Vellamo 2021 – Webinar on International Collaboration, Receiving and Offering Assistance
Rajupaja Studio
6.5.2021 - 10:00 (UTC+3)
VELLAMO 2021 consists of three separate training sessions in Southwest Finland – the OIL SPILL training session, the Host Nation Support training session and the exercise on oil spill response Saaristomeri 2021 (also known as SAAME2021). Themes involved in all three training sessions include rescue activities and international collaboration during a large-scale oil spill.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, OIL SPILL and Host Nation Support training sessions are carried out as tabletop exercises only. Activities to be practised include requesting international assistance, activating and coordinating the National Host Nation Support mechanism and coordinating the voluntary actors of the OIL SPILL exercise. The training session of SAAME 2021 is carried out as a joint effort between Southwest Finland Emergency Services personnel and volunteer fire brigades. The scale of the exercise will be reduced.
During environmental damages and major accidents, assistance can be requested and received e.g. from international operators, the national voluntary sector or experts in the private sector. These themes are covered in the Vellamo exercise and webinar.
Webinar programme
Changes to the programme are possible.
10:00 am Opening remarks
10:05 am Opening and presentation of webinar, CEO of Emergency Services , Jari Sainio, Southwest Finland Emergency Services
10:15 am Salutation, Director General of the Rescue Services, Kimmo Kohvakka, Ministry of the Interior Finland
10:25 am Introduction to Vellamo, Chief of Rescue Services, Juha Virto, Southwest Finland Emergency Services
10:40 am Presentation of OIL SPILL, Professor Lauri Ojala, University of Turku Finland
11:00 am Presentation Q&A
11:10 am International assistance in Finland, Training Officer, Tero Lähdesmäki, Emergency Services Academy Finland
11:30 am Presentation Q&A
11:40 am Break
12:00 noon Oil spill response in Finland, Head of Branch, Pekka Niittylä, Finnish Border Guard, Rescue and Environmental Protection, The Finnish Border Guard
12:20 pm Presentation Q&A
12:30 pm Oil spill response at Southwest Finland Emergency Services, Fire Officer, Mika Lankinen, Southwest Finland Emergency Services
12:50 pm Presentation Q&A
1:00 pm Break
1:30 pm Voluntary actors in oil response, Coordinator of the Finnish Voluntary Rescue Service, Arsi Veikkolainen, VaPePa
1:50 pm Presentation Q&A
2:00 pm Presentation of Host Nation Support projects, Planning Officer Mikael Mattila, Southwest Finland Emergency Services
2:20 pm Presentation Q&A
2:30 pm WWF Finlands role in oil spill response, Marine Conservation Officer, Vanessa Ryan, WWF Finland
2:40 pm Presentation Q&A
2:50 pm Break
3:00 pm Panel discussion: international cooperation, receiving and offering international assistance (including Q&A)
3:45 pm–4 pm Closing of event
If you have not yet registered for the webinar held on 6 May, please do so by clicking the following link:
If you have any questions, please contact
Project Assistant Kaisa Oksanen, kaisa.oksanen@turku.fi, tel. +358 40 655 1706
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