Report on the first meeting of the Civil Society Forum on Drugs, organised by the European Commission 13 & 14 December, Brussels. By: Virginia Montañes and Joep Oomen Should ENCOD continue to participate in the EU Civil Society Forum? Participate in our survey (see below on this page) or have your say on ENCODs position […]
STATEMENT FOR THE “CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM ON DRUGS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION” ORGANISED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION BRUSSELS, 13 / 14 December 2007
To: Carel Edwards Head of Drug Coordination Unit European Commission DG JLS B- 1049 Brussels
On 13 & 14 December 2007, the European Commission organised the first meeting of a Civil Society Forum on Drug Policy in the European Union. This forum is meant to strengthen cooperation with civil society in the field of drug policy at EU level. The forum is the outcome of a process that started in […]
ENCOD will participate among 500 representatives of European civil society in the AGORA ON THE FUTURE OF EUROPE, to be held in the European Parliament on 8 and 9 November 2007, and present the following statement:
The European Commission is planning to start up a dialogue process with civil society on drug policy this year. In the month of september 2007, a budget of approx. 1 million EURO per year should become available for citizens’ associations to take part in a dialogue structure. ENCOD believes it is important that all civil […]
In the end of June 2006, after many years of lobbying by ENCOD and others to establish a forum for dialogue between civil society and authorities in the European Union to discuss the impact of current drug policies, the Drugs Coordination Unit of the European Commission (DCU) produced a Green Paper on the upcoming dialogue […]
Analysis of civil society comments to European Commission Green Paper on the role of civil society in drug policy in the EU
