Change Now – well-being from nature!   The North Ostrobothnia Wellbeing Forum 2022 will be held on Wednesday 2 November 2022 from 10:00 to 15:00 at Pyhäjärvi Central School, Tunturitie 1, Pyhäjärvi. The forum is an attendance. The North Ostrobothnia Welfare Forum is now being held for the fifteenth time. The event conveys the latest researched knowledge and good practices, increases cooperation and partnership, and recognises successful practices. This year we will focus on, for example, the relationship between children and young people with nature and the connections between the environment, physical activity and health. The forum will hear about local good practices and, as usual, reward the well-being act of the year. The event is organised by the Regional Council of Northern Ostrobothnia in cooperation with Metsähallitus' Nature Services and the City of Pyhäjärvi. The forum is free of charge, including coffee and lunch. A free joint transport from Oulu to the event will be arranged.    The programme will be published in October. Participation Binding registration for the event and joint transport from ​tä by 25 October 2022. For more information, please contact Ilpo Tapaninen, Strategy Manager, Regional Council of Northern Ostrobothnia, tel. +358 50 301 7546 

Change Now – Leading the Economy of Wellbeing! The 14th Northern Ostrobothnia Wellbeing Forum 2021 will be held on 4 November 2021 at Kuusamo House in Kuusamo (Kaarlo Hännisentie 2, Kuusamo). The event will start at 12 noon. In recent years, the economy of well-being has emerged as an important social theme and its effects on public policy can be observed both in Finland and abroad. If development continues in the same direction, the well-being economy may become one of the most significant policy ideas, operating models and drivers of change in the 2020s. It has therefore been justified to make the well-being economy a new key theme in the region's well-being work and regional development. In the well-being forum, we hear the latest information and good practices related to the theme, increase cooperation and partnership, strengthen competence and acknowledge successful practices. The event rewards the well-being act of the year. By 28 October 2021, binding registrations for the seminar via the link below https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/284BB47E96CBDA44 The Forum programme has been published. The event is free of charge for the participants, including coffee will be served. Lunch is self-sufficient. A free joint transport to Kuusamo and back will be arranged for the event. Departure from Oulu, in front of the Regional Assembly of Oulu Region (Poratie 5 A) and return to the same place. Registration for joint transport via the link above. The timetable of the transport will be communicated to those who have registered for collective transport closer to the event. The event will be streamed and can also be monitored remotely.