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THE PARTNERS
The
Municipal Federation of Savonia Polytechnic, Finland
Savonia Polytechnic, which is run by The Municipal Federation of Savonia
Polytechnic, is a multidisciplinary institution of higher and adult education,
research and development activities in North Savo. One of its important
roles is to develop the connections between authorities, education, research
and business sectors to promote sustainable progress in North Savo. Savonia
Polytechnic offers multisectoral expertise and flexible networks to this
project; participation in previous projects and experience will offer
a strong platform for this operation.
Contact: Arja Ruokojärvi or Eero Antikainen.
Finnish
Environment Institute, Finland
Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) is a national centre for environmental
data in Finland. SYKE has produced popular brochures on initiating a restoration
project, volunteer monitoring and food-web management to advise authorities,
NGO´s, active citizens and stakeholders. SYKE runs the "Algae-line"
phone service on algal and water quality problems and a national survey
on algal blooms and water levels with educated local volunteers. The role
of SYKE in Lakepromo is to transfer the experience of these services to
other partners and to advise on the management plans for the target lakes.
Contact: Ilkka Sammalkorpi
The
City of Kuopio, Finland
Kuopio is the 8th largest city in Finland with nearly 90 000 inhabitants.
It is also the cultural, educational and economic centre of eastern Finland.
Kuopio is situated in the so called Finnish Lake District and one third
(400 km2) of its area is covered by water. In the city area there are
many shallow and eutrophicated lakes and several restoration projects
have been carried out during the past 20 years.
Contact: Eila Pulkkinen
North
Savo Regional Environment Centre, Finland
North Savo Regional Environment Centre is the state environmental authority
in the region of North Savo. Its goal is to maintain biodiversity and
the well-being of the environment by promoting overall environmental benefit
and sustainable development. It has experience in the planning and implementation
of lake system renovation in co-operation with the local authorities,
in addition participating in the EC project Life Vuoksi. This partnership
will support the distribution of know-how in the field of water management.
Contact: Tomi Puustinen
The
County of North Jutland, Denmark
The County of North Jutland is a regional authority with elected political
governance. The county is responsible for public health, regional planning
and environmental protection. According to the Water Framework Directive
the water-district authority is facing the challenge of developing management
plans for all water-bodies failing to meet the objectives for good ecological
status. This includes approximately 40 lakes. This work is based on large
amounts of data, as the monitoring programme on environmental status started
in the county in the mid seventies.
Contact: Mette Bramm or Inge Christensen
University
of Brighton, United Kingdom
The University of Brighton is a higher education institute carrying out
teaching and research in a wide range of different disciplines. The School
of the Environment in particular has carried out successful Interreg collaborations
in the recent past and is actively involved in contributing to local and
regional partnerships relating to environmental issues. It has already
built up a network of interested parties in the field of water management
in the local South East UK area.
Contact: David Diston or Huw Taylor
Municipality
of Roquetas de Mar, Spain
The Municipality of Roquetas de Mar serves as a local public administration
to manage and administer local politics related to agriculture, social
welfare, culture and education, sports, economy, environment, health,
security, and urban planning.
Roquetas de Mar suffers environmental problems in its Mediterranean coast
and salt lakes. These facts offer a good basis for participation as an
reference area with a larger scope of coverage.
Contact: Mercedes Pomares Valdivia
Estonian
University of Life Sciences, Estonia
The Institute of Zoology and Botany at the Estonian Agricultural University
is a research and higher education institute, its main activities are
in field of hydrobiology and hydrochemistry, fundamental and applied research,
including environmental monitoring, fish management, environment impact
assessment, lake restoration and nature protection; research and training.
Important research has focused on Lake Võrtsjärv and Lake
Peipsi. The limnological database includes material from about 730 small
Estonian lakes. The University has experience of participation in EC Projects
(ECOFRAME, MANTRA-East, and CLIME).
Contact: Lea Tuvikene
Brandenburg
University of Technology, Germany
The Department of Water Protection of the BTU is the centre of limnology
and eutrophication of lakes in Brandenburg. It is the leading institute
involved with river basin management strategies via projects to develop
assessment systems for the implementation of the WFD in Germany. Its expert
knowledge includes scientific background on lake-specific eutrophication
management in a pilot catchment area, the Scharmützelsee region resolving
conflicts between natural heritage protection, ecological quality, fisheries,
recreation, sports and the other users. This task will be supported by
this project.
Contact: Brigitte Nixdorf
The
Federal Environmental Agency, Germany
The Federal Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA) conducts research
and develops policies for water resource management. UBA has long term
experience with lake restoration, particularly in establishing targets
for nutrients, algae and cyanobacteria, and monitoring response. Current
research is addressing possibilities for generalisation of cause-effect
relationships seen in pilot projects (e.g. Schlachtensee). UBA will receive
practical experience with lake management, particularly with diffuse loading
from the catchment and with public participation.
Contact: Ingrid Chorus
University
of Debrecen Centre for Environmental Management and Policy, Hungary
The Centre for Environmental Management and Policy’s educational,
research, expertise and advisory activities focusses on the fields of
Environmental Management and Policy and Regional Development at the local,
regional, national and international levels. The Centre has developed
a wetland restoration project (financed by Wetland Int., Dutch Government
and Dannish Gov.), a river restoration programme, Strategic Environmental
Assessment for Lake Balaton, Environmental Impact report for wetland and
river restoration, fishery development strategy and programmes for River
Tisza and Lake Ferto.
Contact: Zoltan Karacsonyi
Northern
Water Problems Institute of Karelian research Center of RAS, Russia
The Northern Water Problems Institute, Karelian Research Centre, Russian
Academy of Sciences (NWPI KRC RAS) is a scientific organization with the
status of a state institution. The main thrusts of Institute activities
are fundamental research in the field of hydrology and adjoining natural
sciences and in applied research related to the study, rational use and
preservation of water resources. The main areas of Institute activity
are the assessment of water-ecological potential and development of the
scientific basis for the management of water resources of European North
Russia.
Contact: Nikolai Filatov or Tatjana Regerand
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