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.
| 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 Health and Prevention, 14 Avenue Duquesne 75007, Paris - Salle Leroque
| Programme | |
|---|---|
| 8:15 - 9:00 | Registration and welcome coffee |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Conference opening 9:00 - 9:10 Representative of French Ministry 9:10 - 9:30 Representative of the European Commission |
| 9:30 - 9:40 | The story behind Best-ReMaP: The vision, values, and people Speaker: Mojca Gabrijelčič-Blenkuš, Scientific Coordinator: NIJZ - National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia |
| 9:40 - 10:10 | Keynote speech Franco Sassi |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Streching & tea break |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Improving 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 - 11:30 | Reducing 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 - 12:00 | Procurement 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 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Social inequalities, health and nutrition situation among European children Speaker: Tim Lobstein |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | What 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 - 15:45 | 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 Speaker: Knut Inge Klepp Q & A |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Spanish accentuation of the Council's conclusions Speaker: Almudena Rollán (TBD), Deputy Director General for Nutrition, Spain |
| 16:20 - 16:30 | Closing 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 - 9:00 | Registration & welcome |
| 9:00 - 9:10 | Opening and welcome from the JA Coordinator Scientific Coordinator: Mojca Gabrijelčič-Blenkuš, NIJZ - National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia |
| 9:10 - 9:20 | Welcome and information from DG SANTE DG SANTE representative (TBD) |
| 9:20 - 9:30 | Welcome and information from HaDEA Speaker: Ugo Guarnacci, HaDEA |
| 9:30 - 12:30 | WP5 workshop - Food monitoring - Part I. Coffee break WP5 workshop - Food monitoring - Part II. |
| 12:30 - 14.00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 - 15:20 | WP4 workshop - Policy development for a healthier nutrition |
| 15:20 - 16:40 | WP6 workshop - Regulating food marketing in Europe |
| 16:40 - 18:00 | WP7 workshop - Procurement of nutritious food in public institutions |
| 18:00 - 18:30 | Wrap 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 - 9:00 | 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 | WP2 - Communication in Best-ReMaP, best practices and lessons learnt Speaker: Albert Aszalos, Semmelweis University, Budapest Leader for Communications |
| 10:10 - 11:10 | WP3 - 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 - 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | WP1 - Closed discussion of the Steering Commitee expert members |
| 12:30 - 12:45 | Closing remarks - the way ahead Scientific Coordinators: Mojca Gabrijelčič-Blenkuš, NIJZ, Slovenia Ugo Guarnacci, HaDEA |
| 12:45 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Presentation of conclusions and recommendations from Steering Committee expert members with discussion |
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