asia pacific alcohol policy alliance

About the Asia Pacific Alcohol Policy Alliance

The Asia Pacific Alcohol Policy Alliance (APAPA) serves as a collaborative & learning space on alcohol policy developments for its members - a virtual network of NGOs and individuals committed to the development of effective alcohol policy in the Asia Pacific region. 

We aim to work with other organizations in reducing alcohol-related harm worldwide by promoting science-based policies independent of commercial interests.

APAPA was founded in 2006 in Thailand. The alliance was revived in 2019 after a hiatus. Read about the launch of APAPA here.   

APAPA is a regional alliance under the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance. The Global Alcohol Policy Alliance is a civil society partner of the WHO SAFER Initiative, which focuses on: 

• Strengthening restrictions on alcohol availability

• Advancing and enforcing drink-driving countermeasures

• Facilitating access to screening, brief interventions, and treatment

• Enforce bans or comprehensive restrictions on alcohol advertising, sponsorship, and promotion

• Raise prices on alcohol through excise taxes and pricing policies 

Coalition building

The following are member organizations of APAPA:

• Alcohol Change Australia (formerly National Alliance for Action on Alcohol)

• Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (Australia)

• Cancer Council (Australia)

• Cook Islands Road Safety Council (Cook Islands)

• Hong Kong Alliance for Advocacy Against Alcohol (Hong Kong)

• Rural Development Tuki Association (Nepal)

• Alcohol Action NZ (New Zealand)

• Cancer Society of New Zealand (New Zealand)

• Action for Economic Reforms (Philippines)

• ImagineLaw (Philippines)

• Center for Policy Studies and Advocacy on Sustainable Development (The Policy Center) (Philippines) 

• Foundation for Innovative Social Development (Sri Lanka)

• Rahama (Sri Lanka)

• Centre for Economics and Community Development (Vietnam)