Team of www.BlackSea-online.com project announces the establishment of an international non-profit "Black Sea Organization for Integration and Sustainable Development ". The prerequisites for the establishment of Organization are a need to strengthen the socio-economic cooperation between the countries of the region and maintaining a stable ecological situation.

Mission of the Organization is the mutual integration of the Black Sea region in the fields of economy, society and ecology in order to achieve sustainable development initiatives, as well as the creation and strengthening of economic and social ties with stakeholders – non-residents of the Black Sea coast. It should be noted that the Organization would not affect the political and security issues in the region, but will focus on trade and economic cooperation, social development and integration processes.

Priorities of Organization:

• Creation of an information field for discussion and decision-making in social, economic and environmental spheres of joint activity;

• Promotion of products and services to members and partners of the Organization of the Black Sea region;

• Providing information services to companies and associations of companies doing or planning to conduct its activities in the Black Sea region;

• Establishing links with organizations, including international law in force in the Black Sea region;

• Participation in projects and competitions, including international;

• Saving ecology of the Black Sea region.

The organization will also hold international congresses and seminars, an annual international prize "Integration and Sustainable Development".

We invite all stakeholders to dialogue on issues of membership, partnership and the formation of the board of trustees.

Contact us:

info@BlackSea-online.com

Tel / fax: 7 (499) 153 89 92, 7 (926) 739 58 93

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A big oil spillage near Romania and Bulgaria
Image from June 6, 2008

Presentation of www.BlackSea-online.com project at the 17th International Symposium "ECOLOGY & SAFETY"
Expert-advisor of the www.BlackSea-online.com project Dr. Guldariya Nurbaeva presented the project at the 17th International Symposium "ECOLOGY & SAFETY" on June 10, 2008 in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria on the Monitoring of the Black Sea coastline and Water Surface with Remote Sensing.
Over 140 participants from 12 countries, including the municipal authorities of Burgas (Bulgaria) and Alexandroupolis (Greece) attended the symposium. The presentation showed a great interest on behalf of the participants, particularly, the municipal authorities from Bulgaria and Greece.
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Propable oil spills near Turkey, Ukraine and Russia
www.BlackSea-online.com project have analyzed satellite data from June 4, 2008 which cover eastern part of the Black Sea. Very propable oil spillages have been detected near the coast of Turkey, Ukraine and Russia. With high degree of a confidence we can state thah there are oil discharges from ships.
We call on the governments and society of the countries of the Black Sea region for actions both to prevention of similar ecological situations, and to operative reaction.

The last part of the first report to the European Space Agency and the European Space Research Institute (ESRIN) was published in "Analytics and Press" section