Eurocare General Assembly Institute of Alcohol Studies Alliance

Eurocare General Assembly Institute of Alcohol Studies, Alliance House, 12 Caxton Street, London, SW 1 H 0 QS, UK 9 - 10 June 2015

1/15 Verification of regularity of meeting • Information sent minimum 15 days prior to meeting 9 June (latest 25 May 2015) - Information with documents sent 8 May 2015 • Quorum – one forth of members present or represented • The meetings to be chaired by a full member of Eurocare – suggestion: • Suzanne Costello, Alcohol Action Ireland 2.

2/15 Agenda – General Assembly 2015 • Verification of regularity of meeting and appointment of a chair • Approval of agenda • Approval of Minutes of the GA 2014 • Confirmation new Eurocare members • Annual report 2014 • Results of Eurocare Evaluation exercise 2014 • Approval accounts 2014 • Funding of Eurocare • Approval of budget 2015 • Work plan 2015/2016 3.

Eurocare Annual Meeting 2015 • Discussion EU Alcohol Policy • Minimum Unit Price update • Drink Driving Policies • Update from Members – • Eurocare 2025 4.

4/15 Confirmation new Eurocare members • Centrum Alma, Czech • European Mutual Help Network for alcohol related problems (EMNA) • MONAR, Poland • Frelsesarmeens Rusomsorg (Salvation Army), Norway • IOGT Norway 5.

5/15 Eurocare Annual Report 2014 • 57 Eurocare Members (3 new members) • 25 European countries (1 new country) • Board meetings 15. 1 (4 present), 10. 4 (10 present), 4. 6 (10 present), 7. 10 (9 present) 17. 12 (6 present) • 10 Newsletters (12 in 2013, 11 in 2012, 6 in 2011, 6 in 2010/09, 4 in 2008/07/06) • 4 Public Events (Scotland the Brave, What’s not on the bottle, RARHA and 6 EAPC) • 1 Policy Debate (Social media and internet) 19/03/2018 6.

Input and discussion papers 2014 • 12. 3 EUROCARE Presentation at the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership Stakeholder Presentations Event, DG TRADE, European Commission • 8. 4 EUROCARE Comments to the Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment (Inception Report) on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership DG TRADE, European Commission • 6. 6 EUROCARE submission to the consultation from the Working Group on Regulating Sponsorship by Alcohol Companies of Major Sporting Events, Department of the Taoiseach • 4. 7 EUROCARE Consultation response to “Public consultation on modalities for investment protection and ISDS in TTIP” 7.

• 16. 7 EUROCARE Presentation At the TTIP Stakeholder Event DG TRADE, EC - Session Two: Issues related to agriculture including agricultural market access, other regulatory issues and geographical indications - Alcohol policies and unintended consequences of TTIP • 11. 8 The European Commission’s strategy on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) 2011 -2014: achievements, shortcomings and future challenges • 18. 9 Eurocare’s Response to House of Lords Inquiry into the EU Alcohol Strategy • 18. 11 House or Lords – Select Committee on the European Union - Sub-Committee F (Home Affairs, Health and Education) INQUIRY INTO THE EU’S ALCOHOL STRATEGY - Evidence Session 8.

Reports and papers 2014 1. January - Eurocare Response to Structure for EU Alcohol Action Plan 2. March – Eurocare suggestions for changes to the EU Alcohol and Health Forum 3. March – NGO comments on the future of the Science group 4. September - What’s not on the bottle? Eurocare Reflections On Alcohol Labelling 5. November - Alcohol marketing and social media - Eurocare reflections 2014 6. November – Why should we care about alcohol? 7. November - EUROCARE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A FUTURE EU ALCOHOL STRATEGY 8. December – Alcohol purchase age limits in Europe 9.

6/15 Results of Eurocare Evaluation exercise 2014 1. Aim: analyse Eurocare‘s Activities and Stakeholders perception 2. 133 respondents (43 members and 90 non-members of 1849) 3. Communication plan can be improved – follow its own recommendations. 4. Eurocare should add numerical values to the evaluation measures – targets are already in place 5. Recommendation to use opinion leaders to make news more attractive 6. Website – should check on links and news 7. Number of followers tripled since 2012 8. Eurocare has implemented most comments and has been constantly successful in policy areas 10.

7/15 ACCOUNTS 2014 • Expenditure • Exp exp 573. 317 • Income • Operational b 625. 259 Meetings 171. 448 Rentals 28. 588 Grants 452. 457 Mainten 8. 058 Op in 25. 474 Adm 9. 829 Other 147. 328 • Financial results 349 External 37. 821 Equip 5. 919 308. 806 TOTAL 625. 608 Salary Dep 2. 946 • Financial costs 1. 796 • Result of the year 50. 495 • TOTAL 625. 608

Certified accountant 1. Dirk van Overtveld Accountants – en fiscal Kantoor van Overtveld David Tenierstraat 44 1980 Zemst 12.

8/15 Eurocare Budget Principle 1. No funding from Economic operators or Alcohol industry. 2. INCOME: • Actis funds 2 positions : Secretary general Eurocare and Secretary General Eurad – which for practical reasons is on Eurocare budget. • IOGT-NTO funds some rental costs of the office. • Membership fees funds the activities + projects. • Projects funds project activity + 40% from membership fees. 13.

Health programme – workplan 2015 Gathering knowledge and exchange of best practice on measures reducing availability of alcoholic beverages – AIM: 1. Testing methods/tools 2. Identifying good practice on reducing heavy episodic drinking in different settings and different MS 3. Measure impact of good practice 4. Priority on identifying good practice among lower socio economic groups and EU Networking 14.

9/15 BUDGET 2015 (GA 2014) Income • Membership (33. 500) 25. 000 • EU opr grant (99. 000) 73. 972 • Actis (314. 000) 181. 000 • IOGT-NTO (30. 000) 30. 000 • Projects (15. 000) 0 • EASL (0) 5. 000 Income to date • 18. 532 • 0 • 87. 358 • 21. 467 • 0 • TOTAL (489. 500) 314. 972 • TOTAL 125. 457 15.

BUDGET 2015 – GA 2014 Expenses • Salary (350. 000) 271. 200 • Rent (35. 000) 28. 000 • Adm (31. 500) 30. 000 • Consul (28. 000) 10. 000 • Meeting (37. 000) 5. 000 • Travel S 5. 000 • Travel B 5. 000 • Div (8. 000) 8. 000 TO DATE - Expenses • Salary 125. 000 • Rent 13. 743 • Adm 6. 286 • Consul 2. 900 • Meeting 350 • Travel S 1. 419 • Travel B 800 • Div 0 • Total 362. 200 150. 498 16.

BUDGET 2016 Income • Membership 25. 000 • Actis 160. 000 • IOGT-NTO 25. 000 • EASL 20. 000 • RARHA 10. 000 • Project 71. 000 • TOTAL 311. 000 Expenses • Salary 220. 000 • Meeting 5. 000 • Travel 10. 000 • Rent 28. 000 • Adm 30. 000 • Consul 10. 000 • Div 8. 000 Total 311. 000

10/15 Work plan 2016 • Monitor EU, OECD and WHO Developments, • Participate in Stakeholder meetings like; DG AGRI, DG TRADE, DG CONNECT, DG SANTE • Monitor European Parliament • Send Weekly Updates to Members • Bi-monthly newsletter • Weekly updates Website/Facebook/twitter • Organise 1 -2 events (labelling and sponsorship (Refit AVMSD) • 18.