The 13th Annual Forum of the EUSBSR - NDPHS

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The 13th Annual Forum of the EUSBSR

24 October, 2022

The Annual Forum is the meeting place for actors, organisations and projects implementing the Strategy. The 13th EUSBSR Annual Forum organised in the city of Lappeenranta at the end of September, invited participants to move from plans to practice and brought the EUSBSR family together for the first time after the pandemic.

 

 

NDPHS as the PA Health coordinator joined the parallel session about how can the Strategy help Baltic Sea Region communities become more resilient, stronger and sustainable.

Parallel session: “Recovery after shocks”

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Speakers:

Simonas Šatūnas, Head of Cabinet, Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius, Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, European Commission

Dr Ülla-Karin Nurm, Director, Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being (NDPHS), Policy Area Health Coordinator

Dr Tomasz Studzieniecki, Gdynia Maritime University, Member of Management Committee of The European Non-Territorial Autonomy Network (ENTAN)

Slawomir Tokarski, Director for the European Territorial Cooperation, Macro-regions, Interreg and Programmes Implementation I, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy

Simona Jakaite, representative of the Baltic Sea Youth Camp

Moderator:

Damian Szacawa, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University

 
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