The Committee of Permanent Correspondents
The Permanent Correspondents are officials from each member State of the Pompidou Group who represent their government between Ministerial Conferences. They constitute the main decision-making body during the work programme cycle. Permanent Correspondents supervise the implementation of all activities and the budget. They also prepare the four-year work programmes and the Ministerial Conferences together with the Secretariat.
Permanent Correspondents gather regularly at plenary meetings, which are normally held twice a year. The meetings serve as an intellectual and political forum where attendees can forge closer contacts and exchange views. The Permanent Correspondents' meetings focus on sharing information and opinions about recent developments in the drug policy field in individual countries and within the international community.
MEETINGS
LIST OF PERMANENT CORRESPONDENTS
Armenia
Ms Hasmik MARTIROSYAN 
Head of Drugs and other Controlled Substances Management Department, Scientific Center of Drug and Medical Technology Expertise after Academician Emil Gabrielyan CJSC
Austria (Presidency)
Chair of Permanent Correspondents: 
Dr Franz PIETSCH
Deputy Director General VI, Head of Directorate VI/A, Head of Department VI/A/5, Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection
Alternate Permanent Correspondent:
Mr Christoph WOLKERSTORFER
Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection, Department for tobacco and related products, alcohol, behavioural addictions and international affairs of addiction
Azerbaijan
Mr Said ASADLI
Officer, Main Directorate for Combating Drugs, Ministry of the Internal Affairs
Belgium
Permanent Correspondent:
Ms Nele VAN TOMME
Directorate-General Healthcare, Federal Public Service of Public Health, Safety of the Food Chain & Environment
Alternate Permanent Correspondents:
Ms An VERSCUREN
Criminal Policy Unit, General Directorate of Legislation and Fundamental Rights, Ministry of Justice
Mr Gilles VAN ‘T HOF
Representative FPS Finance/Customs and Excise
National Drug Office
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mr Dragan VUKADIN
Head of Department for the Suppression of the Abuse of Narcotic Drugs
Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Permanent Correspondent:
Ms Tsveta Nikolaeva RAYCHEVA
Health Promotion and Diseases Prevention Directorate, National Center of Public Health and Analyses
Alternate Permanent Correspondent:
Mr Nikolay BUTORIN
Chief expert, Addictions unit
National Center of Public Health
Croatia
Permanent Correspondent: 
Mr Zeljko PETKOVIC
Assitant Director, Service for Combatting Drug Abuse, Croatian Institute of Public Health
Alternate Permanent Correspondent:
Ms Sanja MIKULIC
Head of Service, Service for Combatting Drug Abuse
Cyprus
Permanent Correspondent:
Mr Constantinos STYLIANOU
Executive Director, National Addictions Authority of Cyprus
Alternate Permanent Correspondent:
Ms Nikolais (Leda) CHRISTODOULOU
National Addictions Authority of Cyprus
Czechia
Permanent Correspondent:
Ms Katerina HORACKOVA
Head of the Coordination and Funding Unit, Drug Policy Department, Government Office of the Czech Republic
Alternate Permanent Correspondent:
Ms Diana PAKOSOVA
International Cooperation, Drug Policy Department, Government Office of the Czech Republic
Estonia
Ms Aljona KURBATOVA
Public Health Department, Ministry of Social Affairs
Finland
Ms Elina KOTOVIRTA
Ministerial Adviser, Ph.D., Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
France
Permanent Correspondent:
Mr Nicolas PRISSE
Président, Mission Interministérielle de Lutte contre les Drogues et les Conduites Addictives
Alternate Permanent Correspondent:
Ms Laura D’ARRIGO
Conseillère diplomatique, Mission Interministérielle de Lutte contre les Drogues et les Conduites Addictives
Georgia
Ms Ketevan SARAJISHVILI
Head of the Public International Law Department, Ministry of Justice of Georgia
Greece
Permanent Correspondent:
Mr Athanasios THEOCHARIS
National Coordinator for Addiction Treatment of Greece, President BD of the National Organisation for Prevention and Addiction Treatment
Alternate Permanent Correspondent:
Ms Melina KLEFTODIMOU
Director for Strategic Planning and Development of the National Organisation for Prevention and Addiction Treatment
Hungary
Mr Peter FÖLDI
Policy Officer, Department for European Health, Social and Educational Affairs, Ministry of the Interior
Iceland
Mr Rafn JONSSON
Project Manager, Department of Determinants of Health and Wellbeing, Directorate of Health
Ireland
Alternate Permanent Correspondent:
Mr Brian DOWLING
Drug Policy, Refugee and Social Inclusion Unit, Department of Health
Israel
Ms Eti KAHANA
Senior Director (Psychoactive Substances), Israel National Authority for Community Safety, Ministry of Public Security
Liechtenstein
Mr Martin BIRNBAUMER-ONDER
Amt für Soziale Dienste (ASD), Suchtbeauftragter, Liechtensteinische Landesverwaltung
Lithuania
Ms Aura MĖTA RUTKAUSKĖ
Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control department, Government of the Republic of Lithuania
Luxembourg
Mr Alain ORIGER
Coordinateur 'Drogues', Ministère de la Santé - Direction de la Santé
Malta
Mr Richard MUSCAT
Chair Person, Ministry for the Family, Children's Rights and Social Solidarity, National Addiction Advisory Board
Mexico (Vice-Presidency)
Permanent Correspondent:
Ms Sylvia Paola MENDOZA ELGUEA
Coordinator for Multidimensional Security, Quotas and Candidatures, General Directorate for the United Nations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Alternate Permanent Correspondent:
Mr Julio César ESCOBEDO FLORES
Chargé d'Affaires a.i., Office of Mexico in Strasbourg
Republic of Moldova
Permanent Correspondent:
Mr Vladislav BUSMACHIU
Deputy Head of the Planning, Analysis and Monitoring Department, National Administration of Penitentiaries, Ministry of Justice
Alternate Permanent Correspondents:
Ms Aurelia POPOV
Public Health and Public Health Emergencies Policy Directorate
Monaco
Permanent Correspondent:
Mr Jean-Francois GOLDBROCH
Alternate Permanent Correspondent:
Mr Antoine ANTONINI
Montenegro
Ms Jasna SEKULIC
Expert adviser, Government of Montenegro, Ministry of Health, Department for Drugs policy international cooperation
Morocco
Ms Fatima ELOMARI
Psychiatre, Hôpital Universitaire AR-RAZI, Centre National de Traitement, de Prévention et de Recherche en Addictions
North Macedonia
Ms Liljana IGNJATOVA
Head of Centre for Prevention and Treatment, Psychiatric Hospital Skopje
Norway
Mr Torbjorn K. BREKKE 
Senior Adviser Narcotic Drugs Policy, Ministry of Health and Care Services, Department of Public Health
Poland
Mr Janusz SIEROSLAWSKI
Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Department of Studies on Alcoholism and Drug Dependance
Portugal
Ms Ana Sofia SANTOS
Coordinator of the International Relations and Cooperation Unit, Institute on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies
Romania
Permanent Correspondent:
Alternate Permanent Correspondent :
Mr Petru MUNTEANU
Coordonateur des Relations Intérnationales, National Agency for Policy and Coordination in the Field of Drugs and Addictions
San Marino
Mr Francesco BERTI
Directeur, Département Socio-Sanitaire de Santé Mentale et des Soins Primaires, Ministère de la Santé, la Sécurité Sociale, de la Prévoyance et de l’Egalité des Chances, Secrétariat d’Etat pour la Santé et la Sécurité Sociale
Serbia
Ms Jelena JANKOVIC
National Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Ministry of Health of Serbia
Slovak Republic
Ms Sarka KOVACSOVA
Ministry of Health, Department of Antidrug Strategy, Coordination and Drug Monitoring Bratislava
Slovenia
Mr Joze HREN
Secretary, Ministry of Health, Directorate for Public Health
Spain
Ms Elena ÁLVAREZ MARTÍN
Deputy Director of Institutional Relations, Government Delegation for the National Plan on Drugs, Ministry of Health
Sweden
Mr Joakim STRANDBERG
Public Health Agency of Sweden
Switzerland
Mr Lucien COLLIANDER
Senior advisor, lawyer, Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA, Federal Office of Public Health FOPH, Division of International Affairs, Section Global Health
Türkiye
Ms Zelal Deniz ERDOĞAN
Third Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye
Ukraine
Permanent Correspondent:
Ms Viktoriya MOZGOVA
Head of the Department No. 5 of the, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (Office of Minister)
Alternate Permanent Correspondent:
Ms Oleksandra KOZLOVSKA
General Director of the Directorate for International Trade and Development Cooperation and European Integration, Ministry of Health of Ukraine
LIST OF PERMANENT OBSERVERS
Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe
Mr Thomas WÜTHRICH
European Prison Education Association (EPEA)
European Commission
Mr Jo DE COCK
Head of Unit for Organised Crime and Drugs
Ms Marie-Aude TANNOU
Team leader - Drugs
Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs
European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA)
Mr Danilo BALLOTTA
Institutional Coordinator
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD/OAS)
Ms Angela CROWDY
Deputy Executive Secretary
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Ms Candice WELSCH
Director of Policy Analysis and Public Affairs
Mr Justice TETTEY
Chief of the Drugs, Laboratory and Scientific Services Branch
Vienna International Center
World Health Organization (WHO)
Ms Anja BUSSE
Unit Head
Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours (ADA)
Department of Mental Health and Substance Use
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