Drowning prevention in Europe and in the Nordic countries

Arranged by: Norwegian Council on Drowning Prevention, University of Oslo, Directorate of Health and Social Affairs, Norwegian Safety Forum

Chaired by: Johan Lund, Norwegian Safety Forum/Council of Drowning Prevention and Bent Olav Olsen, Directorate of Health and Social Affairs Program (preliminary 23.9.04)

1000 Opening of the meeting Solveig Rostøl Bakken, Chairperson, Norwegian Drowning Prevention Council

1015 Setting the scene Johan Lund, Director, Norwegian Safety Forum

1030 European drowning campaign since 2001. The role of and results by an European actor Joanne Vincenten, Director of the European Child Safety Alliance

1100 Drowning prevention in the Nordic countries:

• The problem (statistics, incidence rates)
• Actors in drowning prevention: centrally/locally/voluntarily, tasks and working areas
• Best practices, what works well and what does not works so well (evaluated, evidence based)
• Challenges for the future

Norway Andreas Skulberg, on behalf of Norwegian Council of Drowning Prevention

1130 Lunch

1230 Finland Merja Söderholm, Senior Officer, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

1300 Iceland Herdis Storgaard, Programme Director, National Institute of Public Health

1330 Sweden Not decided yet

1400 Coffeebreak

1430 Denmark Michael Aller, Chairman of The Danish Council for Greater Water Safety

1500 Panel discussion:

• Best practice locally/centrally, what works?
• How to organise the drowning prevention work – nationally, locally?
• Nordic and European co-operation?

1600 Closing of the meeting

1800 Dinner for the participants of the meeting wanting to have dinner together, at own cost