NPLD-Coppieters Campus 2023
Managing languages in the field of Health & Social Care in Multilingual Communities
The fourth edition of the Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity (NPLD) – Coppieters Campus will be held in Helsinki on 28 & 29 September 2023 and will be focused on the presence of linguistic barriers in available health and social services in multilingual communities and the negative repercussions on the health of patients.
How can it be ensured that speakers of the languages of a given community, particularly when one of those languages is a regional or a minority language, have access to services in their language? What can be done to increase the number of multilingual health providers?
The 2023 NPLD-Coppieters Campus aims to be a forum where those and other questions will be discussed by the public institutions and the civil society of the 22 European linguistic communities represented by the NPLD.
Program
Day 1: 28 September 2023
Registration & Networking coffee
Welcoming words
- Henrik Wickström |MP & Chair for the Swedish Assembly of Finland (Folktinget)
- Tríona Ní Mathuna|Vice-Chair of the NPLD
- Victor Andersson |Programme Director at Hanasaari/Hanaholmen
- Inaki Irazabalbeitia |Coppieters Foundation
Keynote speech
- Dr. Awen Iorweth |Orthopaedic Consultant CTMUHB and Clinical Lecturer in Cardiff University for Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol
Coffee Break
Case I : The Swedish language community in Finland
- Christina Gestrin |Secretary General. The Swedish Assembly of Finland- Folktinget
- Karin Simola |Director of bilingual services from the Wellbeing Service County of Southwest Finland.
- Fredrica Nyqvist |PhD, Docent, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy. Åbo Akademi University.
Case II : New Brunswick (Canada)
- Gilles Vienneau | General Director of Société Santé et Mieux-être en français.
Networking lunch
Cultural programme
Day 2: 29 September 2023
Case III : The Basque Country
- Josune Retegi Ormazabal |Deputy Director for Human Resources Development and Training (OSAKIDETZA)
- Susana Martín Benavides |Deputy Director for Primary health care (OSAKIDETZA)
Panel Discussion II : Managing languages in officially bilingual territories. Challenges and opportunities.
- Josune Retegi Ormazabal |Deputy Director for Human Resources Development and Training (OSAKIDETZA). BASQUE COUNTRY
- Henrik Wickström |MP & Chair for the Swedish Assembly of Finland (Folktinget)
- Dr Awen Iorweth|Orthopaedic Consultant CTMUHB and Clinical Lecturer in Cardiff University for Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol
- Mirjam Vellinga | Language promotion and international projects |AFUK
MODERATOR: Anna Jungner-Nordgren |Vice-Chair of the NPLD |Senior Advisor in International & Nordic Affairs. The Swedish Assembly of Finland (Folktinget)
Networking lunch
Practicalities
When: 28 & 29 September 2023
Where: Auditorium Hotel Hanasaari / Hanaholmen | Hanasaarenranta 5 Espoo (Helsinki)
Interpretation services to/from Spanish and English.
Participation upon invitation only.
Press
Media inquiries can be addressed to info@ideasforeurope.eu
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The NPLD-Coppieters Campus is a joint initiative of the Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity (NPLD) and Coppieters Foundation.
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This event is financially supported by the European Parliament. The European Parliament is not liable for the content of the event nor the opinions of the speakers.
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