Programme (with presentations)
“Empowerment. NGOs. Advocacy”
Municipality Hall (Konstitucijos prospect 3.) and Hotel Best Western, Vilnius, Lithuania.
THE MAIN AIM of the NordAN 11th annual conference is to reinforce the argumentation and advocacy skills of Nordic and Baltic NGOs in alcohol and drug Policy. It also activates networking between Nordic and Baltic NGOs and makes possible to exchange best practises in prevention policy. The program consists of plenaries where the best experts of this area give their presentations of evidence-based policy and research and of sections and workshops where NGOs themselves present their projects and main experiences.
Before opening the conference Lithuanian NGOs organize the Round-table discussion in the Parliament (Gediminio prospect 53) from 10.00 – 12.00. All the conference participants are welcome to attend this important event.
Welcome!
Outi Ojala
the President of NordAN
Programme
Read the Conference leaflet info >>>
Friday, October 21st 2011
10.00 - 12.00 All the conference participants are welcome
The Lithuanian Parliament (Gedimino prospect 53)
Round-table discussion on alcohol policy in the Lithuanian Parliament
Thomas Babor, Professor, PhD, USA
WHO representative
13.30
Municipality hall (Konstitucijos prospect 3)
14.00
Opening of the NordAN conference
Outi Ojala, President of NordAN
Social and Health Ministry of Lithuania
Vilnius city representative
14.30
Evidence-based alcohol policy
Thomas Babor, Professor, PhD, USA
Thomas Babors presentation >>>
15.00 - 15.30
New European action plan to reduce use of alcohol 2012-2020
Lars Møller, MD, Dr.M.Sc.Programme Manager, WHO-Europe
Lars Møller´s presentation >>>
16.00 - 18.30
Special sections
Women section (Leena Harake). Read more >>>
Helena Palojärvi´s presentation >>>
Britt Fredenman´s presentation >>>
Salme Ahlström´s presentation >>>
Pia Mäkelä`s presentation >>>
School education, young people (Arni Einarsson, Mats Gunnarsson) Read more >>>
Kjetil Vesteraas`s presentation >>>
Slim Liden´s presentation >>>
Gregor Burkhart´s presentation >>>
Advocacy training (together with Eurocare). Read more >>>
Lauri Beekmann`s presentation >>>
Vaida Liutkute´s presentation >>>
Saturday October 22nd 2011
08.30 - 11.30
Municipality hall (Konstitucijos prospect 3)
Plenary session
8.30 - 9.00
European Drug Policy – latest trends,
Scientific manager Gregor Burkhart, EMCDDA
Gregor Burkhart´s presentation >>>
9.00 - 9.15
Advocacy - experiences in Lithuania
Professor, PhD Aurelijus Veryga
Aurelijus Veryga´s presentation >>>
9.15 - 9.30
Legal alterations in Lithuanian law system
Gražina Belian, Drug, tobacco and alcohol control department in Lithuania
Gražina Belian´s presentation >>>
9.30 - 10.00
The latest trends of women drinking habits
Professor, PhD Salme Ahlström, THL, Finland
Salme Ahlström´s presentation >>>
10.30 - 11.00
Drinking and driving – the best policy practices
Lars-Olov Sjöström, PhD, Traffic Safety Director , MHF
Lars-Olov Sjöström´s presentation >>>
11.00 - 11.30
Alcohol and cancer
Emma Woodford, Project Coordinator, European Cancer League (ECL)
Emma Woodford´s presentation >>>
11.30 - 12.00
The art of advocacy in the European Union – the role of NGOs
SG Mariann Skar, Eurocare
Mariann Skar´s presentation >>>
13.00 - 16.30
Workshops:
Advocacy (success stories, not-so-success stories), Mariann Skar and Lauri Beekmann, Eurocare Read more >>>
Drug workshop “Children and alcohol- or drug-dependent parents”, Andrei Nevsky, St. Petersburg. E. Matveeva, psychologist -“ The program of treatment of co-dependence in relatives of people with addictions in the Murmansk Addiction Hospital”.
Read more >>>
Natalia Baranok´s presentation >>>
Andrey Nevskiy´s presentation >>>
Evgeny Krupitsky´s presentation >>>
Elena Matveeva´s presentation >>>
Ekaterina Latysheva`s presentation >>>
17.00:
NordAN General Assembly
Sunday October 23nd 2011
08.30 - 09.30
Section and workshop presentations
Discussion
09.30 - 10.00
Successful advocacy in the future
Anna Carlstedt, PhD, IOGT- NTO and FFS
Anna Carlstedt´s presentation >>>
10.00 - 10.30
New Nordic culture of drinking
Siv Fridleifsdottir, Chair of the Welfare Committee in the Nordic Council, Parliament member of Iceland
10.30 - 11.30
NordAN resolution
Statement to the media >>>
Icelandic translation >>>
Estonian translation >>>
Lithuanian translation >>>
NordAN Conference resolution >>>
Icelandic translation >>>
Estonian translation >>>
Swedish translation >>>
Lithuanian translation >>>
Finnish translation >>>
Danish translation >>>
