A seminar for Nordic and Baltic countries "Drinking water and sanitation in a Nordic and Baltic perspective –common challenges and collaboration" was held on 7 and 8 November 2012, at the Quality Airport Hotel Gardermoen in Oslo, Norway.
The seminar was organized by the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services in cooperation with the Nordic Council of Ministers. The purpose of the seminar was to discuss the following issues:
- The existing challenges in the area of drinking water and sanitation in the Nordic and Baltic countries;
- How can the Protocol on Water and Health help to address these challenges;
- Opportunities for Nordic and Baltic countries benefit from the competence and project facilitation mechanism developed under the Protocol to establish a coordinated and better targeted aid and assistance policy in the water and sanitation sector;
- Possibility to establish a closer collaboration between the Nordic and Baltic countries in the area of drinking water and sanitation and in the area of water management, both at national and transboundary levels.
More information on the seminar is available here
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Drinking water and sanitation in a Nordic and Baltic perspective –common challenges and collaboration Ms. Nina Tangnæs Grønvold, M.D., Deputy Minister/State Secretary to the Ministry of Health and Care Services of Norway |
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Water management and challenges in Norway Mr. Geir Stene-Larsen, Ministry of Health and Care Services of Norway |
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Experiences in the Area of Drinking Water and Sanitation in Sweden Ms. Erika Lind, Ms. Melle Andersson and Ms. Heidi Pekar, National Food Agency, Sweden |
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Estonian experience in the water management (Sewage water) Mr. Antti Tooming, Head of Project Bureau, Water Department, Ministry of the Environment of Estonia |
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Drinking water in Estonia Ms. Leena Albreht, Health Board, Environmetal Health Department |
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Water and Health Challenges in Lithuania Ms. Ilona Drulyte, Head of Nutrition Unit, National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute of |
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Water and Healt Protocol implementation in Latvia Ms. Jana Feldmane, Ministry of Health of Latvia |
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Drinking water and sanitation in Iceland Mr. Gunnar Alexander Ólafsson, Special advisor to the Ministry of welfare |
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How the Protocol can assist Mr. Roger Aertgeerts, former Programme Manager for Water supply and Sanitation and Co-Secretary of the Protocol on Water and Health at World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe |
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| EU acquis communautaire and the Protocol on Water and Health - synergies and added value Mr. Mihály Kádár M.D., National Institute of Environmental Health, Budapest, Hungary |
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The Protocol on Water and Health: tool to foster collaboration Ms. Enkhtsetseg Shinee, Technical Officer, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe |
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Water & health challenges in Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan: three countries setting targets with Norwegian assistance Mr. Harsha Ratnaweera, PhD, Professor on Water and Wastewater Technology, Dep. of Mathematical Sciences & Technology (IMT), Norwegian University of Life Sciences |
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Small scale water supply including school and child intensive environment Mr. Roger Aertgeerts, former Programme Manager for Water supply and Sanitation and Co-Secretary of the Protocol on Water and Health at World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe |
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Status of implementation of the Protocol on Water and Health in Norway Mr. Kjetil Tveitan, Ministry of Health and Care Services of Norway |
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Second reporting exercise under the Protocol Ms. Nataliya Nikiforova, joint secretariat of the Protocol on Water and Health (UNECE) |