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Extended deadline: European Drug Prevention Prize 2021 – apply until 15 January 2021
The Pompidou Group calls for youth projects to submit applications for the 2021 edition of the European Drug Prevention Prize. The Prevention Prize is awarded to highlight outstanding drug prevention projects that have proved successful in involving young people in their design, implementation...
Joint online seminar with CICAD/OAS on ‘The COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications and Challenges for Substance Use Prevention’
Pompidou Group together with the Executive Secretariat of Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (ES/CICAD) of the Organisation of American States organised an online seminar on ‘The COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications and Challenges for Substance Use Prevention’ on 17 November 2020. Experts...
Pompidou Group launches new activity on the development of comprehensive drug treatment systems in prisons in South-East Europe
The Pompidou Group launched a new angle of cooperation for its South-East Europe thematic group. The activity was established at the initiative of the participating countries from the region with the aim of improving through-care and pre-and post-release rehabilitation programmes in the countries...
2nd joint webinar with the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the OAS
Within the framework of cooperation with the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organisation of American States, a joint webinar on ‘Gender Sensitive Drug Policy Responses’ was organised by the Pompidou Group and CICAD on 29 September 2020. The webinar focused on gender...
Pompidou Group 2020 Executive Training, Module II
Module II of the 2020 Pompidou Group Executive Training on the topic of ‘Role of different actors in drug prevention’ was successfully organised in Malta on 22-25 September. At the training participants learnt about effective engagement of parents in prevention, the ways to involve private...
Yearly Pompidou Group meetings on fighting drug trafficking via air took place online
The 35th meeting of the Airports Group took place on 8 September 2020. Presentations in the first part focused on strengthening airports security: advanced technology versus human factor, insider threats and behavior detection, and capabilities and restrictions in law enforcement. In the second...
Moldovan professionals explore influence of subcultures in prison on the efficiency of drug treatment provision for inmates
On 3-4 September 2020, the Pompidou Group held an interactive webinar on ‘Subcultures and drug use in prisons – Approaches to improving security and treatment provision’ which was organised for prison employees in the Republic of Moldova. It was the first discussion on this topic with more than...
Full record of the webinar on the economic impact of Covid-19 on drug policies is now available
On 21 July 2020, Pompidou Group and the Organisation of Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (OAS/CICAD) held the first of a series of joint webinars examining the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the design, implementation and evaluation of drug policies worldwide. The online event...
European Drug Prevention Prize 2021 - call for applications is open
The Pompidou Group calls for youth projects to submit applications for the 2021 edition of the European Drug Prevention Prize. Applications should be submitted using the below application form and respecting the eligibility criteria and procedures detailed in the document ‘Concept, rules,...
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (26 June): Facing COVID19 challenges
“Drug policies must save lives and protect people, not stigmatise”, says João Castel-Branco Goulão on behalf of the Pompidou Group’s Portuguese Presidency, to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. “As new infections with COVID-19 are massively increasing worldwide...
An overview of human rights and drug policy in the Mediterranean region
The Pompidou Group’s Mediterranean network for co-operation on drugs and addictions (MedNET) published a first overview document on human rights of people who use drugs covering 17 MedNET countries. The publication includes different topics, among them the consideration of drug use as a disease...
Georgia becomes the 41st member state of the Pompidou Group
Georgia has decided to join the Pompidou Group as of 1 May, thus becoming its 41st member State. This decision is a follow up of the visit of the Executive Secretary to Tbilisi in February, where he participated in the conference “Rehabilitation of drug-dependent prisoners – why should you care?”...
Launch of online platform #SaveLivesProtectPeople
The Pompidou Group’s response platform ’Save Lives - Protect People’ collects and presents innovative ideas and practical interventions that aim to contain the spread of COVID-19 and prevent harm to people who use drugs and those in contact with them. Frontline workers are invited to feature...
Key messages on boosting sustainable development
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under the UN 2030 Agenda call on all States to implement comprehensive policies and strategies that promote sustainable development. Supporting strategies and cooperation in national efforts to fulfil SDGs is one of the expressed priorities in the Pompidou...
European Court of Human Rights says depriving mother with drug addiction of her parental rights was disproportionate
In its judgment of 25 February 2020 in the case of Y.I. v. Russia, the European Court of Human Rights found, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention on Human Rights. The case concerned the applicant’s...
Pompidou Group participates in the 63rd Session of UN’s drug policy body
As in previous years, the Pompidou Group took part in the yearly session (Vienna, 2-6 March 2020) of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the UN's primary policy-making body on drug-related matters. On this occasion, the Portuguese Presidency of the Group delivered a statement in which the 40 member...
Rehabilitation of drug dependent inmates – Why should you care?
This topic was at the heart of intensive discussions and inspiring talks by speakers from Georgia, Poland, the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, Germany, Netherlands and Spain at the international conference organised by the Pompidou Group and the Ministry of Justice of Georgia in Tbilisi, on 18-19...
Pompidou Group launches cooperation project in Belarus
At its launching meeting in Minsk on 18-19 February 2020, Pompidou Group discussed activities for a new cooperation project in the Republic of Belarus on fighting drug abuse and drug trafficking with the ministries of Interior, Health, Education and Labour as well as law enforcement agencies. The...
Armenia becomes the 40th member state of the Pompidou Group
2020 begins with good news : Armenia has decided to join the Pompidou Group as of 1 January, thus becoming its 40th member state. In a press statement issued on 26 December 2019, the Armenian government stated that "given the opportunities provided by the cooperation with the Pompidou Group, (…)...
3rd Annual Meeting on “General Aviation: Still… A blind spot in Law Enforcement”
The third expert group meeting on General Aviation (GA) organised by the Pompidou Group was held in Valletta, Malta, on 26-28 November 2019. The aim of this meeting was twofold. First, it was to address ways of reducing illegal trafficking using GA, a phenomenon which tends to take place away...
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