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This week, EMCDDA Director Alexis Goosdeel is making an official visit to Colombia to sign the agency's Working Arrangement with the Colombian Ministry of Justice and Law. The Ministry — through its...

The EMCDDA is delighted to announce the availability of bursaries for Lisbon Addictions 2024 . The bursaries are being offered via the agency's international cooperation projects, funded by the European Union. The...

'Drug crime and markets: strategic analysis' is the focus of a training course being hosted at the EMCDDA in Lisbon this week in cooperation with the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement...

An EMCDDA delegation is in Chisinau today for a visit to the Republic of Moldova under the EU4Monitoring Drugs II project ( EU4MD II ). The visit is organised in close cooperation...

This week, EMCDDA experts will join over 150 officials from Latin American, Caribbean and EU agencies in the annual COPOLAD III meeting, taking place from 20–21 February in La Paz, Bolivia (...

This week, the EMCDDA is co-organising, with the Jamaican National Council on Drug Abuse , a series of technical meetings under the COPOLAD III programme. Taking place in Kingston, the events will...

A delegation from the Narcotics and Psychotropic Drug Control Agency of the Libyan Ministry of the Interior is visiting the EMCDDA today for the first time. The two-day visit is organised under...

This month, Belgium took over the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU with a promise to 'protect our people, strengthen our economy and prepare for our shared future'. Over the...

This week in Montevideo, the EMCDDA is co-organising with the Uruguayan Junta Nacional de Drogas, a technical dialogue on cannabis policies. The event is one of a range of activities organised by...

This week, EMCDDA Director Alexis Goosdeel is making an official visit to Peru in the framework of the agency's Working Arrangement with the Peruvian national drug observatory, DEVIDA ( 1 ). This...

An EMCDDA delegation is in Baku today for the agency's first visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan under the EU4Monitoring Drugs II project ( EU4MD II ). The visit is organised in...

Today, 20 experts from eight Caribbean countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname) are embarking on a five-day online European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) basic training...

Today, 30 experts from nine Latin American and Caribbean countries (Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela) are embarking on a five-day online European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC)...

Cooperation with Peru was enhanced this month following the signing of a Working Arrangement between the EMCDDA and the Peruvian National Commission for Development and Life without Drugs ( DEVIDA ). The...

Increasingly sophisticated techniques are being used today to conceal and smuggle cocaine into Europe. Such techniques include incorporating cocaine base or hydrochloride (HCI) into other materials (e.g. beeswax, plastic, clothing), then extracting...

The results of fruitful cooperation between the EMCDDA and Georgian drug experts were celebrated today at the closing event of the two-year EMCDDA4Georgia project in Tbilisi. Among the dignitaries attending the ceremony...

National Drug Observatories (NDOs) from Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries are gathering in Lisbon from 22–26 May for a week of activities under the COPOLAD III programme. The overarching theme of...

Representatives from a record 80 countries will be joining members of the EMCDDA this week (22–26 May) for the agency’s eleventh Reitox week . The purpose of this annual event is to...

Today, the EMCDDA and the General-Directorate for Intervention on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies ( SICAD ) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) , formalising their cooperation in the organisation of the European...

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...