Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian RDI Liaison Offices, and NCBR Poland in Brussels in cooperation with countries National Contacts Points (NCPs) are pleased to invite you to the second webinar entitled “A soil deal for Europe – mission possible in the Baltic Sea Region”. The event will be held on June 29^th and will focus on the engagement of citizens and business for the EU Soil Mission.

This time, the experts from the European Commission (EC) together with the Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish start-ups and NGOs will showcase the opportunities under “Horizon Europe” funding programme and present best practices on how to contribute to the EU Mission “A Soil Deal for Europe” in the Baltic Sea region countries.

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Date: 2022, June 29, 9:30 – 11:30 am CEST

Topic: The engagement of citizens and business for EU Soil Mission

Agenda:

09:30 – 09:35     Opening by Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian RDI Liaison Offices, and NCBR Poland in Brussels

09:35 – 09:55    Arianna Pasa, Participatory Instruments in “A soil deal for Europe – mission possible in the Baltic Sea Region” EU Mission Implementation Plan, Directorate – General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI), European Commission

09:55 – 10:15     Q&A

10:15 – 10:25     Michael Browne, Chief Executive Officer, CrowdHelix Opportunities in the Soil Mission

10:25 – 11:15     The Soil Deal Innovations in the Baltic Sea region countries:

• Soil Your Undies, Piibe Vaher, eAgronoom, Estonia;
• Regenerative farming – benefits by nature, Adam Baucza and Pawel Kaczmarek, “Terra Nostra” Agricultural Development Foundation, Poland;
• Novel monitoring methods and soil management approaches for climate responsible agriculture, Rūta Abaja, Institute for Environmental Solutions, Latvia.
• Remediation of soil polluted with petroleum hydrocarbons in Phy2Climate project, Mantas Rubiežius, Biovala start-up, Lithuania.

11:15 – 11:25     Q&A

11:25 – 11:30    Concluding remarks

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Date: 2022, June 15^th, 9:30 – 11:30 am CEST

Topic:  EU Soil Mission’s state of play and National initiatives

Agenda:

09:30 – 09:35     Opening by Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian RDI Liaison Offices, and NCBR Poland in Brussels

09:35 – 09:55    Ambitions of the Soil Deal for Europe Mission – Paola Eulalio, Research Programme Manager,   Research and Innovation Unit, Directorate – General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI), European Commission

09:55 – 10:05     Q&A

10:05 – 10:35    The Mission coordination actions at the national level:

• Eike Lepmets, Chief Specialist, Ministry of Rural Affairs, Estonia;
• Kristīne Sirmā, Head Of Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Latvia;
• Martynas Navickas, Chief Specialist, Ministry of Agriculture, Lithuania;
• Bartosz Dąbrowski, Deputy Director, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Grzegorz Siebielec, Professor IUNG, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – State Research Institute, Poland.

10:35 – 11:15     Baltic Sea region cases studies:

• The effect of land use change on interactions between plants and soil organisms (ERC grant), Marina Semchenko, University of Tartu, Estonia;
• Enhancement of sustainable soil resource management in agriculture, Lauris Leitāns, E2SOILAGRI leader of the project, Latvia;
• Climate change research in soil sciences: review and future collaboration possibilities, Dr. Monika Vilkienė, RDI Project Coordinator of Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Lithuania;
• Stabilization of soil organic carbon in agricultural soils: contribution to a Soil Deal, Prof. dr. Vaclovas Bogužas, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania;
• Phytoremediation as a solution for heavy metal contaminated land, Prof. Marta Pogrzeba, Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas (IETU), Poland.

11:15 – 11:25     Q&A

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The summary of the event can be downloaded here.

Recordings of the event can be re-watched here.

Register to the event here.

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