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.
CSR Chair
Mr Nerijus Songaila
International Cooperation Division
Ministry of Health
LITHUANIA
Ms Jurgita Kinderiene
Chief Specialist
Ministry of Health
LITHUANIA
CSR Co-Chair
Ms Dorte Dahl Grønnevet
Acting Deputy Director General
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 Pasi Korhonen
Director of International Affairs
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Ms Päivi Karvinen
Senior Specialist
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Germany Deutschland
Mr. Chris Braun
Federal Ministry of Health
Recommended websites
Government of Germany Federal Ministry of Health Ministry of Foreign Affairs Germany PortalIceland 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 Elīza Bērziņa
Director
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
Ms. Justė Pečeliūnaitė
Advisor of International Cooperation Division
Ministry of Health
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Government of Lithuania Ministry of Health Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lithuania PortalNorway Norge
Ms Anne Camilla Hilton
Senior Adviser
Section for International Collaboration and Preparedness
Ministry of Health and Care Services
(Ms Vibeke Rosvold Gundersen
Senior Adviser
Section for International Collaboration and Preparedness
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
Ms Anna Nordlander
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)
Head of delegation
Mr Wojciech Kalamarz
European Commission
Ms Karina Jansone
European External Action Service
BALTIC SEA STATES SUBREGIONAL CO-OPERATION (BSSSC)
Head of delegation
Mr Wojciech Dorżynkiewicz
Secretary General
Secretariat of the BSSSC
Recommended websites
Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation
BARENTS EURO-ARCTIC COUNCIL (BEAC)
BEAC Joint Working Group on Health
and Related Social Issues:
Mr Jörgen Gyllenblad
Head of Section
Division for EU and International Affairs Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM)
Head of delegation
Dr Maria Cristina Profili
Senior Regional Migration Health Advisor
International Organization for Migration
Migration Health Division
Regional Office for the European Economic Area, the European Union and NATO
Brussels – Belgium
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM)
NORDIC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
Head of delegation
Petar Cavala
Nordic Council of Ministers
Recommended websites
Nordic Council of Ministers
JOINT UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME ON HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Regional Director
Mr. Vinay Saldanha
UNAIDS Regional Support Team
Europe and Central Asia
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO)
Ms. Svenja Herrmann
Partnerships Officer
Strategic Relations with Partners
WHO Regional Office for Europe
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION (ILO)
Head of delegation
Vacant
International Labour Organisation
COUNCIL OF THE BALTIC SEA STATES (CBSS)
CBSS Secretariat