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Commission on Health and Social Affairs

The Commission on Health and Social Affairs is lead by the City of Elbląg.
The UBC Executive Board assigned the chairmanship to Elbląg at the 58th Executive Board meeting, Trelleborg, 4-5 June 2010.

The Commission on Health and Social Affairs Action Plan ( 60.5 KB )

Meetings:

"People with disabilities in the era of the twenty-first century" Conference of UBC Commission on Health and Social Affairs took place on 22-23 September 2014 in Elbląg. The participants from Poland, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia discussed the question of the social inclusion of the disabled.

Welcome to Elbląg. We hope the meeting will result in exchange of experiences and ideas to make the social environment of the disabled more friendly and without limits – said Jerzy Wilk, Mayor of Elbląg, opening the meeting.

During the first day of the conference, the vocational rehabilitation of people with disabilities and the activities against the social exclusion undertaken in the cities were on the agenda.

The local organizations presented their achievements. The Disabled Experts Reference Group of Elbląg, represented by Krzysztof Grablewski, highlighted the projects aiming at the disabled employment. Anna Domańska, Head of the Special Education Centre no. 2, introduced the activity of this institution that takes the professional care of the children and teenagers.

Also, the Integration Sports Club ATTACK, which organized the World ParaVolley Championship, and other organizations working for the disabled presented their activities.

The first day ended with the “Hipnoza” Dance Group of Disabled performance.

The study tour to the Therapy Workshops in Elbląg was held on the second day of the conference. The participants were acquainted with the possibilities the disabled are offered, e.g. the workshops on tailoring, floristics, make-up, eco-recykling, etc.

Las, but not least, the future plans of the Commission were discussed.

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Photos from the meeting in Vaasa ( 763.04 KB )

Press articles after the meeting

 

UBC Commission on Health and Social Affairs Letter of Intent

Activities in 2008

Gdynia 12-13 June 2008
Meeting in Gdynia between chair holder and co-chair: Plans for autumn 2008: Restarting the work in the commission by forming a core group consisting of member cities who has shown interest in further participation

Gdynia September / October 2008
Constitution of core group. Workshop: forming sketches and making decisions regarding concrete projects to attend

Follow-up meeting in Kristiansand will be the next event.

Activities in 2007

March 2007
Brain Storming Meeting in order to prepare the Project on COMBATTING XENOPHOBIA IN BALTIC CITIES.
Kristiansand, 15-17 May, 2007
Commission's Annual Meeting

Summer 2007
Finishing and handing in the project application on COMBATTING XENOPHOBIA IN BALTIC CITIES

Activities in 2006

Rostock, 05-07 October 2006
Commission's Workshop 'Migration in the Baltic Sea Region'.
In history Baltic cities often have developed thanks to migration. Today migrants generally receive need of special attention during the first years in their new home city. How modern cities face migration and integration challenges was discussed very controversely in the meeting.

Proceedings can be read soon as hardcopy and here. ( 422.19 KB )

The decision was taken to maintain the network and to design a common project on COMBATTING XENOPHOBIA IN BALTIC CITIES

Rostock, 12 August 2006
Brain Storming Meeting in Rostock

Future Strategy of work, redefinition of the goals of the Commission and concretizing tasks in closer future were the items discussed.

April 2006
Commission on Health an Social Affairs e-news no. 1 ( 652.5 KB )

29 March - 01 April 2006
5th Forum of the World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty in Valencia / Spain

Information about the status of the world-wide campaign was collected. The coordinators reflected interest to include UBC into direct cooperation.


Activities in the past, i.e. until 2005

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