Kansspelautoriteit, the Dutch gaming authority, has announced that GGZ Ecademy is organising a problem gambling webinar as part of the renewed free e-learning module ‘Gambling Problems’ launch.
GGZ Ecademy’s webinar is being funded by the Addiction Prevention Fund (VPF) and is in collaboration with Verslavingskunde Nederland (Addiction Studies Netherlands), the Trimbos Institute and the addiction agency Jellinek.
When the Dutch market opened up for online gambling, a digital training offer was developed by Jellinek at the request of the Ministry of Justice and Security.
The training was designed to inform professionals – such as doctors, POH GGZ, psychologists and debt counsellors – about addiction problems in online gambling so they could identify gambling addiction better and earlier.
The training has since been further developed with the e-learning module Gambling Problems updated to include case studies on young adults and gambling, making gambling a topic of discussion in general practice and debt counselling, as well as how to discuss gambling with someone with a mild intellectual disability.
Taking place on 26 September, the webinar will discuss gambling trends and current affairs, with Anouk Tuijnman, a Scientific Researcher from the Trimbos Institute, explaining the latest figures and trends in prevention and policy. Attention will also be given to risk groups, such as young people and people with mild intellectual disabilities.
Established in 2021, the VPF is financed by an additional gambling levy on providers of high-risk gambling and its funding is managed by the KSA with the regulator working with the Ministries of Health, Welfare and Sport and Justice and Security on how to spend funds.
Back in July, the KSA established a Duty of Care Online department to improve the supervision of online gambling operators’ duty of care.