PA Health and PA Education workshop at the EUSBSR Annual Forum 2023 – NDPHS

PA Health and PA Education workshop at the EUSBSR Annual Forum 2023

7 September, 2023

 

Date, time: 4 October 2023, 13:00-14:30 EEST

Venue: The Small Guild (address: Amatu iela 5, Riga, Latvia)

Register here: https://shorturl.at/nHI36

 

Moderators:

Dr. Ülla-Karin Nurm, NDPHS Secretariat, PA Health coordinator

Mr. Anders Bergström, Norden Association, PA Education coordinator

 

Agenda

 

Keynote: How to introduce a Wellbeing Economy model for building a sustainable and prosperous Baltic Sea Region by Mr. Pasi Korhonen, Director of EU and International Affairs, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland

Keynote: Strategic health in all policies approach for active and healthy ageing in the BSR by Ms. Inese Stepina, Deputy Director General, Adviser on EU and International Affairs, Employers Confederation of Latvia

Group sessions: Together we will discuss various topics for developing a sustainable working life and active and healthy ageing, and how to develop a good collaboration for achieving this. Participants will be invited to choose their group and interest.

  1. A sustainable working life with various challenges for working conditions such as ageism.
  2. Lifelong learning with upskilling and retraining of the workforce and challenges in organising education.
  3. Healthy ageing and challenges related to a sustainable workplace and labour market.
  4. How to organise the exchange of experiences and co-creation of solutions with stakeholders from different countries and sectors?
  5. Mapping potential stakeholders to engage for co-creational work when tackling the regional challenges.

 

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