Trainers :

1. Anders BENGTSSON (Sweden), Senior Judge at the Växiö Land and Environment Court

2. Indrė ŽVAIGŽDINIENĖ (Lithuania), Lecturer of Environmental Law at Vilnius University, Law Faculty

3. Rasa RAGULSKYTE-MARKOVIENE (Lithuania) , Judge at Vilnius District Administrative Court, Professor at Mykolas Romeris University, Law Faculty

4. Klaus LERNHART (Germany), Presiding judge at the Administrative Court of Appeal Baden-Wuerttemberg

5. Werner HEERMANN (Germany), Chair of the AEAJ working group Environmental Law

Thursday, 16 May 2013

09:00 – 09:30 Welcome address, introduction
09:30 – 10:15 Ion CODESCU (European Commission DGENV)

Recent development of EU environmental law
10 : 15 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 -12:00 Indrė ŽVAIGŽDINIENĖ

Overview on EU nature protection legislation 
 Wild Birds Directive
 Fauna-Flora-Habitats Directive

12:00-13:30 Lunch break

13:30-15:00 Klaus LERNHART Case study to be solved in sub-groups (species protection)

15:00-15:30 Coffee break

15:30-16:15 Rasa RAGULSKYTE-MARKOVIENE

Article 6 Fauna-Flora-Habitats Directive

Friday, 17 May 2013

09:00-10:00 Anders BENGTSSON

Case study to be solved in sub-groups (“Rare bugs versus city plan”)

10.00-10:30 Coffee break
10:30–12:00 Werner HEERMANN Case study to be solved in sub-groups („Mountain bike downhill course crossing a

Natura 2000 site”)

12:00-12:30 Final discussion, closure

In the afternoon excursion to the mountains