2nd COPOLAD II Working Group 1 meeting on Precursors

Start date: 28/02/19
End Date: 01/03/19
Place: Brussels, Belgium

A follow-up meeting of the first meeting of the working group in this field, organized in Lisbon (Portugal) on November 12, 2018. Its objective is to progress in the analysis of the case studies that are currently being prepared by the member countries of the group. Once their cases are presented, they will work afterward together on recommendations and lessons learned.

Operative Dimension

Code: 3.5.2.1.2
Year: 2019
Component: C3 - Drugs Supply Reduction
Execution Level: Completed
Activity Types: Meeting

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Forum
Associated operational objectives: 0.1 - Establish the necessary operational bases to ensure the quality and coherence of the work to be performed and the necessary coordination and participation of all partners.
0.3 - Ensure visibility of COPOLAD and its activities and disseminate the contents in the main political and professional forums in the field of drug policies to be held both internationally and in CELAC.
0.4 - Establish the necessary institutional contacts to avoid duplication with already developed initiatives and ensure synergies with ongoing initiatives, both within the EU and CELAC.
3.5 - Enhance information and intelligence-sharing initiatives by fostering direct contact between the different actors involved in this field (e.g. law enforcement authorities, specialized public prosecutors, etc.).
3.6 - Enhance capacity-building and exchange of best practices for preventing the diversion of chemical precursors for illicit drugs manufacturing, in line with existing bilateral agreements.
3.7 - Contribute to improving the response of the CELAC countries to the control of precursors used in the manufacture of illicit drugs, as well as to the legislation in force, through the production of a series of technical documents adapted to the regional situation and to strengthen and / or train experts in precursor control and legislation at national and regional levels.