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Turkish–German twinning project success
An EU twinning project aimed at strengthening the Turkish Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction (TUBIM), was successfully completed in February after a 24-month implementation period (1). Turkey’s main partner in the project was the Institute of Therapy Research (IFT) — which hosts the German national focal point (NFP) — with the Greek focal point participating as junior partner. Other short-term expertise and input was provided by the Czech, French and Polish NFPs. The project focused on five components (2).
As a national centre for drug monitoring, coordination and prevention, TUBIM’s capacity increased in many aspects, especially organisational structure. Thanks to the project: media awareness was raised; interest of universities in the field was enhanced; TUBIM’s capacity for conducting and coordinating scientific studies, data collection and reporting increased; and experience during joint activities with EU experts in prevention and treatment was shared.
Frédéric Denecker
(1) The EU twinning programme, launched in 1998, aims to help countries develop modern and efficient administrations needed to implement the EU acquis.
(2) See list at the project website.
In this issue...
- Over 40 new drugs reported in 2010
- First international forum on new drugs
- HIV in the European region: unity and diversity
- ‘Monitoring the future’: adolescent drug use in the US
- EMCDDA project explores the importance of ‘survey context’
- Opioid substitution treatment: the role of general practitioners
- Mapping ‘drug squads’ in Europe
- European Action on Drugs: national event
- Khat use in Europe — implications for European policy
- INCB launches 2010 Annual report
- EMCDDA active at CND
- High-level Polish delegation visits EMCDDA
- Technical expert seminar on ‘threshold quantities’ for drug offences
- IPA project progressing in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Turkish–German twinning project success
- New prize for top scientific papers
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