CCB

Title: Coalition Clean Baltic

Summary: Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB) is a regional network of environmental NGOs committed to protecting and improving the environment of the Baltic Sea catchment area, which includes members from the EU along with Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. The network supports civil society participation in decision making.

CCB will focus on finding opportunities to encourage new and constructive approaches to engaging people, thus widening the CCB network. It will continue to support and promote good environmental status for the area by addressing pressures upstream. Furthermore, it will continue to focus on ensuring coherent implementation of EU policies as well as channelling grass-root level feedback to the European Commission on gaps in existing policies and the need for additional instruments to address emerging issues.

Specific objectives are to ensure coherence in the implementation of the ecosystem approach through the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and the Baltic Sea Action Plan related to eutrophication, fisheries, biodiversity, sea-floor integrity and alien species. The NGO wants to ensure that the final MSFD programmes take into account relevant conservation goals and to improve the review process by securing more joint actions and joint indicators. It will evaluate the use of public expenditure to ensure that aquaculture best practices are adopted.

CCB will also focus on improving its communication with target audiences and on improving the awareness of decision-makers about the importance of sea-floor integrity and the impact of hazardous substances. It will furthermore explore for the possibility of establishing a joint public advisory team for a transboundary Baltic river basin that would engage with a wide range of stakeholders.

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