Posts in category: 2008

European Union

Press Release – IP/08/1366

Brussels, 18 September 2008

Report on the second session of the Civil Society Forum on Drug Policy in the EU, 20 / 21 May 2008

By: Joep Oomen and Martin Barriuso, ENCOD representatives at the forum.

Read also the official report of the European Commission

Today, 20 May 2008, the ENCOD delegation at the second session of the EU Civil Society Forum on Drug Policy in the EU handed over the following letter to the representatives of Director General Jonathan Faull of the European Commission Directorate General Justice, Freedom and Security

EUROPEAN COALITION FOR JUST AND EFFECTIVE DRUG POLICIES – ENCOD vzw

Statement to the Civil Society Forum on Drug Policy – 20/21 May 2008

On 14 April 2008, the deadline expired for presenting applications to the call for proposals for the budget line on Drug Prevention and Information, which was established to support the role of civil society organisations in EU drug policy. ENCOD has decided not to apply to this call for proposals. In the following statement, we explain why.

HAVE YOUR SAY ON ENCODS ROLE ON THE EU CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM

The European Commission invites the members of the EU Civil Society Forum on Drug Policies to the second session of this forum, to be held on 20 and 21 May, at the Committee of the Regions (Rue Belliard 99-101, Brussels)

The discussion will be based on the current EU Drug Action Plan and most of all the 2007 progress review of this action plan. Participants are asked to study possible improvements, shortcomings, priorities, objectives and relevant issues for the future.

ENCOD made a first draft for a response on the progress review. On the Have Your Say page you are wellcome to give your opinion.

Read the report of the first session of the EU CSF in December 2007

On January 31st, 2008, the European Parliaments Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) discussed the draft report of Giusto Catania MEP on European Commission”s Green Paper the role of Civil Society in Drugs Policy in the European Union, the basis of the Civil Society Forum that was set up in 2007.

The final report is now available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish and Dutch)