Components

Activities

National Drugs Observatories

  • 1.1 - Mapping the situation on NDOs: Follow-up/Baseline study

  • 1.2 - Identification of groups of countries according to the development stage of their NDO.

  • 1.3 - South-South Cooperation: promotion and facilitation of the establishment of national Early Warning Systems (EWS) in CELAC countries

    • 1st Meeting of the Working Group (WG) Early Warning System

      12/09/17 - 13/09/17

      Bogotá, Colombia

      Go to activity
    • 2nd Meeting of the Working Group (WG) Early Warning System

      16/11/17 - 17/11/17

      Lisboa, Portugal

      Go to activity
    • 3rd Meeting of the Working Group (WG) Early Warning System

      26/07/18 - 27/07/18

      Montevideo, Uruguay

      Go to activity
    • 4th Meeting of the Working Group (WG) Early Warning System

      25/03/19 - 29/03/19

      Prague, Czech Republic

      Go to activity
  • 1.4 - Studies to evaluate and validate scales and indicators of “Problematic Drug Use" (PDU)

    • 1st Meeting Working Group (WG) Design of studies to evaluate and validate scales and indicators of “Problematic Drug Use”

      11/10/17 - 12/10/17

      Santiago, Chile

      Go to activity
    • 2nd Meeting Working Group (WG) Design of studies to evaluate and validate scales and indicators of “Problematic Drug Use”

      26/03/18 - 27/03/18

      Santiago, Chile

      Go to activity
  • 1.5 - Capacity-building for the elaboration of first country reports

    • 1st Meeting of the Coordination and Advisory Levels of Working Group (WG) Enhancing the capacity of NDOs, to elaborate and disseminate a Country Report on drugs

      04/07/17 - 05/07/17

      San José, Costa Rica

      Go to activity
    • 2nd Meeting of the Coordination and Advisory Levels of Working group (WG) Enhancing the capacity of NDOs, to elaborate and disseminate a Country Report on drugs

      16/11/17 - 17/11/17

      Lisboa, Portugal

      Go to activity
    • 3rd Meeting of the Coordination and Advisory Levels of Working group (WG) Enhancing the capacity of NDOs, to elaborate and disseminate a Country Report on drugs

      04/06/18 - 05/06/18

      Panama City, Panama

      Go to activity
    • 4th Meeting of the Coordination and Advisory Levels of Working group (WG) Enhancing the capacity of NDOs, to elaborate and disseminate a Country Report on drugs

      25/03/19 - 29/03/19

      Prague, Czech Republic

      Go to activity
  • 1.6 - Capacity-building on new threats and emerging problems

    • 1st Advisory Level Meeting Working Group (WG) Developing Methodologies for a better understanding of new problems or threats

      22/08/17 - 23/08/17

      Buenos Aires, Argentina

      Go to activity
    • 2nd Advisory Level Meeting Working Group (WG) Developing Methodologies for a better understanding of new problems or threats

      23/04/18 - 24/04/18

      Buenos Aires, Argentina

      Go to activity
  • 1.8 - Annual meeting of NDOs

    • 1st COPOLAD II Annual Meeting National Drugs Observatories

      05/12/16 - 09/12/16

      Kingston, Jamaica

      Go to activity
    • 2nd COPOLAD II Annual Meeting National Drugs Observatories

      13/11/17 - 17/11/17

      Lisboa, Portugal

      Go to activity
    • 3rd COPOLAD II Annual Meeting National Drugs Observatories

      25/03/19 - 29/03/19

      Prague, Czech Republic

      Go to activity

Drugs Demand Reduction

  • 2.1 - Validation of quality and evidence-based criteria agreed during C1 in the field of DDR

    • 1st meeting for the validation of basic quality and evidence-based criteria for treatment programmes

      28/03/17 - 30/03/17

      Santiago de Chile

      Go to activity
    • 1st meeting for the validation of quality and evidence-based advanced criteria for treatment and harm reduction programmes

      29/03/17 - 30/03/17

      Santiago de Chile

      Go to activity
    • 1st meeting Validation of quality and evidence-based criteria for prevention programmes

      26/09/17 - 27/09/17

      San José, Costa Rica

      Go to activity
    • 1st meeting Adaptation and validation of quality and evidence-based criteria in Caribbean countries

      03/10/17 - 04/10/17

      Georgetown, Guyana

      Go to activity
    • 2nd Meeting Adaptation and validation of quality and evidence-based criteria in Caribbean countries

      20/04/18

      Kingston, Jamaica

      Go to activity
    • 2nd Meeting for the validation of basic and advanced quality and evidence-based criteria for treatment and prevention programmes

      20/11/18 - 22/11/18

      Santiago, Chile

      Go to activity
    • 3rd Meeting Adaptation and validation of quality and evidence-based criteria in Caribbean countries

      13/06/19 - 14/06/19

      Paramaribo, Suriname

      Go to activity
    • Bi-regional meeting for the exchange of best practices in Drug Demand Reduction: Accreditation and Quality Assurance

      27/11/19 - 28/11/19

      Panama City, Panama

      Go to activity
  • 2.3 - Exchange of best practices in key areas of DDR: bi-regional meetings to identify and exchange best and innovative practices to face emerging challenges

    • Bi-regional meeting to enhance the exchange of best practices: Drugs Policy and criminal justice reform: alternative treatment to prison for drug offences

      27/06/17 - 29/06/17

      San José, Costa Rica

      Go to activity
    • Bi-regional conference on fostering the use of alternative measures to imprisonment

      19/09/19 - 20/09/19

      Montevideo, Uruguay

      Go to activity
    • Bi-regional meeting for the exchange of best practices in Drug Demand Reduction: Accreditation and Quality Assurance

      27/11/19 - 28/11/19

      Panama City, Panama

      Go to activity
    • Alternative Measures to Imprisionment in times of COVID-19 and future challenges. Follow-up to the Declaration of Montevideo

      03/06/20

      Zoom Platform

      Go to activity
  • 2.4 - Directory of Centers and Services in DDR

  • 2.5 - Further expansion of the capacity-building strategy in DDR

    • The use of alcohol and other drugs: Evidence-based prevention

      • National Edition, Chile. The use of alcohol and other drugs: Evidence-based prevention

        01/03/16 - 01/08/16

        Online

        Go to activity
      • National Edition, Chile. The use of alcohol and other drugs: Evidence-based prevention

        01/03/17 - 12/08/17

        Online

        Go to activity
      • International Edition (Spanish version): The use Alcohol and other drugs: Evidence-based prevention

        05/06/17 - 04/12/17

        On line

        Go to activity
      • National Edition, Chile. The use of alcohol and other drugs: Evidence-based prevention

        01/03/18 - 01/09/18

        Online

        Go to activity
      • International Edition (English version): The use of alcohol and other drugs: Evidence-based prevention

        01/05/18 - 01/10/18

        On line

        Go to activity
      • National Edition, Jamaica. The use of alcohol and other drugs: Evidence-based prevention

        25/05/19 - 29/10/19

        Online

        Go to activity
      • National Edition, Argentina. The use of alcohol and other drugs: Evidence-based prevention

        01/06/19 - 01/10/19

        Online

        Go to activity
    • Comprehensive and Integrated Drug Related Socio-Sanitary System at the Primary Care

      • National Editions, Peru. Comprehensive and Integrated Drug Related Socio-Sanitary System at the Primary Care

        25/05/16 - 29/10/16

        Online

        Go to activity
      • National Edition, Argentina. Comprehensive and Integrated Drug Related Socio-Sanitary System at the Primary Care

        03/04/17 - 03/09/17

        Online

        Go to activity
      • National Edition, Peru. Comprehensive and Integrated Drug Related Socio-Sanitary System at the Primary Care

        25/05/17 - 29/10/17

        Online

        Go to activity
      • International Edition (Spanish version): Comprehensive and Integrated Socio-Sanitary Care System in Drug Dependence at the Primary Care level

        05/06/17 - 04/12/17

        On line

        Go to activity
      • National Edition, Argentina. Comprehensive and Integrated Drug Related Socio-Sanitary System at the Primary Care

        25/04/18 - 30/10/18

        Online

        Go to activity
      • National Edition, Guatemala. Comprehensive and Integrated Drug Related Socio-Sanitary System at the Primary Care

        25/02/19 - 29/08/19

        Online

        Go to activity
      • International Edition (English version): Comprehensive and Integrated Socio-Sanitary Care System in Drug Dependence at the Primary Care level

        01/03/19 - 01/08/19

        On line

        Go to activity
      • National Edition, Argentina. Comprehensive and Integrated Drug Related Socio-Sanitary System at the Primary Care

        25/04/19 - 29/10/19

        Online

        Go to activity
      • National Edition, Argentina. Comprehensive and Integrated Drug Related Socio-Sanitary System at the Primary Care

        25/04/19 - 29/10/19

        Online

        Go to activity
    • Public Health approach to drugs policies

      • International edition (Spanish): Public Health approach to drugs policies

        05/06/17 - 01/12/17

        On line

        Go to activity
      • International edition (English version): Public Health approach to drugs policies

        25/05/18 - 15/10/18

        Online

        Go to activity
      • National Edition, Guatemala. Public Health approach to drugs policies

        25/02/19 - 29/08/19

        Online

        Go to activity
      • National Edition, Bolivia. Public Health approach to drugs policies

        25/03/19 - 29/08/19

        Online

        Go to activity
      • National Edition, Venezuela. Public Health approach to drugs policies

        25/05/19 - 29/11/19

        Online

        Go to activity
      • National Edition, Argentina. Public Health approach to drugs policies

        25/06/19 - 29/11/19

        Online

        Go to activity
      • National Edition, Mexico. Public Health approach to drugs policies

        01/07/20 - 12/12/20

        Online

        Go to activity
    • Comprehensive approach to the prevention and reduction of the adverse consequences of drug use in populations in situation of high vulnerability: a public health strategy

      • International Edition (Spanish version): Comprehensive approach to the prevention and reduction of the adverse consequences of drug use in populations in situation of high vulnerability: a public health strategy

        01/03/19 - 01/08/19

        Online

        Go to activity
      • International Edition (English version): Comprehensive approach to the prevention and reduction of the adverse consequences of drug use in populations in situation of high vulnerability: a public health strategy

        01/04/19 - 01/09/19

        Online

        Go to activity
      • National Edition Mexico. Comprehensive approach to the prevention and reduction of the adverse consequences of drug use in populations in situation of high vulnerability: a public health strategy

        01/07/20 - 12/12/20

        Online

        Go to activity
    • National Editions of the Online Courses in CELAC countries

  • 2.6 - Promotion and implementation of support resources for planning and evaluating DDR programmes

    • Bank of evaluation tools for DDR programmes

    • DDR programme Planning & evaluation platform One Step@ATime

    • Capacity building to facilitate the use of the DDR programmes planning tool "One Step@ATime"

      • Workshop Planning System: Step@aTime, for countries of South Cone and Andean region

        30/07/19 - 31/07/19

        Buenos Aires, Argentina

        Go to activity
      • Workshop Planning System: Step@aTime, for Caribbean countries

        15/10/19 - 16/10/19

        Nassau, The Bahamas

        Go to activity
      • Workshop Planning System: Step@aTime, for Meso-American and Spanish-speaking Caribbean countries

        25/11/19 - 26/11/19

        Panama city, Panama

        Go to activity

Drugs Supply Reduction

  • 3.1 - Facilitating intra-regional exchange of best practices and peer-to-peer learning in the field of alternative development (AD)

    • 1st Intra-regional dialogue forum in Alternative Development

      12/12/16 - 14/12/16

      Bogotá, Colombia

      Go to activity
    • 1st Peer-to-peer workshop: Alternative development and value chains

      09/05/17 - 10/05/17

      Quito, Ecuador

      Go to activity
    • 2nd Peer-to-peer workshop: Alternative development and value chains

      05/09/17 - 07/09/17

      Asunción, Paraguay

      Go to activity
    • 3rd Peer-to-peer workshop: Alternative development and value chains

      24/10/17 - 25/10/17

      Ciudad de México, Mexico

      Go to activity
    • 2nd Intra-regional dialogue forum in Alternative Development

      20/11/17 - 23/11/17

      Santa Cruz - Trópico de Cochabamba, Bolivia

      Go to activity
    • 3rd Intra-regional dialogue Forum on Alternative Development

      27/02/18 - 01/03/18

      Lima, Peru

      Go to activity
    • 4th Intra-regional dialogue Forum on Alternative Development

      17/07/19 - 18/07/19

      Ciudad La Antigua, Guatemala

      Go to activity
    • Alternative Development in COPOLAD II

      27/05/20

      Virtual Meeting

      Go to activity
  • 3.3 - Improving evidence in the field of AD

    • Study on successful factors strengthening the institutional capacities in Alternative Development. Case Study: Guatemala, Paraguay and Peru

      26/02/18

      Lima, Peru

      Go to activity
  • 3.4 - Capacity building and exchange of best practices in Law Enforcement

    • Bi-regional meeting to enhance the exchange of best practices: Drugs Policy and criminal justice reform: alternative treatment to prison for drug offences

      27/06/17 - 29/06/17

      San José, Costa Rica

      Go to activity
    • EU-CELAC Bi-regional Meeting for the Exchange of Best Practices: Effective mechanisms to counteract cocaine Illicit drug trafficking routes

      10/04/18 - 12/04/18

      Quito, Ecuador

      Go to activity
    • EU-CELAC Bi-regional Meeting for the Exchange of Best Practices: Money Laundering & Asset Recovery

      22/05/19 - 23/05/19

      Madrid, Spain

      Go to activity
    • Bi-regional conference on fostering the use of alternative measures to imprisonment

      19/09/19 - 20/09/19

      Montevideo, Uruguay

      Go to activity
    • Alternative Measures to Imprisionment in times of COVID-19 and future challenges. Follow-up to the Declaration of Montevideo

      03/06/20

      Zoom Platform

      Go to activity
  • 3.5 - Sustainable capacity building and exchange of best practices in the field of prevention and control of chemical precursors' diversion for the production of illicit drugs

    • 1st Annual Week on Precursors

      08/11/16 - 11/11/16

      Barcelona, Spain

      Go to activity
    • 2nd Annual Week on Precursors

      28/11/17 - 01/12/17

      Brasilia, Brazil

      Go to activity
    • 3rd Annual Week on Precursors

      12/11/18 - 15/11/18

      Lisbon, Portugal

      Go to activity
    • 1st COPOLAD II Working Group 1 meeting on Precursors

      12/11/18

      Lisboa, Portugal

      Go to activity
    • 1st COPOLAD II Working Group 2 meeting on Precursors

      12/11/18

      Lisbon, Portugal

      Go to activity
    • 2nd COPOLAD II Working Group 2 meeting on Precursors

      26/02/19 - 27/02/19

      Brussels, Belgium

      Go to activity
    • 2nd COPOLAD II Working Group 1 meeting on Precursors

      28/02/19 - 01/03/19

      Brussels, Belgium

      Go to activity
    • 3rd COPOLAD II Working Groups 1 & 2 meeting on Precursors

      25/09/19 - 27/09/19

      Brussels, Belgium

      Go to activity
    • 4th Annual Week on Precursors

      15/10/19 - 18/10/19

      Buenos Aires, Argentina

      Go to activity
    • 4th COPOLAD II Working Groups 1 & 2 meeting on Precursors

      15/10/19 - 18/10/19

      Buenos Aires, Argentina

      Go to activity

Dialogue & Mechanism

  • 4.1 - Organization of COPOLAD's Annual Conferences

    • 1st COPOLAD II Annual Conference: From evidence to practice: challenges in the field of drugs policies

      14/06/16 - 15/06/16

      The Hague, The Netherlands

      Go to activity
    • 2nd COPOLAD II Annual Conference: Use of the Internet for the illicit sale of drugs and new psychoactive substances: challenges for their approach through coordinated and effective policies

      16/05/17 - 17/05/17

      Buenos Aires, Argentina

      Go to activity
    • 3rd COPOLAD II Annual Conference: Women and drugs policy

      19/06/18 - 20/06/18

      Sofia, Bulgaria

      Go to activity
    • 4th COPOLAD II Annual Conference: Inter-institutional coordination in drugs policy Challenges and promising developments

      18/06/19 - 19/06/19

      Paramaribo, Suriname

      Go to activity
    • COPOLAD II Virtual Closing Meeting: Achievements & priorities for the future

      04/06/20

      Microsoft Teams Platform

      Go to activity
  • 4.2 - Promotion and enlargement of the Mechanism's E-room at the COPOLAD website

  • 4.3 - Provision of technical inputs from COPOLAD relevant for policy-making

    • Technical report: Gender and empowerment of women in drug policies

Crosscutting issues

  • 0.8-9 - Institutional Coordination meetings and contacts.

    • Coordination Meeting European Commission (kick-off meeting)

      21/03/16

      Bruselas, Belgium

      Go to activity
    • Experts meeting on Drugs: EU Policy cycle 2018-2021 and Cooperation programmes on Drugs policies

      10/09/18 - 12/09/18

      Brussels, Belgium

      Go to activity
    • Interagency meeting on standards of care for problematic drug users in the Americas

      11/10/18 - 12/10/18

      Washington, United States of America

      Go to activity
    • Meeting for the Drug Demand Reduction Planning in the Americas in 2019

      11/02/19 - 13/02/19

      Washington D.C., United States of América

      Go to activity
    • Expert consultation on harmonization of mechanisms and tools to ensure Quality: UNODC-PAHO / WHO and COPOLAD

      13/02/19 - 15/02/19

      Washington D.C., United States of America

      Go to activity
    • Meeting with CELAC Embassies

      26/02/19

      Brussels, Belgium

      Go to activity
    • Project for Validation and Piloting of Quality Standards in Drug Treatment in Ecuador (visit)

      29/10/19 - 31/10/19

      Quito, Ecuador

      Go to activity
    • Meeting Contribution of COPOLAD to the tasks of the EU-CELAC Mechanism

      19/02/20 - 21/02/20

      Brussels, Belgium

      Go to activity
    • Project for Validation and Piloting of Quality Standards in Drug Treatment in Dominican Rep. (visit)

      24/02/20 - 26/02/20

      Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

      Go to activity
    • Project for Validation and Piloting of Quality Standards in Drug Treatment in Honduras (visit)

      04/03/20 - 06/03/20

      Tegucigalpa, Honduras

      Go to activity
  • 0.10 - Visibility Strategy

    • Programme presentation at national, regional, bi-regional or international events

      • Side Event of COPOLAD at the 59th CND 2016: Building support tools for evidence-based policy-making on drugs

        15/03/16

        Vienna, Austria

        Go to activity
      • Side event UNGASS 2016

        18/04/16

        New York, United States of America

        Go to activity
      • COPOLAD presentation at Info Point

        28/09/16

        Bruselas, Belgium

        Go to activity
      • COPOLAD presentation at EMCDDA

        24/10/16

        Lisboa, Portugal

        Go to activity
      • COPOLAD presentation at CICAD

        31/10/16 - 04/11/16

        Nassau, Bahamas

        Go to activity
      • First Regional Meeting on New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) in the Western Hemisphere (Americas)

        01/02/17 - 02/02/17

        Bogotá, Colombia

        Go to activity
      • Dialogues about the implementation of the recommendations of UNGASS 2016

        02/02/17

        Ciudad de México, Mexico

        Go to activity
      • XVII Meeting of the group of experts on Demand Reduction (CICAD-OAS)

        07/03/17 - 08/03/17

        Miami, United States of América

        Go to activity
      • Side Event of COPOLAD at the 60th CND 2017: Building support tools for evidence-based policy-making on drugs

        15/03/17

        Vienna, Austria

        Go to activity
      • XVIII Meeting of the group of experts on Demand Reduction (CICAD-OAS)

        21/08/17 - 24/08/17

        Santiago, Chile

        Go to activity
      • 2nd European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies, Lisbon Addictions

        25/10/17

        Lisboa, Portugal

        Go to activity
      • EU-CELAC second seminar on Citizen Security. Implementation of Chapter 10 of the EU-CELAC Action Plan

        16/01/18 - 18/01/18

        Panama City, Panama

        Go to activity
      • Meeting of the Directors of National Drug Councils to review, revise & update the Regional Drug Demand Reduction Strategy

        29/01/18 - 02/02/18

        Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis

        Go to activity
      • Side Event COPOLAD at 61st CND 2018. South-South cooperation supported by the European Union: aims, actors,activities and outcomes

        13/03/18

        Vienna, Austria

        Go to activity
      • Presentation of COPOLAD at XX Ibero-American Seminar RIOD on Drugs and Cooperation

        06/05/18 - 09/05/18

        Madrid, Spain

        Go to activity
      • 2nd Regional Meeting on New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) in the Western Hemisphere (Americas)

        15/05/18 - 17/05/18

        Brasília, Brazil

        Go to activity
      • Presentation of COPOLAD in PREDEM

        04/06/18

        Lima, Peru

        Go to activity
      • II Forum on Policies and Programmes for the Preventive Intervention in the Educative field

        06/06/18 - 08/06/18

        Lima, Peru

        Go to activity
      • XIX Meeting of the group of experts on Demand Reduction (CICAD-OAS)

        24/07/18 - 25/08/18

        Santiago, Chile

        Go to activity
      • Workshop to Strengthen National Drug Observatories in Latin America

        07/08/18 - 09/08/18

        La Antigua, Guatemala

        Go to activity
      • 3rd CICAD / OAS Experts Meeting in Comprehensive and Sustainable Alternative Development

        08/10/18 - 10/10/18

        Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

        Go to activity
      • Executive Training Pompidou Group. Drugs Policies Evaluation and the development of new indicators for measuring its effectiveness

        05/11/18 - 07/11/18

        Querétaro, Mexico

        Go to activity
      • EU-CELAC Workshop on Citizen Security: Implementation of Chalter 10 of the EU-CELAC Action Plan

        23/01/19 - 24/01/19

        Belize

        Go to activity
      • Presentation of the Quality and Evidence Project at theIX Cuban Congress of Psychiatry, VII Pan-American Congress of Child-Youth Mental Health and II International Symposium of Dual Pathology

        11/03/19 - 15/03/19

        La Habana, Cuba

        Go to activity
      • Side Event COPOLAD at 62nd CND 2018: The role of coordination in drug policy: success stories in the framework of COPOLAD II

        19/03/19

        Vienna, Austria

        Go to activity
      • II Regional Workshop of Maritime Intelligence Units of SEACOP Project in Latin America

        19/03/19 - 21/03/19

        Buenos Aires, Argentina

        Go to activity
      • COPOLAD presentation at the Conferência Internacional de Ciências Forenses (InterFORENSICS 2019)

        21/05/19 - 24/05/19

        Brasilia, Brazil

        Go to activity
      • Presentation of COPOLAD at XXI Ibero-American Seminar RIOD on Drugs and Cooperation

        27/05/19 - 31/05/19

        Montevideo, Uruguay

        Go to activity
      • Workshop to Strengthen the National Observatories on Drugs in Latin America and the Caribbean Fourth Edition CICAD-OAS

        25/06/19 - 27/05/19

        Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

        Go to activity
      • 5th Conference of ISSUP

        01/07/19 - 05/07/19

        Vienna, Austria

        Go to activity
      • 3rd European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies, Lisbon Addictions

        23/10/19 - 25/10/19

        Lisbon, Portugal

        Go to activity
      • Crime Week

        25/11/19 - 29/11/19

        Brussels, Belgium

        Go to activity
      • CICAD-UNODC Meeting Quality Assurance

        27/01/20 - 29/01/20

        Washington D.C. , United States of America

        Go to activity
      • COPOLAD at Steering Committee CRIMJUST

        30/01/20

        Brussels, Belgium

        Go to activity
      • COPOLAD at Steering Committee SEACOP

        12/02/20 - 13/02/20

        Brussels, Belgium

        Go to activity
      • Presentation of COPOLAD at the meeting of the Working Party on Latin America and the Caribbean (COLAC)

        03/03/20

        Brussels, Belgium

        Go to activity