Energy, Economy & Environment
Ministerial Round Table with the participation of Ministers
responsible for Energy and Environment from South Eastern
Europe
14-15 May, 2009, Mecavnik, Serbia
The aim of this special event is to organize discussion between
researchers, representatives of WB, UNESCO, UNDP, UNEP, EC,
EEA and ministries of energy and environment from the Balkan
countries. The main theme of the event is carbon dioxide (CO2)
capture and geological storage (CCS), a bridging technology
that will contribute to mitigating climate change. CCS directive
adopted by European Commission at the end of 2008 establishes
a legal framework for the environmentally safe geological
storage of carbon dioxide to contribute to the fight against
climate change. It gives possibility and support all European
countries to start national legislation of CO2 geological
storage (CGS), national research and education programmes,
dissemination of information in press and media and to reach
public perception of CCS technology. The implementation of
CCS technology is also regulated by participation of the largest
European industrial CO2 emitters in the EU Emission Trading
Scheme. The high CO2 emissions taxes forced Energy industry
to build new capture ready power plants at the time when they
have lack of CCS information in their regions.
Two panel discussions, co-organized by ENeRG (European Network
for Research in Geoenergy) and the Balkan Geological Society
will take place during the special event. The 1st panel discussion
(14h May) with ministries of energy and environment from the
Balkan countries will be devoted to national CCS legislation
and national CCS research programmes as precondition for CCS
success in the new EU members States and candidate countries
and mainly in the Balkan Region. This panel discussion will
have aim to enhance national ministries and governments to
take regulations on CCS, to support CCS technology and to
take decisions about exploration and CO2 storage permits in
their countries. New EU members States and candidate countries
started their research on CCS only several years ago. In order
to fill gaps in the regional CCS knowledge, the national CCS
education and research programmes are urgently needed. Panel
discussion should help to understand local national problems
and challenges, will show ways for their decision and final
targets.
The second panel discussion with representatives of WB, UNESCO,
UNDP, UNEP, EC, EEA (15th May) will be devoted to the prospects
and challenges for CCS implementation in the new EU members
States and candidate countries with stressing on situation
in the Balkan Region. The main objective is to discuss real
situation with implementation of CCS in Balkan countries.
The discussion will include problems of CO2 geological storage
capacity, risks, safety, monitoring and financial issues of
CCS technology and possible international support of CCS projects.
PROGRAM
Thursday, 14 May
15.00-15.15 Welcome Speeches
Božidar Djelic, Deputy Prime Minister for EU Integration
and Minister of Science and Technological Development
Engelbert Ruoss, Director UNESCO-BRESCE
15.15-16.00 National CCS legislation and public perception
Chair person: Božidar Djelic, Deputy Prime Minister
for EU Integration and Minister of Science and Technological
Development
Introduction Alla Shogenova Institute of Geology, Tallinn
University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
Interventions by Ministries and Representatives from EC
16.00-16.45 Financial issues of CCS
Chair person: Representative from the World Bank
Introduction: Representative from European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development
Interventions by Ministries and Representatives from EC
Milovan Uroševic (Dept. of Exploration Geophysics, Curtin
University of Technology, Perth, Australia, )
Poor man’s monitoring and verification programs, An
Australian CO2CRC prospective.
16.45-17.15 – Final conclusions
Friday, 15 May
9.00 - 12.00 - Panel Discussion with representatives of EC,
UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, etc.
Future directions for research and research cooperation on
CCS
Chair person: Representative from European Research Council
Engelbert Ruoss, Director UNESCO-BRESCE
9.00 - 9.20 Invited speaker
Bozidar Djelic
(Office of Deputy Prime Minister for EU Integration and Minister
of Science and Technological Development)
9.20 -9.30
Saulius Sliaupa (Institute of Geology and Geography, Department
of Regional Geology, Vilnius University, Lithuania)
CCS capacity and technology.
9.30-9.40
Alla Shogenova (Institute of Geology, Tallinn University of
Technology, Tallinn, Esthonia)
CCS risks and safety, monitoring
9.40-10.00
Interventions by Ministries and Representatives from UNDP
Environment & Energy in Europe & CIS
Research, education and CCS prospects at Balkan Region
Chair person: Representative from Ministry of Science and
Technological Development, Serbia
10.00-10.20
Snežana Komatina-Petrovic (Faculty of Ecology and Environmental
Sciences,Union University, Belgrade, Serbia) and Milovan Uroševic
(Dept. of Exploration Geophysics, Curtin University of Technology,
Perth, Australia)
The Balkan sequestration hubs – a way towards an efficient
CO2 sequestration?
10.20-10.40
Interventions by Ministries and Representatives from EC Science
and Research
11.00-11.10
Georgi Georgiev (Department of Geology, Sofia University,
Bulgaria)
National CCS education.
11.10-11.10
Constantin Stefan Sava (National Institute of Marine Geology
and Geoecology, Bucharest, Romania)
“CO2 Club” Association in Romania.
11.10-11.40
Discussion
11.40-12.00
Concluding Remarks
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