30th session : vimarsana.com

th Session of the Baltic Assembly and the 17
th Baltic Council took place in Tallinn (Estonia). The 30
th Session of the Baltic Assembly was an occasion to mark the 20
th anniversary of the Baltic Assembly – the fruitful parliamentary cooperation between the Baltic States since 8 November 1991.
The 30
th Session of the Baltic Assembly and the 17
th Baltic Council concentrated on three topical subjects. During the previous and the current year the Baltic Assembly, by initiation of the Social Affairs Committee, together with national governments had thoroughly scrutinized the issue of developing joint, high-quality and cost-effective health care projects in the Baltic States. As a result the Task Force for Health of the Baltic Council of Ministers was formed with the mandate to analyze efficiency of the following establishments: a common system for state-funded procurement of medicines and medicinal equipment, joint specialized medical centers, a joint system for human organ transplant, a common sperm bank, and a joint system for coordination of emergency help in border towns. Summarizing this work and in order to set directions for future activities in the sphere, the first part of the Session provided a report on the work of the Baltic Council of Ministers’ Task Force for Health.