E.F.D.P.E.F.D.P.European Forum on European Forum on

Drug PolicyDrug Policy

EuroForum Drogues et EuroForum Drogues et PolitiquesPolitiques

SynopsisSynopsis

PresentationWhy a EFDP? Analysis of situationWhat to do?How to do?Who take part in?

PresentationPresentation

Who I am

Brief history of EFDP

1995 Techno Plus2000 Basics Network2003 ConferenceEFDP coordination

Alima Boumediene-ThieryConference 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

Why a EFDP? Why a EFDP? Analysis of situationAnalysis of situation

UNO levelEU institutions and legal frameworkThe civil society organised at a EU levelThe institutions / civil society partnerships

UNO levelUNO level

International conventions

UNODC / CND

War against drugs

Voluntary contributions

Vienna 2003 Lack of « moderate » movement

Need of alliance on sanitary arguments

Limit of prohibition/antiprohibition debate

HR needs alliance at a local level

Evaluation & experimentation

EU institutional frameworkEU institutional framework

E. CouncilG.H.D

E. CommissionDG JAI

DG SANCO

E. ParliamentCom LIBECom ENVI

EMCDDAReitox

Unit of coordination

Drug

Program for Public Health

Action Plan to combat

Drugs

Annual Report

Action Plan to combat drugs Action Plan to combat drugs 2000-20042000-2004

To establish general guidelines for Union action to combat drugs and drug addiction

Coordination on common prioritiesBalance between supply, demand and

harm reductionsPolicies based on scientific expertises

and evaluations

Mid-term evaluation of the Mid-term evaluation of the Action plan - 2002Action plan - 2002

Consultation of the networksRecommendation of the CommissionReport of the ParliamentRecommendation of the Council

Promotion of Harm reductionInvolvement of the Drugs UsersRight to experiment

Programme for Public HealthProgramme for Public Health

1996-2002 : Specific programs

2003-2008 : 1 program on transversal health determinents

Program prevention drug addiction

Financial desaster for our networks

The European civil society The European civil society organised at a EU levelorganised at a EU level

3 European networks of professionals15 operational networks (projects)2 networks of cities or local representatives2 reformist networks

Limits and needsLimits and needs

Networks are too specificSome actors are not representedCooperation between local projectsNot opened and no capacity to communicateLack of human ressourcesNo common space (competition)Financial difficulties

Institution / civil society Institution / civil society partnershipspartnerships

Complexicity of the EU system

Only administrative exchanges with EC

Financing by project is unadapted

No regular consultation

The biggest projects are favoured

Based on money…

SynopsisSynopsis

PresentationWhy a EFDP? Analysis of situationWhat to do?How to do?Who take part in?

EFDP: What to do ?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

Work tracksWork tracks

Transversal actionsStrategic actionsSharing actions

Ethical charterEvaluation/methodologyLocal strategyOpen out of the networks & EUEducation/training

Networking experiencesEU systemSocial aspectsEnlargementReitox

RecommendationsFinancial alternatives

How to do?How to do?

Driving ForceInstitut°

GHDSANCO/JAIEMCDDAMEP

Driving ForceCivil Society

The networks

Coord Unit

Coord Unit

Priorities for 2004Priorities for 2004

Setting up the coordination unitCommunication systemDeepening of the work traks (seminars)Support from the foundations

Who take part in?Who take part in?

AC-CompanyALIAA.N.O.Basics NetworksENSDPCranstoun drug servicesEuropean Forum for

Urban Security Integration projects IREFREA ITACA SASTIPEN Network T3E

THE ENDTHE END

www.efdp.org

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