Policy statement issued by the Network of European NGO’s dedicated to injury prevention

1. Policy statement issued by the Network of European NGO’s dedicated to injury prevention Wim Rogmans secretary general EuroSafe Working together to make Europe a safer place

2. EuroSafe’s Mission ….. To ensure the highest achievable levels of safety in the entire European region by promoting consistent policies, programmes and infrastructures throughout Europe. < WORKING TOGETHER FOR A SAFER EUROPE > Working together to make Europe a safer place Working together to make Europe a safer place

3. Our goals • Better policies: to mainstream the issue of injury prevention in a coherent manner within EU policy agenda’s and programmes. • Focussed actions on injury priorities in Europe: to establish purpose driven networks that move knowledge on good practices into policy action. • Sharing of resources: to organise sharing of state of art intelligence in injury data (IDB) and in the collection of evidence based practices (EMIP). • Sustainability: to ensure ongoing development and implementation of injury prevention actions in Europe. Working together to make Europe a safer place Working together to make Europe a safer place

4. European NGO’s – Endorsing Policy Statement on ‘Alcohol and Injuries’ European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), European Alcohol Policy Alliance (EUROCARE), La Prévention Routière Internationale (PRI), European Federation of Road Traffic Victims (FEVR), European Public Health Association/Injury Prevention Section (EUPHA), European Society for Emergency Medicine (EuSEM), European Network of Safety and Health Professional Organisations (ENSHPO), International Life Saving Federation of Europe (ILSE), Network for International Collaboration on Evidence in Suicide Prevention (NICE-SP), Federation of the EU Fire Officer Association (FEU), European YOUTH Forum (EYF), European Association for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (EuroSafe). Working together to make Europe a safer place Working together to make Europe a safer place

5. Considerations • Alcohol is not an ordinary product; • Alcohol is associated with increased injury risk; • Alcohol harms innocent victims; and • Consumer right to be protected against harm. Working together to make Europe a safer place Working together to make Europe a safer place

6. Alcohol: a major injury risk factor • Impairs vigilance: (already at 0,3 mg/ml). • Exponentially impairment with increased intake. • Clear correlation high consumption levels and accident rates in countries. Working together to make Europe a safer place Working together to make Europe a safer place

7. Alcohol: involved in 20-40% of all accidents in the EU (annual estimates) • 1.800 road deaths; • 27.000 home& leisure deaths; • 2.000 homicides; and • 10.000 alcohol related suicides. Working together to make Europe a safer place Working together to make Europe a safer place

8. Call to EU and MSs • Effective pricing policies; • Harmonised labelling; • Alcohol free environments; • Zero tolerance at work and on the road; • Awareness raising and targeted action; • Health sector lead in data collection; and • EU wide monitoring. Working together to make Europe a safer place Working together to make Europe a safer place

9. Thank you for your attention! www.eurosafe.eu.com Working together to make Europe a safer place Working together to make Europe a safer place