Save the date: 2024 Annual General Meeting

We are happy to extend an invitation for our members to participate in Eurocare's Annual General Meeting. The AGM will serve as a precursor to an engaging high-level conference scheduled for the 27th and 28th of June.

When?: 26th June, 09:30 – 17:30 CEST

Where?: Impact Hub - Slovenska cesta 56, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Preliminary Agenda*

(as of 2 May 2024, could be subject to change)

*We kindly ask for your understanding that if your name is not yet listed as a speaker, it is not due to intentional oversight on our part, but rather because it takes some time to fully update the program on the website. Your patience is greatly appreciated.

9:30-9:40	Verification of regularity of meeting and appointment of chair of the meeting	Moderated by Peter Rice (Eurocare President)
9:40-9:45	Approval of the agenda	Moderated by Chair
9:45-9:50	Approval of the Minutes of the General Assembly 2023 (some copies of the minutes will be available in the room)	Moderated by Chair
9:50-10:00	New Eurocare members Presentation by new Eurocare members Vote	Presented by Florence Berteletti (Eurocare Secretary General) Moderated by Chair
10:00-10:20
10:00-11.30	Eurocare finances Presentation and approval of the 2023 accounts Approval of the L&S registered auditors for the 2024 accounts Approval of the 2024 budget Approval of the 2025 budget	Presented by Sheila Gilheany (Eurocare Treasurer)
11:30-11:45	Coffee break
11:45-12:45	Eurocare Board Election Number of full members in the room Number of proxies Voting procedure and quorum Presentations of Candidates Vote	Presented by Chair
12:45-13:45	Lunch break
	Presentations from Eurocare members – Debate and open microphone	Moderated by Chair
13:45-14:15	Panel discussion with Medical Societies (Eurocare members) What challenges and opportunities do you encounter when advocating for alcohol policy within your medical societies? How would you describe the level of difficulty in getting your advocacy efforts taken seriously?" Can you share how your medical society has successfully advocated for alcohol policy? What specific strategies or approaches proved most effective?" What role did Eurocare play in supporting your organisation’s efforts to advocate for alcohol policy? Could you give examples of how Eurocare’s support was instrumental? Could you suggest what Eurocare should/could do to help further?	Vice President of United European Gastroenterology (UEG) - Helena Cortez Pinto Policy and Public Health Committee Member, EASL - Prof. Frank Murray Executive Director of the European Brain Council - Frederick Destrebecq
14:15-15:00	Alcohol Communication Campaigns	CEO of Richard Piper - Alcohol Change UK Executive Project Manager, Danish Cancer Society - Peter Dalum
15:00-15:45	History of EU Alcohol and Health Forum and consequences on national alcohol forum and development of alcohol national plans (Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal) – What are the current best practices? Objectives of the session: Briefly go through the history of the EU Alcohol and Health Forum, alongside the reasons and implications of its discontinuation and attempts to renew it. Identify which European countries have active national alcohol forums. Showcase how Dutch NGOs have withdrawn from their national alcohol forums and provide arguments to assist Eurocare members in withdrawing from their respective National Alcohol Forums (or platform) Develop and propose new mechanisms or enhance existing ones for discussing and implementing national alcohol plans, ensuring they are effective. Q&A from Eurocare Members	Director of the Dutch Institute for Alcohol Policy STAP - Wim Van Dalen Medical Doctor and Public Health Resident CATR - Francisca Pulido Valente Vice President of United European Gastroenterology (UEG) - Helena Cortez Pinto Technician & educator at Fundación Salud y Comunidad - Florencia Manns Director of Univers Sante - Martin de Duve
15:45-16:45	European Parliament and Alcohol Policy Ideas for the next EP – Intergroup on CDoH BECA Report (Emil Juslin) NCD Report (Anamaria Suciu) With Special guest MEP Sara Cerdas Objectives of the session: Describe the context in which these initiatives came to life and what was the intention behind Describe the process, the role of the civil society and WHO Demonstrate the similarities between the mechanisms of influence and outcomes of both reports Discuss the outcome, the influence of vested commercial interests and what are the implications for the future Explore avenues for fighting the commercial determinants of health and putting population measures back on the agenda Q&A from Eurocare Members	European Policy Officer at IOGT-NTO - Emil Juslin Advocacy and Project Coordinator at Eurocare - Anamaria Suciu
16:45-17:15	Open Mic with Eurocare members	Moderated by Chair
17:15-17:30	Any other business and closure of the meeting	Moderated by Chair