Welcome to Global Actions, your briefing on our efforts around the world as part of Global Actions on Harmful Drinking (www.global-actions.org).
Key Recent Milestones
China:
· Drink Driving initiatives have launched in Nanjing and Xi’an, with Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) signed by local stakeholders and organizations.
· Policymakers from local government agencies in each city attended the launch events and capacity-building activities.
Vietnam:
· A Project Management Unit and Working Group has been established in Da Nang City. Two districts in Da Nang are now structuring their project teams to follow Da Nang City’s example.
· Representatives from the International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP), the lead implementing organization for Global Actions, and National Economics University (NEU) met to discuss Noncommercial Alcohol in Vietnam.
Colombia:
· Global Actions representatives met with officials from SAB-Miller/Bavaria, the Bogotá Mayors Office, Colombia road safety organization Fondo Prevención Vial (FPV), the Association of Bars (ASOBARES), and consulting firm LTG Associates to discuss Zonas Seguras (Safe Zones), a collaborative action plan to implement safety measures in Colombia’s party centers.
· Logic models and evaluation guidelines for Zonas Seguras were established, and partners discussed expanding the project to Medillín.
· FPV officials agreed to structure and coordinate an Evaluation Training Seminar in Bogotá. What’s Happening Next Mexico:
· Global Actions Mexico will coordinate with co-sponsor Jalisco Council Against Addictions to carry out a drink driving survey in Guadalajara. The survey will measure public awareness and knowledge of drink driving laws.
Colombia:
· A Pactos seminar is anticipated to occur in Bogotá. The “Pactos por la Vida” initiative is led by the Ministry of Social Protection, the United Nations and the Road Prevention Fund to discourage and prevent drink driving. Pactos managers will convene from 6 Colombian cities (Ibagué, Bucaramanga, Baranquilla, Cali, Medellín, and Neiva) for an exercise in using ICAP tools to evaluate the effectiveness of their projects.
Nigeria:
· On July 18-20, Global Actions’ first drink driving capacity-building workshop in Nigeria will launch at the Protea Hotel Asokoro in Abuja. High profile participants include the Corps Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), the Registrar of Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) and the CEOs of Nigeria Breweries PLC and Guinness Nigeria PLC.
