CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM ON DRUGS
The Civil Society Forum on Drugs (CSFD) is an expert group to the European Commission. Its purpose is to provide a broad platform for a structured dialogue between the Commission and the European civil society which supports drug policy formulation and implementation through practical advice.
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Report: Quality Standards for Civil Society Involvement in Drug Policy
The CSFD aims to assess and promote civil society involvement in the field of drug policy. In 2020, the working group conducted a literature review to assess existing guidelines and recommendations on how civil society can be involved in policy making in a meaningful way. Based on the findings of...
REPORT – The EU Action Plan on Drugs 2017-2020 & The National Drug Policies in 8 European States
The CSFD would like to share its latest report "The EU Action Plan on Drugs 2017-2020 & The National Drug Policies in 8 European States". Considering the CSFD position on the Action Plan 2017-2020 as “the most progressive EU document” on drug policy so far, the general objective of this...
CSFD Questionnaire
The Civil Society Forum on Drugs is conducting an assessment of the state of implementation of the EU Action Plan on Drugs 2017-2020. We ask practitioner colleagues from the EU Member States and beyond, working in civil society organisations, to fill in the questionnaire by 14 May 2021....
CND side event ‘Promoting evidence-based drug policies and interventions enshrined in human rights in Europe’
Please use the following link to download the recording of the CND side event: https://we.tl/t-0YYECbdH92 Below is a summary of the session flow: (2 min) Chairing/Moderating: Oriol Esculies, Association Proyecto Hombre: welcoming and introducing the speakers (6 min) Preliminary...
EU Drug Strategy 2021-2025
Following its adoption, the EU Drugs Strategy 2021-2025 was published, in all language versions, in the Official Journal - ref. C 102 I of 24 March 2021. The EU Drugs Strategy 2021-2025 provides the overarching political framework and priorities for the European Union’s drugs policy for the period...
IMPORTANT! Civil Society Forum on Drugs Membership Renewal
The current mandate of the Civil Society Forum on Drugs is coming to its end. Therefore, the European Commission has launched a call for applications for participation in the expert group Civil Society Forum on Drugs in the EU 2021-2023 is now published with applications to be submitted at the...
CSFD Newsletter – February 2021
The CSFD Newsletter comprises general CSFD updates and specific Working Group developments. Additionally it includes news, upcoming webinars and events and latest publications. Please download the Newsletter here
CSFD ADVOCACY PLAN FOR THE PROMOTION & IMPLEMENTATION OF MINIMUM QUALITY STANDARDS IN DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION
As you might know, the CSFD project has developed the advocacy plan in purpose to advocate for promotion and implementation of minimum quality standards (MQS) in European and national policy documents. Please download the Advocacy Plan here
TAKE HOME OPIATE SUBSTITUTE THERAPIES (OST) ADVOCACY BRIEF
This Advocacy Brief is designed to help people on OSTdefend or advocate for take home doses of methadoneand buprenorphine with drug services. Please download the Advocacy Brief here