Coordinators of the National Networks of Healthy Cities from 16 countries gathered on 13-15 March 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark for the training and sharing event – a seminar that has been organized annually since 2009. This year’s specific topics, aside from the strengthening of the networks’ cooperation, were: implementation of the new policy for health in WHO-Euro, Health 2020 – policy framework and strategy and community resilience.

Our Association has come to the challenging age of a mature teenager. Thus, the theme ‘’Young people and wellbeing’’ was chosen to be the topic of the jubilee seminar, which will be held on 2 April 2013 in Turku.

‘’Healthy Municipalities – experience and practices’’ was a title of the workshop for the municipalities of Latvia that took place on 5 – 6 March 2013 in Jurmala. The event was a join undertaking of WHO Country Office in Latvia, Latvian Ministry of Health, Disease Prevention and Control Centre, Jurmala City Municipality and Baltic Region Healthy Cities Association.

‘’Volunteering and Community service – How to do it?’’ is the newest project of the Healthy Cities of the Czech Republic (HCCZ) which focuses on the contribution of the volunteer and civil service (performed by unemployed) to the development of municipality, community and individuals. The two-year project is conducted in the partnership with the Hestia – National Voluntary Centre in Czech Republic, C.A.R.D.O. – organization for volunteering development in Slovakia and abroad and Baltic Region Healthy Cities Association.