Movendi’s January 2026 Event

Starting 2026 Together: Connecting, Discussing, and Shaping Our Movement

Movendi’s January 2026 Event

Four complementary spaces. One shared purpose: coming together to discuss how we can make those most of 2026 and shape our movement

January 2026 begins with four Movendi events that invite members, partners, and the wider community to come together at the start of an important year. These events create complementary spaces to connect across regions and roles, discuss emerging issues, learn from one another, and explore opportunities to shape Movendi’s work in 2026.

Together, they reflect the full scope of the Movendi movement – from staying informed and making sense of developments together, to elevating advocacy actions, sharing lived experience, promoting the benefits of alcohol-free living, shifting social norms, and opening up new evidence to the public. Each event serves a distinct purpose, while contributing to a shared journey of learning, engagement, and collective people-powered action.

January 9 | Alcohol Policy News Talk (APNT)

Time: 3pm Central European Time (CET)

Audience: Exclusive space for all members of Movendi International

A shared space for updates, discussion, and creating meaning on the latest alcohol policy developments, science updates, and Big Alcohol revelations – supporting learning, connection, and informed engagement.

The Alcohol Policy News Talk (APNT) is a welcoming space for everyone interested in alcohol issues to stay informed, discuss developments, and connect with others across diverse contexts. Each session brings together highlights from Movendi’s Alcohol Policy Newsfeed, Science Digest, and Big Alcohol Exposed iniative, creating a shared space to make sense of what is happening in policy, science, and industry practices.

Zoom: Register here.

January 14 | Alcohol Policy Advocacy Platform (APAP) – Session #1 of 2026

Time: 3pm Central European Time (CET)

Audience: Movendi members focused on advocacy

The Alcohol Policy Advocacy Platform is Movendi’s dedicated space for members engaged in alcohol policy advocacy to work together on strategy, practice, and impact. APAP sessions focus on exchanging advocacy experiences, discussing approaches, and learning from successes and challenges across regions.

This first session of 2026 provides a space to reflect, sharpen advocacy thinking, and strengthen collective capacity to advance evidence-informed, people-centred change throughout the year.

APAP is a strategic space for alcohol policy advocates to exchange experience, sharpen advocacy approaches and mobilise support for national and local advocacy initiatives, and to strategise together for participation in global and regional advocacy initiatives, and strengthen collective impact.

Express interest in joining APAP here.

January 19 | Members’ Webinar: Shaping Movendi’s Work in 2026

Time: Two identical sessions to facilitate maximum participation from members worldwide:

• 09:00 CET and
• 15:00 CET.

Audience: Movendi members

The Members’ Webinar is a broad, movement-wide space for Movendi members to connect across the full diversity of the movement’s work – including prevention, recovery, awareness raising, promotion of alcohol-free living, and efforts to shift and replace the alcohol norm with more inclusive, healthy, and welcoming social norms.

This first Members’ Webinar of 2026 will provide an overview of Movendi’s activities for the year ahead, with a special focus on the year’s central milestone: Movendi’s World Congress. The session will explore opportunities for engagement, participation, and contribution in the lead-up to the Congress, and how members can make the most of this shared moment for building our movement.

Zoom:

• Register here for the 9AM CET session.
• Register here for the 3PM CET session.

January 21 | Public Launch Webinar: Big Alcohol Exposed Report 2025

Time: 3pm CET

Audience: Public virtual event

This public webinar launches the Big Alcohol Exposed Report 2025, presenting new global evidence on how alcohol industry interference shapes societies, social norms, and policy processes around the world.

The event will open with a presentation of the report’s key findings, insights, and conclusions, followed by reflections from research, civil society, a UN agency, a Member State, and a Member of Parliament. Speakers will share experiences of facing lobby pressure and interference, and discuss solutions to protect policy making from conflicts of interest and advance people’s right to health and development.

Zoom: Save your sport and register here.

How the four events connect

• APNT creates shared understanding and ongoing dialogue

• APAP strengthens advocacy practice and builds strategic capacity

• Members’ Webinar builds connection, coherence, and collective engagement and action

• Big Alcohol Exposed opens evidence to the public and drives accountability

Together, these spaces invite people to learn, connect, contribute, and shape Movendi’s work throughout 2026.