Dear Sir/Madam,

Please find attached the programme of the Commission on Health and Social Affairs meeting which will be held in Vaasa on 5-6 June 2012.

It is still possible to sign up!

For more information and registration please contact me.

• Program (42 KB)

With kind regards,

Wojciech Drozd

Wojciech Drozd
Chairman, UBC Commission on Health and Social Affairs
Elbląg, Poland
Tel. +48 502 059 147
w.drozd@wp.pl

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05-06 June 2012, Vaasa, Meeting of the Commission on Health and Social Affairs

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Hereby we would like to invite representatives of UBC member cities to participate in open UBC Commission on Heath and Social Affairs meeting which will be held on 05-06 June 2012 in Vaasa under leading title:

„Welfare and Health Promotion”.

Issues connected with health and social well-being come within most important cities’ duties and are especially difficult when concern vulnerable socially groups like children, seniors, disabled people or addicted.

We would like to discuss following questions:

increasing and maintaining the social welfare, security and participation in society, reducing poverty and social exclusion,

health promotion in supporting health and functional capacity, encouraging healthy lifestyles, reducing substance use, prevention of diseases and reducing health gaps,

prevention work - promotion of preventive initiatives, identifying diseases and social problems as early as possible, preventing harm from substance use, possible supportive measures in response.

The City of Vaasa, the sunniest city in Finland, known of its energy technology industry has also developed healthcare and social services to face these challenges aiming to constantly improve quality of life of its citizens.

City of Vaasa would like to share this experience and at the same time is convinced that wealth of knowledge of friends in the Union of the Baltic Cities may significantly influence quality and effectiveness of its work likewise.

Thus this meeting initiative provides perfect opportunity for sharing experience gathered by all our member cities for our inhabitants good.

Once again together with Host City of Vaasa we warmly welcome all UBC members to actively participate in the event.

For organizational purposes we would recommend all interested in the event to declare participation no later than 20.04.2012.

For more information please do not hesitate to contact me personally.

Your Sincerely,

Wojciech Drozd

Chairman, UBC Commission on Health and Social Affairs

Elbląg, Poland

Tel. +48 502 059 147

w.drozd@wp.pl