Library / Updates / Alcohol will be on the agenda of the Swedish presidency of the EU 19/11/2008 Alcohol will be on the agenda of the Swedish presidency of the EU From the 1st of July 2009, Sweden will for six moths hold the presidency of the EU. As it did in 2001, Sweden will have alcohol on the agenda. Sweden has announced that in addition to following up the progress made in the implementation of the EU Alcohol Strategy approved in 2006, the Swedish Presidency will explore opportunities to further the development of public health-oriented alcohol policies. During its presidency of the EU, Sweden will focus on four priority areas: 1) Alcohol advertising and commercial communications 2) Alcohol and ageing 3) Cross-border trade of alcoholic beverages 4) Harm caused by alcohol to the unborn child Planned fora for addressing the alcohol issues: 1) The informal Health Ministers Council of 6 -- 7 July 2009 in Jnkping 2) A public Expert Conference on the prevention of alcohol-related harm on 21 -- 22 September 2009 in Stockholm In order to assist the Swedish organisers of the presidency, we would be very grateful for any documents, information on best practices etc from your country relating to any of the four abovementioned areas with a short summary in English. Please send this information to the NordAN Secretariat at nordan@nordan.org and the Eurocare Secretariat at info@eurocare.org Deadline to send in contributions: before mid January. Alcohol and ageing: For example: National statistics of alcohol-related accidents,