Nordic ALCOHOL and DRUG policy network
NordAN
From harm to zero?
Oslo, Norway
7-8 NOVEMBER 2024
The NordAN 2024 conference, held in Oslo on November 7-8, brought together experts and advocates from across the Nordic and Baltic regions to discuss key issues in alcohol and drug policy. The event addressed various topics, including the erosion of alcohol control policies, the inclusion of alcohol in Nordic nutrition recommendations, challenges to monopoly systems, and recent developments in drug policy.
Program (presentations)
November 7, 2024
NORWAY SESSION
Moderator: Nijole Gostautaite Midttun, NordAN board, NTAKK
Inger Lise Hansen, Secretary-general Actis – Death by a thousand cuts - the slow erosion of alcohol control policies
Stig Erik Sørheim, International leader Actis – 50 years experience with a comprehensive alcohol advertising ban – and a recent case study
A moderated discussion on the issues and challenges of alcohol and drug policy in Norway.
NORDIC NUTRITION RECOMMENDATIONS 2023
Moderator: Lauri Beekmann, NordAN
Rune Blomhoff, Professor, Oslo University, Project leader of the NNR2023 - Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023: the evidence for alcohol guidelines
Anna Raninen, Nordic Welfare Centre - Communicating risk to the public
Ragnhild Kaski, Av-og-til - Norwegian dietary recommendations and alcohol guidelines
Arnfinn Helleve, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, co-author of the study "Health communication in and out of public health emergencies: to persuade or to inform?"
Drug policy session
Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen, Research professor, Norwegian Institute of Public Health - Evaluating the impact of decriminalization on substance use: Evidence and misconceptions
Camilla Bakkeng, Head of Communications, Akan kompetansesenter - Drug prevention in the workplace
Peter Moilanen, Narkotikapolitiskt center - Recent developments in Europe and North America
November 8, 2024
Health check of monopoly systems
Moderated by Nils Johan Garnes, IOGT Norway
Maria Renström – Retail alcohol monopolies – key in comprehensive alcohol policy
Juha Mikkonen, EHYT ry - Changes in Finland, the latest update and what to expect from the government next
Rebecka Öberg, IOGT-NTO - Farm sales in Sweden
Árni Einarsson, Fræðsla og forvarnir - Distance sales in Iceland
Fredrik Woods, Systembolaget - Comment from the retail monopolies perspective
International reach and cooperation
Arnfinn Helleve, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Leader Work Package 5 Regulation and Taxation, JA-PreventNCD - About the Joint Action Prevent Non-Communicable Diseases project.
Catherine Paradis, WHO Regional Office for Europe - EVID-ACTION and the Alcohol Policy Playbook: Empowering Public Health Advocates to Navigate Alcohol Policy Challenges
"Elders" views on the future of Nordic alcohol policy
In conversation with Maria Renström and Bernt Bull about the future of Nordic alcohol policy.
Moderated by Mariann Skar
Viljam Borissenko from the Public Foundation of Hope (photos from Ukraine)
