Rethinking Prevention: A Dialogue with Youth

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MEP Conference

Rethinking Prevention: A Dialogue with Youth

📅 Date

Tuesday, 4 November 2025

🕐 Time

18:30 - 20:30

📍 Location

European Parliament
Room JAN 6Q1, Brussels

Organised by

Manuela RIPA

Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)

EPP Group

Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei

Vytenis Povilas ANDRIUKAITIS

Former European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

S&D Group

Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija

About the Conference

For this year's European Awareness Week on Alcohol Related Harm (AWARH), MEP Manuela Ripa and MEP Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, together with Eurocare, the European Association for the Study of the Liver, and United European Gastroenterology (UEG), are inviting you to a high-level conference entitled "Rethinking Prevention: A Dialogue with Youth."

Among the many risk factors contributing to health costs, alcohol stands out as particularly significant for youth. Alcohol is still widely portrayed as a cultural heritage, an economic driver, or an ordinary commodity. Yet recent evidence, including from the World Health Organization, confirms that no level of alcohol consumption is safe for health.

Against this backdrop, this event will place youth perspectives at the centre of a critical conversation on prevention. The event will bring together a diversity of voices, including youth advocates, young health professionals, policymakers, and researchers to foster a meaningful, evidence-informed dialogue on how prevention policies can better respond to the needs and concerns of younger generations.