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Saatja: Anamaria Suciu <[email protected]> Saaja: Tiina Rootamm, Florence Berteletti, Javiera Munoz, SM Info, Riina Sikkut Teema: Fwd: Invitation to speak at the High Level Conference "Challenging Big Industry Narratives. Alcohol, Tobacco, Unhealthy Food and Drinks: Population Measures and Policies" Dear Ms Rootamm, I am contacting you regarding the invitation below for Minister Sikkut to deliver a keynote speech at a high-level conference on the Commercial Determinants of Health and Risk Factors of NCDs, on the 27th of June, in Ljubljana, Slovenia. I trust that you will transfer this message to those concerned. I am looking forward to hearing from you. It was a pleasure to meet Minister Sikkut at the High-level Conference on the Future EU Health Union (26-27 March) in Brussels. We, at the European Alcohol Policy Alliance (Eurocare), have commended the Minister's intervention in a recent article: Shaping the Future of EU Health Policy: What Role for Non-communicable Disease Prevention? <https://www.eurocare.org/eurocare-news/future-health-eu-event> All the best, Anamaria Anamaria Suciu Advocacy and Project Coordinator EUROCARE Rue Archimède 17, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Tel +32 2 736 05 72 E-mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.eurocare.org <http://www.eurocare.org/> Register to Challenge the Big Industry Narratives! <https://yho.network/events/challenging-big-industry-narratives/> <https://yho.network/events/challenging-big-industry-narratives/> 27–28 June 2024, Ljubljana, Slovenia ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Florence Berteletti <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Date: Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 5:38 PM Subject: Invitation to speak at the High Level Conference "Challenging Big Industry Narratives. Alcohol, Tobacco, Unhealthy Food and Drinks: Population Measures and Policies" To: <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >, <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: Anamaria Suciu <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >, <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Dear Minister Sikkut, Re: Invitation to speak at the High Level Conference “Challenging Big Industry Narratives. Alcohol, Tobacco, Unhealthy Food and Drinks: Population Measures and Policies” We are thrilled to announce the upcoming conference aimed at addressing the pressing challenges of reducing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by effectively managing their main risk factors through population-level measures and policies. This conference will serve as a vital platform for policymakers, advocates, researchers, patients, youth, and health practitioners to convene and collectively explore effective ways to advance the NCDs prevention agenda. The primary objective of the conference is to provide a collaborative space for stakeholders to address the multifaceted issues surrounding NCDs prevention. Key areas of focus include understanding successes in population measures over the past decade, exchanging best practices in advocacy for policies addressing the harm caused by alcohol, tobacco, and unhealthy food and drinks, and confronting corporate lobbying tactics and influence on health determinants (Commercial Determinants of Health) at both EU and national levels. The timing of this conference is particularly critical, given the upcoming renewed EU mandate, the end of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and upcoming 4th High-level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of on NCDs (2025). It presents a unique opportunity for all attendees to contribute to shaping future policy measures and initiatives. Acknowledging the pivotal leadership role that ministers such as yourself fulfil, it is with great honour that we extend this invitation for you to deliver a keynote address during the opening session of our upcoming conference. We are pleased to inform you that the following keynote speakers will also be addressing the audience during this session: Dr. Valentina Prevolnik Rupel, Minister of Health of the Republic of Slovenia, Frank Vandebroucke, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health of Belgium, Dr Rüdiger Krech, Director of the Department of Health Promotion at the World Health Organization and Sara Cerdas, Member of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament. We trust that the conference will provide a platform to showcase your work and promote the initiatives you and your colleagues are championing in the realm of NCDs prevention. We sincerely hope you will accept our invitation. We look forward to your response. Warm wishes, Florence Berteletti The European Alcohol Policy Alliance (Eurocare) Secretary General Rue Archimede 17, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Tel +32 (0)496 12 43 02 E-mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Website: www.eurocare.org <http://www.eurocare.org/> Website: www.awarh.eu <http://www.awarh.eu/> Hashtag: #AlcoholRightToKnow