On July 1, 2020, 10:00 – 12:00, LIFE OrgBalt national workshop “Climate change mitigation measures in nutrient rich organic soils” will be held in Latvia in a webinar format on “Zoom” platform. Previous registration for participation is required: REGISTER HERE [1].
Link for participation in the workshop will be sent to registered participants within one working day.
Agenda of the workshop (in Latvian) for download is available HERE [2].
| 9:50 | Connection |
| 10:00 | Opening speech by Kaspars Gerhards, the Minister for Agriculture of Latvia |
| 10.10 | LIFE OrgBalt project – scope, main objectives and expected results Ieva Līcīte, LIFE OrgBalt manager, Latvian State Forest Research Institute SILAVA |
| 10:20 | GHG emission measurements within LIFE OrgBalt Andis Lazdiņš, Latvian State Forest Research Institute SILAVA |
| 10:35 | Introduction to planned climate change mitigation measures and LIFE OrgBalt demo-sites Andis Lazdiņš, Latvian State Forest Research Institute SILAVA Ainis Lagzdiņš, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies |
| 10:50 | Elaboration of the simulation tool for socio-economic impact evaluation of the identified climate change mitigation measures Aleksejs Nipers, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies |
| 11:00 | Expected implementation of the project results into CAP and climate policies, planned training workshops for consultants, farmers and forest owners Kristīne Sirmā, Ministry of Agriculture of Latvia |
| 11:10 | Public-private partnership model for financial support of climate change mitigation measures Elīna Konstantinova, NGO “Baltijas krasti” |
| 11:20 | Q&A and discussion |
For additional information please contact Kristīne Puriņa, Ministry of Agriculture of Latvia, by email Kristine.Purina@zm.gov.lv [3] or by phone 67878701.
The event is organized within the project “Demonstration of climate change mitigation potential of nutrients rich organic soils in Baltic States and Finland” (LIFE OrgBalt, LIFE18 CCM/LV/001158) that has received funding from the LIFE Programme of the European Union and the State Regional Development Agency of Latvia. www.orgbalt.eu [4]
The information reflects only the LIFE OrgBalt project beneficiaries’ view and the European Commission’s Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.