The event, organized by Spain, will focus on the experience of the European Union's international cooperation in Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean as a valuable tool to strengthen effective and balanced public drug policies focused on sustainable development and human rights.

 The COPOLAD III program initiates a technical dialogue to improve cooperation between the judiciary, prosecutors' offices, police forces, financial intelligence units and anti-drug agencies of Latin American, Caribbean and European countries.

• The COPOLAD III Programme, funded by the European Union with the participation of the FIIAPP (Spanish Cooperation) and International Italo-Latin American Organization (IILA)   will support the improvement of public policies in Latin America and the Caribbean with more than 272 technical services, 180 training courses and communities of practice, 240 mentorships, and several innovation laboratories and international meetings.
• More than 30 drug agencies, international organisations, experts and representatives of civil society witnessed the presentation event.
• The programme, which will mobilise experts  European public institutions to work with their counterparts in Latin America and the Caribbean, includes a look at human rights and their connection with the 2030 Agenda, the gender approach and the environmental impacts of drugs.