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Co-funded by the European Union 1st Stakeholder Dialogue meeting in Estonia Thursday 20 November 2025, 10:00 – 13:00 EET (online) Munitions, remnants of past conflicts such as the World Wars I and II, pose environmental and safety risks that need to be carefully managed. HELCOM is working on the issue of sea-dumped and submerged munitions aiming to develop a regional strategic approach and a comprehensive risk assessment of hazardous submerged objects and ensure their safe management, notably by developing the best practices maintaining and regularly updating data and information on hazardous submerged objects in the Baltic Sea. The work is done through the EU-funded project MUNI-RISK focused on tackling the risks from unexploded ordnances and chemical warfare materials lying on the seabed in the Baltic Sea. We have dialogues with stakeholders to discuss and learn from and with them about the specific needs and concerns different stakeholders have related to safety and security of marine waters and environments with regards to dumped munitions and off-shore wind farms as well as how to manage and mitigate those. ELWIND is a joint cross-border hybrid offshore wind project aiming to raise energy independence in the region by improving interstate electricity connectivity. The project will help to increase the overall regional and European energy autonomy by contributing to the integrated and synchronized European electricity market. With ELWIND the states organize the necessary preparatory work in the form of planning, studies, and permitting for the offshore areas. The permits and conditions for connecting to the grid will be auctioned out. This way, the states can offer greater certainty to the private developers that the wind parks can be built on indicated areas, as several risks have already been mitigated. N.B. Participants of the workshop are kindly asked to fill in the registration form. � https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5JMFLNB The registration is free, it is needed to compile the list of participants and their contact details according to the GDPR requirements for personal data treatment.  Co-funded by the European Union 1st Stakeholder Dialogue Meeting in Estonia 20 November 2025 10:00 – 13:00 EET (online) Agenda Welcome and introduction. 1 5 min Andriy Grafov (HELCOM) Introductory presentation (title to be confirmed). 2 Yoko Alender, Chairman of the Environment Committee Up to 20 min (Riigikogu, Estonia) HELCOM and submerged munitions. 3 Up to 10 min Rüdiger Strempel (HELCOM) MUNI-RISK – How to incorporate dumped munitions in 4 Environmental Impact Assessments of off-shore projects? 10 min Hans Sanderson (Århus University, DK) The joint Estonian–Latvian offshore wind project ELWIND. 5 Up to 10 min Aivi Alikmets (ELWIND-EE) Experiences from the Polish EEZ 6 Up to 10 min Michał Czub (IOPAN, PL) 7 Presentation from Danish (Bornholm) case study (TBC) Up to 10 min 8 Q&A Up to 30 min 9 BREAK 10-15 min Work in break out groups based on expertise (2-5 questions to 10 30 min discuss) 11 Report of the break-out groups and general discussion Up to 30 min Closing remarks and next steps. 12 5 min Andriy Grafov N.B. Timing may be adjusted to fit in 3 hours