1. Alcohol Policy Youth Network Youth Empowerment for a Better Life!

2. The start: Constitutive Meeting Budapest, 28-31st March 2008

3. Goals & Objectives Assess young people’s views Empowering youth organizations Create a consultative body Support NGOs implementing actions … on Alcohol Policy!

4. Activities Training Courses, Seminars, Training for Trainers, Advocacy courses Reports and Tool Kits

5. Civil SocietyInstitutional EurocareDG SANCO European Youth ForumAlcohol&Health Forum Institute of Alcohol StudiesWHO Alliance House Foundation

6. Mandate & Reference Documents APYN Strategic Plan WHO – Ministerial Conference on Young People and Alcohol, 2001 EC – European Council recommendations on drinking alcohol by young people, YFJ – Position Paper Alcohol in Europe Report – Peter Andersen & Ben Baumberg Working Group on Alcohol Policy Report - YFJ WHO EURO’s Framework Document on Alcohol Policy

7. Members: National Youth Councils: International Non-Governmental Organizations: Candidate Members Consiliul National Al Tineretului Din Moldova – CNTM (Moldova) Cyprus Youth Council – CYC (Cyprus) Eesti Noorteühenduste Liit - ENL ( Estonia ) National Youth Council of Hellas - ESYN (Greece) Nemzetközi Ifjúsági Koordinációs Iroda - GYIK-NIKI (Hungary) Lietuvos Jaunimo Organizaciju Taryba - LIJOT (Lithuania) Latvijas Jaunatnes Padome - LJP (Latvia) Mladinski Svet Slovenjie - MSS (Slovenia) National Assembly of Youth Organisations of the Republic of Azerbaijan – NAYORA (Azerbaijan) National Council of Youth Organisations of Georgia – NCYOG (Georgia) National Youth Council of Armenia – NYCA (Armenia) National Youth Council of Ireland - NYCI (Ireland) Österreichische Kinder- und Jugendvertretung-ÖJV (Austria) Belarusian Union of Youth and Children's Public Associations - RADA (Belarus) National Youth Council of Russia - NYCR (Russia) LSU – Swedish National Youth Council CJE – Spanish National Youth Council KNZ – National Youth Council of Malta National Youth Council of Romania CNJ – Conselho Nacional da Juventude (Portugal) Ukrainian Youth Forum ACTIVE - Sobriety, Friendship and Peace Democrat Youth Community of Europe – DEMYC European Confederation of Youth Clubs – ECYC European Educational Exchanges - Youth for Understanding - EEE-YFU (Associate Member) Youth for Exchange and Understanding – YEU International Federation of Medical Students' Association – IFMSA

8. Contact Apyn.europe@gmail.com Coming soon: www.apyn.orgwww.apyn.org Thank you!