Tid(y)Up - Save Our Rivers!

2020. November 05. 09:00-14:15 (CET)

International online conference and kick-off event of the Tid(y)Up Project - focusing on marine and riverine waste

Link to the conference summary

Approximately 12 million tons of waste is released into our living waters every year, 80% of which enters the seas and oceans through rivers. Studies, innovations, startups are born all over the world to solve the problem we are part of. We would like to meet the initiatives working in parallel with us to move together to a more efficient, higher level by sharing knowledge. Our topics are pollution prevention, collection and processing of pollution data, how to build a professional network system for common solutions, the most effective cleaning actions, the limitations and opportunities of recycling, fundraising and shaping attitude.

The Tid(y)Up - Save Our Rivers! INTERREG DTP project conference was held within the framework of the Danube Transnational Programme, co-financed by the EU. The topic of the online and on-site conference was the conservation of our freshwaters, and it saw experts and representatives of the field from all around Europe presenting methods for measuring river pollution, the idea of establishing a common knowledge-sharing platform and the possibilities of recycling river waste.

Agenda
Thursday, 5^th November 2020

Link to the virtual meeting (TBD):

8:45-9:00		Entry in virtual “lobby”
9:00-9:05		Welcome Greetings and brief introduction, technical details on the kick-off conference Moderator: Zsófia Tomaj, Sustainable Development expert
9:05-09:20		Opening speeches: Viktor Oroszi, EU Strategy for the Danube Region - Hungarian national coordinator, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Kovács, Head of Division, Ministry of Interior
09:20-09:25		Words from the Danube Transnational Programme Gusztáv Csomor, Project Officer, Danube Transnational Program Managing Authority/Joint Secretariat
Section 1 - The problem
09:30-09:50		Tid(y)Up - Introducing a new international initiative to save Tisza river Attila Dávid Molnár, President of Filmjungle.eu Society, Founder of Plastic Cup
09:50-10:15		Preventing and Calculating Marine Plastic Litter Dr. Costas Velis, Lecturer, University of Leeds, School of Civil, Task Force Leader, ISWA Marine Litter Task Force
10:15-10:30		*Plastic pollution in the Danube River Basin - our current knowledge (gaps)* Dr. Ádám Kovács, Technical Expert, Pollution Control – ICPDR
10:30-10:45		The marine plastic footprint Joao Sousa, Senior Project Manager at IUCN
10:45-11:00		Coffee break
11:00-11:15		LIFE VisPO Project experiences - the sustainable use of the river Po and the Danube Emőke Takács, Lecturer, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Science, managing director, ERI Hungary – European Research Institute Non-profit Ltd Company
11:15-11:30		Wrap-up of Day1’s Microplastic Workshop Maja Petrovic, Assistant Professor, University of Novi Sad
Section 2 – The Solutions
11:30-11:50		Presentation of the remediation sites and methods on river Tisza Dr. Hajnalka Hegedűs, Groundwater management expert, Hungarian General Directorate of Water Management
11:50-12:10		Experiences about the Plastic Free Danube Project Gudrun Obersteiner, Senior Lecturer, University of Life Sciences and Natural Resources, Vienna
12:10-12:30		Mother Nature is knocking hard on our doors. Let's make intelligent choices Bernard Merkx, Managing Director, Green Wave Plastic and Co-founder of Waste Free Oceans Foundation
12:30-13:10		Lunch break
13:10-13:25		From Rotterdam to Borneo (Check out The Borneo Project) Ramon Knoester, Founding Director, CLEAR RIVERS
13:25-13:40		Removing plastic Miklós Gyalai-Korpos, Projectlead, Future Plastik Ltd.
13:40-14:00		Best practices in EPR to improve the management of (plastic) packaging waste while implementing the new EU waste legislation Joachim Quoden, EXPRA
14:00-14:15		Wrap-up Final remarks, Q&A

The official language of the conference is English. Translation and interpreting services will not be available.

Audience and dialogue partners: river, sea and ocean cleanup organizations, water and waste management professionals, manufacturers, users, interested parties and the project/associated partners of the Tid(y)Up project.

Project co-funded by European Union funds (ERDF, IPA, ENI) with the financial contribution of partner states and institutions

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Start of the project 1 July, 2020
Expected end of the project: 31 December, 2022
Total budget of the project: 1.618.193,54 EUR (granted contribution: 1.375.464,51 EUR)
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