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COPOLAD III: EMCDDA delivers training in Chile with Latin American and Caribbean Drug Observatories

Increasing knowledge on early-warning systems and complementary data-collection methods will be among the aims of a training event being held this week in Santiago de Chile (25–27 April 2023). Taking place under...

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Partnerships in focus — stakeholders discuss international cooperation ahead of new agency mandate

Strategic partnerships and international cooperation perspectives will be the focus of an EMCDDA stakeholder event taking place in Brussels today, ahead of the agency’s new mandate in 2024. The agency’s cooperation with...

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EU4MD II bursaries for 2023 European Drugs Summer School

Two bursaries for the 2023 European Drugs Summer School (EDSS) are currently being offered through EMCDDA’s EU4Monitoring Drugs II ( EU4MD II ) project. Professionals, academics or experts from the European Neighbourhood...

Europe and Central Asia cooperate to train experts in collecting and analysing drug use data

A working arrangement was signed this morning in Madrid between FIIAPP /Spanish Cooperation and the EMCDDA in order to train and update the knowledge and experience of experts responsible for recording and...

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EMCDDA intensifies its cooperation with the Western Balkans and the European Neighbourhood Policy area

This month, the EMCDDA has launched two new projects which will intensify its cooperation with the Western Balkans and the European Neighbourhood Policy area (ENP). The EU-funded projects, running until the end...

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New phase of collaboration between the EMCDDA and the Ukrainian Ministry of Health

This month sees the start of a new phase of collaboration between the EMCDDA and Ukraine following the signing of a Working Arrangement between the agency and the Ukrainian Ministry of Health...

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Bursaries for students from Latin American and Caribbean countries for the 2023 European Drugs Winter School

Professionals, academics or experts from Latin American and Caribbean countries (LAC) ( 1 ) will have an opportunity to participate in the European Drugs Winter School (EDWS) this year, thanks to two...

Sweden takes over the EU presidency with a promise to be ‘greener, safer and freer’

This month, Sweden took over the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU with a pledge to focus on security, competitiveness, green and energy transitions, democratic values and the rule of...

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EMCDDA and Pompidou Group sign new pledge in Lisbon

Today, the EMCDDA and the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe agreed on new areas of cooperation in the framework of their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) , signed in 2010. The...

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Belgian Interior Minister visits EMCDDA for talks on public safety and security

Belgian Minister of the Interior, Institutional Reform and Democratic Renewal, Ms Annelies Verlinden , visited the EMCDDA this week during an official visit to Portugal. The Minister met EMCDDA Director Alexis Goosdeel...

EMCDDA participates in Latin American regional meeting on early warning systems

This week, the EMCDDA participated in a meeting ‘ Early warning systems in response to opioids and new psychoactive substances ’, organised by the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the...

Launch of the European Prevention Curriculum handbook in Georgian

The Georgian version of the European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) handbook , adapted to the national context, will be launched at two events in Tbilisi on 8 and 9 December. The events are...

EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies take stock of achievements in 2022 and set path for continuous support to Ukraine and Moldova

The nine EU Agencies active in the field of freedom, security and justice convened today in Budapest for a high-level meeting, chaired by CEPOL, to take stock of the main achievements in...

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EMCDDA and CEPOL sign new accord to boost learning on security issues

Today, the EMCDDA signed its first working arrangement with the European Agency for Law Enforcement Training ( CEPOL ) in Budapest aimed at boosting learning and knowledge exchange in the area of...

Reitox network meets to showcase 2022 highlights, new digital resources and plan future activities

Heads of the national focal points (NFPs) of the Reitox network are meeting in Lisbon today to discuss network business and the planning of activities for 2023. On the agenda of the...

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EMCDDA holds closing conference of two EU-funded technical cooperation projects

This week, the EMCDDA is hosting the closing conference of its international cooperation projects with the Western Balkans and European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) region ( 1 ). The two-day event, kicking off...

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EMCDDA releases new analysis on the drug situation in the Western Balkans

Drug-related health and security threats in the Western Balkans are highlighted today in a new report published by the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) . Released in the framework of the agency’s latest...

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EMCDDA releases new findings on drug markets in the eastern and southern European Neighbourhood Policy regions

The emergence of new drug trafficking routes, the expansion of online markets, and the availability of a broader spectrum of substances, are among the findings highlighted in two new reports published today...

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Meeting with Panamanian authorities on early-warning system and new psychoactive substances (NPS)

On 25 October, an EMCDDA team met with members of the Panamanian National Commission for the Study and Prevention of Drug-Related Crimes (CONAPRED) in Panana City. The meeting, organised under the COPOLAD...

News from EU4Monitoring Drugs, an EMCDDA technical cooperation project

This content was published in the EU4MD update released on 3.10.2022. This update also presents a section on partnerships, announcements, studies, upcoming events, and a research corner. Focus on European Web Survey...