The workshop at the EUSBSR Annual Forum 2023 will be the kick-off event for the joint PA Education and PA Health project – “Economy of Wellbeing of People”, financed by the Swedish Institute. The project aim is to develop a Baltic Sea Region-wide platform for long-term and innovative collaboration. It will be the first cross-PA flagship in Europe where stakeholders co-create solutions delivering to the indicators of the EUSBSR Action Plan. The flagship members will form a cross-sectoral and multilevel mosaic of expertise designed for regional prosperity creation.

Important: Registration has to be made for a workshop on this page as well as for the main event which you can do here: https://www.eusbsr.eu/annualforum2023-registration

Registration is closed. No more seats available.

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.

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.

Moderators:

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

Mr. Anders Bergström, Norden Association, PA Education coordinator

Organizers and co-organizers: NDPHS Secretariat/PA Health, Norden Association/PA Education, and the Public Health Association of Latvia

More information about the 14th EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region Annual Forum: https://www.eusbsr.eu/annual-forum