From Evidence to Action - Sustaining the Impact of Best-ReMaP

18-20 September 2023 - Paris, France

Greetings and welcome to the Best-ReMaP Joint Action Conference website!
We are thrilled to bring together all of our project partners and stakeholders to celebrate the achievements and impact of our joint action.

Please note, that the full-day Conference on 18 September will be followed by a General Assembly of the partners of the Best-ReMaP Joint Action from the morning on the 19th to lunchtime on the 20th September 2023. 

The address of the venue: Ministry of Health and Prevention, 14 Avenue Duquesne 75007, Paris.

DayDateEvent
Day 118 September 2023Open Conference of the Best-ReMaP Joint Action
Day 219 September 2023General Assembly meeting for the partners of the Best-ReMaP project
Day 320 September 2023General 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 Health and Prevention, 14 Avenue Duquesne 75007, Paris - Salle Leroque

Programme
8:15 - 9:00Registration and welcome coffee
9:00 - 9:30Conference opening
9:00 - 9:10 Representative of French Ministry
9:10 - 9:30 Representative of the European Commission
9:30 - 9:40The story behind Best-ReMaP: The vision, values, and people
Speaker:
Mojca Gabrijelčič-Blenkuš, Scientific Coordinator: NIJZ - National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
9:40 - 10:10Keynote speech
Franco Sassi
10:10 - 10:30Streching & tea break
10:30 - 11:00Improving the monitoring of the food offer
Speaker:
Karine Vin, ANSES - Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, France
Leader for the Work Package on Processed Food Monitoring and Reformulation
11:00 - 11:30Reducing the marketing of unhealthy foods to children
Speakers:
Maria João Gregório, DGS - Directorate General of Health, Portugal
Co-leader of the Work Package on Food Marketing
Ursula O’Dwyer, Department of Health, Ireland
Co-leader of the Work Package on Food Marketing
11:30 - 12:00Procurement of nutritious food in public institutions
Speaker:
Mojca Gabrijelčič-Blenkuš, NIJZ - National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
Leader of the Work Package on Food Procurement
12:00 - 14:00Lunch
14:00 - 14:30Social inequalities, health and nutrition situation among European children
Speaker: Tim Lobstein
14:30 - 15:30What are the strategic orientations for the future?
Presentation of JA Best-ReMaP Final Roadmap

Chair:
Marco Silano, ISS - Italian National Institute of Health
Leader of the Work Package on nutrition policies
Roundtable discussion on the challenges for the future
15:30 - 15:45Michele Cecchini, OECD
15:45 - 16:00Challenges for the future – presentation of the new Joint Action on non-communicable diseases:
Prevent NCDs Joint Action

Speaker: Knut Inge Klepp
Q & A
16:00 - 16:20Spanish accentuation of the Council's conclusions
Speaker:
Almudena Rollán (TBD), Deputy Director General for Nutrition, Spain
16:20 - 16:30Closing remarks and conclusion
Scientific Coordinator:
Mojca Gabrijelčič-Blenkuš, NIJZ, Slovenia
19:00 - Working Dinner

Day 2, 19 September 2023

General Assembly meeting

Venue: Ministry of Health and Prevention, 14 Avenue Duquesne 75007, Paris - Amphiteatre

Programme
8:15 - 9:00Registration & welcome
9:00 - 9:10Opening and welcome from the JA Coordinator
Scientific Coordinator:
Mojca Gabrijelčič-Blenkuš, NIJZ - National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
9:10 - 9:20Welcome and information from DG SANTE
DG SANTE representative (TBD)
9:20 - 9:30Welcome and information from HaDEA
Speaker:
Ugo Guarnacci, HaDEA
9:30 - 12:30WP5 workshop - Food monitoring - Part I.
Coffee break
WP5 workshop - Food monitoring - Part II.
12:30 - 14.00Lunch break
14:00 - 15:20WP4 workshop - Policy development for a healthier nutrition
15:20 - 16:40WP6 workshop - Regulating food marketing in Europe
16:40 - 18:00WP7 workshop - Procurement of nutritious food in public institutions
18:00 - 18:30Wrap up of the first day of General Assembly meeting
Scientific Coordinator:
Mojca Gabrijelčič-Blenkuš, NIJZ, Slovenia
19:00 - Dinner

Day 3, 20 September 2023

General Assembly and Steering Committee meeting

Venue: Ministry of Health and Prevention, 14 Avenue Duquesne 75007, Paris - Amphiteatre

Programme
8:15 - 9:00Welcome and networking
9:00 - 9:10Opening of the second day of General Assembly meeting
Scientific Coordinator:
Mojca Gabrijelčič-Blenkuš, NIJZ - National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
9:10 - 10:10WP2 - Communication in Best-ReMaP, best practices and lessons learnt
Speaker:
Albert Aszalos, Semmelweis University, Budapest
Leader for Communications
10:10 - 11:10WP3 - Evaluating the project based on feedback by partners
Speaker:
Jaana Lindström,
THL - Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
Leader for the Evaluation Work Package
11:10 - 11:30Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30WP1 - Closed discussion of the Steering Commitee expert members
12:30 - 12:45Closing remarks - the way ahead
Scientific Coordinators:
Mojca Gabrijelčič-Blenkuš, NIJZ, Slovenia
Ugo Guarnacci, HaDEA
12:45 - 14:00Lunch
14:00 - 15:00Presentation of conclusions and recommendations
from Steering Committee expert members with discussion

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