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GGEEFF 
BBaallttiicc SSeeaa RReeggiioonnaall PPrroojjeecctt 
IInneessiiss KKiisskkiiss,, WWoorrlldd BBaannkk 
JJaann TThhuulliinn,, IICCEESS
GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project 
Baltic Sea Environment Program 
The Baltic Sea Environment Program is 
a regional environmental program 
that has progressed from “planning” 
2 
to “implementation.”
GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project 
Why a Baltic Sea Environment 
Program? 
** BBaallttiicc SSeeaa iiss aa ssoouurrccee ooff wweellll bbeeiinngg ooff 
8855 mmiilllliioonn ppeeooppllee 
* SSiinnccee 11995500 tthhee eennvviirroonnmmeennttaall qquuaalliittyy ooff 
tthhee BBaallttiicc SSeeaa hhaass ccoonnssiiddeerraabbllyy ddeeggrraaddeedd 
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GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project 
What Triggered Degradation? 
NNaattuurraall vvuullnneerraabbiilliittiieess 
HHuummaann ccoonnttrriibbuuttiioonn:: 
– LLaarrggee nnuuttrriieenntt llooaaddss 
– AAccccuummuullaattiioonn ooff ttooxxiicc ssuubbssttaanncceess 
4
GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project 
Underlying Causes of Degradation 
IInnaaddeeqquuaattee eeccoonnoommiicc ppoolliicciieess 
LLeeggiissllaattiioonn wwiitthhoouutt aapppprroopprriiaattee 
eennffoorrcceemmeenntt 
WWeeaakk iinnssttiittuuttiioonnaall aarrrraannggeemmeennttss 
PPoooorr ppllaannnniinngg pprraaccttiicceess 
5
GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project 
 HELCOM eessttaabblliisshheedd ttoo ccoooorrddiinnaattee 
jjooiinntt aaccttiivviittiieess 
JJooiinntt CCoommpprreehheennssiivvee EEnnvviirroonnmmeennttaall 
AAccttiioonn PPrrooggrraamm ((JJCCPP)) pprreeppaarreedd aatt 
rreeqquueesstt ooff ggoovveerrnnmmeennttss iinn eeaarrllyy 11999900ss 
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Need for action
GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project 
Prioritization of activities 
** 113322 ““hhoott ssppoottss”” iiddeennttiiffiieedd 
** OOnnee ccaann nnoott ddoo eevveerryytthhiinngg aatt oonnccee 
** SSoouurrccee--ppooiinntt ppoolllluuttiioonn vvss.. nnoonn--ppooiinntt 
ppoolllluuttiioonn:: llooaadd ccoonnttrriibbuuttiioonn iiss eeqquuaall 
** DDeecciissiioonn:: mmuunniicciippaall aanndd iinndduussttrriiaall 
ssoouurrcceess aarree ““eeaassiieerr”” ttoo ssttaarrtt wwiitthh 
7
GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project 
What was done? 
** AA nnuummbbeerr ooff wwaatteerr aanndd wwaasstteewwaatteerr 
ffaacciilliittiieess iinn EEaasstteerrnn BBaallttiicc cciittiieess uuppggrraaddeedd 
** PPoolllluuttiioonn llooaadd ssiiggnniiffiiccaannttllyy rreedduucceedd 
** WWaatteerr ccoommppaanniieess ssttrreennggtthheenneedd 
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iinnssttiittuuttiioonnaallllyy
GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project 
Example – Daugavpils, Latvia 
Effluent Load from Daugavpils to River Daugava 
36 39 29 34 31 34 55 48 46 38 92 
9 
3400 
2840 
1100 
1530 
810 
80 
930 
1130 
1520 1450 
1730 
23 
295 288 247 232 205 236 175 207 231 218 
4000 
3500 
3000 
2500 
2000 
1500 
1000 
500 
0 
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 
t/y 
Effluent load BOD, t/y 
Effluent load P. t/y 
Effluent load N, t/y
GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project 
Example – Klaipeda, Lithuania 
10 
Effluent Load, Klaipeda 
3035 
4122 
3205 
592 
189 181 
4902 
2722 
2985 
3175 
3192 
918 
1210 
775 776 763 
664 
764 
138 111 350 228 242 79 87 96 90 90 
52 
5000 
4500 
4000 
3500 
3000 
2500 
2000 
1500 
1000 
500 
0 32 23 
1991 
1992 
1993 
1994 
1995 
1996 
1997 
1998 
1999 
2000 
2001 
tons/year 
BOD7 t/y 
Nitrogen (N) t/y 
Phosphorus (P) t/y
GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project 
What was needed to succeed? 
 SShhaarreedd vviissiioonn 
 SSuussttaaiinneedd ppoolliittiiccaall ccoommmmiittmmeenntt 
 EEffffeeccttiivvee ppaarrttnneerrsshhiippss 
 BBaallaanncceedd ccoo--ffiinnaanncciinngg 
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GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project 
What did we learn? 
IInnvveessttmmeenntt iiss nnoott tthhee oonnllyy aannsswweerr ffoorr 
aacchhiieevviinngg tthhee ggooaallss ooff tthhee PPrrooggrraamm 
 Well ddeeffiinneedd oobbjjeeccttiivveess aanndd pprriioorriittiieess 
 CClleeaarr ppoolliiccyy ffrraammeewwoorrkkss 
 IInnssttiittuuttiioonnaall ssttrreennggtthheenniinngg 
 WWeellll ttaarrggeetteedd iinnvveessttmmeennttss 
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GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project 
Second Generation of Projects to 
address the major threats to the Baltic 
Sea: 
Rural Environmental Protection 
Project, Poland 
Baltic Sea RReeggiioonnaall PPrroojjeecctt,, 
aallll 99 ccoouunnttrriieess 
13
GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project 
BBaallttiicc SSeeaa:: MMaaiinn 
CChhaarraacctteerriissttiiccss 
SSeemmii--eenncclloosseedd bbrraacckkiisshh wwaatteerr 
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aarreeaa 
PPeerrssiisstteenntt vveerrttiiccaall ssttrraattiiffiiccaattiioonn 
RReessiiddeennccee ttiimmee ooff wwaatteerr vvoolluummee:: 
3300 yyrrss 
LLaarrggee--ssccaallee rreenneewwaall ooff bboottttoomm-- 
wwaatteerr:: uunnpprreeddiiccttaabbllee -- oofftteenn 
ssttaaggnnaattiioonn ppeerriiooddss 
PPllaannttss//aanniimmaallss:: llooww nnuummbbeerrss,, 
ssttrreesssseedd 
LLooww wwaatteerr tteemmppeerraattuurree ccaauussiinngg 
llooww ddeeccoommppoossiittiioonn rraattee 
LLaarrggee ccaattcchhmmeenntt aarreeaa wwiitthh llaanndd-- 
uusseedd aaccttiivviittiieess ssttrroonnggllyy iinnfflluueenncciinngg 
tthhee wwaatteerr qquuaalliittyy -- ppooppuullaattiioonn -- 8855 
mmiilllliioonn 
Sweden 
Finland 
Russia 
Estonia 
Latvia 
Lithuania 
Poland 
Norway 
Denmark 
Germany
GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project 
MMaajjoorr TThhrreeaattss ttoo tthhee BBaallttiicc SSeeaa:: 
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Eutrophication 
Contaminants 
Overfishing 
Invasive species
GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project 
Preparations for a GEF project: 
HELCOM - IBSFC - ICES 
National consultations 
LME Workshop 
Draft PIP 
16
GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project 
PPrroojjeecctt ccoommppoonneennttss 
1 Large Marine Ecosystem Activities 
2 Land and Coastal Management 
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Activities 
3 Institutional Strengthening and 
Regional Capacity Building 
4 Project Management
GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project 
* Inform and engage stakeholders and decision-makers 
on the project approach and objectives 
18 
GGooaallss 
* Facilitate strengthening of regional institutions 
through capacity building efforts 
* Develop and apply an ecosystem-based management 
strategy to the BSLME 
* Assess and evaluate the socio-economic effects of the 
ecosystem-based management for farming, 
fishing and coastal communities
GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project 
Land 
19 
TThhee BBaallttiicc LLMMEE ccoonncceepptt 
Strengthening technical capacity 
Marine Coastal 
Training farmers 
Grant/Credit on-farm invest-ments. 
Modeling water quality 
and nutrient transport 
Fish stock ass 
Ships of Opportunity 
Contaminants 
Joint integrated fish stock ass. surveys 
Improved fish landing statistics 
Strengthening technical capacity, WS.s 
Upgrade laboratories and ships 
Improve scientific/and political 
coordination 
CZM 
Salmon river rest. 
MMED 
Improvement 
Ecosystem 
Socio-Manageecmoennotmy
GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project 
Organizational CChhaarrtt 
PPeerriioodd:: 22000033--22000055 BBuuddggeett:: UUSSDD 1122 mmiilllliioonn 
Advisory Com 
Environment 
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Baltic Sea 
Steering Group 
HELCOM 
ICES IBSFC 
Coordinators 
C1 C2 
Baltic Sea 
Com.s/WG.s 
Advisory Com 
Ecosystem 
Advisory Com 
Fisheries 
Estonia Latvia Lithuania Poland Russia 
CC, LL, LIU CC, LL, LIU CC, LL, LIU CC, LL CC, LL, LIU 
National Laboratories/authorities International Consultants
GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project 
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  • 1. 1 GGEEFF BBaallttiicc SSeeaa RReeggiioonnaall PPrroojjeecctt IInneessiiss KKiisskkiiss,, WWoorrlldd BBaannkk JJaann TThhuulliinn,, IICCEESS
  • 2. GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project Baltic Sea Environment Program The Baltic Sea Environment Program is a regional environmental program that has progressed from “planning” 2 to “implementation.”
  • 3. GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project Why a Baltic Sea Environment Program? ** BBaallttiicc SSeeaa iiss aa ssoouurrccee ooff wweellll bbeeiinngg ooff 8855 mmiilllliioonn ppeeooppllee * SSiinnccee 11995500 tthhee eennvviirroonnmmeennttaall qquuaalliittyy ooff tthhee BBaallttiicc SSeeaa hhaass ccoonnssiiddeerraabbllyy ddeeggrraaddeedd 3
  • 4. GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project What Triggered Degradation? NNaattuurraall vvuullnneerraabbiilliittiieess HHuummaann ccoonnttrriibbuuttiioonn:: – LLaarrggee nnuuttrriieenntt llooaaddss – AAccccuummuullaattiioonn ooff ttooxxiicc ssuubbssttaanncceess 4
  • 5. GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project Underlying Causes of Degradation IInnaaddeeqquuaattee eeccoonnoommiicc ppoolliicciieess LLeeggiissllaattiioonn wwiitthhoouutt aapppprroopprriiaattee eennffoorrcceemmeenntt WWeeaakk iinnssttiittuuttiioonnaall aarrrraannggeemmeennttss PPoooorr ppllaannnniinngg pprraaccttiicceess 5
  • 6. GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project HELCOM eessttaabblliisshheedd ttoo ccoooorrddiinnaattee jjooiinntt aaccttiivviittiieess JJooiinntt CCoommpprreehheennssiivvee EEnnvviirroonnmmeennttaall AAccttiioonn PPrrooggrraamm ((JJCCPP)) pprreeppaarreedd aatt rreeqquueesstt ooff ggoovveerrnnmmeennttss iinn eeaarrllyy 11999900ss 6 Need for action
  • 7. GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project Prioritization of activities ** 113322 ““hhoott ssppoottss”” iiddeennttiiffiieedd ** OOnnee ccaann nnoott ddoo eevveerryytthhiinngg aatt oonnccee ** SSoouurrccee--ppooiinntt ppoolllluuttiioonn vvss.. nnoonn--ppooiinntt ppoolllluuttiioonn:: llooaadd ccoonnttrriibbuuttiioonn iiss eeqquuaall ** DDeecciissiioonn:: mmuunniicciippaall aanndd iinndduussttrriiaall ssoouurrcceess aarree ““eeaassiieerr”” ttoo ssttaarrtt wwiitthh 7
  • 8. GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project What was done? ** AA nnuummbbeerr ooff wwaatteerr aanndd wwaasstteewwaatteerr ffaacciilliittiieess iinn EEaasstteerrnn BBaallttiicc cciittiieess uuppggrraaddeedd ** PPoolllluuttiioonn llooaadd ssiiggnniiffiiccaannttllyy rreedduucceedd ** WWaatteerr ccoommppaanniieess ssttrreennggtthheenneedd 8 iinnssttiittuuttiioonnaallllyy
  • 9. GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project Example – Daugavpils, Latvia Effluent Load from Daugavpils to River Daugava 36 39 29 34 31 34 55 48 46 38 92 9 3400 2840 1100 1530 810 80 930 1130 1520 1450 1730 23 295 288 247 232 205 236 175 207 231 218 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 t/y Effluent load BOD, t/y Effluent load P. t/y Effluent load N, t/y
  • 10. GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project Example – Klaipeda, Lithuania 10 Effluent Load, Klaipeda 3035 4122 3205 592 189 181 4902 2722 2985 3175 3192 918 1210 775 776 763 664 764 138 111 350 228 242 79 87 96 90 90 52 5000 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 32 23 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 tons/year BOD7 t/y Nitrogen (N) t/y Phosphorus (P) t/y
  • 11. GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project What was needed to succeed? SShhaarreedd vviissiioonn SSuussttaaiinneedd ppoolliittiiccaall ccoommmmiittmmeenntt EEffffeeccttiivvee ppaarrttnneerrsshhiippss BBaallaanncceedd ccoo--ffiinnaanncciinngg 11
  • 12. GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project What did we learn? IInnvveessttmmeenntt iiss nnoott tthhee oonnllyy aannsswweerr ffoorr aacchhiieevviinngg tthhee ggooaallss ooff tthhee PPrrooggrraamm Well ddeeffiinneedd oobbjjeeccttiivveess aanndd pprriioorriittiieess CClleeaarr ppoolliiccyy ffrraammeewwoorrkkss IInnssttiittuuttiioonnaall ssttrreennggtthheenniinngg WWeellll ttaarrggeetteedd iinnvveessttmmeennttss 12
  • 13. GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project Second Generation of Projects to address the major threats to the Baltic Sea: Rural Environmental Protection Project, Poland Baltic Sea RReeggiioonnaall PPrroojjeecctt,, aallll 99 ccoouunnttrriieess 13
  • 14. GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project BBaallttiicc SSeeaa:: MMaaiinn CChhaarraacctteerriissttiiccss SSeemmii--eenncclloosseedd bbrraacckkiisshh wwaatteerr 14 aarreeaa PPeerrssiisstteenntt vveerrttiiccaall ssttrraattiiffiiccaattiioonn RReessiiddeennccee ttiimmee ooff wwaatteerr vvoolluummee:: 3300 yyrrss LLaarrggee--ssccaallee rreenneewwaall ooff bboottttoomm-- wwaatteerr:: uunnpprreeddiiccttaabbllee -- oofftteenn ssttaaggnnaattiioonn ppeerriiooddss PPllaannttss//aanniimmaallss:: llooww nnuummbbeerrss,, ssttrreesssseedd LLooww wwaatteerr tteemmppeerraattuurree ccaauussiinngg llooww ddeeccoommppoossiittiioonn rraattee LLaarrggee ccaattcchhmmeenntt aarreeaa wwiitthh llaanndd-- uusseedd aaccttiivviittiieess ssttrroonnggllyy iinnfflluueenncciinngg tthhee wwaatteerr qquuaalliittyy -- ppooppuullaattiioonn -- 8855 mmiilllliioonn Sweden Finland Russia Estonia Latvia Lithuania Poland Norway Denmark Germany
  • 15. GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project MMaajjoorr TThhrreeaattss ttoo tthhee BBaallttiicc SSeeaa:: 15 Eutrophication Contaminants Overfishing Invasive species
  • 16. GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project Preparations for a GEF project: HELCOM - IBSFC - ICES National consultations LME Workshop Draft PIP 16
  • 17. GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project PPrroojjeecctt ccoommppoonneennttss 1 Large Marine Ecosystem Activities 2 Land and Coastal Management 17 Activities 3 Institutional Strengthening and Regional Capacity Building 4 Project Management
  • 18. GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project * Inform and engage stakeholders and decision-makers on the project approach and objectives 18 GGooaallss * Facilitate strengthening of regional institutions through capacity building efforts * Develop and apply an ecosystem-based management strategy to the BSLME * Assess and evaluate the socio-economic effects of the ecosystem-based management for farming, fishing and coastal communities
  • 19. GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project Land 19 TThhee BBaallttiicc LLMMEE ccoonncceepptt Strengthening technical capacity Marine Coastal Training farmers Grant/Credit on-farm invest-ments. Modeling water quality and nutrient transport Fish stock ass Ships of Opportunity Contaminants Joint integrated fish stock ass. surveys Improved fish landing statistics Strengthening technical capacity, WS.s Upgrade laboratories and ships Improve scientific/and political coordination CZM Salmon river rest. MMED Improvement Ecosystem Socio-Manageecmoennotmy
  • 20. GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project Organizational CChhaarrtt PPeerriioodd:: 22000033--22000055 BBuuddggeett:: UUSSDD 1122 mmiilllliioonn Advisory Com Environment 20 Baltic Sea Steering Group HELCOM ICES IBSFC Coordinators C1 C2 Baltic Sea Com.s/WG.s Advisory Com Ecosystem Advisory Com Fisheries Estonia Latvia Lithuania Poland Russia CC, LL, LIU CC, LL, LIU CC, LL, LIU CC, LL CC, LL, LIU National Laboratories/authorities International Consultants
  • 21. GEF/Baltic Sea Regional Project Thank you for your 21 attention