E.F.D.P. European Forum on Drug Policy EuroForum Drogues et Politiques

1. E.F.D.P.European Forum on Drug PolicyEuroForum Drogues et Politiques

2. Synopsis • Presentation • Why a EFDP? Analysis of situation • What to do? • How to do? • Who take part in?

3. Presentation • Who I am • Brief history of EFDP 1995 Techno Plus 2000 Basics Network 2003 Conference EFDP coordination Alima Boumediene-Thiery Conference 17/09/03 Brussels To strengthen institutions / civil society partnerships to optimise the impact of the local actions definition and promotion of the European drug policy

4. Why a EFDP? Analysis of situation • UNO level • EU institutions and legal framework • The civil society organised at a EU level • The institutions / civil society partnerships

5. UNO level War against drugs International conventions Voluntary contributions UNODC / CND Lack of « moderate » movement Evaluation & experimentation Vienna 2003 Need of alliance on sanitary arguments Limit of prohibition/antiprohibition debate HR needs alliance at a local level

6. EU institutional framework E. Council G.H.D E. Commission DG JAI DG SANCO Unit of coordination Drug Program for Public Health Annual Report Action Plan to combat Drugs E. Parliament Com LIBE Com ENVI EMCDDA Reitox

7. Action Plan to combat drugs 2000-2004 • To establish general guidelines for Union action to combat drugs and drug addiction • Coordination on common priorities • Balance between supply, demand and harm reductions • Policies based on scientific expertises and evaluations

8. Mid-term evaluation of the Action plan - 2002 • Consultation of the networks • Recommendation of the Commission • Report of the Parliament • Recommendation of the Council Involvement of the Drugs Users Right to experiment Promotion of Harm reduction

9. Programme for Public Health • 1996-2002 : Specific programs • 2003-2008 : 1 program on transversal health determinents Program prevention drug addiction Financial desaster for our networks

10. The European civil society organised at a EU level • 3 European networks of professionals • 15 operational networks (projects) • 2 networks of cities or local representatives • 2 reformist networks

11. Limits and needs Networks are too specific Some actors are not represented Cooperation between local projects Not opened and no capacity to communicate Lack of human ressources No common space (competition) Financial difficulties

12. Institution / civil society partnerships Based on money… Complexicity of the EU system Financing by project is unadapted The biggest projects are favoured Only administrative exchanges with EC No regular consultation

13. Synopsis • Presentation • Why a EFDP? Analysis of situation • What to do? • How to do? • Who take part in?

14. EFDP: What to do ? • to develop the exchanges, coordination and co-operation between all the actors involved in the European drugs policies in order to optimise the impact of the public policies and of the actions of the civil society. • The aim is not to promote a single policy but to encourage the exchanges between the different experiences and to promote the points of consensus

15. Work tracks • Transversal actions • Strategic actions • Sharing actions Evaluation/methodology Ethical charter Open out of the networks & EU Local strategy Education/training Networking experiences EU system Social aspects Enlargement Reitox Financial alternatives Recommendations

16. How to do? Driving Force Institut° GHD SANCO/JAI EMCDDA MEP Driving Force Civil Society The networks Coord Unit Coord Unit

17. Priorities for 2004 • Setting up the coordination unit • Communication system • Deepening of the work traks (seminars) • Support from the foundations

18. Who take part in? AC-Company ALIA A.N.O. Basics Networks ENSDP Cranstoun drug services IREFREA Integration projects ITACA European Forum for Urban Security SASTIPEN Network T3E

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