1. Speakers

2. Programme

3. Will also be present...

4. Languages, schedules, access...

1. Speakers

Organiser:

Alima Boumediene-Thiery , Member of the European Parliament (Green-EFA group, Commission of Public Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs)

The moderators:

Kathalijne Buitenweg, Member of the European Parliament (Green-EFA group, Commission of Public Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs)

Alain Wallon, responsible for the inter-institutional relations, coordinator of the programme on new synthetic drugs, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug-addiction.
Thierry Charlois, coordinator of the conference, project manager of Basics Network - European Network of health community projects in party scenes.

The institutional speakers:

Pietro Soggiu, Council - President of the Horizontal Group Drugs. Commissario Extraordinario per il Coordinamento el Polichie Antidrogua (Italy).

Timo Jetsu, European Commission - Administrator at the Drugs Coordination Unit in DG Justice and Home Affairs.

Natacha Grenier, Pharmacist, Project Officer at the European Commission, DG Health and Consumer Protection Unit G2 - Cancer, drug dependence & pollution related diseases

Philippe Roux, UE Strategies - Programme "Strategies and Impact", European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug-addiction.

The speakers from the civil society:

Paolo Stocco (Italy), president of IREFREA Italy, IREFREA - professional European network interested in the promotion and research of prevention of drug and other child and adolescent problems.

Maurizio Coletti (Italy), European President of ITACA - European Association of Professionnals Working with Drug Dependencies.

Stéphane Leclerc (Spain), co-ordinator of the Basics Network, - European Network of health community project in party scenes.

Arnaud Watson-Simon (France), AIDES, co-ordinator of the Integration Project and Corina Dan (Romania), Aras, Integration Project, - Integration of the NGOs of the applicant countries in European mobilisation against AIDS.

Eberhard Schatz (the Netherlands), AMOC/DHV, representant Akzept e.V. Association, project co-ordinator of Ac-Company - European network for the target group of mobile drug users.

Edoardo Spacca (UK), European Area Manager for Cranstoun Drug Services, project coordinator ENDSP - European Network of Drug Services in Prison

José Manuel Fresno (Spain), Director of the Fundación Secretariado General Gitano, : Sastipen European Network

Michel Marcus (France), General Delegate of the European Forum for Urban Security.

Jiri Richter (Czech Rép.), Président of A.N.O. - Czech Association of NGO´s Drug Services.

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2. Programme

1st session: Tables rondes - the statement / the experience

09:45-10:00: opening of the conference with Alima Boumediene-Thiery

Moderator: Kathalijne Buitenweg (European Parliament)

10:00 - 11:00: why a European drugs policy?

Kathalijne Buitenweg, European Parliament

Pietro Soggiu, Council - horizontal Group Drugs

Maurizio Coletti, ITACA
Eberhard Schatz, Ac-company
José Manuel Fresno, Sastipen

11:00 - 11:30: balancing the reduction of supply, of demand and of the risks, locally that takes shape how?

Timo Jetsu, The Europan Commission - DG JAI

Michel Marcus , European Forum for urban safety

Stéphane Leclerc, Basics Network

11:30 - 12:15: support for the networks of the civil society, that goes?

Natacha Grenier, The Europan Commission - DG SANCO
Paolo Stocco, IREFREA
Edoardo Spacca, Cranstoun Services

12:15 - 13:00: What is the role of the networks of the civil society in the production of information necessary for the knowledge of the drug phenomenon?

Philippe Roux, EMCDDA

Arnaud Wasson-Simon, Monica Dan, Integration project
Jiri Richter, A.N.O.

2nd session: Debates - from the experience to the expertise....

Moderators: Alain Wallon and Thierry Charlois

14:30-16:00: ... and from expertise to know-how sharing

Natacha Grenier, the Commission - DG SANCO
Timo Jetsu, the Commission - DG JAI
Michel Marcus, European Forum for urban safety
Paolo Stocco, IREFREA
Arnaud Wasson-Simon, Monica Dan, Integration project
Stéphane Leclerc, Basics Network

The networking experiences, the ones of access to the European information and communuatary programmes, the ground experiences...

16:00-16:15: break

16:15-17:45: ... and from expertise to participative democracy

Pietro Soggiu, Council - GHD
Natacha Grenier, the Commission - DG SANCO
Edoardo Spacca, Cranstoun
Eberhard Schatz, Ac-Company
Maurizio Coletti, ITACA
José Manuel Fresno, Sastipen

How can the civil society better take part in the definition and in the evaluation of the European policy? Is it possible to promote an European consensus point between European institutions, Member States and networks of the civil society to the UNO? Which financial solutions for the networks?

17:45-18:00: synthesis by the moderators

Perspectives of a Permanent Forum?

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3. Will also be present...

Regions/Cities : Breme (Ge), Regione Lazio (It), Emilia-Romagna (It), Diputacion of Barcelona, Burgenland (At), Kent County Council (UK), Scottish Parliament, Ministry of HomeAffairs of Baden-Württemberg (Ge), Council of Seine St Denis (Fr), Health Dept of Catalogna (Sp), Andalusia Regional office (Sp), Association of London Government, South Sweden European Office, Government of Aragon (Sp), Merseyside/Lancashire Brussels Office (UK), City of Budapest, Land of Steiermark (Aut), City of Chichester (UK), Government of Balearic Islands, Helsinki UE Office, Office for Lower Austria, Economic Union Benelux, Hampshire-Isle of Wight-West Sussex Brussels Office, Italian National Department for Drugs...

Other European Institutions : European Commission - DG External Relations, European Commission - DG Enlargement, European Economic and Social Committee...

Organisations and other institutions :

Actis - Norwegian policy network on alcohol and drugs

AFR (French National Harm reduction association)

ALIA (Harm reduction latin network)

Center for Criminological Research, University of Oxford

Center of prevention of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

CPME (standing committee of european doctors)

ENCOD (European NGO Council on Drugs)

Estonian Drug Monitoring Center

European Universitary Institut of Firenze (Italy)

FAUDAS - Spanish Federation of drug users' organisations
FESAT (European Network of Drug Helplines)

JES Netwerk (Germany)