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 a period of two years. The Chair represents the NDPHS and besides other tasks, maintains regular contacts with the NDPHS Partners as well as other stakeholders in the Northern Dimension area. Sweden and Lithuania are the Chair and Co-Chair countries, respectively.
CSR Chair
Mr Niclas Jacobson
Head of Division
EU and International Affairs
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
SWEDEN
CSR Co-Chair
Ms. Radvilė Jakaitienė
Head of International Cooperation Division
Ministry of Health
LITHUANIA
Estonia Eesti
Head of delegation
Ms Triin Uusberg
Head of European Union Affairs and International Co-operation Department
Finland Suomi
Head of delegation
Mr Pasi Korhonen
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Ms Päivi Karvinen
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Germany Deutschland
Head of delegation
Mr Thomas Ifland
Senior Adviser
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. Radvilė Jakaitienė
Head of International Cooperation Division
Ministry of Health
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
Head of delegation
Ms Dorte Dahl Grønnevet
Acting Deputy Director General
Section for International Collaboration and Preparedness
Ministry of Health and Care Services
Ms Vibeke R. 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
Mr Jörgen Gyllenblad
Head of Section
Division for EU and International Affairs Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Russia Россия
All activities involving Russia suspended until further notice.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC)
Head of delegation
Mr. Wojciech Kalamarz
European Commission
Ms. Simona Gerikaite
European Commission
Mr. Marco d’Abbraccio
European External Action Service
BALTIC SEA STATES SUBREGIONAL CO-OPERATION (BSSSC)
Head of delegation
Mr. Wojciech Dorżynkiewicz
Secretary General
Secretariat of the BSSSC
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
COUNCIL OF THE BALTIC SEA STATES (CBSS)Contact point
CBSS Secretariat
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION (ILO)
Head of delegation
Vacant
International Labour Organisation
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
NORDIC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
Head of delegation
Ms Anne Camilla Hilton
Senior Adviser for Knowledge and Welfare
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