Nutri Talks Webinar on Nutrient Recycling in the Baltic Sea Region

The EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region policy areas Nutri, Bioeconomy and Hazards invite you to a webinar to discuss cooperation needs in the Baltic Sea Region for promoting nutrient recycling. The aim of the event is to initiate regular cooperation that will lead to a systemic and full value-chain overview of nutrient recycling in the Baltic Sea Region.

Agenda

1. Welcome
2. Keynote speech: Adrian Leip, DG Inno: EU Bioeconomy Strategy and nitrogen use efficiency
3. Elsi Kauppinen, PA Nutri Coordinator: Overview of different perspectives from the Policy Area Coordinators
4. Sanna Tikander, PA Bioeconomy Coordinator: A Finnish example of a country-level systemic approach, and reflections on how regular cooperation could support policy work at national level
5. Louise Floman, PA Hazards Coordinator: An example of an existing Baltic Sea Region network – how it is organised and what the benefits are
6. Eetu Virtanen, HELCOM Secretariat: The newly started Interreg BSR Project Platform CirCan on nutrient recycling
7. Break
8. Workshop: Discussion on how future cooperation could look
   • Cooperation needs – relevant areas and knowledge gaps, needs
   • project funding during the next EU funding period
9. Wrap-up and next steps

Please register and answer our questionnaire about cooperation and project needs before 30.10.2026. You can share the questionnaire with colleagues who can’t join this webinar. Answers to the questionnaire will help us better prepare the webinar.