25 BSPC List of Participants
25th Years Baltic Sea Parliamentary Cooperation25th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference“High Quality Education and Labour – The Future of the Baltic Sea Region”28-30 August 2016Riga, LatviaList of participants (30/08/2016)President of the Republic of Latvia1. H.E. Mr Raimonds VējonisSpeaker of the Saeima2. H.E. Ms Ināra MūrnieceBaltic Assembly3. Ms Giedrė Purvaneckienė, Vice President of the Baltic Assembly, Chair of theLithuanian delegation to the Baltic Assembly, Member of the Parliament4. Mr Romualds Razuks, Member of the Parliament of Latvia, Member of thePresidium of the Baltic Assembly5. Ms Marika Laizāne-Jurkāne, Secretary General6. Ms Anete Kalnāja, Senior ConsultantBremenBürgerschaft7. Ms Sülmez Dogan, Vice President of the Bremen State Parliament8. Ms Antje Grotheer, Member of the Bremen State ParliamentDenmarkFolketinget9. Ms Annette Lind, Member of the Danish Parliament10. Ms Kamilla Kjelgaard, Head of Section of the Danish ParliamentEstonia11. Mr Trivimi Velliste, Former president of the Baltic AssemblyRiigikogu12. Ms Ene Rõngelep, Senior Advisor of the Parliament of EstoniaMinistry of Social Affairs13. Ms Egle Käärats, Deputy Secretary General on Labour and Employment Policy125th Years Baltic Sea Parliamentary CooperationEuropean Parliament14. Mr Jorn Dohrmann, Chair of the SINEEA-delegation, European Parliament15. Ms Amelia Padurariu, EU Foreign Policy Advisor, European ParliamentFinlandEduskunta16. Ms Saara-Sofia Sirén, Member of the Parliament of Finland17. Mr Mika Laaksonen, Secretary for International Affairs of the Parliament of FinlandMinistry of Foreign Affairs18. Ms Kristina Pingoud, Senior AdviserGermanyBundestag19. Mr Franz Thönnes, Member of the German Bundestag, Chairman of the Germandelegation to the BSPC20. Mr Herbert Behrens, Member of the German Bundestag21. Mr Frank Michael Junge, Member of the German Bundestag22. Mr Peter Stein, Member of the German Bundestag23. Mr Thomas Stritzl, Member of the German Bundestag24. Ms Nicole Tepasse, Secretary of the delegation of the German Bundestag25. Mr Torsten Schneider, Secretary of the delegation of the German BundestagLabour and Social Affairs Ministry26. Ms Anette Kramme, Parliamentary State SecretaryHamburgBürgerschaft27. Ms Carola Veit, President of the Parliament of Hamburg28. Dr Kurt Duwe, Member of the Parliament of Hamburg29. Mr Stephan Jersch, Member of the Parliament of Hamburg30. Mr Soeren Schumacher, Member of the Parliament of Hamburg31. Ms Ulrike Sparr, Member of the Parliament of Hamburg32. Dr Michael Westenberger, Member of the Parliament of Hamburg33. Dr Alexander Wolf, Member of the Parliament of Hamburg34. Mr Johannes Duewel, Director of the Parliament of HamburgIcelandAlthingi35. Ms Vigdis Hauksdottir, Member of Parliament of Iceland36. Mr Róbert Marshall, Member of Parliament of Iceland37. Mr Helgi Thorsteinsson, Secretary to the Icelandic Delegation to the Nordic Council225th Years Baltic Sea Parliamentary CooperationKaliningrad RegionKaliningrad Regional Duma38. Ms Galina Yankovskaya, Member of the Parliament of the Kaliningrad RegionalDuma39. Mr Vladimir Belkov, Employee of the Kaliningrad Regional DumaLatviaSaeima40. Dr Jānis Vucāns, President of the BSPC, Member of the Parliament of Latvia41. Mr Ojārs Ēriks Kalniņš, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Member ofthe Parliament42. Mr Juris Viļums, Chairman of the Education, Science and Culture Committee of theBaltic Assembly, Member of the Parliament43. Mr Veiko Spolītis, Member of the Latvian delegation to the Baltic Assembly,Member of the Parliament44. Ms Ingrīda Sticenko, Senior Adviser of the Interparliamentary Relations BureauMinistry of Foreign Affairs45. Ms Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica, Parliamentary Secretary46. Mr Māris Klišāns, Ambassador47. Ms Anda Catlaka, Director of Europe Department48. Ms Iveta Staņislavska, Deputy Director of Europe Department49. Ms Egija Eglīte, Second Secretary50. Ms Vita Zivtiņa, Deputy Head of Baltic, Nordic Countries and Regional Co-operationMinistry of Welfare51. Mr Jānis Reirs, Minister of Welfare52. Mr Imants Lipskis, Director of Labour Market Policy Department53. Ms Ineta Tāre, Director of International Cooperation and EU Policy Department54. Ms Ina Elksne, Deputy Director of International Cooperation and EU PolicyDepartment55. Ms Aija Bukova – Zideļuna, Adviser to the Minister of Communication56. Mr Nauris Kozuliņš, Senior Expert57. Mr Gundars Ignats, Senior ExpertMinistry of Education and Science58. Ms Līga Lejiņa, State SecretaryState Employment Agency59. Ms Inese Kalvāne, Director60. Ms Aiga Balode, Deputy Director of Finance and Development Department325th Years Baltic Sea Parliamentary CooperationLithuaniaSeimas61. Ms Irena Šiaulienė, Member of the Lithuanian delegation to the Baltic Assembly,Member of the Parliament62. Mr Mindaugas Geibavičius, Driver of the Seimas of the Republic of LithuaniaMinistry of Social Security and Labour63. Ms Algimanta Pabedinskiene, Minister64. Mr Kestutis Zaura, Deputy Director of Labour DepartmentMecklenburg-VorpommernLandtag65. Ms Silke Gajek, Vice President of the Landtag Mecklenburg-Vorpommern66. Ms Regine Lück, Vice President of the Landtag Mecklenburg-Vorpommern67. Mr André Brie, Member of Parliament of the Landtag Mecklenburg-Vorpommern68. Mr Detlef Müller, Member of Parliament of the Landtag Mecklenburg-Vorpommern69. Mr Georg Strätker, Senior advisor, Landtag Mecklenburg-Vorpommern70. Mr Florian Lipowski, Advisor, Landtag Mecklenburg-VorpommernNordic Council71. Mr Wille Rydman, Member of the Parliament of Finland and Nordic Council72. Mr Torkil Sørensen, International advisor of the Nordic Council73. Mr Hrannar Arnarsson, General Secretary for the Social democratic groupNorwayStortinget74. Mr Jorodd Asphjell, Member of the Norwegian Parliament75. Ms Heidi Nordby Lunde, Member of the Norwegian Parliament76. Ms Sonja Mandt, Member of the Norwegian Parliament77. Ms Marianne Seip, Political Advisor, Norwegian Parliament78. Mr Bjørn Andreassen, Senior Advisor, Norwegian ParliamentMinistry of Labour and Social Affairs79. Mr Thor Kleppen Saettem, State SecretaryPolandSejm80. Mr Grzegorz Matusiak, Member of the Delegation of the Sejm and the Senate of theRepublic of Poland to the BSPC, Sejm of the Republic of Poland81. Mr Jacek Protas, Member of the Delegation of the Sejm and the Senate of theRepublic of Poland to the BSPC, Sejm of the Republic of Poland82. Mr Michał Stasiński, Member of the Delegation of the Sejm and the Senate of theRepublic of Poland to the BSPC425th Years Baltic Sea Parliamentary CooperationSenate83. Ms Dorota Arciszewska-Mielewczyk, Chair of the Delegation of the Sejm and theSenate of the Republic of Poland to the BSPC, Senate of the Republic of Poland84. Mr Andrzej Mioduszewski, Member of the Delegation of the Sejm and the Senate ofthe Republic of Poland to the BSPC85. Mr Piotr Koperski, Secretary of the Delegation of the Sejm and the Senate of theRepublic of Poland to the BSPC, Chancellery of the Senate of the Republic of PolandMinistry of National Education86. Ms Jadwiga Parada, Director of Vocational and Continuing Education DepartmentRussian FederationCouncil of the Federation87. Mr Igor Morozov, Member of the Committee for Foreign Affairs Council of theFederation88. Ms Anna Zhiltsova, Councillor of the Committee for Foreign Affairs of the Councilof the FederationState Duma89. Mr Iliya Kostunov, Member of the Parliament of the State Duma90. Ms Yulia Guskova, Adviser of the State DumaMinistry of Foreign Affairs91. Mr Sergey Petrovich, Deputy Director of the Second European Department, RussianSenior Official at the CBSS Committee of Senior OfficialsSchleswig-HolsteinLandtag92. Ms Angelika Beer, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein93. Dr Ekkehard Klug, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein94. Ms Regina Poersch, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein95. Mr Bernd Voß, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein96. Ms Jette Waldinger-Thiering, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein97. Mr Rainer Wiegard, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein98. Ms Jutta Schmidt Holländer, Member of the staff of the State Parliament ofSchleswig-HolsteinSt. PetersburgLegislative Assembly99. Ms Tatiana Zakharenkova, Plenipotentiary of the Saint Petersburg LegislativeAssembly for International Relations100. Mr Vatanyar Yagiya, International Relations Adviser to the Chairman of theLegislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg525th Years Baltic Sea Parliamentary CooperationSwedenRiksdag101. Mr Fredrik Christensson, Member of the Parliament102. Mr Pyry Niemi, Member of the Parliament103. Mr Daniel Riazat, Member of the Parliament104. Ms Suzanne Svensson, Member of the Parliament105. Ms Cecilie Tenfjord-Toftby, Member of the Parliament106. Ms Petra Sjoestroem, Senior Adviser of the ParliamentÅland IslandsLagting107. Ms Annette Holmberg-Jansson, Member of the Åland Parliament108. Ms Ingrid Johansson, Member of the Åland Parliament109. Ms Sara Kemetter, Member of the Åland Parliament110. Mr Jörgen Pettersson, Member of the Åland Parliament111. Mr Stephan Toivonen, Member of the Åland Parliament112. Mr Niclas Slotte, Secretary of the delegation of the Åland ParliamentBSPC and OBSERVERSBSPC – Baltic Sea Parliamentary conference113. Mr Bodo Bahr, Head of the Secretariat of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference114. Ms Kim Kleine, Analyst115. Ms Claudia Peters, WriterBSLF- Baltic Sea Labour Forum116. Dr Martin Sauer, Manager of the Labour Market117. Mr Uwe Sassenberg, Science Link CoordinatorBASTUN - Baltic Sea Trade Union Network118. Mr Jan Guz, President of the All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions119. Mr Piotr Ostrowski, Head of International Department of the All-Poland Alliance ofTrade UnionsBSRUN - Baltic Sea Region University Network120. Mr Kari Hyppönen, President of the Baltic Sea Region University NetworkBSSSC - Baltic Sea States Sub-Regional Co-operation121. Mr Ossi Savolainen, Chairman of the Baltic Sea States Sub-Regional Co-operation122. Mr Janne Tamminen, Secretary General of the Baltic Sea States SubregionalCooperation123. Ms Małgorzata Ludwiczek, CoordinatorCBSS - Council of Baltic Sea States124. H.E. Mr Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson, Chair of the Committee of Senior Officialsof the Council of the Baltic States, Ambassador of Iceland125. Mr Michał Czyż, Outgoing CBSS Chair, Committee of Senior Officials, Ambassadorof Poland126. Ms Maira Mora, Director General of Secretariat of the CBSS625th Years Baltic Sea Parliamentary CooperationCIS-IPA – Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of IndependentStates127. Mr Petr Riabukhin, Deputy Secretary General128. Mr Ivan Korotkiy, Advisor, International Relations DepartmentCPMR - Baltic Sea Commission129. Mr Jari Sainio, President of the CPMR Baltic Sea Commission130. Ms Åsa Bjering, Executive Secretary of the CPMR-Baltic Sea CommissionEuropean Commission131. Mr Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President of the European Commission132. Mr Gints Freimanis, Member of Cabinet Dombrovskis, European Commission133. Ms Inna Šteinbuka, Head of the European Commission’s Representation in LatviaHELCOM - Helsinki Commission134. Ms Monika Stankiewicz, Executive SecretaryNCM - Nordic Council of Ministers135. Mr Poul Nielson, Special Advisor of the Nordic Council of Ministers136. Mr Jan Widberg, Director of the Nordic Council of Ministers ́ Office in LatviaNDPHS - Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being137. Mr Marek Maciejowski, Director of the SecretariatNGO Forum138. Ms Magda Leszczyna-Rzucidło, Coordinating Committee member of the Baltic SeaNGO Network / "BSR youth social entrepreneurship development" project leader139. Ms Daria Akhutina, CC member, Chairperson of the Russian Platform, BS NGONetwork and ForumNordic Youth Council140. Ms Anna Abrahamsson, PresidentPABSEC - Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Co-operation141. H.E. Ms Maja Gojkovic, President142. Mr Igor Becic, Vice-president143. Ms Natia Gaprindashvili, Secretary of PABSEC Legal and Political AffairsCommittee144. Ms Milena Ljubinkovic, Secretary145. Mr Dragan Dejanovic, Security officerPolicy Area Coordinator for EUSBSR146. Ms Solveg Schmidt, Policy Area Coordinator147. Mr Anders Bergström, Policy Area Coordinator, PA Education/EU Strategy for theBaltic Sea RegionUBC – Union of Baltic cities148. Mr Mikko Lohikoski, Strategy coordinatorSpeakers of the Conference Mr Jānis Vucāns, President of the BSPC, Member of the Parliament of Latvia Mr Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President of the European Commission725th Years Baltic Sea Parliamentary Cooperation Mr Michał Czyż, Outgoing CBSS Chair, Committee of Senior Officials, Ambassadorof Poland H.E. Mr Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson, Chair of the Committee of Senior Officialsof the Council of the Baltic States, Ambassador of Iceland Ms Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of ForeignAffairs of Latvia Ms Carola Veit, President of the Parliament of Hamburg, Vice-president of the BSPC Ms Monika Stankiewicz, Executive Secretary Ms Daria Akhutina, CC member, Chairperson of the Russian Platform, BS NGONetwork and Forum Ms Magda Leszczyna-Rzucidło, Coordinating Committee member of the Baltic SeaNGO Network / "BSR youth social entrepreneurship development" project leader H.E. Ms Maja Gojkovic, President of PABSEC Mr Vitaly Busko, Chairman of the Standing Commission on International Affairs ofHouse of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Ms Līga Lejiņa, State Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia Ms Jadwiga Parada, Director of Vocational and Continuing Education Department Mr Poul Nielson, Special Advisor of the Nordic Council of Ministers Mr Jan Guz, President of the All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions Dr Martin Sauer, Manager of the Labour Market Mr Vatanyar Yagiya, International Relations Adviser to the Chairman of theLegislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg Mr Trivimi Velliste, Former president of the Baltic Assembly Mr Franz Thönnes, Member of the German Bundestag, Chairman of the Germandelegation to the BSPC Ms Anna Abrahamsson, President of the Nordic Youth Council Mr Jānis Reirs, Minister of Welfare of Latvia Ms Algimanta Pabedinskiene, Minister Ms Anette Kramme, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Labour and social AffairsMinistry of Germany Mr Thor Kleppen Saettem, State Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and socialAffairs of Norway Ms Egle Käärats, Deputy Secretary General on Labour and Employment Policy ofthe Ministry of Social Affairs of Estonia Ms Sara Kemetter, Member of the Åland Parliament, BSPC Rapporteur on CulturalAffairs Ms Sonja Mandt, Member of the Norwegian ParliamentOther participantsHouse of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus149. Mr Vitaly Busko, Chairman of the Standing Commission on International Affairs825th Years Baltic Sea Parliamentary CooperationDiplomatic corps150. H.E. Mr Hans Brask, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdomof Denmark to the Republic of Latvia151. H.E. Ms Ewa Dębska, Head of the Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Poland tothe Republic of Latvia152. H.E. Mr Steinar Egil Hagen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of theKingdom of Norway to the Republic of Latvia153. H.E. Mr Olli Kantanen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of theRepublic of Finland to the Republic of Latvia154. H.E. Mr Henrik Landerholm, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of theKingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Latvia155. H.E. Mr Alexander Veshnyakov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ofthe Russian Federation to the Republic of Latvia156. H.E. Mr Artūras Zurauskas, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of theRepublic of Lithuania to the Republic of Latvia157. Ms Liana Dulova, Second Secretary, Embassy of the Russian Federation to theRepublic of Latvia158. Ms Ewelina Brudnicka, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Polandto the Republic of Latvia159. Ms Manja Kliese, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Federal Republic ofGermany to the Republic of Latvia160. Mr Oleg Sloma, Counselor of the Embassy of Belarus in Latvia161. Mr Zoran Jovanović, Chargé d'Affaires of Embassy of the Serbia in the Kingdom ofSweden162. Mr Harald Tollan, Chargé d'Affaires of Royal Norwegian EmbassyAdministration of the Parliament of Latvia163. Ms Gunta Pastore, Foreign Affairs Advisor of the Speaker164. Ms Sandra Paura, Head of the Interparliamentary Relations Bureau165. Mr Zigmārs Gratkovskis, Acting Head of the Protocol Division166. Ms Lelde Rāfelde, Head of the Public Relations Department167. Mr Guntis Stungrevics, Head of Technic Department168. Mr Igors Aizstrauts, Deputy Head of the Interparliamentary Relations Bureau169. Mr Ainārs Stintmanis, Deputy Head of Protocol Division170. Ms Ieva Apine, Senior consultant171. Ms Signe Apsīte, Senior Consultant of the Press Service172. Mr Juris Ļipuncovs, Senior Consultant of the Protocol Division173. Mr Māris Krūmiņš, Senior Adviser of the Interparliamentary Relations Bureau174. Mr Martins Olekšs, Senior Adviser of the Interparliamentary Relations Bureau175. Ms Anete Penka, Senior Adviser of the Interparliamentary Relations Bureau176. Ms Ieva Rubļevska, Senior Adviser of the Interparliamentary Relations Bureau177. Mr Kirils Teniševs, Senior consultant of the Protocol Division178. Ms Madara Viļumsone, Senior Consultant of the Press Service179. Ms Ineta Vītoliņa, Senior Adviser of the Interparliamentary Relations Bureau925th Years Baltic Sea Parliamentary Cooperation180. Ms Skaidrīte Rudziša, Editor181. Mr Ernests Dinka, Photographer182. Mr Reinis Inkēns, Photographer/Video operator183. Mr Ilgonis Linde, Video director184. Mr Jānis Martinsons, IT staff185. Mr Alens Šlēziņš, IT staff186. Ms Gundega Zande, Secretary of the Interparliamentary Relations Bureau187. Ms Judīte Petroviča, Intern of the Interparliamentary Relations Bureau188. Mr Edmunds Budriķis, Technical support189. Mr Ivars Brauns, Technical support190. Mr Gatis Čirka, Technical support191. Mr Artūrs Kallings, Technical support192. Mr Aleksejs Kozlovs, Technical support193. Mr Andis Krekovskis, Technical support194. Mr Alvis Lazdiņš, Technical support195. Mr Andris Logins, Technical support196. Mr Armands Valdbergs, Technical supportGuests197. Ms Anitra Jankevica, Independent consultantWikipedia198. Mr Olaf Kosinsky, Photographer199. Mr Ralf Roletschek, PhotographerInterpreters200. Ms Raimonda Klancberga, Interpreter coordinator201. Ms Elena Almaas, Interpreter202. Mr Anna Hrapan – Gromņicka, Interpreter203. Ms Maria Hemph Moran, Interpreter204. Mr Aleksander Jakimowicz, Interpreter205. Mr Piotr Krasnowolski, Interpreter206. Mr Stein Larsen, Interpreter207. Ms Ana Milanovic, Interpreter208. Mr Aleksei Repin, Interpreter209. Ms Silvia Schreiber, Interpreter210. Mr Viesturs Sīlis, Interpreter211. Ms Anastasija Zaluņina, Interpreter212. Mr Ivo Puzo, Interpreter213. Ms Carmen Tank, Interpreter214. Mr Alexandre Tchekhov, Interpreter215. Ms Ieva Upmace, Interpreter216. Ms Martina Würzburg, Interpreter10