The harmful use of alcohol causes approximately 3 million deaths every year and the overall burden of disease and injuries attributable to alcohol consumption remains unacceptably high The pace of development and implementation of alcohol policies has been uneven in WHO regions and resources and capacities for implementation of the WHO Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol 10 years after its endorsement do not correspond to the magnitude of the problems On this basis the WHO Executive Board in its decision EB146 14 called for accelerated action to reduce the harmful use of alcohol The Board considered the report on the political declaration of the third high level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non communicable diseases particularly Annex 3 entitled Implementation of the global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol and the report on the findings of the consultative process on implementation of the global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol and the way forward The Board in its decision EB146 14 requested the WHO Director General inter alia to develop an action plan 2022 2030 to effectively implement the Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol as a public health priority in consultation with Member States and relevant stakeholders for consideration by the 75th World Health Assembly through the 150th session of the WHO Executive Board in 2022 and to develop a technical report on the harmful use of alcohol related to cross border alcohol marketing advertising and promotional activities including targeting youth and adolescents before the 150th session of the WHO Executive Board which could contribute to the development of the action plan as well as to adequately resource the work on the harmful use of alcohol In response to decision EB146 14 the WHO Secretariat will implement the following March April 2020 Commissioning of the scoping review on the harmful use of alcohol related to cross border alcohol marketing advertising and promotional activities including targeting youth and adolescents Commissioning background papers for the report development April May 2020 Producing zero draft of the working document for development of an action plan 2022 2030 to effectively implement the Global strategy to reduce the harmful use with proposed essential elements and components June 2020 Technical expert meetings organized by WHO headquarters to discuss zero draft of the working document for development of the action plan and the content of the technical report on the harmful use of alcohol related to cross border alcohol marketing advertising and promotional activities July September 2020 Finalization of the working document for subsequent consultation process Web based consultation on the working document for development of the action plan open to Member States UN organizations and other international organizations and non State actors All relevant feedback received will be published on WHO website October 2020 March 2021 Regional technical consultations with Member States on the working document for development of the action plan 2022 2030 March April 2021 Development of the first draft of the action plan based on the input received on the working document in the process of the regional consultations April June 2021 The web based consultation on the first draft of the action plan open to Member States UN organizations and other international organizations and non State actors All relevant feedback received will be published on WHO website Discussion of the first draft at the Third WHO Forum on alcohol drugs and addictive behaviours attended by technical focal points from Member States representatives of UN entities civil society organizations WHO collaborating centres and academia Consultation with economic operators in alcohol production and trade on their contribution to reducing the harmful use of alcohol within their core roles An informal consultation with Member States on the first draft of the action plan July August 2021 Development of the second draft of the action plan based on the feedback received on the first draft during the previous stages of the consultation process August November 2021 Briefings on the second draft of the action plan organized at the Regional Committee meetings Release of the technical report on the harmful use of alcohol related to cross border alcohol marketing advertising and promotional activities including targeting youth and adolescents with a summary of main findings and conclusions available in six languages A formal meeting of Member States for consideration of the second draft of the action plan Finalization of the draft action plan taken into consideration feedback and inputs received from Member States and other stakeholders during the consultation process in April October 2021 Development and submission of the report by the Secretariat to 150th session of the Executive Board January February 2022 The 150th session of the WHO Executive Board will consider the report of the WHO Director General containing the draft action plan 2022 2030 to effectively implement the Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol