13:30 – 14:00 Registration

14:00 – 15:00 Opening

Norwegian Ambassador Atle Leikvoll and Manuel Cardoso, Deputy General-Director of SICAD and Executive Coordinator of RARHA

Overview of Joint Action on Reducing Alcohol Related Harm (RARHA)
Patricia Pisarra, SICAD, Portugal

15:00 – 16:15 RARHA updates on low risk drinking limits (15min+10 discussion)
Moderator: Manuel Cardoso, SICAD, Portugal

How does consumption level affect the risk of death from alcohol
Jürgen Rehm, CAMH, Canada

Where do EU countries set the limit for low-risk drinking
Emanuele Scafato, ISS, Italy

The BISTAIRS Project and the  Status Quo in Portugal - Cristina Ribeiro, Health Ministry, Portugal

16:15 – 16:45 Coffee Break

16:45 – 18:00 RARHA updates on brief intervention (10min+10 discussion)

Moderator: Bernt Bull, Senior Advisor, Royal ministry of Health and Care Services, Department of Public Health, Chair of Advisory Group RARHA

Drinking guidelines in the context of brief intervention
Emanuele Scafato, ISS, Italy

Spectrum of responses to alcohol use disorders
Marjatta Montonen, THL, Finland

Health services response: Referral Network in an Integrated Strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol
Graça Vilar, SICAD, Portugal

18:00 Closure of the meeting