Council of Europe Landscape Convention

Opening addresses

• Mrs Maguelonne DEJEANT-PONS,Representative of the Secretariat General of the Council of Europe, Secretary of the Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape
• Mr Janusz OSTAPIUK, Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of the Environment, Poland
• Mr Olgierd DZIEKONSKI, Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Presidency of the Republic of Poland
• Mr Piotr OTAWSKI, Deputy of the General Director for the Environmental Protection, Poland
• Mr Bruno FAVEL, Chair of the Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP) of the Council of Europe
• Mrs Liv Kristine MORTENSEN, President of the Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation, Department of Planning, Norway
• Mrs Sanja LJESKOVIC MITROVIC, Vice-President of the Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention, General Director, Directorate for Spatial Planning, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism, Montenegro
• Mr Jean-François SEGUIN, Chair of the Jury of the 3rd Session of the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe and Former Chair of the Council of Europe Conference of the European Landscape Convention
• Mrs Anne-Marie CHAVANON, Chair of the Democracy, Social Cohesion and Global Challenges Committee of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe

Introduction

• Mrs Hanna JEDRAS, Chief Expert, Department of International Relations, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland
• Mr Jean-François SEGUIN, Chair of the Jury of the 3rd Session of the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe and Former Chair of the Council of Europe Conference of the European Landscape Convention

Presentation of the European Landscape Convention and of the Council of Europe Landscape Award Forum of National Selections – 3rd Session

• Mrs Maguelonne DEJEANT-PONS, Executive Secretary of the European Landscape Convention, Council of Europe (powerpoint 1 + powerpoint 2)
• Ms Charlotte KOK, Expert, Cultural Heritage, Secretariat of the 3rd Session of the Council of Europe Landscape Award

Presentation of the Polish National Experience of the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe

• Ms Małgorzata OPECHOWSKA, Senior Expert, National Secretariat for the European Landscape Convention, Nature Management Department, General Directorate for Environmental Protection

WORKSHOP I: Landscape to be protected: Actions to conserve and maintain the significant or characteristic features of a landscape

Czech Republic: Environmental education in the town of Strakonice year by year or “Pilgrimage through the Contemplative Landscape”, Municipality of Strakonice

• Representatives of the Ministry: Mrs Júlia TÓBIKOVÁ, Representative of the Czech Republic for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention, Department of Landscape Protection, Ministry of the Environment
• Representative of the Project: Mr Pavel PAVEL, Mr Bruzek JAROSLAV, Mr Miroslav SOBR, Municipality of Strakonice (powerpoint)

Ireland: Bere Island Conservation Plan, The Heritage Council and the Bere Island Project Group

• Representatives of the Project: Mr Jackie SULLIVAN, Director of the Bere Island Project Group, Mr John WALSH, Coordinator of the Bere Island Project Group (powerpoint)

Poland: Preserving ecological value in the landscape of the Szprotawa river valley, Lower Silesian Association of Landscape Parks (video)

• Representative of the Project: Mr Piotr ŚNIGUCKI, Director of the Lower Silesian Association of Landscape Parks

Portugal: Furnas Landscape Laboratory (Furnas LandLab), Azores Regional Directorate of the Environment

• Representative of the Ministry: Mrs Maria José FESTAS, Directorate General of Territorial Development, Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy
• Representative of the Project: Mr Miguel GOMES CAETANO FERREIRA, Furnas Landscape Laboratory (Furnas Landlab), Azores Regional Directorate of the Environment

Serbia:The Gate of Gornje Podunavlje, NGO Podunav, Backi Monostor

• Representative of the Ministry and of the Project: Mrs Biljana FILIPOVIC, Senior Advisor for International Cooperation, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning

Slovak Republic: Salvage, Revival and Operation of the Forest Railway in the Landscape of Cierny Balog, Ciernohronska zeleznica NGO (video)

• Representative of the Ministry: Mrs Daniela ANDREJCINOVA, Slovak Environmental Agency
• Representative of the Project: Mr Ales BILEK, Ciernohronska zeleznica NGO

WORKSHOP II: Landscape to be managed: Actions, from a perspective of sustainable development, to guide and harmonise changes

Belgium: Hoge Kempen National Park, Regionaal Landschap Kempen en Maasland vzw (speech and powerpoint)

• Representative of the Ministry: Mrs Mireille DECONINCK, Representative of Belgium for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention
• Representative of the Project: Mr Johan VAN DEN BOSCH, Head of Office, Hoge Kempen National Park

Finland: The Landscape Projects of Hyyppä Valley, City of Kauhajoki, Hyyppä village association, Finnish Forestry Centre/Public Services, Unit of South and Central Ostrobothnia

• Representative of the Ministry: Mr Hannu LINKOLA, Senior Official, Ministry of the Environment, Department of the Nature Environment (powerpoint)
• Representative of the Project: Mrs Marketta NUMMIJÄRVI, Landscape architect, City of Kauhajoki

Latvia: Dzintari Forest Park, Jurmala City Council (speech and powerpoint)

• Representative of the Ministry: Mrs Dace GRANTA, Senior Official, Spatial Planning Department, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
• Representatives of the Project: Mrs Ieva STRAZDINA, Development Department Project supervision unit, Mrs Anete ABELITE, Jurmala City Council

Netherlands: Planning policy for conservation and sustainable development of 20 national landscapes in the Netherlands, Stichting Nationale Landschappen (NGO) (speech and powerpoint)

• Representative of the Project: Mr Pieter VEEN, Vista Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, National Service of Landscape

Romania: Agricultural Development and Environmental Protection in Transylvania, ADEPT Foundation, NGO (powerpoint)

• Representative of the Project: Mr Benone MEHEDIN, Project Manager of the Foundation Agricultural Development and Environmental Protection in Transylvania (ADEPT)

United Kingdom: South Pennines Watershed Landscape Project, Pennine Prospects (speech and powerpoint)

• Representative of the Project: Mr Robin GRAY, CMLI, Pennine Prospects

WORKSHOP III: Landscapes to be planned: Strong-forward looking actions to enhance, restore or create landscapes

France: Grand Pré Park, City of Langueux (video)

• Representative of the Ministry: Mrs Karine MANGIN, Policy Official for Landscape, Landscape and Publicity Office, Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy (speech)
• Representative of the Project: Mrs Laure PLANCHAIS, Landscape Architect, City of Langueux (speech + powerpoint)

Hungary: Complex landscape rehabilitation and development programme in the Gerecse Mountains and the Által Creek Valley, Association for the Restoration and Development of the Által Creek Valley (Tata) (video+ powerpoint)

• Representative of the Ministry: Mr Gábor KISS, Head of Department, National Representative of European Landscape Convention for Hungary, Ministry of Rural Development
• Representative of the Project: Mr Laszlo MUSICZ, Secretary of the Association for the Restoration and Development of the Által Creek Valley (Tata) and Komárom-Esztergom County Unit of MTESZ (Federation of Technical and Scientific Societies), Tatabánya

Italy: The rebirth of the Alto Belice Corleonese region through the recovery of lands confiscated from the mafia organisations, LIBERA, Associations, names and numbers against mafias (video + powerpoint)

• Representative of the Ministry: Mr Maurizio PECE, Senior Official, Architecture and Contemporary Art Department, Mr Giacomo TROPEANO, Senior Official, Landscape and Quality Management Department, Ministry for Cultural Heritage, Cultural Activities and Tourism
• Representative of the Project: Mrs Monica USAI, Representative of LIBERA, Associations, names and numbers against mafias

Lithuania: U-parks. U-turn we love, Utena district Municipality

• Representative of the Ministry: Mr Vidmanats BEZARAS, Director of Protected areas and landscape Department, Ministry of Environment (speech)
• Representatives of the Project: Mr Vidmantas VALINCIUS, Vice-Mayor of Utena District Municipality and Mrs Jūratė PARAGYTĖ, Senior Official, Division of the Territorial planning and construction, Utena District Municipality (powerpoint)

Slovenia: Landscape and water-management restoration of Škocjanski Zatok nature reserve, DOPPS, BirdLife Slovenia (powerpoint)

• Representative of the Ministry: Mrs Jelena HLADNIK, Head of the Implementation of the European Landscape Convention, Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment
• Representative of the Project: Mrs Natasa SALAJA, Reserve Manager, DOPPS – BirdLife Slovenia

Spain: The sustainable revitalisation of the protected landscape of Geria, Consortium for the defense and promotion of the landscape of Geria (speech and powerpoint)

• Representative of the Ministry: Mrs Ana LABORDE MARQUEZE, Archaeologist and Conservator, Institute of Cultural Heritage of Spain, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport
• Representative of the Project: Mrs Tania ACUNA GONZALES, Consortium for the Defense and Promotion of the Geria Landscape

General conclusions

• Mr Jean-François SEGUIN, Chair of the Jury of the 3rd Session of the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe and Former Chair of the Council of Europe Conference of the European Landscape Convention

Closing speeches

• Mrs Maguelonne DEJEANT-PONS, Representative of the Secretariat General of the Council of Europe, Secretary of the Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape
• Mrs Małgorzata FOKT WILLMANN, Expert, Department of Monuments, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Representative of Poland at the Steering Committee for Culture Heritage and Landscape of the Council of Europe
• Mrs Liv Kristine MORTENSEN, President of the Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention, Senior Advisor, Department of Regional Planning, Ministry of the Environment, Norway
• Ms Małgorzata OPECHOWSKA, Senior Expert, National Secretariat for the European Landscape Convention, Nature Management Department, General Directorate for Environmental Protection,
  On behalf of: Mr Piotr OTAWSKI, Deputy of the General Director for the Environmental Protection, Poland