Stakeholder Workshop on Coastal and Climate Resilience
29 October 2026
10:00–16:00
Flora Exhibition Centre
Sea Garden, Burgas
Format
Working and facilitated group sessions
Workshop focus
Hands-on work on the local context, initiatives and partnerships for coastal resilience, followed by presentations of project ideas and facilitated group sessions on the climate-resilient development of Ezero Park.
Programme
Morning session · Context, assessment and priorities
From the bigger picture to a specific priority case
Time
Panel / session
Format
10:00–10:10
Welcome and opening
Burgas Municipality / NTNU
10:10–10:25
EU Mission “Ocean and Waters” Blue Label methodology and its pilot application in Burgas
CO-WATERS
10:25–10:35
Coastal resilience in Burgas: current context and activities
Burgas Municipality
10:35–11:10
Baseline assessment: where do we stand today? Existing actions, initiatives, policies and partnerships; progress and gaps
Small-group discussion
11:10–11:25
Black Sea exchange: experiences and shared challenges
Plenary discussion
11:25–11:45
Identifying and prioritising coastal resilience challenges
Small-group discussion
11:45–12:00
From challenges to solutions: selecting a priority case and framing the question “How do we envision the climate-resilient development of Ezero Park?”
Plenary discussion
12:00–13:00
Lunch break
Break
Programme · Afternoon session
From Ideas to Solutions for Ezero Park
The afternoon session brings together initiatives and project ideas from the Burgas Climate Unit and connects them with facilitated work on a specific local case.
13:00–16:00 · Initiatives, case study and co-development
Three consecutive steps: presentations → case work → shared next steps
Time
Panel / session
Format
13:00–13:45
Presentation of initiatives and project ideas from the Burgas Climate Unit
Presentation session
13:45–15:40
Facilitated group sessions to address the case and propose options for the climate-resilient development of Ezero Park
Facilitated group work
15:40–16:00
Closing discussion and next steps
Plenary discussion
Structure of the afternoon session
1
Share
Initiatives and project ideas
2
Develop
Options for Ezero Park
3
Summarise
Next steps and partnerships
CO-WATERS · Pilot implementation in Burgas in support of the EU Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”
