Drug Policy Dialogues

    In 2004, the Transnational Institute (TNI) and the Andreas G. Papandreou Foundation (APF) started an Informal Drug Policy Dialogue. Purpose of the dialogue is to have an open-minded exchange of views on current dilemmas in...

    In 2007, the Transnational Institute (TNI) and the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) started a Latin American Informal Drug Policy Dialogue. The initiative was to modelled on the dialogue process in Europe...

    The fourth informal drug policy dialogue took place in Rome in cooperation with the Italian Ministry of Social Solidarity. The two-day dialogue had seven sessions focused on (1) New developments in the field of Harm Reduction; (2) Drugs and prisons; (3) Social spending of confiscated criminal...

    The two-day dialogue had four sessions focused on (1) the effectiveness of law enforcement in supply reduction, (2) recent developments around HIV/AIDS and harm reduction, (3) Bolivia and legal options for the coca leaf and (4) preparations for the 2008 UNGASS Review. In addition, participants...

    As in 2004 on the isle of Crete, the meeting had an informal nature. The two-day dialogue was focused on three themes: (1) harm reduction developments at the regional and UN level; (2) alternative development: dilemmas around coca and opium reduction efforts; and (3) preparations
    for the...

    The meeting is hosted by the Orthodox Academy in Kolymbari. The thirty
    participants include ministerial officials from several countries,
    representatives from UN and European institutions, and non-governmental
    drug policy experts.

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