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EuDA Annual General Meeting Open-Part, at Sheraton Brussels Airport”Man & Nature” Key Sustainable Issues for the European Dredgers

Date

16 November 2010

Place

Sheraton Brussels Airport

Sustainable Development is the ‘development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’ ¹.
This translates into development strategies that support and respect the economy, the society and the environment.

Note: ¹ UN Brundtland Report in 1987

The theme for 2010’s Open Part of our Annual General Meeting is ‘Man and Nature’ and will elaborate on two of the pillars for the sustainability of dredging operations: the human and the environmental aspects. This also coincides with 2010 being declared “IMO year of the Seafarers” and “UN year of Biodiversity“.

With regards to the social aspects and more particularly the working conditions onboard ships, the ‘Maritime Labour Convention‘ will be presented along with some of its possible consequences for the dredgers.

Concerning the environmental aspects, two specific initiatives implementing the concept of ‘Building with Nature‘ will be presented: ECOSHAPE in the Netherlands and ‘Vlaamse Baaien 2100’ in Belgium.

EuDA will present the conclusions of its workshop on ‘Green Innovations keep the European Dredgers at Global Leading Edge’ and the European dredgers’ perspective on ‘Building with Nature’.

EuDA Open Part Conference Programme

Moderated by

  • John Richardson
    (former head of the European Maritime Policy Task Force),

the Open Part will have presentations on the social aspects by:

  • Natalie Shaw
    ISF Director of Employment Affairs, presenting the MLC, its process and the issues for the shipowners.
  • Henry Bleker
    EuDA Social Committee, presenting the issues for the dredgers and the findings of the EuDA Survey.

as well as presentations on the environmental aspects by:

  • Huib de Vriend
    Building with Nature Programme Director, presenting ECOSHAPE.
  • Bart Verboomen
    Vlaamse Baaien 2100 Board member, presenting Vlaamse Baaien 2100.
  • Eugen Jansen
    Chairman Environment Committee, presenting the conclusions of EuDA’s Workshop on “Green Innovations keep the European Dredgers at Global Leading Edge”.