Nordic Council Session 2022
The 74th Session of the Nordic Council takes place in Helsinki from 31 October to 3 November. The topic for the Session’s summit of members of the Nordic Council and the Nordic prime ministers is “The future of the Nordic Region’s role in the world”. The emphasis of the discussions will be on security, the war in Ukraine, and the energy and climate crisis.
Agenda
01.11.22
14:30 - 14:45
1.
Opening of the Session
1.0.
Opening of the Session
14:30 - 14:45
1.1.
Opening speech by the President of the Nordic Council
14:30 - 14:45
1.2.
Approval of the list of delegates, Document 2d/2022
14:30 - 14:45
1.3.
Approval of the agenda, Document 2c/2022
14:30 - 14:45
1.4.
Approval of the standing orders for the 74th Session, Document 2b/2022
14:30 - 14:45
1.5.
Recommendations and internal resolutions considered and adopted in 2022, Document 16/2022
14:45 - 16:30
2.
Nordic Summit with the prime ministers and heads of government
The future of Nordic co-operation and the Nordic Region’s role in Europe and the world.
14:45 - 16:30
2.1.
Nordic Council Summit 2022 - debate, Debate paper (Document 4/2022)
16:30 - 17:20
3.
Guest speaker and debate
16:30 - 17:20
3.1.
Speech by President of Finland, Sauli Niinistö
16:30 - 17:20
3.2.
Debate
17:20 - 17:30
4.
Programme for the Icelandic Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2023
17:20 - 17:30
4.1.
The Prime Minister of Iceland presents Iceland’s Programme for the Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2023, Document 15/2022
02.11.22
09:00 - 10:00
5.
Statement from the ministers for foreign affairs
09:00 - 09:45
5.1.
Statement from the ministers for foreign affairs (oral), Document 8/2022
10:00 - 10:20
6.
Foreign policy
09:45 - 10:15
6.1.
Consideration of member’s proposal for Nordic co-operation on the Western Sahara, A 1911/PRE
09:45 - 10:15
6.2.
Consideration of member’s proposal for a student exchange programme for Belarusian students, A 1878/presidium
09:45 - 10:15
6.3.
Vote
10:20 - 11:00
7.
Report by the ministers for defence
10:15 - 11:00
7.1.
Statement from the ministers for defence (oral), Document 9/2022
11:00 - 12:00
8.
First debate on new members’ proposals
11:00 - 12:00
8.1.
Member’s proposal on joint Nordic pilgrim initiative, A 1930/Committee for Knowledge and Culture in the Nordic Region, Social Democratic Group
11:00 - 12:00
8.2.
Member’s proposal on common Nordic security and defence, A 1926/PRE, Centre Group
11:00 - 12:00
8.3.
Member’s proposal to improve conditions for trade in the Nordic Region, A 1928/Committee for Growth and Development in the Nordic Region, Conservative Group
11:00 - 12:00
8.4.
Member’s proposal for a nuclear-weapon-free Nordic Region, A 1931/PRE, Nordic Green Left
11:00 - 12:00
8.5.
Member’s proposal on changing pricing in the electricity market, A 1935/Committee for Growth and Development in the Nordic Region, Nordic Freedom
14:00 - 15:00
9.
Question time with the Ministers for Nordic Co-operation
14:00 - 15:00
9.1.
Report by the Ministers for Nordic Co-operation (oral), Document 10/2022
14:00 - 15:00
9.2.
Question time
15:00 - 15:30
10.
Reports from the Ministers for Nordic Co-operation
15:00 - 15:30
10.1.
Report by the Ministers for Nordic Co-operation on mobility and freedom of movement, Document 12/2022
15:00 - 15:30
10.2.
Mid-term evaluation of the vision of the Nordic Council of Minister, Document 7/2022
15:30 - 15:45
11.
Nordic Council of Ministers’ budget
15:30 - 15:45
11.1.
Consideration of the Council of Ministers’ proposal on the Nordic Council of Ministers’ budget for 2023, B 339/presidium
The council of ministers’ proposal on the Nordic Council of Ministers’ budget for 2023 can be obtained by contacting senior advisor Bo Grubbe Jensen at bogjen@norden.org
15:30 - 15:45
11.2.
Vote
15:45 - 16:25
12.
Crisis preparedness in the Nordic Region
15:45 - 16:25
12.1.
Report by the Ministers for Nordic Co-operation on Nordic crisis preparedness, Document 13/2022
The report will be followed by a speech by Iceland’s Minister for Nordic Co-operation and chair of the Haga collaboration as a presentation for political dialogue on crisis preparedness in the Nordic Region, Rec. 26/2021, 28/2021 and 1/2022
16:25 - 16:55
13.
Welfare in the Nordic Region
17:00 - 17:30
13.1.
Nordic Council of Ministers’ report on Nordic co-operation on social care and health policy, Document 6/2022
17:00 - 17:30
13.2.
Nordic Council of Ministers’ gender equality report, Document 20/2022
16:55 - 17:30
14.
International co-operation
16:25 - 17:00
14.1.
Speeches by international guests
03.11.22
08:30 - 10:00
15.
Knowledge and culture in the Nordic Region
09:00 - 10:30
15.1.
Committee proposal on research policy report, A 1920/Committee for Knowledge and Culture in the Nordic Region
09:00 - 10:30
15.2.
Consideration of member’s proposal on friendship schools and friendships between educational institutions, A 1880/culture
09:00 - 10:30
15.3.
Consideration of Council of Ministers’ proposal for Nordplus, new programme period 2023 to 2027, B 343/UKK
09:00 - 10:30
15.4.
Consideration of member’s proposal on friendship schools and friendships between educational institutions, A 1880/, culture, Reservation
09:00 - 10:30
15.5.
Consideration of member’s proposal on strengthening the Nordic perspective in teacher training, A 1892/culture
09:00 - 10:30
15.6.
Consideration of member’s proposal on tomorrow’s circular libraries, A 1901/Committee for Knowledge and Culture in the Nordic Region
09:00 - 10:30
15.7.
Consideration of member’s proposal on anti-racist curricula, A 1908/Committee for Knowledge and Culture in the Nordic Region, Reservation
09:00 - 10:30
15.8.
Vote
10:00 - 11:00
16.
Welfare in the Nordic Region, cont.
08:30 - 09:00
16.1.
Consideration of member’s proposal on a human-rights-based narcotics policy in the Nordic Region, A 1896/welfare, Reservation
08:30 - 09:00
16.2.
Consideration of member’s proposal on aesthetic injections and other surgical cosmetic procedures, A 1903/Committee for Welfare in the Nordic Region
08:30 - 09:30
16.3.
Consideration of member’s proposal for the reduction of the number of children and young people growing up in persistent low-income circumstances, A 1907/Committee for Welfare in the Nordic Region
08:30 - 09:30
16.4.
Consideration of member’s proposal for Nordic co-operation on the post-viral illness long-covid, A 1910/UVN
08:30 - 09:00
16.5.
Vote
11:00 - 11:30
17.
Growth and development in the Nordic Region
12:30 - 13:00
17.1.
Consideration of member’s proposal on a certification scheme for sustainable tourism, A 1893/Committee for Growth and Development in the Nordic Region
12:30 - 13:00
17.2.
Consideration of member’s proposal on the electrification of shipping and ports, A 1771/growth
12:30 - 13:00
17.3.
Vote
12:30 - 13:45
18.
A sustainable Nordic Region
10:30 - 11:30
18.1.
Consideration of member’s proposal on ecocide legislation, A 1863/sustainability, Reservation
10:30 - 11:30
18.2.
Consideration of member’s proposal for Nordic co-operation to control invasive species, A 1912/Committee for a Sustainable Nordic Region
10:30 - 11:30
18.3.
Consideration of member’s proposal to make the Nordic Region a leader in Europe in the capture, transport and storage of CO2 (CCS), A 1909/Committee for a Sustainable Nordic Region
10:30 - 11:30
18.4.
Committee proposal on the establishment of Nordic and national Youth Climate Councils, A 1917/Committee for a Sustainable Nordic Region, Reservation
10:30 - 11:30
18.5.
Consideration of member’s proposal on Swan labelling of packaging, A 1872/sustainability
10:30 - 11:30
18.6.
Vote
13:45 - 14:15
19.
The Presidium
13:45 - 14:15
19.1.
Consideration of member’s proposal on the Nordic Council of Ministers’ financial statements, A 1900/PRE
13:45 - 14:15
19.2.
Consideration of member’s proposal for national anchoring of Nordic co-operation, A 1914/PRE
13:45 - 14:15
19.3.
Vote
14:15 - 14:30
20.
The Nordic Council’s internal affairs
13:00 - 13:45
20.1.
Control Committee’s report on activities in 2022, Document 18/2022
13:00 - 13:45
20.2.
Consideration of the Danish National Audit Office’s report to the Nordic Council on the audited accounts of the Nordic Council’s activities 2021, C 3/2022/cc
13:00 - 13:45
20.3.
Consideration of the Danish National Audit Office’s report to the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers on the Nordic Council of Ministers’ activities for 2021, C 4/2022/cc
13:00 - 13:45
20.4.
Consideration of the Danish National Audit Office’s report to the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers on the activities of the Nordic Cultural Fund in 2021, C 5/2022/cc
13:00 - 13:45
20.5.
Nordic Council Annual Report 2021, Document 1/2022
14:30 - 14:45
21.
Elections 2023
13:45 - 14:00
21.1.
Election of the President and Vice-President of the Nordic Council, Document 19/2022
13:45 - 14:00
21.2.
Election of chairpersons and vice-chairpersons to the Nordic Council’s committees and the Control Committee, Document 19/2022
13:45 - 14:00
21.3.
Election of members to the Nordic Council Presidium and committees, Document 19/2022
13:45 - 14:00
21.4.
Election of members to the Nordic Cultural Fund’s board, Document 19/2022
14:45 - 14:55
22.
Norway’s presidency programme for the Nordic Council in 2023
14:00 - 14:10
22.1.
Presentation by the president-elect from Norway of the country’s presidency programme for the Nordic Council in 2023, Document 5/2022
14:55 - 15:00
23.
Closing of the Session
14:10 - 14:15
23.1.
Announcement of date and venue of the next Session
News
Program
15:00 - 17:30
The seminar “Youth in Crisis”
The Nordic Youth Council begins with a seminar on the theme “Youth in Crisis” on Friday 28 October at 15.00.
Location
Riksdagen
Pikkuparlamentti / Lilla parlamentet
00102 Helsingfors
Finland
Type
NYC meeting
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