International Anti-nuclear Network Meeting in Finland

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Action during the meeting
Energy situation and NGO activities in Azerbaijan
First part of the schedule of the meeting
Nuclear situation and the resistance against it in Belarus
Having dinner together...
Nuclear situation in Finland and SLL activities opposing it
Uranium mining activities and the resistance against it in Finland
Brainstorming of international future anti-nuclear activities
Situation in Latvia
Nuclear situation and anti-nuclear resistance in Russia
Loads of computers - workshop to introduce the work on the Nuclear Heritage Network website
  • the winter meeting of the Network took place from March 25th-29th, 2010
  • near Helsinki
    • from March 24th-27th in Metsäpirtty
      • Turaniementie 61, 04370 Rusutjärvi, phone: phone +358 9 2755 430, +358 9 87182218
      • E-Mail: metsapirtti[a]tuusula.fi
      • directions: Bus 640 (Helsinki - Hyrylä - Jokela--Hyvinkää)
        • From Helsinki, bus station in Kamppi, Platform 11, leaves on March 24th at 16:50; Metsäpirtti about 17:38 (Other times available, there goes a bus about 10 times/day from the platform 11)
      • Important: Metsäpirtti has covers, pillows and mattresses for everyone. All attendees need to have with them sheets and pillowcases!
    • from March 27th-29th on Kuusiluoto island in Helsinki
      • It is in the center of Helsinki and accessable by walking 20min from bus stop - amazing place, like in the countryside with own wind turbine, solar power, sheeps and sauna but next to the city! The house and a smaller house can accommodate 20-30 people (and the rest can use tents). We will have four heated rooms - this should be enough space for all participants.
      • As it will probably be cold, good sleeping bags are recommended.

There are interests of the Finnish anti-nuclear activists to use the network meeting to put pressure on the Finnish authorities at the end of March because of the expected decision about the proposal for more new NPPs in Finland. For this reason there was the idea to add a further day to the meeting to do some actions. So we will have a 5-days event including four days of meeting and one day for action.

Another important issue is also the pressure of companies like the French Areva to mine uranium in several countries. People from several groups will exchange their knwolegde about the threats of these nuclear activities and will inform about projects to raise the public awareness about these issues.

An important project to be discussed for the summer will be the „Baltic Sea Info Tour“ that will take place to inform people around the Baltic Sea about the pollution of this water body and to connect concerned people with each other.


Schedule of the Meeting

new proposed workshops:


March 24th
arrival of the participants


March 25th
10.00 am:
Welcoming & presentation of the schedule

11.00 am:
Introduction of the Nuclear Heritage Network

01.00 pm:
Lunch + break

03.00 pm:
Presentations of the nuclear situations in the participatory countries

  • each attending group can present their general work and activities of the past time
  • 1/2 hour for each group + 5 minutes break between them
    • Political situation in Azerbaijan + activities in Azerbaijan
    • Nuclear situation in Bellarus + activities opposing it
    • Nuclear power in Finland + presentation of some SLL activities opposing it
    • Nuclear policy in Italy and CRBM campaigns in this field
    • Political situation in Latvia
    • Nuclear situation in Russia + activities opposing it
    • Nuclear policy in the UK and the resistance against nuclear weapons / power (focussing on CND)

07.00 pm:
Dinner

08.30 pm:
Action preparation meeting

  • discussing the planned action(s)

11.00 pm:
Film about the difficulties of final disposal


March 26th
10.00 am:
Presentations of the nuclear situations in the participatory countries - continuation

12.00 pm:
Strange Victories - Meta-analysis of the anti-nuclear resistance in the USA

  • presentation about some issues of analysis and strategy for antinuclear movements

01.30 pm:
Nuclear Heritage website wiki workshop

03.00 pm:
Lunch

05.00 pm:
Presentation of the uranium developments in Finland and resistance against it

07.00 pm:
Brainstorming about future activities

  • collect events, campaigns and projects that have been already planned for the next time
  • collect further activities to do together for the next time
  • select activities we should discuss and develop within this network meeting

09.00 pm:
Dinner

11.00 pm:
Film: The Tenth Castor Transport to Gorleben


March 27th
10.00 am:
Prepare to switch the venue

  • we need to leave the place at noon, and we need to clean it before leaving
  • cleaning, arranging and packing of stuff...

12.00 pm:
Move to Kuusiluoto

  • to Kuusiluoto it takes by bus (to Helsinki, then another to next to Kuusiluoto) about 1h 15min - 1h30min
    • in our case it took four hours because there was no bus service on this day and the ordered taxi didn't appear
  • smaller group meeting: uranium protest postcards
  • smaller group meeting: Don't nuke the Climate activities at the COP preparation meetings in Bonn in April

05.00 pm:
Workshop phase II - activities

  • this is about the activities selected in the brainstorming on the day before
  • there should be several workshops parallel at the same time to introduce to the already planned activities or to discuss and develop new ideas; there could be also two or more parts within this phase if certain topics don't need the whole time - some workshops could be held one after the other
    • 4.00 pm: blockade meeting
    • 5.00 pm: Baltic Sea Info Tour presentation
    • 6.00 pm: smaller group meeting - {Uranium exhibition meeting | Nuclear Baltic Map meeting}
    • 7.00 pm: meeting about Mayak Action Day and Uranium waste transport actions
  • if possible we can make appointments for the further work on these projects/activities (e.g. about tasks or meetings)
  • select those topics we need to discuss more in detail during this meeting

08.00 pm:
Dinner

  • smaller group meeting: Castor transport
  • smaller group meeting: Raising awareness in some Baltic states

09.30 pm:
Workshop phase I - "Network" projects
(had been postponed and moved here from Friday evening)

  • there should be several workshops parallel at the same time, good would be to discuss for example: the NukeNews Newsletter system, the international flyers project, the international network office to be started in Germany, maybe the Nuclear Baltic Sea map...
  • other "Network" project workshops possible


March 28th
10.00 am:
Workshop phase III - deepening of selected activities

  • those topics selected in the morning can be discussed and developed more in detail now
  • there should be several workshops parallel at the same time if necessary; if they don't need the whole time to be discussed we could also separate this phase into several parts to held some workshops one after the other
    • 10.00 am: Baltic Sea Info Tour preparation meeting
    • 01.00 pm: Ranua Rescue meeting + Ranua Rapid Reaction Rabbits project
    • 03.00 pm: Baltic Sea Info Tour preparation meeting - continuation
  • we should try to make these projects as clear as possible and to prepare as much as possible to be effective

08.00 pm:
Dinner

09.30 pm:
Action preparation meeting

  • make a schedule of the tasks to be done + the last tasks to prepare the action should be done now


March 29th
10.00 am:
Do the action

02.00 pm:
Lunch or if the action needs more time we should take lunch packets instead of having lunch

04.00 pm:
Evaluation of the meeting + last appointments

  • brainstorm impressions of the participants about the meeting, problems, good points, possible improvements + discuss them if necessary & possible
  • exchange contact details to stay in connection with each other
  • make appointments for next meetings + the next larger network meetings

08.00 pm:
Official end of the international network meeting in Finland


March 30th
11.00 am:
International press conference at the SLL office (Kotkankatu 9, Helsinki)

departure of the participants
(cleaning the place could be done in the evening of Mar 29 and morning of Mar 30)


Workshop: Brainstorming about future activities

  • Baltic Sea Info Tour: June 23rd-August 24th, 2010
  • Don't Nuke the Climate campaign @ COP16 (UN conference) in Mexico: December 2010
  • Critical Statement of Belarus proposed NPPs
  • multilingual uranium exhibition
  • Demonstration against new NPPs in Finland in Helsinki (FIN): May 8th, 2010
  • annual Aldermaston March (usually Easter weekend) to London - Trafalgar Sq. (UK)
  • International Mayak Action Day: September 29th, 2010
  • Activities against the uranium waste transports from France to Russia (F/RUS)
  • regular Aldermaston Big Blockade (UK)
  • JUKSS in Leipzig (Youth Environmental Congress): over New Year 2010/2011
  • Rapid Reaction Rabbits Ranua (FIN)
  • Postcard protest against uranium mining in Finland to Ministry of Economy
  • Chernobyl Day actions: April 24th-26th, 2010
  • Castor transport blockades (D): November, 2010
  • Faslane blockades (UK): April 3rd, 2010
  • Nuclear Baltic map
  • Devonport blockade (UK): November 1st, 2010
  • Don't Nuke the Climate campaign @ COP16 preparation meetings in Bonn (D): April 8th-9th, 2010
  • blockade action
  • Raise awareness project - Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus (LT, LV, EST, BY)
  • camp in summer 2010 (LT)


Participants

group confirmations as at March 22nd, 2010:

  • Azerbaijani group (1)
  • German activists (3)
  • Finnish activists:
    • SLL (1)
    • Greenpeace (1 - one day)
    • Greens (1 - one day)
    • others (some 6 - partly)
    • (Y)NUFF / RRAMM (3)
  • Latvian activist(s) (1)
  • Russia (1)
  • Belarus (1)
  • CRBM - Campagna per la Riforma della Banca Mondiale (I) (1)


proposed, but not confirmed participations as at March 22nd, 2010:

  • British activists


maybe also people from:

  • Sweden


Technical Equipment

For the presentations and workshops we will need:

  • laptop + projector
  • maybe laser pointer

We will have a projector in Metsäpirtti, but in Kuusiluoto we need to be without one because there is not enough electricity to run a projector for long time.


Funding

  • food + renting the venue will be funded by SLL up to 400 EUR, but we already have more costs:
    • Metsäpirtti rent 24.3. - 27.3: 318 EUR
    • Kuusiluoto rent: 100 EUR
    • Gas for Kuusiluoto: about 40 EUR
    • Food 300-600 EUR (?)
    • bus tickets ?
  • some participants from far away countries need funding for their travelling costs
    • a small amount of money was organized by the German activist
    • who can help with donations/financial support for travelling costs?
  • there is one donation from Italy promised about some 100 EUR


Outreach


Contact


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