Engelsk program til høringen om national ø-politik den 12. marts 2025

Program for The Small Islands Committee’s open hearing on a national
island policy
Wednesday the 12th
of March 2025 at. 13.00 - 15.45 in Landstingssalen, Christiansborg
(Danish Parliament)
Folketinget’s Small Islands Committee, in collaboration with the Association of Danish Small Islands, is
hosting an open hearing regarding a national island policy. The hearing aims to uncover perspectives for a
possible national island policy, provide insight to research on the value of islands in the broader society,
present other countries’ experiences with a national island policy, and to inform the committee on how a
national island policy can secure the survival and development of the islands.
13.00-13.05 Welcome by Kasper Roug, MP, chair of The Small Islands Committee
13.05-13.25
(Incl. questions)
Morten Dahlin, MP, minister of Urban and Rural Affairs
The values of islands to society
13.25-13.45
(Incl. questions)
Godfrey Baldacchino, professor of sociology at the University of Malta, specialist in
island and small state studies (via Teams)
Experiences from other countries regarding a national island policy?
13.45-13.55 Ivan Matic, Croatian Island Movement Board Member, ESIN Vice-Chair (via Teams)
13.55-14.05
14.05-14.20
Diarmaid O’Mordha, Department of Rural and Community Development, Island Unit,
Ireland (via Teams)
Questions
14.20-14.35 Break
14.35-14.55
(Incl. questions)
Mikko Ollikainen, MP, Chairman of Island Committee of Finland (via Teams)
What defines a successful island?
14.55-15.10
(Incl. questions)
Jens Westerskov Andersen, Ph.D., sociolog, Lunds Universitet
Visions for the future of Danish islands
15.10-15.25 Short presentations of 5 minutes:
Kirsten Sydendal, Chair Association of Danish Small Islands
Lone Jakobi, Mayor in Odder municipality (Tunø), (via Teams)
Steffen Damsgaard, Chairman of the National Counsil for Rural Affairs
15.25-15.43 Questions and debate
15.43-15.45 Closing remarks by Kasper Roug, MP, Chair of the Committee for Small Islands
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