The EMCDDA work programme (WP) for 2005 continues the implementation of the EMCDDA three year work programme (2004–06) and therefore necessarily reflects the structure of the longer term strategy. In particular, the 2005 WP will consolidate the work to integrate the new Member States in the EMCDDA structures and activities, continue the core work to improve information tools to better monitoring and report on the European drug situation, and further develop an improved information management capacity in the EMCDDA by investing in the development of a more efficient system for information storage and retrieval. In 2005 the EMCDDA will therefore focus its work on the following priority areas.