NSR Program 2025

The Lions Nordic Cooperation Council NSR is a cooperation body of the Lions organisations in the Nordic countries. NSR was founded in 1962, and has arranged annual meetings since then. The Nordic countries – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden – cooperate on several areas, including development projects and representation at the International Convention.

NSR 2025 is hosted by Lions Denmark and will take place at Glostrup Park Hotel, Glostrup – Copenhagen January 17-18 2025. The meeting is open for all Lions-members.

Programme

Friday 17th January 2025

11:00 – 12:00CC, ON and OC Metings
11:30 – 12:45Lunch  
13:00 – 13:45  Opening Ceremony
13:45 – 14:00 PID Robert Rettby’s announcement
14:00 – 14:30  Coffee break
14:30 – 15:30  Main Topic I: Lions and UNICEF – Focus on joint activities around the world and the experiences from the cooperation between UNICEF and MD 106. Speaker: Susanne Dahl. Secretary General of Unicef Denmark, UNICEF Copenhagen.  
15:45 – 16:45  Workshops – Topic I
16:45 – 17:00  Break
17:00 – 19:00  NSR Council Meeting – Discussion session
19:30 – 22:45  Get Together Dinner at the hotel.

Saturday 18th January 2025

09:00- 09:45ID Reports and New from LCI. ID Halldór Kristjánsson Questions and answers.
09:45 – 10:30Discussion IR Projects. Do our joint projects reflect the real needs. How can we improve our service.  
10:45 – 11:45Main Topic II Environment and Climate. Action on Environment and climate in a Nordic perspective with reference to the same Lions focus area. Speaker: Hans Jakob Eriksen, Senior advisor, Environment and Climate, Nordic Council of Ministers  
11:45 – 12:45 Workshops – Topic II  
12:45 – 13:45Lunch  
13:45 – 14:30Mental Health and Well – Being Speaker: PIP Guðrún Bjôrt Yngvadóttir.  She speaks about IP Fabricio Oliviera´s newest initiative.  
14:30 – 14:45  Break
14:45 – 15:00  Presentation of results of workshops Topic I and Topic II
15:00 – 16:00NSR Council Meeting – Voting  
16:00 – 16:30Break  
16:30 – 17:30  Closing Ceremony, end of NSR 2025
19:30 – 20:00  Welcome drink
20:00 – 24:00  Dinner at the hotel