Activities

First meeting for the two working groups on basic quality standard validation and advanced treatment and harm reduction for Latin America was celebrated the 28th – 30th of march 2017 in Santiago (Chile).

This activity is leaded by Chile through its National on Drug Agency, National Service for the Prevention and Rehabilitation of Drug and Alcohol Consumption (SENDA). It had the participation of specialist on drugs demand reduction from 15 Latin American countries as well as a representation form the bioregional network RIOD. At the same time PAHO/WHO played an active management role in the process together with CICAD/OAS.

The aim of the meeting was to start the validation process of the quality standards at the basic and advanced level in treatment and harm reduction. Fifteen Latin-American countries had stated interest in a cooperation mechanism South-South and already reached agreements during the first stage of COPOLAD Program (2011-2015).

Along the validation process two international meetings are foreseeing for each group of standards, basic and advanced ones. The first meeting will allow to coordinate the implementation of the project and its actions to make a first pilot.

Second meeting will allow evaluation and final agreement of the criteria for the countries as well as the definition of the strategies to implement those standards in each countries’ National Evaluation System.

First meeting for the two working groups on basic quality standard validation and advanced treatment and harm reduction for Latin America was celebrated the 28th – 30th of march 2017 in Santiago (Chile).

This activity is leaded by Chile through its National on Drug Agency, National Service for the Prevention and Rehabilitation of Drug and Alcohol Consumption (SENDA). It had the participation of specialist on drugs demand reduction from 15 Latin American countries as well as a representation form the bioregional network RIOD. At the same time PAHO/WHO played an active management role in the process together with CICAD/OAS.

The aim of the meeting was to start the validation process of the quality standards at the basic and advanced level in treatment and harm reduction. Fifteen Latin-American countries had stated interest in a cooperation mechanism South-South and already reached agreements during the first stage of COPOLAD Program (2011-2015).

Along the validation process two international meetings are foreseeing for each group of standards, basic and advanced ones. The first meeting will allow to coordinate the implementation of the project and its actions to make a first pilot.

Second meeting will allow evaluation and final agreement of the criteria for the countries as well as the definition of the strategies to implement those standards in each countries’ National Evaluation System.

COPOLAD presents, after its first year of action, the advances in the validation and adoption of criteria in the field of drug demand reduction, with the new participation of the Caribbean countries.

Dialogue 5: International cooperation, common and shared responsability and effective collaboration among international agencies.

COPOLAD's participation at the dialogues organized by the External Relations Secretary of the Mexican Government

Presentation of the activities of component 3: Reduction of the supply of drugs of COPOLAD in the framework of the first regional meeting organized by the Smart Program of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)