Partners
Chair and Co-Chair
The Partnership Annual Conference elects a Chair and a Co-Chair from among its member governments to lead the Partnership for two years. The Chair represents the NDPHS and leads the work of the NDPHS governing bodies, the Committee of Senior Representatives, and the Partnership Annual Conference.
Lithuania and Norway are the Chair and Co-Chair countries, respectively.
A timeline of Chairships from 2004 to the present day
CSR Chair
Ms Jurgita Kinderiene
Ministry of Health
LITHUANIA
Ms Justė Pečeliūnaitė
Advisor of International Cooperation Division
Ministry of Health
LITHUANIA
CSR Co-Chair
Mr Siv Svardal
Section for International Collaboration and Preparedness
Ministry of Health and Care Services
NORWAY
Estonia Eesti
Head of delegation
Ms Agne Nettan-Sepp
Head of European Union International Cooperation Department
Ministry of Social Affairs
Ms Helen Sõber
Advisor, European Union International Cooperation Department
Ministry of Social Affairs
Finland Suomi
Head of delegation
Mr Outi Kuivasniemi
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Ms Päivi Karvinen
Senior Specialist
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Iceland Ísland
Mr Emil Breki Hreggvidsson
Director
Directorate for International and Security Affairs
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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Government of Iceland Ministry of Health Ministry of Foreign Affairs Iceland PortalLatvia Latvija
Ms Līga Timša
Department of European Affairs and International Cooperation
Ministry of Health
Mr Artūrs Oto Kivliņš
Senior Expert
Department of European Affairs and International Cooperation
Ministry of Health
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Government of Latvia Ministry of Health Ministry of Foreign Affairs Latvia PortalLithuania Lietuva
Jurgita Kinderiene
Ministry of Health
Justė Pečeliūnaitė
Ministry of Health
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Government of Lithuania Ministry of Health Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lithuania PortalNorway Norge
Mr Siv Svardal
Section for International Collaboration and Preparedness
Ministry of Health and Care Services
Ms Sigrid Bay
Ministry of Health and Care Services
Poland Polska
Head of delegation
Ms Ewa Nowacka
Department of International Cooperation
Ministry of Health
Ms Kinga Sieńko-Wójtowicz
EU Unit
Ministry of Health
Mr Adam Wojda
International Organizations Unit
Ministry of Health
Ms Dorota Dzierzek
Department of International Cooperation
Ministry of Health
Sweden Sverige
Head of delegation
Mr Niclas Jacobson
Head of Division
Division for EU and International Affairs Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Mr Jörgen Gyllenblad
Head of Section
Division for EU and International Affairs Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC)
BALTIC SEA STATES SUBREGIONAL CO-OPERATION (BSSSC)
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Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation
BARENTS EURO-ARCTIC COUNCIL (BEAC)
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM)
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM)
NORDIC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
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Nordic Council of Ministers
JOINT UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME ON HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO)
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION (ILO)
