Dilove, Zakarpattya: UNDP-GEF workshop on integrated land and water management in the Upper Tisza (25-26 June 2010)

Topics to be discussed at this joint Ukrainian-Romanian workshop include progress on the integrated Tisza River Basin Management Plan; demonstration projects; solid waste management systems; the Local Flood Risk Management Plan and restoration activities. The workshop is part of the ongoing project: Selected Measures for Integrated Land and Water Management in the Upper Tisza.

Dilove, Zakarpattya: Tisza Danube Day Festival (27 June 2010)

Visit Dilove on June 27th for a Tisza Danube Day with family-fun events and official celebrations. You'll be able to cheer on your favourites in the "Tisza has Talent" contest; improve your culinary skills as local districts compete to make the tastiest Tisza soup; test your brain power in the Coca-Cola quiz or learn about the green actions carried out by school children in the run-up to Danube Day. Organisers include the All-Ukrainian Ecological League and the Ministry of Environmental Protection. An official press conference will also take place.

Dilove, Zakarpattya: Danube Art Master schools competition in the Tisza region (27 June 2010)

During the Tisza festival, you'll also be able to make up your own mind as to who should become the Danube Art Master for western Ukraine. The seventh year of this international contest that inspires young people to think and act for their rivers, invites artists to let their creativity run wild and express what the Danube and Tisza rivers mean to them. For information on how you can enter,  contact Petro Hrytsyshyn of the Western Centre of the Ukrainian Branch of the World Laboratory on +380 32 245 94 21; networld [at] lviv [dot] farlep [dot] net. If you need some ideas to get going, view the Inspiration page.

Dilove, Zakarpattya: "Danube Fish United" flag ceremony (27 June 2010)

Join us in support of "Danube Fish United" as they tour the Danube Basin!

As part of the Tisza Festival, a giant flag, featuring 14 fish in the national colours of each Danube country - united for the Danube Basin - will begin a journey across the Danube Basin. Starting in Dilove in Ukraine, it will be officially handed over to Romania during the festival.


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Lower Danube: Clean Danube campaign (15 June - 20 July 2010)

NGOs and Danube Youth Clubs will launch the Clean Danube campaign during Danube Day to help address the problem of plastic pollution in the Delta.

Phase 1 (15-25 June): Clean Danube youth expedition in Vilkove, Izmail and Kiliya.
Young people will analyse the current provision of collection services, location of ad hoc dumping areas and people's attitudes and opinions on waste management . A case study will be carried out on waste management issues at the household level and across the Delta and a booklet will be published in July.

Phase 2 (25-29 June): Clean Bank = Clean Danube! actions near Izmail and Vilkove.
Children will organise clean-up days at Izmail (25-29 June) and in the Danube Biosphere Reserve at Vilkove (near the Danube's 0km mark: 29 June).

Phase 3 (28-29 June): Danube Day Youth Eco-parties.
It's time to party in Phase 3! Join us for a concert in Izmail on the 28th June or a folk concert in Renee on the 29th June. But work comes first: take part in the clean-up action at the Izmail Fort before the Imail concert (28 June; 9:00-12:00)!

Lower Danube: Juice Exchange (25-29 June 2010)

As part of the Clean Danube campaign, visit Vilkove, Izmail, Renee or Kiliya at this time and you can join in the Juice Exchange. Bring along 15 plastic bottles and you'll be able to swap them for a bottle of juice courtesy of Coca-Cola!

Lower Danube Art Master and Clean Danube awards ceremony (29 June 2010)

June 29th in Izmail will see the awards ceremony for the Danube Art Master competition in the Danube Delta as well as prizes for young people involved in the Clean Danube campaign. A Danube Day press event will take place to announce the winners and present the outcomes of the campaign. 

Download the factsheet

For information on events and organisers, download the fact sheet: Danube Day 2010 in Ukraine 22.52 KB

Further information

For further details of the Dilove event, please contact:
Olena Marushevska (+380 68 9062 061) or Alexei Iarochevic (+380 67 209 12 08) of the All-Ukrainian Ecological League; email: pripyat [at] i [dot] kiev [dot] ua; blu-rivers [at] utel [dot] net [dot] ua.

For the latest news on Danube Delta events, please contact:
Anna Tsvietkova of MAMA-86 on +380 44 45613 38; atsvet [at] mama-86 [dot] org [dot] ua. Read about Danube Day on the Mama-86 web site.

To see how Ukraine celebrated Danube Day last year, go to Review 2009.

Links

MAMA-86: www.mama-86.org.ua

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