1. European Alcohol Policy Conference Barcelona, 29th -30th April, 2010 Progress towards the Conference Karin Mernelius and Rania Georgoutsakou on behalf of the Program on Substance Abuse Health Department, Government of Catalonia http://www.aer.eu

2. AIMS OF THE CONFERENCE Raise awareness among regional politicians about the impact of alcohol on society/their territories and showcase examples of regional policies that counter this impact. Adopt the outcomes of the AER APR project and conclude the project (6th and final meeting as stated in the project application and plan). Disseminate the outcomes to regional politicians. AER alcohol peer review project (APR) THEMES: 1st APR: Drinking and driving 2nd APR: Availability of alcohol 3rd APR: Alcohol & children/young people 4th APR: Alcohol and pregnancy

3. CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Thursday 29th April 2009 9.00 Opening and Welcome 9.30 Why is alcohol a problem for your region? Facts and figures of social and economic cost of alcohol from a regional perspective Dr Peter Anderson (International public health consultant) 10.00 Why is alcohol a problem for your region? The Catalan perspective Joan Colom (Program on Substance Abuse. Government of Catalonia) 11.00 Youth and drinking environments Ann Hope (Ireland) and Olov Oskarsson (Jämtland-S) 11.45 Preventing alcohol-related harm in the workplace Speaker from FASE + EWA + Catalonia 14.00 Alcohol Availability and Marketing Wim van Dalen (STAP-NL) and AER MR presenting their policy in this area

4. CONFERENCE PROGRAMME 14.45 The role of the health sector: From BI in PHC to treatment Speaker from Beveu menys + Phepa + Amphora 16.00 The AER Alcohol Peer Reviews project- Presenting Regional Responses to Alcohol Karin Mernelius (Jönköping-S) and other AER member regions presenting the outcomes of the AER APR project. What did we do? Themes we focused on. What did we learn? Key conclusions Why is this important for the regions? 16.45 From Science to policy Amphora project 17.30 Closing Friday 30th April 2009 - AER Committee 2 plenary session 9.30 Opening 12.30 Close of meeting

5. CONFERENCE LOCATION Venue: Main room of the Public Health Facilities of the Department of Health.

6. PRACTICAL INFORMATION REGISTRATION - No registration fee will apply for this conference. - Online registration tool included on website and deadline: 20/04/10 ACCOMODATION -Rooms at Express Holiday Inn Barcelona 22@ hotel are pre- reserved until February at preferential price (80€+7%VAT) -Deadline for pre-reserved rooms will be announced to participants. -Other hotels information will be available. -Participants cover own travel and accommodation costs CONFERENCE LANGUAGE -Simultaneous translation to: English, French, Spanish/Catalan

7. NEXT STEPS INVITATION -Letter of invitation from AER president and Catalan Regional Minister ANNOUNCEMENTS -Flyer announcing the conference will be circulated to all AER members and to non- member regions INFORMATION -Relevant instructions will be uploaded in AER website

8. FURTHER INFORMATION AER SECRETARIAT Claudia Meschede Tel: +33 (0) 3 88 22 07 07 - Fax: +33 (0) 3 88 75 67 19 E-mail: secretariat@aer.eu Website: www.aer.euwww.aer.eu GENCAT SECRETARIAT Lidia Segura and Olga Sancho Tel: +34 93 551 36 11 - Fax: +34 93 551 75 14 Email: olga.sancho@gencat.catolga.sancho@gencat.cat Website: www.gencat.cat/salutwww.gencat.cat/salut

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