1. Sida Barents Baltic Civil Society Programme 2016-2019
Baltic Sea Days
St Petersburg
March 23, 2016

2. Fira att vi äntligten kan träffas som partners.

3. Institutional framework of the program
Parliament
Swedish people
Gov/MFA
Sida
WWF-S
CCB
WWF Ru
Russian people

4. Barents and Baltic components of the program
Barents: WWF Russia - Arkhangelsk oblast, Murmansk oblast, Republic of Komi, and Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
Baltic: Kaliningrad and Leningrad oblast.

5. Strategic framework of the program
Government of Sweden: Results strategy for Sweden´s support for democracy, human rights and environment in Russia
WWF: Strategies for North-west Russia, Arctic and Baltic regions;
Objectives for WWF Sweden and the WWF Baltic Ecoregion Program
Delivering on SDG:s 14, 15 & 16
WWF Baltic Ecoregion program

6. Vision 2030
Natural resource sustainability and ecosystem resilience are secured by a capable civil society.

7. Medium term outcomes (3-10 years)
Ecosystem based management (EBM) in river basins strengthened through increased civil society and community participation
EBM in Marine Spatial Planning is being understood and used with civil society as key stakeholder
Improved environmental performance of extractive industries through increased transparency and dialgoue with civil society

8. Some of the basic assumptions of the program
Theory of change
Some of the basic assumptions of the program
The competition over natural resources is increasing and the resource base is at risk.
There is enough integrity in the legal system to react to public pressure when something is wrong
Building a strong civil society and strengthening affected people´s voices to claim their rights will improve the dialogue and set in motion a change process towards more responsbile management of the resource base.

9. Why strengthening civil society?
Theory of change
Why strengthening civil society?
Effectiveneses and scale – critical mass
Mutual learning – in fields beyond traditional nature conservation
Sustainability – WWF can pass the torch

10. Dialogue and co-operation are guiding stars for all activities
Dialogue and co-operation are guiding stars for all activities. We do not seek confrontation but rather to finding constructive solutions and win-win-win approaches within the program.