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Commission on Health and Social Affairs - meeting in Elbląg
Seniors in the city
The meeting of the Commission on Health and Social Affairs under the leading subject: "Seniors in thecity-municipal policy fortheelderly" was held in Elbląg on 15-16 September. Elbląg has been projecting and implementing long-term municipal plans concerning the seniors for many years. The meeting was an excellent forum to share this experience and to learn more. It was also meant as an introduction to the discussion held later in Liepāja at the GC workshop on ageing society.
 Thirteen cities' representatives from four countries participated, i.e. from Estonia - Narva, Tallinn, Tartu, Finland - Helsinki, Turku, Vaasa, Latvia - Riga and Polish cities - Gdańsk, Gdynia, Koszalin, Malborkand Ustka.Mr MarekMaciejowski, a representative of the Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being (NDPHS) presented the NDPHS and submitted a proposal of co-operation between both organizations regarding projects the NDPHS experts groups are working on. This offer gives a possibility to gain additional funds forthe activities. Morover, the UBC Commission on Health and Social Affairs has been invited to contribute to drafting and, when adopted, promoting the NDPHS position paper on raising the profile of health and social well-being in the post 2013 European Territorial Cooperation.
The Chairman of the Commission was invited to the 19th Meeting of the NDPHS Committee of Senior Representatives held in October in Brussels.
Encouraged with these results the Commission intends to organize in the future two meetings annually, each of them devoted to a specific topic. A representative of Vaasa has declared a will to host the next meeting in spring 2012 devoted to the life style and civilization related diseases. The autumn meeting 2012 will be related to the health care systems and practical solutions in this field. Also, the launch of the Commission's website is planned next year in order to facilitate an access to information about its present activities and contacts. All presentations and other materials delivered for the meeting in Elbląg are now available at the UBC website: www.ubc.net/commissions,29.html
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