Policy Area Health Steering Group
Each Policy Area is steered by a Steering Group. Composed of one or more representatives of the national and regional governments of the nine Member States of the Strategy, Steering Group members represent their governments and perform their tasks as focal points at the national level. Furthermore, they strategically and thematically advise Policy Area Coordinators on the development of the Policy Area.
Following the approval of the EUSBSR Action Plan 2021, all Policy Areas adopted a standardized structure and specific rules of procedure. Earlier, the NDPHS Committee of Senior Representatives acted as the PA Health SG.
The Steering Group of PA Health is currently comprised of representatives from Ministries of Health of Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Sweden as well as the NDPHS Partner Organizations. PA Health Steering Group meetings are also attended by the leadership of the NDPHS Expert Groups.
Members of the PA Health Steering Group:
• Estonia (Chair): Ministry of Social Affairs
Agne Nettan-Sepp
Helen Sõber
• Finland: Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Tita Korvenoja
Päivi Karvinen
• Germany: Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Ministry of Social Affairs
Kai Schnackenberg
Germany: Land Schleswig-Holstein, Ministry of Justice and Health
Jörg Föh
• Iceland: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Emil Breki Hreggvidsson
• Latvia: Ministry of Health
Līga Timša Kauliņa
Artūrs Oto Kivliņš
• Lithuania: Ministry of Health
Jurgita Kinderiene
Justė Pečeliūnaitė
• Norway: Ministry of Health and Care Services
Sigrid Bay
Marie Osnes
• Poland: Ministry of Health
Artur Iwanek
Dorota Dzierżek
• Sweden: Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Ziba Zareie
Jörgen Gyllenblad
• European Commission: DG Regio
Nina Kvello
• World Health Organisation (WHO): Regional Office for Europe
Fred Lafeber
Pierre Roca
Contact details for the Steering Group members can be found on the Contact us page.
Rules of Procedure
These Rules of Procedure apply to all meetings of the Steering Group for Policy Area Health of the EU Strategy of the Baltic Sea Region. These Rules of Procedure also apply when the Steering Group makes decisions by way of written procedure.