Presentations 

Tuesday 7 September
 

Introductory presentations:
 

• Welcome to O4O
  Prof Jane Farmer, O4O Project Lead*
• O4O Context Mapping: Relationships between national context and developing O4O social organisations
  Dr Sarah-Anne Muñoz, Centre for Rural Health (UHI Millennium Institute)

What happend in each country:
 

• Sweden, Luleå Municipality: Part 1; Part 2
  Matz Engman, Evado Consulting / Björn Lagerkvist, Lagerkvist & Söner 
• Greenland, Sermersooq
  Rosemarie Elsner, Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq 
• Scotland, Highland
  Kate Stephen*, Centre for Rural Health (UHI Millennium Institute)
• Finland, North Karelia
  Arja Jämsén, The East Finland Centre for Social Welfare Work Expertise
• Northern Ireland
  Dr Katy Radford, Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work (Queen’s University Belfast)

 
Toolkit launch:
 

• Introduction to the O4O Toolkit
  Dr Carol Hill, Crichton Centre for Research in Health and Social Studies (University of Glasgow)
   

Wednesday 8 September 
 

• Themes from Day 1 Groupwork discussions
  Prof Jane Farmer, O4O Project Lead*
   

 The dilemmas, challenges and approaches of the different stakeholders:

• Perspectives from Luleå Municipality
  Agneta Ekman, Administration of Social Services, Luleå Municipality 
• Perspectives from Highland Council (presentation currently unavailable)
  Bill Alexander, Chief Operating Officer, Highland Council Social Work Service 
• Perspectives from the Third Sector
  Anne O’Reilly, Chief Executive, Age NI 
• Perspectives from the Regional/Rural Development Agency
  Asko Saatsi, Managing Director, Pielinen Karelia Development Centre Ltd (PIKES) 
• O4O in Greenland
  Margrethe Vogt Thuesen, Manager of Senior & Handicap Affairs, Sermersooq
  
   

Policy Recommendations:
 

• Results from the Ballot
   

Plenary session:
 

• O4O: The Future...
  Dr Carol Hill, Crichton Centre for Research in Health and Social Studies (University of Glasgow)
   

  *The O4O Project is now led by Kate Stephen at the Centre for Rural Health (UHI Millennium Institute)