Monitoring And Evaluation Of Policy - International Alcohol Control Policy Evaluation Study

19 Mar 2020

Time: Thursday March 12, 2020 – half day 13:00 - 16:00.

Open to all GAPC participants.

Venue: Bedford Hall, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2.

The International Alcohol Control Study (the IAC study) is the first ever international study of alcohol use and alcohol policy relevant behaviours. The overall objective is to measure the impacts of national or state level alcohol control policies. Two tools have been developed as part of the IAC study. One is a general population survey of alcohol consumption and policy relevant behaviour. The second is the Alcohol Environment Protocol (AEP) which provides an online tool to document legislation and impact on the ground of alcohol policies. This latter tool provides a relatively inexpensive way for countries to monitor policy change over time and compare their alcohol policy status with other countries.

The side event aims to present an overview of the findings of the IAC study and discuss their use as evidence to support advocacy for policy change.