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Friday October 10th 2008

10.00-13.00:
Registration
Registration and delivery of conference material at the secretariat desk Hotel Euroopa.

13.00-16.00:
Open Seminars
The seminars are organized by member organizations and sections of NordAN in co-operation with organising commitee. The seminars are open to all conference participants and admission is included in the conference fee.

  1. Focus on modern prevention in schools
    Programme, Contributors, chairs and presenters.
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  2. Seminar on building a NordAN network and capacity to focus on women
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  3. Focus on alcohol and drugs in traffic
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  4. Seminar on international alcohol policy & global solidarity
    Programme, Contributors, chairs and presenters

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17.00:
Welcome reception:
Tallinn City Government
Brotherhood of Blackheads House

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19.00:
Alcohol Victims Memorial Concert
Estonian Youth Symphony Orchestra
St. Johns Church

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Saturday October 11th 2008

08.00-09.00:
Registration and delivery of conference material at the secretariat desk Hotel Euroopa.

09.00-10.00:
Opening Ceremony

Gabriel Romanus
, President of NordAN

Jan-Erik Enestam,
Director, Nordic Counsil

Maret Maripuu
, Minister for Health and Social Affairs in Estonia

Lauri Beekman
, Chairman, Estonian Temperance Union

10.00 - 10.30:
Cofee break

10.30 - 12.30:

Alcohol, drugs and harm to others

Round table discussions
Chair: Gabriel Romanus, President, NordAN

Public health and alcohol policy.
Nordic Counsil of Ministers and WHO

Marianne Kristensen, International adviser, National Board of Health, Denmark, member of the WHO executive board.

Alcohol and harm to others
Hans Olav Fekjær, Actis, Norway

Alcohol, families and Community Alcohol Service
Marion Rackard, former Executive Director of Alcohol Action Ireland member of Eurocare

How to help children at risk in alcohol families
Alex Kastrup Nielsen, Manager, TUBA

Public Health, social welbeing and alcohol policy in the Northern Dimension Area
Mikko Vienonen, Manager, Expertgroup on Social Inclussions, Healthy Lifestyle and Work ability (SIHLWA EG) Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and socail wellbeing (NDPHS).

Alcohol, violence and injury prevention
Hedda Bie, Technical Officer, Violence Prevetion, DHP-NCE, WHO, Regional Office for Europe

Recent developments in the alcohol situation in Estonia
Maris Jesse Director, Tervise Arengu Instituut / National Institute for Health Development, Estonia

The competences of recovered addicted people
Kjell Skar, Manager, RIO - Rusmisbrukernes Interesseorganisasjon, Norway

12.30-14.00:
Lunch. (Included in the conference fee.)

14.00 - 16.00:

Parallel session One
6 Workshops on policy making

1: INTERNATIONAL ALCOHOL POLICY
Alcohol policy and public health in international perspective

Chair: Maris Jesse
Rapporteurs: Member of the NordAN board

1.a:
Public health and alcohol policy.
Nordic Counsil of Ministers and WHO
Marianne Kristensen, International adviser, National Board of Health, Denmark, member of the WHO executive board.

1.b:
Recent developments in the alcohol situation in Estonia
Maris Jesse Director, Tervise Arengu Instituut / National Institute for Health Development, Estonia

2: ALCOHOL, DRUGS: INJURIES & VIOLENCE

Chair: Hans Olav Fekjær, Hedda Bie
Rapporteurs: Member of the NordAN board

2.a.
Alcohol, violence and injury prevention
Hedda Bie, Technical Officer, Violence Prevetion, DHP-NCE, WHO, Regional Office for Europe

2.b.
Alcohol and harm to others
Hans Olav Fekjær, Researher, Actis, Norway

3: ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND FAMILIES

Chair: Alex Kastrup Nielsen, Marion Rachard
Rapporteurs: Member of the NordAN board

3.a.
How to help children at risk in alcohol families
Alex Kastrup Nielsen, Manager, Tilbud til Unge og Børn fra Alkoholfamilier (TUBA), Denmark

3.b.
Experiences from alcoholism and drug addiction treatment in upstate New York, USA
Aarne Onni, Master in Social Policy and recently returned to Estonia

3.c.
Alcohol, families and Community Alcohol Service
Marion Rackard, former Executive Director of Alcohol Action Ireland member of Eurocare

4: ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

Chair: Juta Piirlaid og Göran Larsson
Rapporteurs: Member of the NordAN board

4.a.
Deaconal networking in the local community

On the close corporation between churches, parishes, public- and private partners.
Göran Larsson
, Regional Commander and Officer for EU Affairs, The Salvation Army Latvia Region, Regional Headquarters, Riga, Latvia

4.b.
Deaconal networking in the Local Comunity
On the close corporation between churches, parishes, public- and private partners. Christians in society – responsibility and response to subject abuse?
Juta Piirlaid, leader of Estonian Blue Cross Society
Rolf Bromme, chairman of the Blue Ribbon Association in the Stockholm County

5: ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND CHILDREN AT RISK

Chair: Lena Bjerrum Bach, Carina Eriksson
Rapporteurs: Member of the NordAN board

5.a.
National project on children in families with alcohol problems
Lena Bjerrum Bach, Center of Adiction, Municipality of Guldborgsund, Denmark

5.b
Children at risk and the support of local government in Sweden
Carina Eriksson, Förbundsordförande, IOGT-NTOs Juniorförbund

6: INTERNATONAL DRUG POLICY
Drug policy and public health in international perspective

Chair:Hasse Schneidermann, Anders Ulstein
Rapporteurs: Member of the NordAN board

6.a.
Future developments in international drug policy
The role of harm reduction as part of comprehensive drug policies
Anders Ulstein, International department, Actis, Norway

6.b.
Need and competences of drugusers are not different form other peoples
Comments on harm reduction initiatives in Norwegian drug policy
Jon Storaas, Manager, RIO - Rusmisbrukernes Interesseorganisasjon, Norway


19.00 - 20.30:


NordAN’s Annual Assembly of Representatives
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20.30:
Conference Dinner

The dinner is included in the conference fee, and you can invite your own companion to the dinner. If the person you invite is not registered for the conference you will be asked to pay 25 Euros/person. You can pay for the extra person as you register to the conference on Friday or Saturday.
Please inform the conference secretary Suvi Tella, if you want to invite someone to accompany you at the conference dinner: suvi.tella@health.fi

 

Sunday October 12th 2008

9.00 – 10.30:
Parallel session Two
6 Workshops on policy making (continued)

1: INTERNATIONAL ALCOHOL POLICY
Alcohol policy and public health in international perspective

Chair: Dag Endal
Rapporteurs: Member of the NordAN board

1.c.
International trade agreements and their influence to alcohol policies.
Dag Endal, Manager, FORUT - Campaign for Development and Solidarity, Norway

1.d
European Alcohol policy
- EU Alcohol Strategy update
- Labeling
- Health Warnings, with specific focus on alcohol and pregnancy
- Social marketing discussions
Mariann Skar, General Secretary, Eurocare

2: ALCOHOL, DRUGS: INJURIES & VIOLENCE
Estonian Alcohol Policy


Chair: Hans Olav Fekjær, Lauri Beekmann
Rapporteurs: Member of the NordAN board

2.c.
Alcohol Market, Consumption, Harms and Policy in Estonia
Evelin Ahermaa, head of Economic Research department of the Estonian Institute of Economic Research
Marje Josing, director of the Estonian Institute of Economic Research

2.d.
Reasons and obstacles for alcohol policy in Estonia– economical view
Indrek Saar, Dr. and lecturer at the Estonian Public Service Academy

3: ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND FAMILIES

Chair: Lena Haraké
Rapporteurs: Member of the NordAN board

3.d.
New challenges

Modern, rich, healthy and well educated young women with a will and alust to drink.
Leena Haraké, Generaal Manager, KSAN/WOCAD

4: ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND LOCAL COMMUNITY

Chair: Juta Piirlaid og Göran Larsson
Rapporteurs: Member of the NordAN board

4.c.
Options of alcohol policy through the eyes of local government.
The Tallinn experience
Merike Martinson, Dr. and Deputy Mayor of Tallinn City Government

4.d.

5: ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND CHILDREN AT RISK

Chair: Lena Bjerrum Bach
Rapporteurs: Member of the NordAN board

5.c.
Addiction, treatmnet and mental health
Dr Airi Värnik, specialist on suicidology Estonian-Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute (ERSI) leader of Promenpol project

5.d.
Conceptualisation of substance abuse in child welfare work
Petra Kouvonen, Project manager, NAD and Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies

6: INTERNATONAL DRUG POLICY
Drug policy and public health in international perspective

Chair:Hasse Schneidermann, Anders Ulstein
Rapporteurs: Member of the NordAN board

6.c.
Northern Drug Policy Dialogue (NDPD)
The new NordAN Drug Policy Project towards a renewed momentum on comprehensive drug policy in the Northern Region.
Hasse Schneidermann, General Secretary, NordAN

6.d.
Findings from the Ekonark study on "harms of drugs on others"
Survey on human suffering and monetary costs of illegal drugs in the Nordic countries.
Hans Olav Melberg, University of Oslo

10.30 - 11.00
Cofee break

11.00 – 12.00:
Closing ceremonies of conference
Call for action statements and resolutions

Conference rapporteurs
: Feed back from workshops.

Lauri Beekman
, Chairman, Estonian Temperance Union


Gabriel Romanus
, President of NordAN