• COPOLAD II, a programme led by Spain, organizes its 2^nd Annual Conference: “Tackling two important challenges for drugs policy: Internet illegal drug markets & Synthetic drugs”.
• 150 delegates working in the field of drugs policies meets in Buenos Aires, which represents a milestone of this project financed by the European Commission.

• The first workshop is celebrated in Quito (Ecuador) on 9th and 10th May, and it is based on the South South Cooperation model among the countries with wide experience in Alternative Development and other interested countries. 
• The series will be completed with upcoming workshops in Paraguay and Mexico. 

The European Union organizes a side event on the COPOLAD Programme during the 60th Session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs, which is convened in Vienna, during the week of 13th to 17th March, States, International Organizations and civil society to carry out a follow-up of the measures taken during the 12 months after the UNGASS.

• COPOLAD puts before the countries and organisations in Bogotá the need for a debate that could explore other ways for the economic development in those main countries where illicit crops are located. 
• The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), a framework for the dialogue among countries.

• The European Union and the Spanish Government organise a side event during the UN General Assembly Special Sessions (UNGASS)
• UN gathers in New York, from 18th to 21st April, Sates, International Organisations and civil society in order to debate over the national drugs policies re-orientation and the future of the international laws in this subject.