Eurocare Annual General Meeting

September 2008

Eurocare held its Annual General Meeting on 25-26th September in Paris, coinciding with the French Presidency.

The AGM was preceded by an Open Network Meeting on Friday 24th September. The meeting included the following presentations and a discussion chaired by Anders Ulstein, of Actis Norway.

• “The Self Regulative System and Areas for Improvement”, by Oliver Gray, Director General of the European Advertising Standards Agency (EASA).
• “Monitoring Alcohol Marketing: A Task for NGOs in Europe”, by Wim Van Dalen, Director of STAP

Other presentation given during the meeting included:

• “Social Marketing– a way forward?” By Ross Gordon, Research Officer of the Institute of Social Marketing, University of Sterling
• “ Educational programs and its challenges” by Michel Craplet, Chairman of Eurocare

All presentations will soon be uploaded to the Members Only section: www.eurocare.org

Board Elections

The new Eurocare Board was elected during the Annual General Meeting:

• Michel Craplet, ANPAA: Chairman
• Tiziana Codenotti, Eurocare Italy: Vice Chairman
• Andrew McNeill, IAS: Vice Chiarman
• Anders Ulstein, Actis: Secretary
• Sven-Olov Carlsson, IOGT-NTO: Treasurer

• Rolf Huellinghorst, DHS
• Fiona Ryan, Alcohol Action Ireland
• Lauri Beekman, Estonian Temperance Union
• Daniela Alexieva, Horizonti 21

Secretariat welcomes new trainee

The Secretariat warmly welcomes Lucia Rodriguez Martin, who started work in Brussels at the end of October. Lucia, a Sociology Graduate from the University of Salamanca in Spain, joins us for a six month internship as part of the Leonardo Exchange Programme.