Seminar on the EU drug monitoring system, the EMCDDA and the perspectives for cooperation with ENP partner countries

The meeting aimed to establish and/or strengthen cooperation between interested ENP partners and the EMCDDA in the field of drug monitoring.

Background
This seminar is organised in the context of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). The ENP aims to forge closer ties with countries to the South and East of the EU. Through this policy, the EU seeks to strengthen the prosperity, stability and security of all of the countries concerned. In March 2007, the Council of the EU agreed to the gradual participation of ENP partner countries in the work of EU agencies to encourage regulatory and administrative reform and to promote a convergence of ENP partners’ policies with EU norms, standards and best practices. In this context, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is organising, together with the European Commission, a seminar on ‘TheEU drug monitoring system, the EMCDDA and the perspectives for cooperation with ENP partner countries’.

Objective of the seminar
The seminar will be the 1stmeeting between representatives from ENP partner countries, the EMCDDA and the European Commission. This one-and-a-half day meeting aims to establish and/or strengthen cooperation between interested ENP partners and the EMCDDA in the field of drug monitoring. It will provide an overview of the EU drug monitoring system —including the EMCDDA’s role — and will give detailed information on the perspectives for technical cooperation between the EMCDDA and ENP partner countries for 2011–13. The seminar is organised by the EMCDDA in consultation with DG JLS, DG RELEX and DG Enlargement, financed via the TAIEX instrument.