterung.
Zum Thema „Maritime Sicherheit“ war auf der 10. Ostseeparlamentarierkonfe- renz in Greifswald im September 2001 beschlossen worden, eine internationa- le Arbeitsgruppe einzurichten. Diese Arbeitsgruppe hat einen ausführlichen Bericht vorgelegt.
Die Delegation des Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landtages wird geleitet von Landtagspräsident Heinz-Werner Arens. Ihr gehören außerdem die Abgeord- neten Joachim Behm (FDP), Rolf Fischer (SPD) und Anke Spoorendonk (SSW) an.
Das Programm der 11. Ostseeparlamentarierkonferenz ist dieser Pressemittei- lung beigefügt. 2

11th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation September 30 – October 1, 2002
BALTIC SEA – WAYS OF INTEGRATION AND COOPAERATION Conference venue: Tavrichesky Palace (Duma Hall), 47, Shpalernaya Str.
Monday, 30 September
10.00 – 10.30 OPENING CEREMONY Mr: Sergey Mironov, Chairman of the Council of Federa- tion of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Mr. Gennady Seleznev, Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Mr. Sergey Tarasov, Chairman of the Legislative Assem- bly of Saint-Petersburg
10.30 – 11.30 FIRST SESSION COOPERATION IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION Chairperson. Mrs. Outi Ojala, President of the Nordic Council, Finland, member of the Standing Commitee
Report on behalf of the Standing Committee of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference on the development since the 10th Parliamentary Conference Mr. Nikolay Tulaev, Chairman of the Standing Committee of BSPC, Member of the Council of Federation of the Russian Federation
Report on behalf of the Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Mr. Jan-Erik Enestam, Minister for Nordic Co-operation and Matters Relating to Neighbouring Areas, Finland
St. Petersburg 300 years – the role of the city in the Baltic Sea Region Mr. Vladimir Yakovlev, Govenor of St. Petersburg
Plenary discussion
12.00 – 13.30 SECOND SESSION NORTHERN DIMENSION: A COMMON UNDERTAKING TO- WARDS REGION-BUILDING AND EQUAL PARTNERSHIP Chairperson: Mr. Nikolay Tulaev, Chairman of the Standing Commit- tee of BSPC, Member of the Council of Federation of the Russian Federa tion
Regional Development challenges of Northern Europe Mrs. Outi Ojala, President of the Nordic Council, Finland
The perspectives of EU enlargement for the Baltic Sea Re- gion Mr. Claus-Jansen, MP, Denmark, Chairman of COSAC 3

The Northern Dimension – current and future activities Mrs. Valentina Pivnenko, Chairman of the Committee on Northern Territories and Far East of the State Duma, Russia
Vision for the Baltic Sea Co-operation Mr. Per Carlsen, Director of the Danish Institute of International Affairs
Plenary discussion
15.30 – 17.00 THIRD SESSION ECOLOGICL AND ENVIRONMENT CHALLENGES IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION
Chairperson: Mr. Konstantin Kosatchev, Deputy Chairman of the Inter national Affairs Committee of the State Duma, Russia
Maritime Safety: Improvement of International ooperation to Safeguard the Baltic Sea Region Mr. Henning Klostermann, Chairman of the Committee on Maritime Safety of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Confer- ence (COMS), MP, State Parliament of Mecklenburg- Vorpommern
Environment in the Baltic Sea Region with view to the iden- tified pollution “hot spots” Mr/Ms NN, Poland
The problem of chemical weapons buried in the Baltic Sea Mr. Vadim Paka, Director of the Atlantic Branch at the In- stitute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Science, Russia
“Can the harbor porpoise continue to survive in the Baltic Sea?” Mr. Muntingh Hemmo, GLOBE EU, Belgium
Helsinki Convention - 30 years of international environ- mental co-operation Mr. Mieczyslaw S. Ostojski, Executive Secretary, HEL COM
Health and Environment in the Baltic Sea Region Ms. Kristin Ravnanger, State Secretary, Norway, CBSS Task Force on Communicable Diseases Control
Plenary discussion
Tuesday, 1 October
10.00 – 12.00 FOURTH SESSION THE IMPACT OF EU ENLARGEMENT ON KALININGRAD
Chairperson. Mr. Heinz-Werner Arens, Speaker of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein, member of the Standing Committee 4

Kaliningrad as pilot projekt for the development of EU – Russia relations Mr. Konstantin Kosatchev, Deputy Chairman of the Inter- national Affairs Committee of the State Duma, Russia and H.E. Lars Vissing, Ambassador, EU Presidency
The Impact of EU Enlargement seen by the citizens of Ka- liningrad Mr. Yuri Savenko, Mayor of Kaliningrad, MP, Kaliningrad Regional Duma
EU Enlargement and Democratic Development Ms. Helle Degn, CBSS Commissioner on Democratic De velopment
Plenary discussion
12.00 Adoption of the amendment regarding the composition of the Standing Committee in the rules for the Conference and the Standing Committee
Adoption of the resolution
12.30 Closing of the Conference

Tuesday, 1. October
08.30 – 10.00 ROUND TABLE Tavrichevsky Palace THE GULF OF FINLAND GROWTH TRIANGLE: BUSINESS COOPERATION IN THE BALTIC SEA RE- GION
Opening Aleksander Prokhorenko, Vice-Governor, Chairman of the Com- mittee for External Affairs, St. Petersburg Administration, Russia (to be confirmed)
The Gulf of Finland Growth Triangle – a promising platform for economic cooperation Marina Kaas, Member of the Board, EVEA, Estonia Some visions from Estonia for the Growth Triangle Area Yury Samokhin, Director, Region –Expo, Russia
Motives and Success Factors of Partnership Veli-Matti Virolainen, Professor, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
The Gulf of Finland Growth Triangle – future prospects Aimo Lempinen, President of the South Finalnd Regional Alli- ance, Finland
Closing Vladimir Churov, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Exter- nal Affairs, St. Petersburg Administration, Russia 5



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