From Evidence to Action - Sustaining the Impact of Best-ReMaP
18-20 September 2023 - Paris, France
| Day | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | 18 September 2023 | Open Conference of the Best-ReMaP Joint Action |
| Day 2 | 19 September 2023 | General Assembly meeting for the partners of the Best-ReMaP project |
| Day 3 | 20 September 2023 | General Assembly and Steering Committee meeting |
Participation at these events is free of charge. The language of the events is English.
The main focus of the Best-ReMaP Joint Action is on adapting, replicating and implementing effective health interventions, based on practices that have been proven to work in the areas of food reformulation, reducing food marketing to children and public procurement of healthy food in public settings, thus contributing to increased offer of healthier options of processed foods (by reducing salt, sugar and fat from the processed foods) available in EU (super)markets.
Conference Agenda
Day 1, 18 September 2023
Open Conference of the Best-ReMaP Joint Action
Venue: Ministry of Solidarity and Health, 14 Avenue Duquesne 75007, Paris - Salle Leroque
| Programme | |
|---|---|
| 8:15 - 9:00 | Registration and welcome coffee |
| 9:00 - 9:10 | Conference opening The story behind Best-ReMaP: The vision, values, and people - PRESENTATION Speaker: Mojca Gabrijelčič-Blenkuš, Scientific Coordinator: NIJZ - National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia |
| 9:10 - 9:30 | Representative of the European Commission: Philippe Roux Head of Unit B1: Cancer, Health in all policies, DG SANTE |
| 9:30 - 9:40 | Representative of French Ministry: Christian Rabaud, General Director for Health |
| Keynote speeches | |
| 9:40 - 9:55 | Healthy Lives - the Quest for a New Economic Model - PRESENTATION Speaker: Franco Sassi - Imperial College London |
| 9:55 - 10:10 | WHO Europe – Priority actions and innovative monitoring tools - PRESENTATION Speaker: Kremlin Wickramasinghe - Head of WHO European Office for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD Office) |
| 10:10 - 10:40 | Tea break |
| 10:40 - 11:05 | Improving the monitoring of the food offer - PRESENTATION Speaker: Karine Vin, WP5 Leader, ANSES - Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, France Leader for the Work Package on Processed Food Monitoring and Reformulation Panelist: Stefanie Vandevijvere, Sciensano. Presentation: Public policies to stimulate food reformulation |
| 11:05 - 11:30 | Procurement of sustainable and high quality food in public institutions - PRESENTATION Speakers: Mojca Gabrijelčič WP7 leader, Neža Fras, NIJZ. WP7 Partners: Betina Bergmann Madsen, Charlene Vassallo, Katarzyna Brukało, DG SANTE representative: Wim Debeuckelaere |
| 11:30 - 11:55 | Reducing the marketing of unhealthy foods to children - PRESENTATION Speakers: Maria João Gregório, WP6 Co-Leader, Directorate-General of Health Portugal Magdalena Muc, The Open University, UK Ana Contreras Navarro, University College Cork Ireland |
| 11:55 - 12:20 | Streching break |
| 12:20 - 13:20 | What are the strategic orientations for the future? Presentation of JA Best-ReMaP Final Roadmap - PRESENTATION Chair: Marco Silano, WP4 Leader, ISS - Italian National Institute of Health Leader of the Work Package on nutrition policies Roundtable discussion on the challenges for the future Christine Berling, Betina Bergmann Madsen, Paolo Vineis |
| 13:20 - 14:30 | Lunch break Restaurant of the Ministry of Health. Lunch is served from 13:30 |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Social inequalities, health and nutrition situation among European children - PRESENTATION Speaker: Tim Lobstein consultant |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Facilitating the food offer monitoring in Europe: FABLE – the JRC Food and Beverages Labels Explorer - PRESENTATION Speaker: Jan Wollgast, Joana Dias & Eva Grammatikaki, JRC |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Best-ReMaP and the OECD - PRESENTATION Michele Cecchini, OECD |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Challenges for the future – presentation of the new Joint Action on non-communicable diseases: Prevent NCDs Joint Action - PRESENTATION Speaker: Knut Inge Klepp, Scientific Coordinator of the news Joint Action - Prenvent NCDs Q & A |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Spanish presidency and opportunities for implementation of Best-ReMaP recommendations - PRESENTATION Speaker: Ms Isabel Peña-Rey, Executive Director of AESAN (Spanish Food Safety and Nutrition Agency) |
| 16:20 - 16:30 | Closing remarks and conclusion Scientific Coordinator: Mojca Gabrijelčič-Blenkuš, NIJZ, Slovenia |
| 17:00 - 18:30 | Guided tour 2 buses will wait in front of the MoH – Tour duration: 1h30 |
| 19:00 - | Standing Reception Restaurant la Terrasse du 7ème 2 Place de L’Ecole Militaire 75007 Paris |
Day 2, 19 September 2023
General Assembly meeting
Venue: Ministry of Solidarity and Health, 14 Avenue Duquesne 75007, Paris - Auditorium
| Programme | |
|---|---|
| 8:15 - 9:00 | Registration & welcome |
| 9:00 - 9:10 | Opening and welcome from the JA Coordinator Scientific Coordinator: Tanja Amon, Kristina Kuhanec, Mojca Gabrijelčič-Blenkuš , NIJZ - National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia |
| 9:10 - 9:20 | Welcome and information from DG SANTE Speaker: Stephanie Bodenbach, DG Santé |
| 9:20 - 9:30 | Welcome and information from HaDEA Speaker: Ugo Guarnacci, programme manager, HaDEA |
| 9:30 - 13:15 | WP5 workshop - Food monitoring 1) Introduction - Reminder of WP5 objectives and methods 2) Recoding of pre-existing data and data collected during Best-ReMaP 3) Feedback from partners on collections from the first snapshot (T0) 4) Feedback from partners on collections from the second snapshot (T1) 5) Conclusions of task 5.1.2 on the evaluation of alternative digital sources of information/data 6) First trend of comparisons between countries 7) Impact on intakes with a focus on socio-economic categories – case study of France 8) Conclusions Workshop includes Coffee break at 11.00. |
| 13:15 - 14:30 | Lunch break Restaurant of the Ministry of Health. Lunch is served from 13:30 |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | W6 workshop: Countries' experience and ethics in food marketing restrictions - interactive session with contributions from 4 countries: Portugal, Croatia, Slovenia and Finland on the experiences and challenges in WP6 activities Contributors: Marta Figueira, Directorate-General of Health Portugal Maja Lang-Morović, Croatian Institute of Public Health Nastja Šivec, National Institute of Public Health - Slovenia Heli Kuusipalo, Finnish Institute for health and welfare Magdalena Muc, The Open University |
| 15:30 - 15:40 | Break |
| 15:40 - 16:40 | WP7 workshop - Procurement of nutritious food in public institutions Mojca Gabrijelčič-Blenkuš, WP7 Leader & WP partners |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | Wrap up of the first day of General Assembly meeting Scientific Coordinator: Mojca Gabrijelčič-Blenkuš, NIJZ, Slovenia |
| 19:30 - | Standing reception Restaurant le Vauban 7 Place Vauban 75007 Paris |
Day 3, 20 September 2023
General Assembly and Steering Committee meeting
Venue: Ministry of Solidarity and Health, 14 Avenue Duquesne 75007, Paris - Auditorium
| Programme | |
|---|---|
| 8:15 - 9:00 | Welcome and networking |
| 9:00 - 9:10 | Opening of the second day of General Assembly meeting Scientific Coordinator: Mojca Gabrijelčič-Blenkuš, NIJZ - National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia |
| 9:10 - 10:10 | WP4 workshop - Policy development for a healthier nutrition Speaker: Marco Silano, ISS, WP4 leader Panelists: Stephanie Bodenbach - DG Sante, Jan Wollgast - JRC, Dorota Sienkiewicz, Samuele Tonello - EuroHealthNet |
| 10:10 - 10:45 | WP3 - Evaluating the project based on feedback by partners and stakeholders Speaker: Jaana Lindström, THL - Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland Leader for the Evaluation Work Package. Best-ReMaP External Evaluators: Eva-Martos and Nathalie Farpour-Lambert |
| 10:45 - 11:20 | WP2 - Communication in Best-ReMaP, best practices and lessons learnt Speaker: Albert Aszalos, Semmelweis University, Budapest Leader for Communications |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Coffee break |
| 11:40 - 12:10 | WP1 - Coordination, financial and technical report Speakers: Petra Ožbolt, Polona Kamenšek, Biljana Imširović, Mojca Gabrijelčič, NIJZ |
| 12:10 - 12:45 | Closing remarks - the way ahead: Best-ReMaP - Best We Met Scientific Coordinators: Mojca Gabrijelčič-Blenkuš, NIJZ, Slovenia Ugo Guarnacci, HaDEA, programme manager |
| 12:45 - 13:15 | Steering Committee Meeting - Only for WP leaders + SC members Status of the Work Packages 5, 6, 7, 4, 2 and 3 |
| 13:15 - 14:30 | Lunch Restaurant of the Ministry of Health. Lunch is served from 13.30 |
| Steering Committee Meeting - Only for WP leaders + SC members | |
| 14:30 - 15:15 | Closed discussion for Steering Committee members |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Presentation of conclusions and recommendations from Steering Committee expert members with discussion |
Useful information
Address of the event: MINISTERE DE LA SANTE ET DE LA PREVENTION
4 AVENUE DUQUESNE 75007 PARIS
Accessibility information: The venue is available for disabled persons with a ramp (for WCh) and elevators
Metro :
- Line 13 : stop Saint-François Xavier / LIGNE CHATILLON-MONTROUGE – SAINT-DENIS
- Line 8 : stop École Militaire / LIGNE BALARD – CRETEIL
- Line 6 : stop Cambronne / LIGNE CHARLES DE GAULLE ETOILE – NATION
- Line 10 : stop Ségur / LIGNE BOULOGNE PONT DE ST CLOUD – GARE D’AUSTERLITZ
Buses :
- Line 26, 86, 87 : stop Duquesne Lowendal
- Line 82, 92 : stop Vauban – Hôtel des Invalides
- Line 82, 92 : stop Saint-François Xavier
- Line 86, 87 : stop Breteuil
Closest parking facility: Parking Indigo Joffre École Militaire 2 place Joffre 75007 Paris Ouvert 24/24 – fr.parkindigo.com. Parking fees apply. / No parking at the Ministry of Health
Ministry building
Entrance
Salle Leroque entrance
Salle Leroque entrance
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