Seminar: Global Drug Policy – Future Directions : Events

Coming Events:
The 2007 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, 5 to 8 December 2007, Astor Crowne Plaza New Orleans, LA.
Policy Alliance’s International Drug Policy Reform Conference is the world’s principal gathering of people who believe the war on drugs is doing more harm than good. No better opportunity exists to learn about drug policy and to strategize and mobilize for reform.
First Global Forum of Producers of Crops Declared to be Illicit
This is the first announcement of a conference, to be held in February 2008, that will bring together representatives of groups involved in the cultivation of crops controlled under the UN Conventions.
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Past Events:
International Conference on“ Knowledge, Policy and Service: A Dialogue Between East and West on Social Work”. October 28 and 29 2007 – Shanghai, China.
The conference encourages the participants to exchange experiences and ideas and in knowledge, policy and service issues, and bring into dialogues between east and west.
THE EUROPEAN NETWORK CORRELATION ANNOUNCES IT’S CONFERENCE ON ‘ACCESS TO HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES’ ‘SOCIAL INCLUSION AND HEALTH – CROSSING THE BORDERS’ 28TH – 30TH OF SEPTEMBER 2007 IN SOFIA, BULGARIA.
The conference will cover a broad range of topics, targeting marginalised groups and the limited access to health and social services.
The conference is addressed to professionals and experts with a broad range of backgrounds:

  • service providers
  • researchers
  • policy makers
  • representatives of self-help groups
  • drug users
  • male and female sex workers
    According to the activities of CORRELATION keywords during the presentations and discussions will be:
  • marginalization and exclusion
  • access to social and health services
  • harm reduction methodologies
  • impact on policy
  • research and evaluation
  • hard-to reach groups
  • outreach
  • empowerment, peer support and self organisation
  • new technology and communication
  • HIV and Aids prevention issues
    The conference fee is 490 € and contains participation to all sessions of the conference and includes lunch, dinner, coffee breaks and hotel accommodation for two nights.
    The conference of “POLICING DRUGS ON THE STREETS OF EUROPE”, Warsaw, Poland, 12-14 September 2007

    offers mid-ranking police officers an opportunity to meet, share best practice and learn about innovative operational initiatives. The conference is organised by IWR Associates, and is supported by the Association of Chief Police Officers, the UK Home Office and Europol. For further details and to book your place, go to the dedicated conference website using the above link.

    The Release 40th Anniversary conference is taking place in June.

    A full programme will be made ready in due course.
    HOW CAN INTERNATIONAL DRUGS POLICIES SUCCEED? – 1-4 FEBRUARY 2007, WILTON PARK, UK
    Focussing on key policy areas and the practical implications, this conference, which includes perspectives from a cross section of stakeholders, aims to: create a forum for frank discussion under the Chatham House Rule in a discreet residential environment, to increase the understanding of participants of the aspirations and concerns of each other and thereby the scope for common action; identify through a pooling of ideas and experience the key challenges and the most realistic ways of dealing with them; foster and create personal contacts which can prove important for taking forward future action. How sound are existing anti-drugs policies? What would make international and national efforts more successful? Where should efforts best focus? What is realistic and achievable in the run-up to UNGASS 2008? Is it time to “think the unthinkable”? For further information please contact Ms. Alison Jones, Conference Administrator, quoting reference number WP838. Telephone: +44 (0)1903 817714, Fax: +44 (0)1903 816 900, E-mail: [email protected] or visit the website www.wiltonpark.org.uk

    The Beckley Foundation: Briefing Paper Eleven. Report Of The Third Beckley International Drug Policy Seminar.

    The Beckley Foundation organized its third annual international seminar on drug policy in the House of Lords, Palace of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, on 4 December 2006. The objective of the seminar was to examine the preparations for the forthcoming global review of the international drug control system.

    Beckley Drug Policy Seminar – Proceedings Report

    In October 2004, The Beckley Foundation hosted the latest in its seminar series- Drugs: A Rational Perspective. This event, held in the magnificent surroundingsof the Moses Room in the UK Houses of Parliament, was our first attempt to focuson international issues. This proceedings paper summarises the presentationsand subsequent discussion on evaluation frameworks for national drug policies,and on the development of the EU Drug Strategy, and draws out the main conclusionsof the day. [Please note that this is a large file, and may take several minutesto open]

    Wilton Park 2005 drugs seminar proceedings document

    The Wilton Park organisation, an agency of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office,organises seminars on issues of global policy interest. These seminars are attendedby a select group of high level policymakers and experts, and are held underChatham House rules which allow participants to examine issues free from theconstraints of public meetings. In April 2005, they hosted the latest in a seriesof events looking at international drug policies. In a programme jointly developedby The Beckley Foundation, this year’s seminar focussed on the effectivenessof different policies and programmes.