NDPHS Committee of Senior Representatives and EUSBSR Policy Area Health Steering Group meeting

The NDPHS Committee of Senior Representatives, the Expert Groups’ Chairs and International Technical Advisors, and the Policy Area ‘Health’ Steering Group of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region will convene in Vilnius, Lithuania from April 3 to April 4, 2025.

This is a regular meeting of the NDPHS/EUSBSR PA Health governing body. This meeting, which brings together representatives of the Ministries responsible for Health, the NDPHS Expert Groups and selected projects, gathers twice a year to discuss matters of strategic importance.

In focus this time will be i.a. the preparations for the ministerial-level NDPHS Partnership Annual Conference to be held on 14 November 2025, and the Arts on Prescription in the Baltic Sea Region final conference planned back-to-back on the 13 November 2025.

During the meeting in Vilnius, NDPHS will take the chance to present the progress of the Arts on Prescription in the Baltic Sea Region project, will follow presentations from Lithuania regarding the social prescribing practices in their country, and will discuss how the Arts on Prescription in the Baltic Sea Region project can be incorporated in the agenda of 14 November ministerial conference, including the possibility of adopting a ministerial declaration in support of AoP.