BONUS Day - February 9th, 2010 - All Commitments - Commitments - Baltic Sea Action Summit

1. Name and title of the person who formulated the commitment

Markku Mattila, the president of the Academy of Finland

2. Name of the committing organization

Academy of Finland

Please indicate also the type of the organisation

state agency or public body

3. Home country of the committing organisation

Finland

Organization homepage (like www.bsas.fi)

www.aka.fi

4. Contact person – content of the commitment – name

Laura Raaska, Director of Biosciences and Environment Unit

Contact person – content of the commitment – email address (in standard format like name@organization.com)

laura.raaskaREMOVETHISCAPITALTEXT[at]aka.fi

Contact person – content of the commitment – phone number

+358977488336

5. Contact person – for communication – name

Laura Raaska

Contact person – for communication – email address (in standard format like name@organization.com)

laura.raaskaREMOVETHISCAPITALTEXT[at]aka.fi

Contact person – for communication – phone number

+358977488336

6. Contact person – for communication – postal address

Vilhonvuorenkatu 6
Box 99, 00501
Helsinki
Finland

9. Commitment title and designation/acronym etc (that you wish to use)

BONUS Day - February 9th, 2010

10. Nature of commitment

Contribution

11. Description of commitment and the implementation strategy

BONUS Day, to be held on February 9th, 2010 in Helsinki, will gather together researchers, end-users of research knowledge and representatives of the administrative authorities from the countries surrounding the Baltic Sea. BSAG has been involved with the initializing and formulating of the BONUS day process. The aim is to provide answers to the following questions for the Baltic Sea Action Summit to be held the following day:

•What are the most urgent issues concerning the Baltic Sea that need solving?

•What measures based on research knowledge can best protect the Baltic Sea and ensure that it can be preserved for coming generations?

•How can decision-makers be encouraged to make a commitment to these justified measures?

The BONUS Day advisory board:

Laura Raaska (chair), Kyösti Lempa (sec) and Markku Mattila, Academy of Finland

Kaisa Kononen, BONUS EEIG

Saara Kankaanrinta, Anna Kotsalo-Mustonen and Ilkka Herlin, BSAG

Sauli Rouhinen, Ministry of the Environment

Mikko Peltonen and Elina Nikkola, Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Petteri Taalas, Finnish Meteorological Institute

Mikael Hildén, Finnish Environment Institute

12. Focus area (see HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan)

Innovative Solutions

Focus area(s), if other

Support interaction between research and policy-making and strengthen the societal impact of research

13. Objective of commitment and its impact on the Baltic Sea (temporary, permanent, etc.)

The BONUS Day supports one horizontal action of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea: "Use research as a base for policy decisions". The impact will be permanent.

14. What is needed for the commitment to be successful? (one-time action, continuous support or/and financing, support for a certain time period)

BONUS Day is a one-time action, which will strengthen tangible and viable science-policy links. Comprehensive representation of Baltic Sea Region countries and their administrative sectors is a necessary condition for a successful event.

15. Geographic scope of the commitment (Gulf of Finland, the Baltic Proper, the Belt Sea and the Kattegat, the whole Baltic Sea, etc.)

The Baltic Sea Region: the Sea and its drainage basin.

16. Partnership opportunities and contact information for this purpose

The BONUS Day provides an excellent opportunity for networking. See www.aka.fi/bonusday.

17. Is your commitment/contribution a highly significant, significant, medium or minor effort to your organisation?

Highly significant effort

18. Starting date

2010 February 8^th

20. Expected commitment duration

other

Expected commitment duration, if other

Seven years (2010-2016)

19. First / next milestone - title

BONUS 169 Implementation phase

First / next milestone - date

2012 July 1^st

First / next milestone - description

The Academy of Finland will support BONUS EEIG in the first call of BONUS 169 research programme.

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