Use of drugs and its impact on
public health
P2Pstudtours 45237
Venue :
Brussels,
16 May - 18 May 2011
For more information on TAIEX assistance and to download
presentations of
this event, please go to : http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex.
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Aim of the meeting :
The People 2 People Programme is one of the three strands of the Civil Society
Facility of the Directorate General Enlargement of the European Commission. It
intends to offer organisations from the beneficiary countries and territories the
possibility to visit EU institutions, as well as relevant EU platform organisations, or
whenever relevant for the topic of the study visits, also other European, international
or national organisations in order to familiarise themselves with EU structures, policy
making process, programmes, policies and good practices.
The EU drugs action plan (2009-2012) mentions the need for providing "the necessary
technical and other assistance to the [candidate] countries to familiarize them with the
EU acquis in the field of drugs, and to assist them in carrying out the required actions".
The aim of this study tour is precisely to give participants the opportunity to
familiarise themselves with international and European policies and activities in the
field of drugs prevention and treatments.
This study tour further intends to offer participants exchange and networking
opportunities in a respectful atmosphere among themselves and with European-level as
well as Member State-based civil society organisations active in this field.
The study visit is open for the participation of several representatives of civil society
organisations active in this field from each of the candidate and potential candidate
countries and territories to EU enlargement.
Around 35 participants from civil society organisations in the Western Balkans,
Turkey and Iceland will attend the study visit.
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Day 1 : Monday 16 May 2011
Chair : 09:00
Registration
09:30
Welcome note
Introduction on the purpose of the People 2 People Programme (P2P)
Ms Sophie Aujean, DG Enlargement, European Commission
Questions and answers
09:45
Round of table
Self-introduction by participants
10:15
Coffee break
10:45
Workshop/Exchange of experience (instructions to be given by the chair):
State of play of drug use, policies and activities to prevent the use of drug,
to treat drug users, fight against drug supplies and trafficking : positive
evolutions over the last 10 years and critical issues to be addressed
11:45
Feedback session in plenary on the conclusions of the workshops
12:15
Lunch break and meetings with geographical units
15:00
The enlargement process and the chapter on consumers and health
protection
A representative of DG Enlargement, European Commission (tbc)
Questions and answers
15:45
Coffee break
16:15
The EU drugs strategy and the Civil society forum on drugs
A representative of DG SANCO and a representative of DG Justice,
European Commission (tbc)
Questions and answers
17:15
End of the first day
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Day 2 : Tuesday 17 May 2011
Chair : FIRST SESSION : COOPERATION WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL FOR A
09:30
Combating drug abuse in Europe, the activities of the Pompidou
group.
A representative of the Council of Europe (tbc)
Questions and answers
10:15
The fight against drug trafficking in South-East Europe
A representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
(UNODC) office in Bulgaria (tbc)
Questions and answers
Visit of the Council of Ministers of the European Union
11:15
Registration
12:00
Meeting with a member of the Secretariat of the "Horizontal working
party on drugs".
Questions and answers
12:30
End of the visit and lunch break
SECOND SESSION : FACTS AND FIGURES ON DRUG ABUSE
14:00
National legislation in Europe and their adaptation to emerging trends
A representative of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drugs
Addiction (tbc)
Questions and answers
15:00
The impact of drugs on public health : drugs-related diseases and
infectious diseases
A representative of the World Health Organisation (tbc)
Questions and answers
15:45
Coffee break
THIRD SESSION : PREVENTION CAMPAIGNS AT THE NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN
LEVEL
16:00
Prevention of drug abuse amongst young people
- Data collection
- Work in cooperation with schools
- Drugs free parties
A representative of the European Youth Forum, of the ESPAD project and
of EU-Dap (tbc)
Questions and answers
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17:30
End of the second day
Day 3 : Wednesday 18 May 2011
Chair : 09:30
European drug prevention quality standards
Project leaders from Liverpool John Moores University (tbc)
Questions and answers
10:30
Prevention of drug abuse and trafficking in prisons
Ms Cinzia Brentari, project coordinator, Connections, University of Kent
(tbc)
Questions and answers
11:15
Coffee break
FOURTH SESSION : BEST PRACTICES IN THE FIELD OF TREATMENT AND
REHABILITATION
11:45
Drug addiction therapies – the example of De Sleutel
A representative from de Sleutel (tbc)
Questions and answers
12:30
Lunch break
14:00
Best practices in the member states in the field of rehabilitation and
social reintegration
Speakers to be confirmed
Questions and answers
15:30
Coffee break
16:00
Feedback session
17:00
End of the event
This meeting is being organised by the
Technical Assistance Information Exchange Instrument
of the European Commission
CHAR 03/149 , B - 1049 Brussels
Telephone: +32-2-296 73 07 , Fax: +32-2-296 76 94
Web site http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex
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