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November 2005
Big Lakes Strategy and Best Practices published!
More information from these web pages, please have a look Strategy and Best Practices sub-pages.
October 2005
Päijänne-Forum in Asikkala 20.10. joins the regional developers from "the both shores of the lake" - Northern and Southern Päijänne authorities, development agencies and entrepreneurs. The amount of the participants was 72.
6th Steering Committee Meeting in Tartu 11.-12.10.2005 - preparations started for the common biglakers' "BL Strategy and Best Practices" -workshop. Participating countries Estonia, Finland and Norway. Russia partipates by consultating the process with the document "Ecotourism Strategy for North-West Russia".
September 2005:
Publication of the Inventory of Hardwood Stands in the Northern Regions of Lake Päijänne issued by Central Finland Environment Centre:
FINAL - Big_Lakes_jalopuu inventointi Keski-Suomi.pdf
August 2005:
Hamar got a good feedback about organising 2nd International BL Conference
The conference managed to collect participants from Estonia, Finland, Norway and Russia. Well organised conference disseminated efficiently common goals of the project and got together specialists especially from the spatial planning and environmental field.
June 2005:
The 2nd International Big Lakes Conference in Hamar, Norway, 9-10.6.
Invitaton and programme:
BL2conferenceinvitation.doc
Päijänne workshop in Central Finland 7.6.2005
Cooperative groups for Cultural Environment in Central Finland and Häme met at the workshop organized on Lake Päijänne and the draft of Big Lakes Strategy was discussed. During the workshop the participants had an opportunity to get an overoll view of the cultural heritage of Päijänne region.
May 2005:
Mjösä attracts as Fishing Paradise!
Mjösä has launced some Big Lakes publications - a fishing guide and a fish poster of Mjösä species:
Norwayfiskeguide-2005-0408 (4).pdf
International Planning Meeting of Big Lakers in Lahti 11.-12.5. The planning meeting collected biglakers for updating project situation and planning 2nd International Conference.
February 2005:
Big Lakes Wireless has organised tourism services of municipalities Asikkala and Sysmä to be avaialble via mobile phone. You only have to send a text message to the number 173 868 WAP asikkala or WAP sysma and the services are there where you are. This service is available in Finland. Enclosed pls find poster campaign materials. Asikkalajuliste.JPG Sysmajuliste.JPG
January 2005:
4th Steering Committee in Hamar, Norway 12.-14.1.2005
Norwegian partners hosted the succesful and fruitful SC Meeting in Hamar for Finnish and Russian representatives. Please have a look into Photo Gallery above.
Päijänne activities as flyers
Three of the ended activities are now availabe as Finnish-English brochures
1. Sysmä Municipality Supplementary Archeological Inventory
BigLakes_sysmS_flyer.pdf, implemented by Lahti City Museum
2. Research of the natural and cultural value of the traditional landscape of Päijänne, implemented by Helsinki University, Palmenia CentreBigLakes_palmenia_flyer (4).pdf
3. Tacis CBC SPF Project description "Using Natural Resources and Cultural Heritage as a Boost for Sustainable Development" as a part of Big Lakes Consortium, implemented by Sysmä municipality (FIN) and Baltic Fund for Nature (RUS), local administration of Lodeynoje Pole (RUS) and Committee for the Affairs of Yourth, Sport and Tourism of Leningrad region (RUS) BigLakes_tacis.pdf
Big Lakes Mjösa folder issued!
Steering Committee Meeting in Hamar, Norway 12.-14.1. Participants biglakers from Norway, Finland and Russia.
December 2004:
The first Big Lakes small scale infrastructure ready!
The Hollola Cultural Route has been formulated, pls have a look here, brochure in Finnish/English:BigLakes_hollola_flyer (2).pdf
November 2004:
Big Lakes folder issued!
Big Lakes Tacis CBC -Final Report Completed!
Big Lakes Interreg III B project had a parallel co-operation project with lake Ladoga, Russia: "Big Lakes Ladoga and Päijänne - Using Natural Resouces and Cultural Heritage as a Boost of Sustainable Development". This project was implemented 30.11.2002 - 30.6.2004. Now the final reports are ready, but the co-operation continues with Russian consortium: they are members of the Steearign Committee and will participate in the activities. The total budget of the Ladoga-project was about 247 000 € and the partners were Municipality of Sysmä (FIN), Local administration of Lodeynoe Pole (RUS), Baltic Fund for Nature (RUS) and Leningrad Region Government (RUS).
Big Lakes Wireless is invited to Estonia, Saarenmaa
Big Lakes Wireless, team of mobile experts, is invited to dissemination and co-operation meeting by Saarenmaa municipality, the island of Western Estonia.
Poster campaign of regional symbols completed successfully in Päijät-Häme
Around Päijät-Häme region about 80 comprehensive shcools and all their classess from 1-6 level got a poster from the project where all C& N heritage symbols of the project were presented by photos and names. The campaign was a great success! if you are interested in symbols of the Päijät-Häme region, pls look the poster here:Maakunta_jul (2).pdf
September 2004
Video "Mjøsa as seen from Skibladner" launched - you are welcome to enjoy it!
Skibladner is the name of the paddle steamer. Please enjoy the atmosphere of the Norwegian Biglakers!
Skibladner150kbs.wmv or Skibladner150kbs.zip (1,7 MB)
Skibladner500kbs.wmv or Skibladner500kbs.zip (High quality, 4,91 MB)
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August 2004
Big Lakes poster published at Limnologists' World Conference (SIL)
The International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (Societas Internationalis Limnologiae, SIL) brings together scientists who are concerned with inland aquatic ecosystems and their management. Every three years an international congress is held to promote scientific intercourse among those pursuing fundamental research and those concerned with practical problems. The 29th_Conference was hosted by Lahti, Finland 8.-15.8.2004.
The Big Lakers supported the Conference. A special Big Lakes poster
Big Lakes poster was published at the
Conference: Big Lakes brand was
introduced among thousands of water
specialists.
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Big Lakes to become Unesco's
bioreserves?
UNESCO’s Programme on Man and the
Biosphere (MAB) (MAB) develops the
basis, within the natural and the social
sciences, for the sustainable use and conservation of biological diversity, and for the improvement of the relationship between people and their environment globally.
One of the Big Lakes, Päijänne in Finland, is now making a case to become a part of this programme. The Big Lakes project and network provide a good platform for proving that Päijänne is indeed worth adding to the programme.
The initiative has been issued in Finnish as a brochure Biosfaari_esite_2004.pdf
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Mission to Ladoga, conference and 3rd Steering Committee Meeting
25.-29.8.2004
The Big Lakers travel to Karelia & Russia in late August. The host of the mission will be Karelian Research Centre. The idea is to feel and see the great Ladoga lake and spread the idea of Big Lakes. Discusssions will be held with researchers and decision makers. At the same time international Steering Committee meeting takes place. Please have a look into Photo Gallery in the beginning of the News page.
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Second Steering Committee meeting
- 24.11.2003, Tarto - Estonia, Pskov - Russia
The Project Consortium had the possibility to get acquinted with the unique area of the lake Peipsi. The Delegation visist both sides of the lake and learned about valuable transboundary cooperation between Estonia and Russia. Memo available here.
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International Big Lakes Conference
Integrating_cultural_and_natural_heritage_into_planning_and_development
was held 16 and 17 June 2003 - Asikkala, Finland
The Conference focused on information
sharing between specialists on cultural and
natural heritage, and between municipal
and regional planners. Participants
discussed also how the heritage factors
could better be taken into account in
business development.
Participants came from the Nordic lake
regions. Regional councils, municipalities,
and relevant universities, colleges,
entrepreneurs, governmental or non-governmental organisations around the lakes and decision makers were invited.
The host of the Conference, a Päijänne enthusiastic Mr. Kyösti Toivonen, laid foundation for the discussions through presenting an idea about common_history_as_a_source_of_development: he spoke about times when water did not separate, but united people.
Each lake presented her cultural and natural heritage.
Working_Group_Discussions focuced on four questions:
Big_Lakes_Wireless was launched.
The project organises three international Big Lakes Conferences:
- 16. - 17.6 2003 Asikkala, Finland
- Summer 2004 Vänern and/or Fegen & Bolmen, Sweden
- Summer 2005 Mjösa, Norway
Conference in Sweden aims at benchmarking in spatial planning, and the last (Norway 2005) takes a broader view on how to integrate cultural and natural heritage into the regional development processes.
Information about Asikkala, host municipality of the Conference.