The BSPC Working Group on Innovation in Social and Health Care (WG ISHC) held its inaugural meeting in Riga on 4 November.
The meeting was led by the WG Chairman Raimonds Vejonis. The meeting appointed Olaug Bollestad, Norway, and Wolfgang Waldmüller, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as vice Chairmen.
An expert presentation on “Innovation in Social and Health Care – An Ecosystems Approach” was delivered by Thomas Karopka, Project Manager of ScanBalt HealthPort. The presentation can be retrieved at the WG webpage.
The meeting was primarliy devoted to a reconfirmation of the WG mandate and deliberations over its scope of work, priorities and mode of work.
The next meeting will be convened in Norway in March 2014.