2012 calendar of EMCDDA and drug-related events
You can find below a calendar of events for 2012, including conferences, exhibitions, visits to the EMCDDA and internal meetings. New events are added as information becomes available. The 2011 calendar is available here.
| January 2012 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 4th meeting of the Expert Group on the evaluation of the EU Drugs Strategy 2005–12, DG Just | Belgium, Brussels |
| 10–11 | Consortium meeting, Decide | Spain, Barcelona |
| 19 | Wastewater meeting | Portugal, Lisbon |
| 23–25 | International Standards for Drug Use Prevention, Drug Prevention and Health Branch, UNODC | Austria, Vienna |
| 25–27 | Workshop on Global and Regional HIV Monitoring, ECDC | Portugal, Lisbon |
| 25–27 | Global forum on combating illicit drug trafficking and related threats | WCO |
| 28 | 6th European Data Protection Day | |
| February 2012 | ||
| 1–2 | 6. Europäische Konferenz zur Gesundheitsförderung in Haft, Akzept e.V. | Switzerland, Geneva |
| 6 | Horizontal Drugs Group Meeting, Danish presidency | Belgium, Brussels |
| 15–17 | Annual meeting STI and HIV network meeting, ECDC | Sweden, Stockholm |
| 21–23 | Standing Committee on Political Affairs, Security and Human Rights of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat), European Parliament, DG EXPO,Directorate B, Latin America Unit | Mexico, Mexico City |
| 22–23 | Reitox Network Academy on 'Residential treatment for drug users in Europe' | Portugal, Lisbon |
| March 2012 | ||
| 5 | Horizontal Drugs Group meeting, Danish presidency | Belgium, Brussels |
| 6 | EU-LAC Technical meeting, Danish presidency | Belgium, Brussels |
| 7–9 | EFCAP Kongress 2012, EFCAP | Germany, Berlin |
| 12–13 | First International Conference on Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) – "The Ever-Changing World of Psychoactive Drugs", ReDNet Project co-organised by the EMCDDA | Hungary, Budapest |
| 12–16 | CND, UNODC | Austria, Vienna |
| 14–17 | Futurália - Salão de Oferta Educativa, Formação e Empregabilidade, Representation Office of the European Commission in Portugal | Portugal, Lisbon |
| 15 | Global SMART advisory group meeting, UNODC | Austria, Vienna |
| 15–16 | Steering Group meeting for Prisons and Health, WHO Europe | Netherlands, The Hague |
| 19–20 | HIV in Europe Conference, The Panum Institute | Denmark, Copenhagen |
| 22–23 | Regional seminar on the use of drug research in policy in the Mediterranean Region, Pompidou Group | Morroco, Rabat |
| 22–23 | Primera Reunión de Trabajo y consenso sobre métodos, indicadores y protocolos organizada, COPOLAD | Colombia, Bogotá |
| 26–30 | 31st Session of the Enforcement Committee, World Customs Organization | Belgium, Brussels |
| 27–29 | IPA4 project: National kick-off meeting in Albania | Albania, Tirana |
| 27–29 | New Methodology tools for policy and programme evaluation, University Rome Tor Vergata | Italy, Rome |
| 27–29 | Seminario-Taller evaluación de políticas sobre drogas, COPOLAD | Chile, Santiago de Chile |
| 28 | III Congresso Internacional de psicologia da criança e adolescente – Prevenção da criminalidade e dependências, Universidade Lusíada | Portugal, Lisbon |
| 29–30 | Meeting of the network of Data Protection Officers and the European Data Protection Supervisor, ECHA | Finland, Helsinki |
| 29–30 | Detecting and responding to outbreaks of HIV among people who inject drugs: Best practices in HIV prevention and control, ECDC | Estonia, Tallinn |
| 29–30 | 'Fighting against Drugs', CEPOL | Cyprus, Nicosia |
| 29–31 | XXXIX Jornadas nacionales Socidrogalcohol, Socidrogalcohol Cataluña | Spain, Tarragona |
| April 2012 | ||
| 3–4 | IPA4 project: National kick-off meeting in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | FYROM, Skopje |
| 18 | Horizontal Drugs Group meeting, Danish presidency | Belgium, Brussels |
| 18–19 | IPA4 project: National kick-off meeting in Turkey | Turkey, Ankara |
| 18–19 | International Workshop 'Getting standards into practice of drug services assessment', National Training Fund | Czeck Republic, Prague |
| 18–22 | 47th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver, EASL | Spain, Barcelona |
| 19 | EU-LAC technical committee, Danish presidency | Belgium, Brussels |
| 20 | Conference on school-based prevention, De Sleutel | Belgium, Brussels |
| 23–27 | International forum on drug use regulation policies, National Autonomous University of Mexico | Mexico, Mexico City |
| 24 | Monitoring the uptake of HCV treatment among IDUs in Europe | Portugal, Lisbon |
| May 2012 | ||
| 8–10 | 18th Annual meeting ENFSI Drugs Working Group | Cyprus, Paphos |
| 9–11 | 51st CICAD session | USA, Washington DC |
| 10–11 | 36th Scientific Committee meeting | Portugal, Lisbon |
| 10–11 | ERA Seminar, 'Towards a new EU drugs trafficking strategy - Latest developments and future perspectives' | Germany, Trier |
| 14 | Horizontal Drugs Group Meeting, Danish presidency | Belgium, Brussels |
| 14–16 | IPA4 project: National kick-off meeting in Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244-99) | Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244-99), Pristina |
| 15 | EU-USA meeting, Danish presidency | Belgium, Brussels |
| 16 | Dublin group meeting, Danish presidency | Belgium, Brussels |
| 16 | EXCO and COBU meeting | Portugal, Lisbon |
| 19 | World Hepatitis Day | |
| 21 | Visit of Dr Winston Kardell, Sydney West Area Health Service(AU) | Portugal, Lisbon |
| 21–23 | 3rd World Forum Against Drugs, WFAD | Sweden, Stockholm |
| 24–25 | 12th meeting of the Reitox Early Warning System network | Portugal, Lisbon |
| 25–27 | 10th European conference, EUROPAD | Spain, Barcelona |
| 29–1 | 1st Reitox week | Portugal, Lisbon |
| 30–1 | Sixth Annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy, ISSDP | United Kingdom, Canterbury |
| June 2012 | ||
| 1 | International Children's Day | |
| 4–8 | 38th Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society, KBS Society | Norway, Stavanger |
| 6–9 | MedicReS World Congress | Austria, Vienna |
| 7–8 | JHA Council, Danish presidency | |
| 8–10 | 1st International Conference on Family-based Prevention and Positive Parenting , Institute UTRIP | Slovenia, Ljubljana |
| 8–11 | 2012 NIDA International Forum, New and emerging psychoactive substances: second interdisciplinary forum, NIDA and EMCDDA | (USA) California, Palm Springs |
| 14–15 | National Drug Coordinators' meeting, Danish presidency | Denmark, Copenhagen |
| 26 | International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking | |
| 28–29 | Legal Correspondents' meeting | Portugal, Lisbon |
| July 2012 | ||
| 2–13 | European Summer School 2012 – Illicit drugs in Europe: Supply, demand and public policies" | Portugal, Lisbon |
| 4 | EXCO and COBU meeting | Portugal, Lisbon |
| 5–6 | 45th EMCDDA Management Board meeting | Portugal, Lisbon |
| 22–27 | AIDS 2012, XIX International AIDS conference | USA, Washington DC |
| August 2012 | ||
| September 2012 | ||
| 10–11 | VYNSPI Conference, Centrum Adiktologie | Czech Republic, Prague |
| 19 | Expert meeting on EMCDDA treatment data collection strategy | Portugal, Lisbon |
| 20–21 | Expert meeting on treatment demand indicator | Portugal, Lisbon |
| 26–29 | ISAJE annual meeting | Portugal, Lisbon |
| October 2012 | ||
| 7–9 | ESPAD meeting, ESPAD | Sweden, Stockholm |
| 10 | EXCO and COBU meeting | Portugal, Lisbon |
| 11–12 | Expert meeting on drug-related infectious diseases indicator | Portugal, Lisbon |
| 18–19 | AMPHORA conference, European alcohol policy conferences | Sweden, Stockholm |
| 25–26 | Expert meeting on prevalence problem drug use indicator | Portugal, Lisbon |
| November 2012 | ||
| 15–16 | 37th Scientific Committee meeting | Portugal, Lisbon |
| 15–16 | Expert meeting drug-related deaths and mortality indicator | Portugal, Lisbon |
| 21–23 | 2nd Conference on drug supply indicators | Portugal, Lisbon |
| 28–30 | 47th meeting – Reitox Heads of focal points | Portugal, Lisbon |
| December 2012 | ||
| 5 | EXCO and COBU meeting | Portugal, Lisbon |
| 6–7 | 46th EMCDDA Management Board meeting | Portugal, Lisbon |
