Policy-to-project-to-policy Conference Priorities of the EUSBSR Action Plan and the NDPHS Strategy 2020 and its Action Plan Marek Maciejowski Director, NDPHS Secretariat Copenhagen, Denmark 28 April 2016

EUSBSR in brief EUSBSR is the first macro-regional strategy in Europe (2009) Aim: joint problem-solving  reinforce cooperation to tackle common challenges and promote balanced development Save the Sea Connect the region Increase prosperity Accompanied by an Action Plan describing common challenges and concrete actions to be taken to address them Health is one of the Policy Areas included in the Action Plan, and the NDPHS is the PA Health Coordinator

EUSBSR objectives and policy areas increase the levels of environmental sustainability, prosperity, accessibility and attractiveness and safety and security

NDPHS in brief NDPHS is a cooperative effort of 9 governments, the European Commission and 8 international organisations The mission: to promote the sustainable development of the Northern Dimension area by improving peoples’ health and social well-being Reduce the spread of major communicable diseases and prevent life-style related non-communicable diseases Enhance peoples’ levels of social well-being and promote socially rewarding lifestyles The Partnership’s work is guided by the NDPHS Strategy 2020 and its accompanying Action Plan

Priorities and objectives - NDPHS Strategy and EUSBSR PA “Health” Action Plan

Contributing to the implementation of regionally agreed goals and objectives To ensure successful implementation of regionally agreed objectives, funding mechanisms have been aligned with political priorities To receive political and financial support, project developers need to make sure that their efforts contribute to the implementation of politically agreed regional goals A project can become a EUSBSR Health Flagship label, if: It has a high marco-regional impact It contributes to meeting the objectives, indicators and targets of the EUSBSR It’s related to the implementation of one or more PA Health actions

How the NDPHS/PAC “Health” can help you Recommending projects to become EUSBSR Flagships Supporting in problem identification and partner search Facilitating project development and fund-raising (Letters of support for (i) Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme 2014-2020 and (ii) EUSBSR Seed Money Facility) Supporting in project implementation Supporting in conveying project results to the policy level

For more information Please visit our website at www.ndphs.org … and read the pages dedicated to the EUSBSR at: http://www.ndphs.org/?eusbsr

NDPHS - a partnership committed to achieving tangible results Thank you This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of the NDPHS Secretariat and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union.