Our mission and vision
Our mission is to accelerate the reduction of the harmful use of alcohol globally.
Our vision is to test and ultimately share a proven model of collaboration that achieves a meaningful public health benefit.
In pursuit of our mission and vision, we implement a model that is anchored in collaboration, evidence-based programming, and evaluation.
Fund
CITY PILOTS
The Foundation funds pilot programs in six cities to reduce the harmful use of alcohol by at least 10% by the end of 2020 and implement best practices globally by the end of 2025. Each City Pilot is governed by a Steering Committee that plans and implements evidence-based programs to reduce the harmful use of alcohol in their communities. Steering Committee members include representatives from local or regional government and the public health sector or health services organizations, law enforcement, and academia and a representative from the local AB InBev company. Explore the City Pilot section to learn more about each City Pilot and the work that is done.
EFFORTS THAT COMPLEMENT THE GLOBAL SMART DRINKING GOALS
The AB InBev Foundation additionally funds new research on alcohol health literacy and effective product labeling, designed to drive healthier drinking behaviors. Explore our Alcohol Health Literacy initiatives to learn more.
EVALUATION OF GLOBAL SMART DRINKING GOALS PROGRESS
The Foundation funds researchers to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of both select programs within the six City Pilots and the impact of the City Pilot program as a whole. HBSA, a supporting organization of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), is the primary process and outcome evaluator. HBSA manages a data warehouse to make, on request, all primary collected data and codebooks publicly available for scientific purposes.
Explore Evaluation to learn more about the evaluation methodologies and key metrics.
Learn more about how the AB InBev Foundation is funded in Funding.
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Technical Advisory
In pursuit of our mission, the Foundation has two groups of external advisors who bring expertise and perspective to our programs: our Technical Advisory Group (TAG) and the Scientific Partners Task Force (SPTF). Each group has its own set of objectives that, together, aim to ensure that the Foundation and the work it supports are conducted objectively, transparently, and effectively and held to the highest and most rigorous scientific and ethical standards.
Learn more about the role of Our Advisors.
Tools and Resources
The Foundation has developed several adaptable tools and guidelines to equip City Pilot Steering Committees with practical resources to guide the implementation of relevant and effective evidence-based interventions.
Learn more about the information, tools, and guidelines we share in the Resources section.
Share
Transparency
We are committed to sharing what we learn along the way. We encourage transparency of research and data sets by encouraging publications and funding a data warehouse.
Explore our Research & Progress and Resources to see relevant publications, discover resources, and learn how to access the data warehouse.
Publication Guidelines
The Foundation encourages everyone it partners with and supports to share their findings, regardless of outcome. The Foundation also endeavors to share articles we haven’t funded that are relevant to the GSDG and the Foundation’s work more broadly.
Sharing results might include the publication of original research, reviews, and commentaries as well as the presentation of abstracts, posters, or oral summaries at research meetings and conferences. Much of the work of the individuals and organizations we support has been published in various international academic journals and presented at professional venues across the globe. Read our full Publication Guidelines here.
Data Sharing Policy
All of the data gathered and used by the Foundation and its programs, including the City Pilots, are stored in an external data warehouse that is managed by the evaluation contractor, HBSA, a supporting organization of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE). Qualified researchers can access these data sets upon request in order to further validate and expand on existing learnings or to inform the development of new studies and programs designed to reduce harmful alcohol use. Read the full Data Sharing Policy here.
Reduction of Harmful Use of Alcohol Globally
Our mission is to accelerate the reduction of the harmful use of alcohol globally.
This reduction is measured by evaluators at HBSA, a supporting organization of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE). To quantify the reduction in the harmful use of alcohol, HBSA uses two key metrics:
Years of Healthy Life
The number of years that a person is expected to continue to live in a healthy condition.
Consumption
Per capita consumption of alcohol.
Learn more about how we evaluate our goals in the Evaluation section.
Proven Model of Collaboration
Our vision is to test and ultimately share a proven model of collaboration that achieves meaningful public health benefits.
In line with this, we are funding the support and evaluation of City Pilots to understand the contexts and characteristics of each city as well as the history and functioning of each Steering Committee as they relate to initiative success.
Learn more about the evaluation of the City Pilot partnerships in the Evaluation section.
Click on each of the circles above to discover more about the Foundation’s actions and how it influences the rest of the Foundation’s efforts.