International Black Sea Day to begin at Trabzon, Turkey

In order to protect the Black Sea from pollution and other adverse effects, on April 21st 1992, Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, the Russian Federation, Turkey and Ukraine signed the Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (Bucharest Convention) which was ratified by all signatories by 1994. For the effective implementation of the Bucharest Convention, its member states adopted the Black Sea Strategic Action Plan, on October 31st 1996, and hence, this date has since been celebrated as the “International Black Sea Action Day”. International Black Sea Action Day comprises both national and regional activities designed to raise public awareness of the ongoing regional cooperation involved in protecting the Black Sea.

This year’s regional ‘International Black Sea Day’ activities have been organized in Trabzon jointly by the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry and the Permanent Secretariat of the Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution. 

Whilst the overall aim of Black Sea Day is to increase awareness of the need to protect this invaluable sea, in pursuing this goal, this year’s activities are additionally aimed at:

• Informing and involving the general public in the activities which aim to protect the Black Sea against pollution, in particular for oil spills.
• Creating a platform whereby all national and international stakeholders could share information for the sustainable use of the Black Sea.

DuringInternational Black Sea Day Activities, participants will be witnessing the launch of the Black Sea Box (an entertaining and effective educational tool for both teachers and students alike to enhance knowledge and therefore appreciation of the seas, particularly the Black Sea, marine life as well as our surrounding environment and nature). In addition they will be able to marvel at the strikingly beautiful ‘Black Sea Underwater Photography Exhibition’ by renowned underwater photographer and underwater video filming director Mr. Tahsin Ceylan as well as exhibition of the Association for Underwater Cleaning and Educating on Marine Litter.

PANEL TITLES

Sunday, 31 Ocober 2010

11:50-14:50

Panel 1: Pollution from shipping in the Black Sea-Monitoring, impacts and measures

15:00-17:10

Panel 2: MONINFO Project: Monitoring and Information Systems for Reducing Oil Pollution in the Black Sea

Monday, 1 November 2010

09:00-10:10

Panel 3:State of the Environment of the Black Sea and Information Support

10:40-11:50

Panel 4: Land-based Sources of Pollution – Implemented Activities

10:40-11:50

Panel 5 (Parallel): Challenges in Sustainable Fisheries and Biodiversity
Fahri Kuran Hall

12:00-13:10

Panel 6: Coastal Zone Management Activities and Marine Protected Areas

14:10-16:20

Panel 7: Cooperation among International Organizations on the Black Sea environment

14:10-16:50

Panel 8 (Parallel): Examples of NGO and Private Company Activities Related to the Black Sea
Fahri Kuran Hall

GENERAL PROGRAMME

VENUE: KTÜ Prof Dr Osman Turan Cultural Center Hasan Turan Hall (Unless otherwise indicated)

Pre-Conference Day– Saturday, 30 October 2010

Arrival in Trabzon

09.00-09:30

Black Sea Box Education Kit demonstration for teachers
Fahri Kuran Hall

10.00 16.30

Black Sea Education Kit Workshop
Fahri Kuran, Bedri Rahmi Eyüpoğlu, Ahmet Selim Teymur and Nihat Turan-1 Halls

Sunday, 31 Ocober 2010

08:30-09:00

Registration

In parallel:

1) Stands and continuous video shows of partner organizations including episodes of TRT’s documentary programme called ‘Blue Passion’ featuring a sunken German U 20 submarine in Karasu waters and underwater life of Sinop.

Along the corridors

2) Black Sea Box Education Kit demonstration and workshop for teachers during the rest of the day (09:00-16:30)

Nihat Turan-1, Bedri Rahmi Eyüpoğlu, Ahmet Selim Teymur Halls

09:00-09:45

Opening Remarks

09:45-10:00

Keynote Speech

10:00-10:30

Black Sea Medal Award Ceremony

10:30-10:50

Piano Concert

10:50-11:10

Black Sea Education Kit Introduction and Press Launch

11.10–11.30

Coffee Break as well as
Opening of Tahsin Ceylan Underwater Photography Exhibition. (This exhibition will be displayed for the public in Forum Shopping Center during 25-30 October)

(In Parallel:                                          Black Sea NGO Confederation (KASTOB) &  Trabzon Federation for Association TRABZON CONVENTION  Fahri Kuran Hall 11:00-14:00)

11:40-11:50

Activities of Underwater Cleaning and Awareness Movement SHT Exhibition
Along the corridors

11:50-14:50

Panel 1: Pollution from shipping in the Black Sea-Monitoring, impacts and measures

13:00-14:00

Lunch-Box

Panel 1: Pollution from shipping in the Black Sea-Monitoring, impacts and measures (continued)

15:00-17:10

Panel 2: MONINFO Project: Monitoring and Information Systems for Reducing Oil Pollution in the Black Sea

17:10-19:00

Free Time

19.00-22.00

Dinner Hosted by Trabzon Governor Fevzi Hoca Restaurant

Monday, 1 November 2010

08:30-09:00

Registration and Opening

09:00-10:10

Panel 3:State of the Environment of the Black Sea and Information Support

10:10–10:40

Coffee break

10:40-11:50

Panel 4: Land-based Sources of Pollution – Implemented Activities

10:40-11:50

Panel 5 (Parallel): Challenges in Sustainable Fisheries and Biodiversity
Fahri Kuran Hall

11:40-11:50

Questions and Comments

12:00-13:10

Panel 6: Coastal Zone Management Activities and Marine Protected Areas

13:10-14.10

Lunch – Box

14:10-16:20

Panel 7: Cooperation among International Organizations on the Black Sea environment

14:10-16:50

Panel 8 (Parallel): Examples of NGO and Private Company Activities Related to the Black Sea
Fahri Kuran Hall

15:00-15:30

Coffee break

16:50-17:20

Tahsin Ceylan's Presentation
'Underwater Life of Turkey'

17:20-18:30

Closing Session (Plenary)

19:00-23:00

International Black Sea Day Gala Night Dinner – Karadeniz Technical University Seashore Facilities

Poster Presentations throughout the day

Day 3– Tuesday, 2 November 2010

Trip to Uzungöl (Long Lake) and/or Sümela Monastry (Time will be decided in Trabzon)

DETAILED PROGRAMME

VENUE: KTÜ Prof Dr Osman Turan Cultural Center Hasan Turan Hall (Unless otherwise indicated)

Pre-Conference Day– Saturday, 30 October 2010

Arrival in Trabzon

09.00-09:30

Black Sea Box Education Kit demonstration for teachers
Fahri Kuran Hall

10.00 16.30

Black Sea Education Kit Workshop
Fahri Kuran, Bedri Rahmi Eyüpoğlu, Ahmet Selim Teymur and Nihat Turan-1 Halls

Sunday, 31 Ocober 2010

08:30-09:00

Registration

In parallel:

1) Stands and continuous video shows of partner organizations including episodes of TRT’s documentary programme called ‘Blue Passion’ featuring a sunken German U 20 submarine in Karasu waters and underwater life of Sinop.

Along the corridors

2) Black Sea Box Education Kit demonstration and workshop for teachers during the rest of the day (09:00-16:30)

Nihat Turan-1, Bedri Rahmi Eyüpoğlu, Ahmet Selim Teymur Halls

09:00-09:45

Opening Remarks

Prof Dr Ahmet E. Kıdeyş,

Executive Director, Black Sea Commission-Permanet Secretariat

Mr. Shahid Najam

UN Resident Coordinator in Turkey, UNDP Resident Representative in Turkey

Dr. Recep Kızılcık

Trabzon Governor

Mr Kemalettin Göktaş

Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) Chairman/ Turkish Member of Parliament

BSC Commissioners
-  Ms. Nino Tskhadadze

   Georgia

-  Mr. Dan Carlan

   Romania

-  Mrs. Natalya Tretiakova

    Russian Federation                                              

Mr. Faruk Nafiz Özak

State Minister

09:45-10:00

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dr. Lütfi Akça BSC Commissioner of Turkey/ Undersecretary of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry

10:00-10:30

Black Sea Medal Award Ceremony

10:30-10:50

Piano Concert
(Songs from Black Sea Countries)

10:50-11:10

Black Sea Education Kit Introduction and Press Launch

11.10–11.30

Coffee Break as well as
Opening of Tahsin Ceylan Underwater Photography Exhibition. (This exhibition will be displayed for the public in Forum Shopping Center during 25-30 October)

 (In Parallel:                                          Black Sea NGO Confederation (KASTOB) &  Trabzon Federation for Association TRABZON CONVENTION  Fahri Kuran Hall 11:00-14:00)

11:40-11:50

Activities of Underwater Cleaning and Awareness Movement SHT Exhibition
Along the corridors

11:50-14:50

Panel 1: Pollution from shipping in the Black Sea-Monitoring, impacts and measures

Co-Chairs:

Assoc. Prof.  Dr. Sezer Ilgın
Istanbul Technical University (ITU)

Ms. Anna Natova
Director of Intentional Relations, Bulgarian Maritime Administration

Reporters:

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ersan Basar(Karadeniz Technical University

Dr. Fatma Telli Karakoç
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Marmara Research Center (TUBITAK-MAM)

Afire Sever Head of Marine and Coastal Management Department, General Directorate of Environmental Management, Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Turkey

11:50-12:00

Ms Meryem Aslan & Ms Fatma Telli Karakoç
Specialist Researchers, Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) & TUBITAK-MAM
"National Contingency Plan of Turkey"

12:00-12:10

Mr. Ömer Tıktık
Department Head, Undersecretariat for Maritime Affairs ,Marine Environment Dep.
"Establishment of Emergency Response Centers in Turkey"

12:10-12:20

Mr Ivan Samsonov
Director FGU CherAzTekhMordirektsiya of Rosprirodnadzor, Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology, Russia
"Ecological control at the Black Sea,including petroleum pollution”

12:20-12:30

Mr Guido Ferraro
Action Leader, EU-Joint Research Center
"JRC Activities in the Field of Monitoring Sea-based Oil Pollution: From Research to the Operational Use of Satellite Images”

12:30-12:40

Mr İbrahim Özdemir
Section Director, Ministry of Environment and Forestry
"Pollution from shipping (Illegal discharges and collecting wastes from ships) ”

12:40-12:50

Dr Jale Nur Ece
Expert, Prime Ministry Privatization Administration
"Ship accidents in the Black Sea”

12:50-13:00

Mr Ömer Tıktık (Turkey)
Mr Adrian Alexei (Romania)
Mr Valerian Imnaishvilli (Georgia)
Turkish Maritime Organisation
ESAS Chair-Romanian Naval Authority
ESAS Member-Maritime Transport Administration
"Delta Exercises in the Black Sea”

13:00-14:00

Lunch-Box

Panel 1: Pollution from shipping in the Black Sea-Monitoring, impacts and measures (continued)

Co-Chairs:

Assoc. Prof.  Dr. Sezer Ilgın
Istanbul Technical University (ITU)

Ms. Anna Natova
Director of Intentional Relations, Bulgarian Maritime Administration

Reporters:

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ersan Basar(Karadeniz Technical University

Dr. Fatma Telli Karakoç
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Marmara Research Center (TUBITAK-MAM)

Afire Sever Head of Marine and Coastal Management Department, General Directorate of Environmental Management, Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Turkey

14:00-14:10

Valentin Smyntyna
Rector, Odessa University
"Oil Cleansing Methods”

14:10-14:20

Bertrand Apperry
Safety and Security Expert, SASEPOL Project
"Development of  Security Management and Maritime Safety and Ship Pollution Prevention for the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea (SASEPOL) Project”

14:20-14:30

Alexander Skaridov
Dean, Law Faculty of the Admiral Makarov Maritime State Academy (St. Petersburg
RUSSIA)
"Legal aspects of  navigation through the Kerch straight and oil spill "

14:30-14:50

Questions and Comments

15:00-17:10

Panel 2: MONINFO Project: Monitoring and Information Systems for Reducing Oil Pollution in the Black Sea

Co-Chairs:

Prof. Dr. Cumali Kınacı
Director General, General Directorate of Environmental Management, Ministry of Environment and Forestry

Mr. Marin Chintoan-Uta
Unit Head, European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)

Reporters:

Ms. Didem Uğur
Environmental Engineer,MSc, Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Turkey

National Focal Point, Environmental Safety Aspects of Shipping

Mr. Peter Taylor
Manager, Oil Spill Preparedness Regional Initiative (Caspian Sea – Black Sea – Central Eurasia), (OSPRI)

15:00-15:10

Mr Dumitru Dorogan
MONINFO Project Expert, Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution, Permanent Secretariat
"MONINFO Project "

15:10-15:20

Mr Marin Chintoan-Uta
Head of Unit, European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
"Satellite Based Oil Spill Monitoring Service of EMSA in the Black Sea;

15:20-15:40

Prof Dr Gennady Korotaev
Deputy Director, Marine Hydrophysical Institute
"Demonstration of the Prototype of the SeaTrackWeb Oil Spill Model for the Black Sea"

15:40-16:10

Coffee break

16:10-16:20

Mr Tayfun Sivas
MONINFO Project Expert, Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution Permanent Secretariat
"Establishment of the regional AIS server in the Black Sea"

16:20-16:30

Assoc. Prof. Ersan Basar
Karadeniz Technical University
"Oil Spill in the Turkish Straits and the Black Sea; Modeling and Risk Assessments"

16:30-16:40

Dr. Alexander Korshenko
National Technical Coordinator, Moscow Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
"2007 Kerch Oil Spill Accident and its impact on the biota of the Black Sea"

16:40-16:50

F-X. Thoorens
Advisor
"MONINFO- Regional Information Platform (RIP) for oil pollution in the Black Sea"

16:50-17:10

Questions and Comments

17:10-19:00

Free Time

19.00-22.00

Dinner Hosted by Trabzon Governor Fevzi Hoca Restaurant

Monday, 1 November 2010

08:30-09:00

Registration and Opening

09:00-10:10

Panel 3:State of the Environment of the Black Sea and Information Support

Co-Chairs:

Prof. Dr. Şükran Cirik
Dean, Canakkale 18 Mart University

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Öztürk
Member of the Turkish Parliament (MP)

Reporters:

Dr. Çolpan Polat
Senior Researcher, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Marmara Research Center (TUBITAK-MAM)

Dr Heather Cannaby
Institute of Marine Sciences Middle East Technical University

09:00-09:10

Prof. Dr. Boris Alexandrov
Chairman, Advisory Group of the Conservation of the Biodiversity of the BSC / Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Ukraine
"The 2008 assessment of the state of the Black Sea"

09:10-09:20

Academician Prof. Dr. George Shulman
Head, Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Ukraine
"The condition of the small pelagic fish in the Black Sea as an indicator for  health of its ecosystem"

09:20-09:30

Prof. Dr. Halil İbrahim Sur
Istanbul University
"Black Sea Monitoring Project in Turkey"

09:30-09:40

Dr. Çolpan Polat
Specialist Researcher, Technological Research Council of Turkey, Marmara Research Center
"Do we have sufficient information for a sound assessment?"

09:40-09:50

Mr. Iain Shepherd
Officer, European Commission, DG Mare
"Marine Knowledge 2010"

09:50-10:00

Mr. Akram Nasurov
Deputy Director, Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology, Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Region, RUSSIA
"An operational system for collecting and treatment of marine ecological and pollution data from the Russian part of the Black Sea"

10:00-10:10

Questions and Comments

10:10–10:40

Coffee break

10:40-11:50

Panel 4: Land-based Sources of Pollution – Implemented Activities

Co-Chairs:

Prof. Dr. Ahmet Samsunlu
Former Minister of Public Works and Housing

Prof. Dr. Valentin Smyntyna
Rector, Odessa University

Reporters:

Mr. Anthony Lehman
Coordinator, EnviroGrids Project

Mrs. Tülay Kırımhan Salman
Environmental Engineer,MSc, Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Turkey- LBS AG Chair

10:40-10:50

Mr. George Constantin
RO-country representative ICPDR/ Director Water Management Directorate, "Impact of Hungarian spill to Danube river and the Black Sea"

10:50-11:00

Dr. Anthony Lehman
Project Coordinator
"EnviroGRIDS project: Building Capacity for a Black Sea Catchment Observation and Assessment System supporting Sustainable Development”

11:00-11:10

Ms. Gülsen Avaz
Researcher, TÜBİTAK – MAM
"SINHA Project: Land-based Sources of Pollution-Implementation & Recommendations”

11:10-11:20

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Berkun
KTU, Faculty of Marine Science
"Waste Water Sources and Pollution of the Turkish Black Sea Coasts”

11:20-11:30

Mr. Ahmet Yakut & Mr. Yakup Karaaslan
Head of Department & Section Director Water and Soil Management Department Ministry of Environment and Forestry
"Basin management in Black Sea”

11:30-11:40

Mr. Fahrettin Ulu
Provincial Director, Trabzon's Governor Office Provincial Directorate for Environment and Forestry
"Litter Collection Project  on the Banks of Trabzon Rivers”

11:40-11:50

Questions and Comments

10:40-11:50

Panel 5 (Parallel): Challenges in Sustainable Fisheries and Biodiversity
Fahri Kuran Hall

Co-Chairs:

Prof. Dr. Nazmi Okumuşoğlu
Rector, Rize University

Mr. Vahdettin Kürüm
Head of Department, Ministry of Agrucultare and Rural Affairs, Directorate General for Protection and Control

Reporters:

Dr. Ejbel Çıra Duruer
Expert, Coast Guard Command of Turkey

Dr. Vladimir Mamaev
Advisor, UN Development Programme –UNDP

10:40-10:50

Dr. Vladimir Mamaev
Advisor, UNDP
"Proposal for a new GEF/UNDP Fisheries Management Project for the Black Sea”

10:50-11:00

Mr. Turgay Buyuran
Maritime Expert, Undersecretariat for Maritime Affairs
"Ballast water management against invasive species in Turkey”

11:00-11:10

Prof. Dr. Bayram Öztürk
Istanbul University
"Marine Biodiversity in the Black Sea: Threats and Future”

11:10-11:20

Prof. Dr. Ertuğ Düzgüneş
Dean, Karadeniz Technical University
"Sustainable Fisheries and Marine Protected Areas in the Southern Black Sea”

11:20-11:30

Dr. Atila Özdemir
Director, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Turkey
"Implementation of Fisheries Management Measures in the Southern Black Sea”

11:30-11:40

Dr. Vladimir Vladimirov
Head of Database Section, Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas
Ukraine
" Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Jellyfish and Fish databases of the Black Sea Commission”

11:40-11:50

Questions and Comments

12:00-13:10

Panel 6: Coastal Zone Management Activities and Marine Protected Areas

Co-Chairs:

Prof. Nilüfer Oral
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Mr. Ahmet Özyanık
President, Special Environment Protection Agency

Reporters:

Prof. Dr. Erdal Özhan
President, MEDCOAST Foundation

Mr. Mamuka Gvilava
Focal Point, Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)

12:00-12:10

Prof. Ekaterina Antonidze & Mr. Mamuka Gvilava
Focal Point ICZM AG
"ICZM in the Black Sea with special reference to the PEGASO Project”

12:10-12:20

Prof. Dr. Erdal Özhan
President MEDCOAST Foundation
"MEDCOAST activities in the Black Sea”

12:20-12:30

Prof. Dr. Gennady Korotaev
Deputy Director, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Marine Hydrophysical Institute
"EU MyOcean project and monitoring of the Black Sea environment”

12:30-12:40

Associate Prof. Coşkun Eruz
Karadeniz Technical University
"Human Impacts on the Southern Black Sea Coast”

12:40-12:50

Dr Güner Ergün and Assoc Prof Dr Harun Güçlüsoy
Special Environment Protection Agency Section Head, Project Manager
Special Environment Protection Agency and UNDP
"Strenghtening the System of Marine and Coastal Protected Areas of Turkey”

12:50-13:00

Prof. Dr. İzzet Öztürk
Istanbul Technical University
"Coastal Management and Dumping”

13:00-13:10

Questions and Comments

13:10-14.10

Lunch – Box

14:10-16:20

Panel 7: Cooperation among International Organizations on the Black Sea environment

Co-Chairs:

Mr. Sedat KADIOĞLU
Deputy Undersecretary
Ministry of Environment and Forestry

Mrs. Marusya Lyubcheva
Former Member of the European Parliament

Reporters:

Mr. M. Kerem Kemerli
Executive Committee Member, International Spill Control Organization

Dr. Parvin Parshchi
Project Manager, Tehran Convention and CASPECO

14:10-14:20

Ms. Sumru Noyan
Ambassador, Deputy Secretary General Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation – BSEC                         "BSEC Organization and its Activities”

14:20-14:30

Mr. Shahid Najam
UN Resident Coordinator in Turkey, UNDP Resident Representative in Turkey¸
"Contribution of the UNDP to the Black Sea environment”

14:30-14:40

Ms. Sema Alpan Atamer
Representative, Regional Environment Center
"Regional Environment Center (REC) activities in the Black Sea”

14:40-14:50

Dr. Parvin Farshchi
Project Manager, Tehran Convention and CASPECO
"Cooperation among the Caspian and Black Sea on environment”

14:50-15:00

Mr. Hüseyin Yüce
Secretary , BS MoU Secretariat, Port State Control (PSC)
"Port State Control in the Black Sea”

15:00-15:30

Coffee break

15:30-15:40

Mr. Murat Zongur
Secretary General, Union of the Black Sea and the Caspian Confederation of Enterprises
"Activities of the Union of the Black Sea and the Caspian Confederation of Enterprises (UBCCE)”

15:40-15:50

Mr. M. Kerem Kemerli
Executive Committee Member, International Spill Control Organization
"Integrated and Concerted Response in the Prospective Major Accidents: Gulf of Mexico Example”

15:50-16:00

Mr. Kjell Landin
Executive, Oil Spill Preparedness Regional Initiative (Caspian Sea – Black Sea – Central Eurasia)
"OSPRI efforts in the Black Sea”

16:00-16:10

Mr. Cahit İstikbal
Deputy Chair, International Maritime Pilots' Association
"Activities of the International Maritime Pilots' Association for the Black Sea”

16:10-16:20

Questions and Comments

14:10-16:50

Panel 8 (Parallel): Examples of NGO and Private Company Activities Related to the Black Sea
Fahri Kuran Hall

Co-Chairs:

Prof. Dr. Hikmet Sami Türk
Former Minister of Justice of Turkey

Prof. Dr. Nil Güler

Dean of ITU-Faculty of Marine Sciences

Reporters:

Mr. Mesut Şenol
Advisor, Black Sea Commission Permanent Secretariat

Mrs. Funda Gürcüoğlu
Deputy General Manager, MEKE Marine Environmental Protection Services

14:10-14:20

Mr. Serdar Bordanacı
Producer, Film-Yap
"Jules Verne's Novel: Keraban the Inflexible (A Travel along the Black Sea Shores)”

14:20-14:30

Prof. Dr. Nil Güler & Mr. Hisashi Yamamoto
Dean, ITU Faculty Lecturer, ITU-Faculty of Marice Sciences
Black Sea Universities Network
"Black Sea Association of Maritime Institutions”

14:30-14:40

Mr. Hasan Ekşi
President, KASTOB-Black Sea NGO Confederation
"KASTOB's (Black Sea NGO Confederation)  Black Sea Related Activities”

14:40-14:50

Mr. Süleyman Kanburoğlu
Managing Director, MARE Sea Cleaning Services
"Need of Re-reading Global Experience for Searching Alternative Approaches in Combating Oil Pollution”

14:50-15:00

Mr. Erdem Nevşehir
General Manager, Seagull Inc.
"Collection of Petrol Waste on Land and at Sea”

15:00-15:30

Coffee break

15:30-15:40

Mr. Hüseyin Salihoğlu
Advisor, Union for Fisheries of Trabzon
"Cultivation and Environmental Interactions-Yetiştiricilik ve Çevre Etkileşimleri”

15:40-15:50

Mr. Nevzat Özer
Representative, TEMA
"Environmental problems of Turkish Black Sea Region and NGO’s”

15:50-16:00

Ms. Ayşe Oruç
Conservation Expert WWF
"WWF-Turkey : Black Sea Box and others”

16:00-16:10

Mr. Cihan Anul, Ms. Funda Gürcüoğlu
Executives MEKE, MEKE Academy
"Regional Response Plans and Disaster Management”

16:10-16:20

Mr. Demir Akşehirli
General Manager SESMEKE
"American System in Spill Control and Case Studies”

16:20-16:30

Ms. Jülide Ergin
Deputy Director General TURMEPA
"TURMEPA-Clean Sea Association”

16:30-16:40

Mr. Hakan Tiryaki
President BHT-Underwater Cleaning and Education Movement Association
"Use of Worn-out Tires on the Seashores”

16:40-16:50

Questions and Comments

16:50-17:20

Tahsin Ceylan's Presentation
'Underwater Life of Turkey'

17:20-18:30

Closing Session (Plenary)

19:00-23:00

International Black Sea Day Gala Night Dinner – Karadeniz Technical University Seashore Facilities

Poster Presentations throughout the day

Day 3– Tuesday, 2 November 2010

Trip to Uzungöl (Long Lake) and/or Sümela Monastry (Time will be decided in Trabzon)