RARHA, Joint
Action on Reducing Alcohol Related Harm, is a Member States initiative launched
this year with support from the European Community and the Committee on
National Alcohol Policy and Action (CNAPA). Funded under the second EU Health
Programme, this 3 years action aims at supporting Member States to take forward
work on common priorities in line with the EU Alcohol Strategy, and strengthen
Member States' capacity to address and reduce the harm associated with alcohol.
Its
vertical Work Packages address the needs for comparable data, clear guidelines
and the development of a good practice tool-kit:
1. Monitoring: Member States will be mobilised to take-up of common survey methodology
to obtain comparable data for monitoring progress in reducing alcohol related
harm at national and EU level and for benchmarking national developments
against wider trends.
2. Guidelines: A common ground
in communication on alcohol related harm will be widened, providing a guidance
document for policy makers on the scientific basis and policy implications of
low risk drinking guidelines.
3. Tool-Kit: A Tool-Kit of
good practice approaches in information dissemination will be developed, taking
into account effectiveness, transferability, relevance, costs and usefulness.
For more
information: http://www.rarha.eu/