From Policy to Practice: Addressing Marine Litter within the TREASURE Project

We cordially invite experts in marine litter, waste management and water management from public administrations and relevant stakeholder organisations to join this exchange. The aim is to present key results and recommendations emerging from the project and to explore how they can inform regional and local action.

We hope that your regions can benefit from the experience gathered within the TREASURE project, and that together we can identify concrete next steps towards a plastic-free North Sea.

Please find the Teams link and the draft agenda below. We very much look forward to your participation and feel free to share this invitation towards experts and relevant stakeholders in your region.

Agenda

• 10:00 – 10:05 Welcome and Opening
  Introductory remarks and overview of the agenda by Cllr Henrik Stensønes, Chair of the NSC Marine Resources Group (Møre og Romsdale).
• 10:05 – 10:20
  Introducing the TREASURE Project
  Presentation by Marta Jacuniak-Suda(Weser-Ems) outlining the project’s objectives, structure, and four pillars: governance & policy, data & monitoring, behaviour change, and removal techniques, with particular emphasis on governance.
• 10:20 – 11:15
  Introduction to the case-studies: governance structures and policy instruments, practical barriers and opportunities.
  • Philippe Cozette, Centre for Studies and Expertise on Risks, the Environment, Mobility and Urban Planning (CEREMA), France
  • Marta Jacuniak-Suda, Office for Regional Development Weser-Ems, Germany
  • Mariska Heijs, Rotterdam University of Applied University, the Netherlands
• 11:15 – 11:25
  Highlights and Next Steps - Key recommendations within the Policy pillar and outline of the next project phase. Moderated by Dr. Marta Jacuniak-Suda (Weser-Ems).
• 11:25 – 11:50Open Discussion - Moderated by Cllr Henrik Stensønes and Dr. Marta Jacuniak-Suda.
  Interactive exchange with participants, reflections, and questions.
• 11:50 – 12:00
  Concluding Remarks
  Closing reflections and wrap-up by Cllr Henrik Stensønes.