Conferentie over het alcoholbeleid op de werkplek (en)

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13 November 2013

The final conference entitled "Alcohol policies at the workplace: improving productivity" of the project EWA takes place on Friday, 22 November 2013 from 08h30 - 15h30 in the European Economic and Social Committee (http://www.eesc.europa.eu) in Room VM3, 2nd floor, Van Maerland Building, 2, rue Van Maerland, 1040 Brussels. The deadline for registration is the 18th November: REGISTER NOW

Risky and heavy drinking can incur costs at the workplace through increased absenteeism and reduced productivity on the job, damaging relationships between employees, affecting staff morale, and leading to accidents and injuries at work.

Good prevention policies and activities at the work place to reduce the risks of heavy drinking offer a very good return on investment since they are not expensive or time consuming to implement. Policies and activities work best when embedded in broader workplace health promotion and well-being at work initiatives that also deal with workplace practices that can lead to stress and heavy drinking.

Over the last two years, the EWA Project, which has been co-financed by the European Commission, has been working with over 60 employers throughout Europe to develop and implement alcohol at workplace policies and actions. The employers have come from the public and private sectors and have ranged from large to small and medium enterprises. Based on this experience, the EWA project will launch its tool kit on how to develop and implement actions at the work place on alcohol and heavy drinking that bring good returns on investments for employers and employees through improved resilience, better well-being, reduced employer costs, and increased productivity.

This conference will present the core messages from the tool kit and will promote understanding of how better to implement effective actions on alcohol and heavy drinking; and, it will identify the pitfalls to avoid.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

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    09:00 Welcome by the host and project lead

    Mr. Xavier VERBOVEN, Vice-president of Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship of the European Economic and Social Committee

    Mr. Joan Colom, Director of the Program on Substance Abuse, Government of Catalonia

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    Returns on investment from alcohol at workplace policies

    Mrs Natacha Torres Da Silva, European Commission tbc

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    EWA project: From results to tool kit, core messages and policy recommendations

    Mr Jon Dawsen

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    10.00 Coffee break
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    10.00 Pilot experiences and stories: lessons learnt

    Chair: Health at Work

    Catalonia

    Croatia

    Germany

    Greece

    Scotland

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    12.00 Lunch break
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    13:00 Pilot experiences and stories: Integrating alcohol policies within the company culture

    Chair: Joan Colom

    England

    Romania

    Italy

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    13:45 Pilot experiences and stories: Helping the drinkers

    Poland

    Belgium

    Ireland

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    14:30 Debate: Way forward at European level

    Moderator: John Dawson- EWA Project

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