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Wednesday, 28 September 2011 13:05 |
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18th ECAD Mayors´ Conference in Varna, Bulgaria: May 12-14, 2011
Venue: Hotel Iberostar Obzor Beach and Izgrev, Golden Sands
HOSTED BY THE MUNICIPALITY OF VARNA, BULGARIA
EUROPE AGAINST DRUGS - UNITED IN DIVERSITY
Conference materials:
SPEECHES
- Kiril Yordanov, Mayor of Varna – Welcome address
- Jim Corr, Councillor, Chairman of ECAD
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- Yuri P. Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime,UNODC, Director-General UNOV (UN Office in Vienna) – Video message
- Roland Simon, Head of Unit for Interventions, best practices and scientific partners, EuropeanMonitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction/EMCDDA
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- Hristo Bozov, Deputy Mayor for Social Affairs, Varna – ”Municipal Drug Policy”
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- Alfgeir Kristjansson, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Teachers College, Columbia University -”Youth in Europe: not a campaign but a quiet revolution”
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- Manuel Pinto Coelho, President, APLD, Association Drug Free Portugal – ” A new paradigmto treat the drug dependent”
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- Ingeborg Rossow, Professor, PhD, National Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research, Norway– ”Drug policy and the public good”
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- Ingvar Nilsson, Economist and Researcher, Institute for Socio-Ecological Economies, Sweden– ”Drug rehabilitation: a public cost or a a social investment with high profitability – theSwedish exprerinece”
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- Atanas Peev, Inspector, Drugs Department, Chief Directorate Combat with Organized Crime,Ministry of Interior, Bulgaria – ”The Balkan route of drug trafficking”
- Svetlana Koeva, Director, Varna Drug Prevention Directorate, Bulgaria – ”Examples of goodpractices at municipal level programmes”
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MAYORS’ FORUM
- Ann-Cathrine Hjerdt, Mayor of Linköping, Sweden
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- Mario Calleja, Mayor of Marsaskala, Malta
- Andreas Petrou, Mayor of Aglantzia, Cyprus
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- Odd Kristian Reme, Deputy Mayor, Stavanger, Norway
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WORKSHOPS
- Eric Carlin, Birkbeck College, London, International Mentor Foundation and Wired-In, UK –”Building resilience: Prevention and Recovery”
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- Fabio Bernabei, Journalist, Rome, Italy – ”Italian drug policy: who is really in charge?”
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- Father Mikhail Manev, Varna Orthodox Centre for Spiritual Care of drug addicts, Bulgaria
- Conclusions: Jim Corr, Chairman, ECAD
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ECAD AWARD 2011
was issued to the City of Kristiansand, Norway
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ECAD has instituted a yearly award for member cities, persons or organizations that have made remarkable achievements or have exercised successful activities in the work against illicit drugs.
By the institution of this award, ECAD strives to encourage member cities, persons and organizations with engagement and commitment and to stimulate increased activities in our member cities.
Every member city, as well as policy makers, civil servants, experts and voluntary actors in ECAD member cities are welcome to nominate candidates for the Award.
Congratulations, Kristiansand!
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Tuesday, 28 September 2010 15:07 |
17th ECAD Mayors' Conference in Malta: September 23-25, 2010
The conference was moved from April 22-24 to September 23-25 due to the traffic chaos caused by the volcanic eruption in Iceland.
Venue: Island of Gozo, Hotel Kempinski San Lawrenz
EMPOWERING OUR CITIZENS TO LIVE HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES
HOSTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF MALTA and PEMBROKE LOCAL COUNCIL
- The issue of maintaining restrictive and humane drug policies, both nationally and internationally, must remain on top of the political agenda, especially in times when our societies face tough financial challenges. Our task – creating a future without drugs for the citizens of our cities – is one of the crucial ones for democracy and well-being of our societies, says Jörgen Svidén, ECAD Director.
Read Press Release
Read First Announcement
Read Programme (PDF, easy to print out)
Read Programme in Russian (PDF)
Read Press Release ECAD AWARD 2010
Click here to go the conference materials page! Enjoy!
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Tuesday, 28 September 2010 15:03 |
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September 9 - 10, 2010 Jurmala, Latvia
"Designing a Better World": Self-help groups under precarious life circumstances:
How do we solve social and practical issues for those who left drugs and criminality behind?
In cooperation with the Swedish NGO X-CONS and Jurmala City Council
Conference Announcement
Conference Venue: Jurmala Spa Hotel
Evening Reception: Jurmala City Council invites all conference participants to an evening reception at 19.00 on Thursday, September 9, 2010.
General Information:
You arrive to Riga airport and can take a minibus/bus or a taxi to Jurmala from there. Taxi to Jurmala costs around 12 to 15 Latvian lats ( 20 - 23€ or 180 - 210 Swedish crowns) and it takes 15-20 minutes to come to Jurmala.
The Conference will start at 13.00 on Thursday, September 9, 2010 and end at 13.00 on Friday, September 10.
Detailed programme will be published later in the summer.
To register for the conference, please fill in the Conference Booking Form and send it to
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or fax it to +46 8 508 29 466
Conference language is English. Translation into Russian will be provided.
ECAD has negotiated special prices for you at 2 Jurmala hotels: Jurmala Spa Hotel and Villa Joma Hotel.
There is a number of rooms at Jurmala Spa Hotel at a special price for a single room/night of 32 Latvian lats (49,5 € or 452 Swedish crowns).
To book your room at Jurmala Spa Hotel, please use this Hotel Booking Form and email or fax it to the hotel.
Tel.: +371 67784415 / Fax: +371 67784411
Address: Jomas Street 47/49, Jurmala, LV-2015, Latvia
E-mail:
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Visit hotel homepage at: http://www.hoteljurmala.com/en/
We have also negotiated a smaller number of rooms at Hotel Villa Joma at a special price for a single room/night of 30 Latvian lats (46,5 Euro /422 SEK).
Please, book your hotel accomodation yourself!
Do not forget to mention it is an "ECAD conference".
Tel. for hotel room booking: +371 67771999
E-mail:
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Address: Jomas Street 90, Jurmala, LV-2015, Latvia
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Friday, 28 May 2010 14:35 |
May 24-26, 2010 Stockholm, Sweden
Second World Forum Against Drugs
The First World Forum Against Drugs was held in Stockholm, Sweden in September 2008. More than 600 representatives from 82 countries attended the first World Forum. The Forum resulted in a Declaration that has been signed by a large number of organisations and individuals.
This year the World Federation Against Drugs (WFAD) was formed in Vienna, Austria with a board representing all continents.
May 24-26, 2010 WFAD will host the second World Forum Against Drugs under the patronage of H.M.Queen Silvia of Sweden.
The 2010 World Forum will focus primarily on:
- New research on cannabis
- Drugs in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Adult drug abuse and its influence on children
Please go to www.wfad.se updated information about the conference.
ECAD prepares side events and tailored programme for the ECAD Members in connection to the Forum. For detailes please contact the ECAD office.
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 10:00 |
February 2, 2010 Kristiansand, ECAD Network in Norway
Seminar on Cannabis (in Norwegian) "Ut av tåka 2010"
Programme Page 1 Page 2
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Thursday, 17 September 2009 14:03 |
Presentations made at ECAD and Tallinn City Government organized conference on
Methods, Results and Effects for Successful Primary Prevention Programmes for Young People
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Friday, 03 July 2009 14:03 |
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Conference Papers and Closed Conferences
- 5-6 February 2009, Göteborg, Sweden
SECOND WORLD MAYORS' CONFERENCE and 16th ECAD MAYORS' CONFERENCE
ECAD Annual Mayors Conference coincided with the II World Mayors Conference this year to offer stronger support for the UN Conventions on the verge of the High Level Segment Meeting and the 52 Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs early in March 2009.
Among the conference speakers was:
For Conference Materials click here!
- 26 November 2008, Bollnäs, Sweden: ECAD Gävleborg
ECAD Sweden autumn conference in Gävleborg
Swedish drug coordination work, drugs in international perspective, doping and other issues.
One-day conference, Folkets Hus, 9.00 - 16.30. Free of charge.
Find the programme (in Swedish) here and read more under "Links/ECAD Sweden" in the menu to the left.
- 6-7 November 2008, St.Petersburg, Russia
Countering narcotics and organised crime in the Baltic Sea region (Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, Latvia and Russia).
Concluding conference organized by Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) and ECAD.
We will discuss drug situation in the countries concerned, new crime trends and drug related corruption as an obstacle in international and local drug enforcement cooperation.
For more information (in English, Swedish or Russian) please contact us by e-mail:
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- 30-31 October 2008, Stavropol, Russia
Drug situation on municipal level: under control or defeated? : Russian member cities exhange experiences
For Russian memers of ECAD
You will find Conference Programme and other related materials (in Russian only) under "Links/ECAD Russia" in the menu to the left.
- 2-3 October 2008, Umeå, Sweden
Norrland: A drug-free region?: ECAD Sweden Annual Conference
For Swedish memers of ECAD
You will find Conference Programme and other related materials (in Swedish only) under "Links/ECAD Sweden" in the menu to the left.
- 28-29 May 2008 Warsaw, Poland
15th ECAD Mayors' Conference
DRUGS IN THE CULTURE OF CITY YOUTH
Click here to get to the conference site
- 10-11 December, 2007 St. Petersburg, Russia
Conference for the Law Enforcement agencies around the Baltic Sea,
in cooperation with the Swedish Governmental Committee Mobilisation Against Drugs
- 22-23 November, 2007, Stavropol, Russia
ECAD Russian Network Conference:
Family and Drugs abuse
- 15-17 November, 2007, Novi Grad Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
5th ECAD Balkan Network Conference
Here you can read the complete report summerizing the conference, PDF-format
Read the programme here
- 18-19 October 2007, Reykjavik, Iceland
Conference held by the Steering Committee of Youth in Europe
Youth in Europe - a drug prevention programme
Read the Programme here
- 4th and 5th October 2007, Killarney, Ireland
Fourth National Conference
on Substance and Alcohol Misuse
for Local Authorities, The Public Service and
Drug/Alcohol Misuse Service Providers -
GETTING A GRIP 2007 - Winning or Losing?
The battle against substance and alcohol misuse
- 4-5 October 2007, Gothenburg, Sweden
ECAD Swedish Network Conference:
Organised crime and reduction of illicit drugs availability
- 20 September 2007, Milan, Italy
Strategy, Management and Communication Against Drug Addiction
Invitation
Programme
- 10 September 2007, Island of Gotland, Sweden
Time for Children -
children in a risky zone of drug abuse must be viewed as a national priority
- 10-11 May 2007
14th ECAD Mayors'Conference
Istanbul, Turkey
- 14 December 2006, Kaunas, Lithuania
Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania invites you
to an international Scientific-Practical Conference:
"Initial Anti-Drug Prevention -
Working in order to get one interested in life"
Location: Siaures 73, Kaunas, Kaunas Pilenai Secondary School
Participants:
School heads responsible for preventive activities, social educators, psychologists, class tutors, school social partners, representatives of public organisations working in prevention area.
Organisers:
Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania, Drug Control Committee of Kaunas Local Administration,
Kaunas Local Administration authority Education and Development Centre of Culture and Education Department,
Kaunas Pedagogical Qualification Centre, Kaunas Pilenai Secondary School.
Topics:
1. School collaboration with social partners in the process of the initial drug prevention accomplishment
2. Formal and informal education of social skills
3. Importance of school community attendance accomplishing the initial drug prevention. Team work.
Contact us at:
Kaunas Pilenai Secondary School
73, Siaures pr., Kaunas
Tel/Fax:(8-37) 38 65 84
Mail:
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- 18-19 October 2006, Kazan, Russian Federation
ECAD-Russia international conference with Swedish experts:
Tomas Hallberg, ECAD, Director, talks about ECAD's role in the European policy making: "More and more will fight narcotic drugs today, not all of them want to solve the problem"
Per Johansson, Secretary, RNS (NGO "Swedish National Association for a Drug-free Society") speaks about role of NGO in creating of the Swedish successful drug control policy
Johanna Gripenberg, project "Stad" ("Town") talks about how the Stockholm municipality works against dealing with drugs in restaurants and bars
For more information please contact ECAD at
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- 28-29 September 2006, Örebro, Sweden
Annual ECAD Sweden Network conference
Read about the conference here (NB! in Swedish)
To book for the conference, please contact Ingela Widner at
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Click here to view the Conference Programme!
ECAD Open: All conference participants invited!
- 5-6 October 2006, Burgas, Bulgaria
IV Balkan Conference
Yoan Kostadinov, Mayor of Burgas, welcomes you to the Conference
Conference Program - easy to print out!
Hotel Reservation form
Application form
- 1-2 June 2006, Vilnius, Lithuania -
ECAD 13th Mayors' Conference
Click here to read conference-related information
- 26-27 May 2005, Oslo, Norway -
ECAD 12th Mayors' Conference
Click here to read conference-related information
- 1-2 March 2005, Brussels, Belgium - The European House of Parliament
click here to read conference-related information
- 24-25 February 2005, Vilnius, Lithuania
Swedish Mobilisation Against Drugs/Swedish National Drug Coordinatortogether with Drug Control Department under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania
Invite to a seminar on drug combat in Vilnius
For more information please contact Tomas Hallberg at
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- 29-30 November, 2004 Düsseldorf, Germany
Migration and Addiction - Situation of Young Immigrants from East Europe
Conference is organised by the Public Health Office of Düsseldorf and ECAD
To get detailed information please contact the Public Health Office at
+49 211 89-93786
Documentation of the ECAD Regional Conference in Düsseldorf available through the ECAD Head Office,
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- 3-7 October, 2004 Melaka, Malaysia
International Conference on
Asian Cities Against Drugs
Click here to get detailed information(PDF)
- 14-15 October, 2004 Uppsala, Sweden
ECAD Sweden Annual Conference
Click here to get detailed information(PDF)
- 16-17 September 2004, Vilnius, Lithuania
“HIV/AIDS in the European Union and in its Neighbourhood:
New Challenges, New Opportunities”
Please read detailed information:
Program, General Information, Organisers(PDF)
Hotel Reservation, Abstract Submission, Registration(PDF)
- 25-26 June 2004, Podgorica, Montenegro
3rd Balkan Conference of ECAD
Click here to get detailed information
- European Conference of Adolescence, Alcohol and Drugs
New Findings - New directions
17-19 June 2004, Stockholm, Sweden
For more information please contact Gerd Nyman at
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- May 19-21, 2004 Larnaca, Cyprus
ECAD 11th Mayors' Conference
- March 22, 2004 Oslo, Norway
Norwegian Cities Against Drugs - European Cities Against Drugs
A day conference at the Oslo City Hall
pdf-file, Conference Program in Norwegian
For more information please contact Håkon Formo-Berntsen at
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- March 4, 2004, Belfast, Ireland
Liberalisation of drugs legalisation and its impact on the City of Belfast
Fore more information please contact
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- October 2-3 2003, Ystad, Sweden
Conference ECAD-Sweden
- Declaration from the Global Drug Prevention Network -
5th Global Conference on Drug Prevention, Rome, September 2003
- June 26-27, 2003 Burgas, Bulgaria
"Cities of the Balkan Region against drugs"
- The 10th Anniversary ECAD Mayors' Conference.
May 15-17 2003 Stockholm, Sweden
- Vilnius, September 19-21 2002
- Reykjavik, April 24-26 2002
Also available from the ECAD office:
- Documentation of the Regional conference Düsseldorf / Germany
March 26-27, 2001
- Conference papers of the Eighth Mayor's Conference Belfast / Northern Ireland June 14-16, 2001
"Europe's Drug Trade, Consequences and Solutions"
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