EMCDDA visit to Tirana

An EMCDDA delegation met representatives of the Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Albania; the Albanian State Police; and the Institute of Public Health (IPH) to review the status of practical cooperation activities with Albania until the end of the EMCDDA-IPA6 project in June 2019. The purpose of the meeting with the different entities was to review the current situation on the establishment of a National Drug Observatory and a national Early Warning System. Various other topics were raised during the meetings, such as the drugs seizures data collection, the overall role of IPH in drug monitoring, and plans for the implementation of various future drug-related surveys such as ESPAD study in 2019.