Thursday, September 30th

9:00 – 10:00

Registration of participants

Opening Ceremony

Greeting of participants:

Wetlands International Black Sea Programme
Ministry of the Environment of Ukraine
Royal Netherlands Embassy in Ukraine

Presentation of projects of the Wetlands International Black Sea Programme directed at supporting Ukrainian NGOs working on the conservation of small rivers

Gennadiy Marushevsky, Wetlands International Black Sea Programme

Presentation by the Ukrainian Rivers Network

Viktor Melnychuk, National Ecological Centre of Ukraine (NECU), Kyiv
Galyna Prociv, Berezhany Regional Branch of the All-Ukrainian Environmental League, "Kray" (Land) Environmental Club, Berezhany town, Ternopilska Oblast
Lubov Protsenko, "Dobry Svit" (Kind World) Environmental Nature-Conservation Organisation, Sevastopol city

Presentation of the CD, "Public Participation in the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Small Rivers in Ukraine" and web-site of the Ukrainian Rivers Network

Inna Zharuk, Wetlands International Black Sea Programme

Presentation of the training course, "Public Participation in the Conservation of Small Rivers"

Volodymyr Maltsev, Institute of Ecology (INECO) of NECU, Kyiv city

Presentation of "Save Your River" Small Grants Programme

Yana Yanyuk, Wetlands International Black Sea Programme

"Adventures of a Water Droplet", performance by the environmental theatre of "Yunisphera" Public Children's Association, Boyarka town, Kyivska Oblast

Coffee break

Project presentations:

1) Collaboration with Local Authorities and the Local Community to Undertake the Environmental Rehabilitation of the Prytvarka River System

Nina Semenova, "Yunisphera" Public Children's Association, Boyarka town, Kyivska Oblast

2) The Production of Audio and Visual Aids on the Protection of Small Rivers. Presentation of the film: 'Small Rivers of Ukraine': 1) 'Problems', 2) 'Methods for Revival', 3) "Prevent, save, help"

Volodymyr Fesenko, "Yaryna" Public Organisation, Kyiv city

3) An Improvement in the Water Quality of Small Rivers in Densely Populated Valleys: Self-purification and the Range of Essential Related Activities: Eco-engineering, Environmental Education, and Appropriate Action on the Part of the Local Authorities

Natalia Kovalchuk, "Ruthenia" Carpathian Ecological Club, Uzhgorod city, Zakarpatska Oblast

4) The Development and Implementation of an Action Programme on the Analysis, Preservation and Rehabilitation of the Biodiversity and Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Valley of the River Domotkan'

Petro Chegorka, "Orlan" (White-tailed Eagle) Environmental Tourist Association, Dniprodzerzhynsk city, Dnipropetrovska Oblast

5) Live, Our River!

Olexandr Stepanenko, "Zeleny Svit" (Green World) Environmental and Humanitarian Association, Chortkiv town, Ternopilska Oblast

Discussion of the projects presented

Lunch

Continuation of project presentations:

6) When We Improve the State of the Habitats of Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola), We Stop Degrading Small Rivers

Anatoliy Poluda, Ukrainian Association for the Conservation of Birds, Kyiv city

7) A Public View of the State of Small Rivers

Igor Malakhov, Ecocentre-K, "AYA" Cultural Creative Union, Kryvy Rig, Dnipropetrovska Oblast

8) We Will Save Our River!

Olexandr Semenchenko, "Lytsarsky Club" (Knights' Club) Public Organisation, Kherson city

9) The Development of a Range of Activities on the Conservation of Sources of the River Prypyat

Tetyana Andriyenko-Malyuk, League of Protected Area Activists of Ukraine, Kyiv

10) The Publication of a Brochure, "Practical Experience in the Rehabilitation of Small Rivers" and Production of a Poster-Calendar Relating to the Results of the Successful Programme, "The Rehabilitation of Small Rivers"

Igor Dydych, "Eco-Gal-Ostwind" Public Environmental Youth Organisation, Kalush town, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Discussion of the projects presented

Coffee break

Continuation of project presentations:

11) The Development of Informative Materials Aimed at Spreading Knowledge about the State and Problems of the Conservation of Small Rivers in Ukraine

Antonina Oleshko, Ukrainian Botanical Association, Kyiv city

12) Source

Oleksandr Bagin, "Green Land" Children's Environmental Association, Gorlovka city, Donetska Oblast

13) Rivers of Zakarpattya through the Eyes of Children: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. The River Uzh

Kateryna Anisenya, "Maly Luver" Charitable Fund, Uzhgorod city, Zakarpatska Oblast

Discussion of the projects presented

Dinner

Continuation of project presentations:

14) The Provision of Information Support to the All-Ukrainian NGO Action, 'Living Water 2004. Common Actions'

Maria Shulima, National Ecological Centre of Ukraine (NECU), Kyiv city

15) Wetlands of Kosivshchyna

Lyubomyr Derzhypilsky, "Spadshchyna Gutsulshchyny" (Heritage of Gutsulshchyna) Regional Public Organisation, Kosiv town, Ivano-Frankivska Oblast

16) Let Us Protect the River Desenka!

Iryna Romanchuk, "Malva" (Mallow) Public Non-Profit Children’s Environmental Organisation, Sosonka village, Vinnytska Oblast

17) The Protection of Small Rivers of the Northern Azov Sea Region through the Implementation of a Range of Ecological Activities

Victor Demchenko, "Tavriiska Aid for Protected Areas" Public Organisation, Melitopol city, Zaporizka Oblast

18) Silver Necklace

Anatoliy Podobailo, Kyiv Ecological and Cultural Centre, Kyiv city

19) Let Us Protect and Rehabilitate the River Chyngul!

Sergiy Ivko, "Spilka Druziv Pryrody" (Association of Friends of Nature) Tokmatska Regional Children's Environmental Organisation, Tokmak town, Zaporizka Oblast

Discussion of the projects presented

Coffee break

Continuation of project presentations:

20) Let Us Save the Small River Kuryachy Brid!

Tetyana Chornobrovkina, "Shulyavka" Public Organisation, Kyiv city

21) We Will Save the River Rostavytsya Together!

Olena Oleksienko, "Rastavytsya" Public Children's Environmental Organisation, Matyushi village, Bilotserkivsky Rayon, Kyivska Oblast

22) The Impact of the Main Pipelines on the Environment of the Basins of the Small Rivers of Zakarpattya, Based on the Example of the “Brody-Derzhkordon” Oil Pipeline. The Problems and Ways to Solve them

Yaroslav Kutsenko, "Edelweiss" Trans-Carpathian Environmental Club, Uzhgorod city, Zakarpatska Oblast

23) The Improvement of Collaboration between State Institutions and Public Organisations – to Protect the Cleanliness of Rivers by Conducting Practical Activities and Raising Public Awareness of Ecological Issues by Means of the Mass Media

Vasyl Gerula, "Zeleny Svit" (Green World) Kolomyiska Local Organisation, Kolomyya town, Ivano-Frankivska Oblast

Discussion of the projects presented

Lunch

Continuation of project presentations:

24) An Examination of the River Zgar and the Development and Approval of the Local Environmental Action Plan to Conserve it

Roman Khimko, All-Ukrainian Committee on UNEP Activity Support (UkrUNEPcom), Kyiv city

25) The Production of a Shadow List of Ramsar Sites along the Middle and Lower Dnipro

Volodymyr Maltsev, Institute of Ecology (INECO), Kyiv city

26) The Enhancement of Carpathian Small Rivers

Viktor Prykhodko, "Vodograi" (Fountain) Bukovynsky Environmental and Spiritual Centre, Banyliv-Pidgirny village, Storozhynetsky Rayon, Chernivetska Oblast

27) The Protection and Improvement of the Biodiversity of Small Tributaries of the Upper Dniester in Zhydachivsky Rayon as an Integral Part of the Ecological Network of Ukraine

Yevgenia Turchenyak, "Eco-Dovkillya" (Environment) Public Environmental Organisation, Zhydachiv town, Lvivska Oblast

28) Improving the Environmental State of the River Rybnytsya

Vasyl Prorochuk, "Nash Kray" (Our Land) Regional Environmental Organisation, Ivano-Frankivsk city

Discussion of the projects presented

Coffee break

Summary and closing ceremony of the seminar presentations