Project activities and results

I. Management and coordination

• strategic project steering and monitoring
• project reporting

II. Communication and dissemination

• project brochure
• project newsletters (1)
• project newsletters (2)
• project newsletters (3)
• cross-border dissemination events:
  • Cross-border dissemination event Nr. 1
  • Cross-border dissemination event Nr. 2
  • Cross-border dissemination event Nr. 3

III. Legislation, monitoring and current state of dumping sites in South-eastern Baltic region

• analysis of legal framework for the location of dumping sites
• mapping of existing dumping sites (sediment amounts, types, characteristics and contamination)
• preparation of monitoring and control programme of dumping sites
• preparation of guideline for the location of new dumping sites using ecosystem based approach

IV. Pilot studies

Lithuania

• environmental investigations and modelling of sedimentary patterns in Lithuanian waters [1 PDF] [2 PDF]
• identification of suitable locations for new dumping sites for Sventoji port
• implementation of full scale Environmental impact assessment (EIA) study for the selected site [PDF - English summary]

Poland

• development of methodological tools, concerning the way of fixing the dumping sites
• assessment of the ecological risks at the dumping sites (on the example of Gdynia dumping site)
• pilot studies for the verification of the dispersion model in the dumping sites