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EXPERT GROUP ON Social inclusion,
healthy life styles and work ability
Background, composition, objectives, activities, documents and members
Background
Within the Northern Dimension area certain social and economic problems continue to result in high mortality rates, violence, alcohol and drug abuse, and the spreading of infectious diseases. Greater accessibility to healthy physical and social environments – including through the health and social care systems – is needed to help people develop and strengthen basic skills with which they can lead healthier lifestyles. This requires that an integrated approach to public health challenges be taken by the health-, social-, education-, and other relevant sectors.
Read also a fact sheet about improving occupational safety and health in our region.
Recognizing this need, the NDPHS Committee of Senior Representatives established the Expert Group on Social Inclusion, Healthy Lifestyles and Work Ability (SIHLWA EG) in April 2005. The Expert Group operates according to its Terms of Reference.
Factsheet
Click here to access quick information about the SIHILWA Expert Group's mission, action areas and activities.
Composition
The SIHLWA EG is comprised of high-level experts representing the Partners. These experts are from national ministries and agencies of the Partner Countries, as well as from the social-administration sector, the research community, NGOs and other relevant bodies. The Expert Group’s work is guided by a Lead Partner who also provides some financial support to initiate selected activities. Currently, Finland serves in this Lead Partner capacity.
Under the SIHLWA EG umbrella there are three Sub-groups, which each focus on a set of specific issue-areas within the EG’s field. The SIHLWA Sub-groups include the following:
- Sub-group on Alcohol;
- Sub-group on Adolescent Health and Socially-Rewarding Lifestyles;
- Sub-group on Occupational Safety and Health.
All eligible stakeholders are welcome to provide input to the SIHLWA Sub-groups’ current and future activities.
Role and Objectives
The central role of the SIHLWA EG is to assist in coordinating and further developing the Partnership’s cooperation in the fields of alcohol and binge-drinking, youth lifestyles, as well as occupational safety and health.
Within these focal areas, the SIHLWA EG has the objectives of:
- Initiating and furthering of SIHLWA-relevant programmes carried out at the national, regional and local levels;
- Carrying out situational analyses and evaluating what its already in place as well as strengths, weaknesses, and current gaps;
- Strengthen international, bilateral and multilateral cooperation;
- Facilitating networking and partnership-building among key stakeholders.
Activities
The Expert Group's activities are aligned with the actions envisaged in the NDPHS Work Plan for 2010. Presently, the Group's activities include:
- Finalizing the SIHLWA stakeholder analysis and prepare an analysis of the state of occupational safety and health in the Northern Dimension area;
- Preparing “Alcohol and Drug Prevention among Youth in St. Petersburg” and “Children at Risk” in St. Petersburg, a joint Baltic Sea Network/BSN OSH project on systematic approach to work related diseases, and a project on “disseminating brief intervention to tackle alcohol dependency by health services” in selected NDPHS member countries;
- Strengthening ties with the NDPHS Partners as well as all relevant stakeholders (WHO, ILO, etc.);
- Contributing to implementing the NDPHS Project Database and Pipeline.
In addition to the Expert Group’s overarching activities, each Sub-group has its own set of specified tasks. These tasks include the following:
Sub-group on Alcohol
- Developing, facilitating and assisting in implementing policies, programmes and activities to promote health, safety and well-being through reduced consumption of alcohol in general and harmful alcohol use in particular;
- Exploring ways to prevent the further weakening of alcohol policies leading into increased consumption;
- Developing a strong focus on holistic and comprehensive approaches to alcohol issues in national alcohol policy strategies;
- Supporting the implementation of the alcohol policy framework for the WHO European Region.
Sub-group on Adolescents and Socially-Rewarding Lifestyles
- Supporting the implementation of policies, programmes and activities to promote health, safety and well-being of adolescents;
- Focusing on tobacco, alcohol and drug free lifestyles, healthy nutrition and prevention of obesity, increasing physical activity, preventing accidents and violence, and promoting good mental health;
- Implementing holistic and participatory ways of intervention as well as multidisciplinary approaches;
- Supporting the implementation of the WHO European Strategy for Child and Adolescent Health and Development (2005)
Sub-group on Occupational Safety and Health
- Supporting the implementation of policies, programmes and activities to promote health, safety and well-being in workplaces and among individuals;
- Acting as a bridge to the Baltic Sea OSH Network (BSN), which is an expert information network;
- Strengthening peer-to-peer networking and collaboration of expert institutions and respective bodies in OSH, between and within countries in the Baltic Sea region;
- Collaborating with the International Labour Organisation Northwest Russia OSH project;
- Using the Barents Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety as a means of communication.
Meetings
The SIHLWA EG holds approximately 2 meetings per year. Specific information about current and past meetings, including meeting documents and minutes can be accessed on the respective Expert Group meeting webpages.
Calendar
View all calendar events of relevance to the SIHLWA EG. Learn more about other sections of our Calendar.
Progress Reports
Each year the SIHLWA EG prepares a progress report on its activities. These reports follow the Reporting elements for the NDPHS Expert Groups progress report and are submitted to each autumn CSR meeting. The progress reports take stock of achievements made, describe enabling factors, strengths, obstacles and constraints regarding the Group’s work, and also present various recommendations to the CSR and/or PAC.
The SIHLWA EG Progress Report for 2009 has been annexed to the NDPHS Progress Report for 2009.
Further Information
In 2008 the SIHLWA EG developed two fact sheets, one of them presenting basic information about the the Expert Group's mission, action areas and activities (fact sheet 10/2008) and the other one presenting key findings of the Expert Group's thematic report (fact sheet 11/2008). They both are a part of the NDPHS folder holding 11 fact sheets.
Visit also the NDPHS Database, which provides a growing number of papers (publications, newsletters, etc.) and projects, dealing with SIHLWA issues. It also provides a pool of organisations and experts, which have been working in the area of SIHLWA. The database contains four sections. By clicking the links below, you will gain direct access to SIHLWA activities and expertise in the NDPHS Database, sorted by:
Please note that you can also submit your own information on SIHLWA activities to the database (read more).
Members
Sub-group on Adolescent Health and Socially Rewarding Lifestyles
Sub-group on Alcohol
Sub-group on Occupational Safety and Health
SIHLWA Coordinating Chair
Mr Mikko Vienonen
Consultant in International Public Health
Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Sysimiehenkuja 1
FIN-00670 Helsinki, Finland
Phone: +358 9 7248621
Mobile: +358 50 4421877
E-mail: m.vienonen@kolumbus.fi
International Technical Advisor
Ms Hanna Koppelomäki
Co-ordinator for Neighbouring Area and
Northern Dimension Partnership Projects
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health/
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A,
FIN-00250 Helsinki
Phone: +358 30 474 2929;
+358 50 3808540
Fax: +358 30 474 2629
E-mail: hanna.koppelomaki@ttl.fi
Sub-group on Adolescent Health and Socially Rewarding Lifestyles
Chair:
Dr. Mikko Vienonen
Sysimiehenkuja 1,
00670 Helsinki
Finland
Phone GSM: +358-50-4421877
E-mail: m.vienonen@kolumbus.fi
Co-chair:
Dr. Aldona Jociute
Head of Bureau for the Health Promoting Schools
State Environment Health Centre
Kalvariju 153,
LT-08221 Vilnius
Lithuania
Phone: + 370 5 236 0496; Mobile: + 370-6-8245780
Fax: + 370 5 273 7397
E-mail: aldona.jociute@takas.lt
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REPRESENTATIVE
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ALTERNATE
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CANADA
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Mr Robert Shearer
Counsellor, Health and Social Affairs
Mission of Canada to the EU
Avenue de Tervuren, 2
B-1040 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: 32 (0)2 741.07.80, Fax: 32 (0)2 741 06 29
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DENMARK
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ESTONIA
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Ms. Iisi Saame
Chief Specialist
Ministry of Social Affairs of Estonia
Gonsiori 29, 15027 Tallinn, ESTONIA
Phone: +372 626 9156; +372 740 5755, Fax: +372 699 2209
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FINLAND
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Dr Tiina Laatikainen
Chief Physician
National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL),
P.O. Box 30, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland
Phone: +358 20 610 6000
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Ms Hanna Heikkilä
Coordinator
National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL),
P.O. Box 30, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland
Phone: +358 20 610 6000
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FRANCE
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GERMANY
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ICELAND
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LATVIA
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Dr Lolita Melke-Prizavoite
Public Health Department
Senior officer of Environmental Health Division
Ministry of Health
Brivibas Street 72, LV-1011 Riga, Latvia
Phone: +371 7876101, Fax: +371 7876071
E-mail: lolita.melke@vm.gov.lv
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Ms Linda Zarina
Public Health Department
Senior Officer of Health Promotion Division
Ministry of Health, Latvia
Brivibas Str. 72, Riga, LV-1011
Phone: +37167876100
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LITHUANIA
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Dr Aldona Jociute
Head of Bureau for the Health Promoting Schools State Environment Health Centre Kalvariju 153, LT-08221 Vilnius, Lithuania Phone: + 370 5 236 0496, Fax: + 370 5 273 7397 E-mail: aldona.jociute@takas.lt |
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NORWAY
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Dr. Simon-Peter Neumer
Senior Researcher Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Eastern and Southern Norway Gullhaug Torg 4B, 0484 Oslo, Norway Phone: +47 22 58 60 07, Fax: +47 22 58 60 01 E-mail: simon-peter.neumer@r-bup.no |
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POLAND
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Mr. Janusz Sieroslawski
Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology
Sobieskiego 9, 02957 Warsaw, POLAND
Phone: +48 22 642 7501; Mob. +48 501 499 661, Fax: +48 22 651 6561
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RUSSIA
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Dr. Natalia Kostenko
Deputy chief of the division Ministry of Healht and Social Development of Russian Federation Rakhmanovsky per.,3. 127994 Moscow, Russian Federation Phone: + 7 495 627 29 68, Fax: +7 495 629 30 64 E-mail:KostenkoNA@rosminzdrav.ru |
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SWEDEN
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Ms Karin Nilsson-Kelly
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs,
SWEDEN
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Mr Bengt Sundbaum
Public Health Planning Officer Swedish National Institute of Public Health Forskarvägen 3, 831 40 Östersund, Sweden Phone: + 46 8 566 135 22, Fax: +46 63 19 96 02 E-mail: bengt.sundbaum@fhi.se |
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BSSSC
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Mr Arvid Wangberg
Project Director, BSSSC :Østfold County Council NO Oscar Pedersens veg 39, 1702 Sarpsborg, Norway Phone: +47 69 11 70 00, Fax: +47 69 11 70 67 GSM: +47-93481115
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BEAC
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CBSS
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Mr Lars Lööf
Head of Children´s Unit
Working Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk, WGCC within the CBSS
P.O.BOX 2010, SE-103 11 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46 8 440 19 24, Fax: +46 8 440 19 44
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ILO
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I0M
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NCM
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Ms Maria-Pia de Palo
Senior Advisor
Nordic Council of Ministers
Store Strandstraede 18, 1255 K Copenhagen, DENMARK
Phone: + 45 3396 0277, Fax: 45 33960216
E-mail: mpp@norden.org
Dr Max Petzold
Lecturer
Nordic School of Public Health, PO Box 12133, 40242 Göteborg, Sweden
Phone: +46 70 3867077
E-mail: max@nhv.se
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Ms Carita Peltonen
Senior Adviser Department of Culture, Justice and Gender equality
Nordic Council of Ministers
Copenhagen, DENMARK
Ms Maria Sagitova
Project Coordinator Nordic Council of Ministers, Information Office in St. Petersburg
Phone: +7 812 336 7580, Fax: +7 812 336 7581
[Visiting address: Business centre "Sweden House", office B34, Malaya Konyushennaya str. 1/3, 91186 St. Petersburg, Russia] [Postal address: PB 125, FIN-53501 Lappeenranta] ms@norden.ru |
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UNAIDS
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WHO
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Chair:
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CANADA
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Mr. Frank Cesa
Senior Strategic Policy Advisor Drug Strategy and Controlled Substances Programme Office of Drug Strategy and Strategic Policy Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch Health Canada Phone: 613-948-8962 Fax: 613-946-6460 Frank_Cesa@hc-sc.gc.ca |
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DENMARK
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ESTONIA
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Ms. Sirje Bunder
Chief Specialist Ministry of Social Affairs Gonsiori 29, 15027 Tallinn, Estonia
Phone: +327 7405 754, Fax: +327 699 2209 E-mail: sirje.bunder@sm.ee |
Dr Marge Reinap
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Gonsiori 29, 15027 Tallinn, Estonia
Phone: +372 626 9150, Fax: +372 699 2209
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FINLAND
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Katariina Warpenius Researcher National Institute for Health and Welfare Department of Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction P.O.Box 30, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland +358206107019 katariina.warpenius@thl.fi |
Prof. Salme Ahlström
National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL),
P.O. Box 30, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland
Phone: +358 20 610 6000
Mr Pekka Hakkarainen
National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL),
P.O. Box 30, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland
Phone: +358 20 610 6000
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FRANCE
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GERMANY
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ICELAND
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LATVIA
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Ms Ineta Vanaga
Public Health Department
Senior Officer of Dependencies
Monitoring Division
Ministry of Health
Brivibas Str. 72, Riga, LV-1011
Phone: +37167876009
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Ms Inga Liepina
Public Health Department
Head of Dependencies
Monitoring Division
Ministry of Health
Brivibas Str. 72, Riga, LV-1011
Phone: +37167876077
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LITHUANIA
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Dr Gelena Kriveliene
Ministry of Health
Vilniaus str 33, LT-01506, Vilnius, Lithuania
Phone: +370 5 2661465, Fax: +370 5 26614602
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Ms. Virginija Ambrazeviciene
Ministry of Health
Vilniaus str. 33, LT-01506 Vilnius, Lithuania
Phone: +370 5 2604719
Fax: +370 5 26614602 virginija.ambrazeviciene@sam.lt
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NORWAY
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Mr Bernt Bull
Senior Adviser
Ministry of Health and Care Services
Postboks 8011 Dep, N-0030 Oslo, Norway
Phone: +47 22 24 76 82, Fax: +47 22 24 86 20
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POLAND
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Ms.Magdalena Pietruszka
Head of Public Education and Research Department, State Agency for Prevention of Alcohol-Related Problems (PARPA),
Szancowa 25 Str 01-458 Warsaw, Poland
tel. +48 22 532 03 31, fax +48 22 836 81 66 magdalena.pietruszka@parpa.pl |
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RUSSIA
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Dr Evgeny Krupitsky, MD, PhD
Chief, Department of Addictions St. Petersburg V.M. Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute Bekhtereva Street 3, 192019 St. Petersburg Russia Phone: +7-812-296-9905 Fax: +7-812-567-7264 GSM1: +7 901 300 5811 GSM2: +7-911-748-9989 Ekru@ek3506.spb.edu |
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SWEDEN
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Dr. Sven Andréasson
Director,
Department for alcohol and drugs
Swedish National Institute for Public Health Forskarens väg 4, 83140 Östersund, Sweden |
Dr Pi Högberg
Ph.D., Swedish National Institute of Public Health
Forskarens väg 4, 83140 Östersund, Sweden
Phone: +46 63 19 96 60, Fax: +46 63 19 96 01
Ms. Louise Malmgren
Public health planning officer SNIPH:s membership to SIHLWA; Forskarens väg 3, 83140 Östersund, Sweden
Phone: 004663199790, Fax: 004663199692, E-mail: louise.malmgren@fhi.se
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CBSS
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ILO
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I0M
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NCM
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Ms Matilda Hellman
Project leader
Nordic Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research (NAD)
Annankatu 29 A 23, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
Phone: +358 9 6949572, Fax: +358 9 6949081
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Ms Pia Rosenqvist
Head of Secretariat
Nordic Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research (NAD)
Annankatu 29 A 23, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
Phone: +358 9 6948082, Fax: +358 9 6949081
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NordAN
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Mr Hasse Schneidermann
Secretary General
Nordic Alcohol and Drugs Policy Network (NordAN)
Kristianiagade 8, 4; DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø; Denmark
Phone +45 2333 4460
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UNAIDS
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WHO
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Dr Lars Møller
Regional Adviser WHO Regional Offïce for Europe
Scherfigsvej 8, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Phone: +45-3917-1717 (operator)
E-mail: lmo@euro.who.int
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Sub-group on Occupational Safety and Health
Chair:
Mr Wiking Husberg
ILO, Senior Specialist on Occupational Safety and Health
Petrovka 15, apt. 23
107031 Moskva
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Phone: + 7 (495) 933-08-27
Fax: +7 (495) 033-08-20
E-mail: husberg@ilo.org
Co-chair:
Dr Remigijus Jankauskas
Director
Institute of Hygiene, MoH/Lithuania
Didzioji 22,
LT-01128 Vilnius
Lithuania
Phone: +370 52624583
Fax: +370 52624663
E-mail: jank@dmc.lt
Head, Department of Occupational Health
Health Care Board/ Estonia
Gonsiori 29, 15157 Tallinn, Estonia
Phone: +3726509866, Fax: +3756509844
E-mail: irma.nool@tervishoiuamet.ee
Director General
Nat. Inst. Occ. Health, Oslo
P.O:B 8149 Dep, N-0033 Oslo, Norway
Phone: +47 2319 5100, Fax: +47 23195201
E-mail: trygve.eklund@stami.no
Region Director
The Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority (North of Norway) Postboks 343, 9305 Finnsnes
Tel +47 815 48 222
Fax +47 77 85 01 21
truls.johannessen@arbeidstilsynet.no
The Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority, Middle of Norway
Postboks 4368 Hospitalsløkkan, 7417 Trondheim, Norway
axel.wannag@atil.no
Director
Research Institute of Occupational Health
Prospect Budennogo, 31. 105275 Moscow, Russian Federation
Phone: + 7 495 365 02 09, Fax: + 7 495 366 05 83
E-mail: izmerov@rinet.ru
Leading researcher
Research Institute of Occupational Health
Prospect Budennogo, 31, 105275 Moscow, Russian Federation
Phone: + 7 495 365 45 03, Fax: + 7 495 366 05 83
E-mail: 3933.g23@g23.relcom.ru
