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- STAD - At STAD (Stockholm Prevents Alcohol and Drug Problems), the delegation received information about the history of the institution as well as their research and campaigns. The organisation highlighted the importance of their Systematic Prevention work, in which mapping and needs assessment, moblisation, collaboration, implementation, research and evaluation, dissemination, and quality assurance are essential core foundations of each programme to ensure its effectiveness. They shared information about their programmes "Responsible Beverage Service" and "Clubs Against Drugs".
- Mentor - The delegation received information about the NGO Mentor, which vision is to unlock Sweden's youth's full potential through role model programmes, with the help of volunteers. The aim is to provide youth a supportive environment and opporutnity in which they can explore their interests, develop their skills, and achieve their goals. The programmes "Mentor Boost", consisting of school workshops and lectures, and "Mentoring Programme" were introduced.
- Junis - The NGO Junis also presented their work in prevention and their programmes. While providing activities directed to youth, they also aim to increase knowledge on available services for families with substance use disorders in the Swedish municipalities as well as its impact on the children. Junis has established interactive and age-sensitive material to provide support to children to open up about issues that affect them as well as for, for example, teachers to use to start discussions.
- Maria Ungdom Stockholm - At Maria Ungdom, the delegates received information on the available emergency and in-house treatment facilities for youth with substance misuse.
- Mini Maria Stockholm - At Mini Maria, the delegates learned about the outpatient treatment services available for youth with substance use disorders.
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Chair
Göran Gredfors,
Eskilstuna, Sweden
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Vice-Chair
Lina Lauciūtė-Žagarė
Kaunas, Lithuania
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Board Members
Elisabeth Thulan
Ystad, Sweden
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Mario Fava
Malta
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Joe Kavanagh
Cork City
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Dr. Samuel Azzopardi
Gozo, Malta
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Mission Statement:
Updated Mission Statement (approved by the Congress in May 2023)
Our mission is to prevent use, reduce harm, and facilitate recovery.
ECAD's vision is to promote public health and protection to the exposure of illicit drugs. We seek to be a positive force for an ambitious and inclusive drug policy, promoting public health, and reducing stigma. Simultaneously, we aim to reduce drug supply and demand as well as the societal and individual impacts of drug-related harm and substance use disorders. Our main goals are to prevent use, improve the quality of life of those facing substance use and decrease the number of deaths due to overdoses of drug use.
The work of ECAD rests firmly upon the spirit of the UN Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which limits the use of narcotic drugs to solely medical and scientific purposes in ECAD's Member Cities. We aim to improve the health of the inhabitants of our Member Cities and seek to promote evidence-based and humane drug policies, which are firmly rooted in empirical science. We believe that societies can affect the scale of their substance problems by making concerted efforts towards prevention, treatment, recovery, and control.
ECAD believes in harm reduction as a continuum of care, which is not in conflict with a drug-free vision or a drug-free life for the individual. We are in favour of harm reduction to the extent that it does not normalise non-medical drug-use. Drug use should primarily be addressed through health and social interventions as well as alternatives to incarceration. Substance use disorders should be met with a variety of health and social measures, not punishment.
ECAD serves the interest of its Member Cities by offering evidence-based material, capacity, and tools for constant improvement of their actions and policies to prevent drug use, reduce harm, and facilitate recovery.
ECAD Resolution:
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Cities which signed the ECAD Declaration in 2008/2009: Bulgaria: Dobrich, Kardzhali, Veliko Turnovo, Vidin; Belgium: Visé
ECAD Resolution Signatory Municipalities:
Albania: Tirana
Armenia: Karajan
Belgium: Visé
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Brcko, Gorazde, Maglaj, Novi Grad Sarajevo
Bulgaria: Blagoevgrad, Bourgas, Dobrich, Kardzhali, Montana, Pazardjik, Perushtitsa, Plovdiv, Silistra, Sliven, Sofia, Varna, Veliko Turnovo, Vidin, Vratza
Belarus: Minsk
Cyprus: Agia Napa, Aglantzia, Akanthou, Aradippou, Ayios Athanasios, Ayios Dometios, Dheryneia, Famagusta, Geroskipou, Latsia, Lefkara, Lysi, Morfou, Paralimni, Yermasoyia
Estonia: Kothla-Järve, Tallinn
Finland: Espoo, Helsinki
F.Y.R.O.M.: Skopje
Greece: Alimos, Ano Liosia, Athens, Drama, Patra, Pireus, Rhodes, Thessaloniki
Iceland: Reykjavik
Ireland: Carrick-on-Suir, Cork, Killarney, Navan
Italy: Anzio, Arco, Bari, Besenello, Breguzzo, Brindisi, Cagliari, Calavino, Calceranica al Lago, Campitello di Fassa, Carzano, Dimaro, Drena, Gaeta, Latina, Lavagna, Lavis, Olbia, Padergnone, Pescara, Peschiera del Garda, Pisoniano, Predazzo, Romallo, Rovereto, San VitoDei Normanni, Soraga, Torcegno, Troina, Verona, Vigolo Vattaro, Zevio
Latvia: Jurmala, Kuldiga, Riga
Lithuania: Alytus, Kaunas, Klaipeda, Mazeikiai, Trakai, Vilnius
Malta: Balzan, Birkirkara, Birzebugga, Fgura, Gharb, Ghaxaq, Gzira, Hamrun, Isla, Kalkara, Lija, Marsarskala, Mdina, Mgarr, Mosta, Nadur (Gozo), Pembroke, Qala (Gozo), Qormi, Qrendi, San Giljan, San Gwann, Santa Lucija, Sliema, Swieqi, Ta'Xbiex, Valletta, Xaghra,Xghajra, Zejtun
Moldavia: Chisinau
Montenegro: Podgorica
Northern Ireland: Belfast, Derry
Norway: Bergen, Drammen, Fredrikstad, Kristiansand, Oslo, Stavanger, Trondheim
Portugal: Vila Real de Santo Antonio
Romania: Bucharest
Russia: Arzamas, Astrakhan, Azov, Baltijsk, Bavly, Belomorsk, Brjansk, Bugulma, Chelyabinsk, Cherepovets, Ekaterinenburg, Izberbash, Izhevsk, Kalevala, Kaliningrad, Kanadalaksha, Kashli, Kazan, Kem, Kirishi, Korkino, Kostomouksha, Lisky, Louhi, Lahdenpohja, Moscow, Naberezhnye Chelny, Nizhnekamsk, Nizhnij Novgorod, Novyi Urengoi, Ozersk, Perm, Petrozavodsk, Pionerskij, Pitkaranta, Priozersk, Prjazha, Satka, Seggega, Severomorsk, Sortavala, Sosnovyi Bor, Sovetskij, Stavropol, St.Petersburg, Stupino, Svetlij, Trehgornoy, Ufa, Ugorsk, Ust-Katav, Veliky Novgorod, Verhnij Ufaley, Vladikavkaz, Vologda, Zlatoust
Serbia: Belgrade, Arilje, Nis
Sweden: Borås, Eskilstuna, Göteborg, Gotland, Gävle, Hofors, Hudiksvall, Hällefors, Härryda, Jönköping, Kalmar, Kumla, Landskrona, Lerum, Lidingö, Lindesberg, Linköping, Ljusnarsberg, Luleå, Malmö, Mark, Mörbylånga, Nordanstig, Staffanstorp, Sundsvall, Stockholm, Söderhamn, Uppsala, Västerås, Ystad, Öckerö, Örebro, Örnsköldsvik, Österåker
Switzerland: Chavannes-de-Bogis, Commugny, Éclagnes, Essert-Pittet, Giubiasco, Lutry, Lugano, Morrens, Pomy, Riex, Villars-Bramard, Villars-Lussery, Yverdon-les-Bains
The Netherlands: Eijsden
Turkey: Ankara, Istanbul
Constitution of ECAD, a non-profit organisation:
1. Purpose and Aims
ECAD is a non-profit organization incorporated in Sweden, the purpose and aims of which is to develop through democratic means drug-free cities and societies and to promote and develop our common efforts against illicit drugs. The purpose of ECAD is to provide experience and knowledge about the work for freedom from illicit drugs, and against drugs and drug abuse at local, national and international levels. ECAD will work for democracy and development in the towns and cities of Europe. The spread of drugs and drug abuse constitutes a threat to democracy and development. The long-term aims of ECAD are to contribute to a Europe free from drugs.
2. Membership
Membership in ECAD is open to all European cities/towns that sign the ”Stockholm Resolution” and pay the annual membership fee. The membership fee shall be determined by the city’s/town’s number of inhabitants and actual ability to pay. The Executive Board has the authority to grant reductions of the annual membership fee. A member may leave ECAD at any time, on written notice to the Executive Board.
3. The Seat of the Organization
The seat of the Organization shall be Stockholm, Sweden.
4. The Plenary session
The Plenary session is the highest decision-making body of ECAD. The Plenary session meets annually. Invitations to the Annual Meeting and the Plenary session shall be announced to all members as early as possible before the conference. The agenda and other documentation will be circulated a minimum of one month before the Plenary session. The agenda shall contain all proposals and motions that have been sent in by members or by the Executive Board. The Annual Board’s report and the Auditors´ report shall be sent to members a minimum of one month before the Plenary session. These reports will form the basis for the Plenary session’s decision on whether to adopt the report of the Executive Board.
The Plenary session shall elect the members of the Executive Board, an Election committee and the Auditors. Each member city shall cast one vote when votes are taken. All decisions shall be made by a simple majority (except §§ 8 and 9). If an equal number of votes is cast, the Chairperson shall have the casting vote. Members may not vote by proxy; only members who are present may vote. The Plenary session shall elect members to check the minutes. Minutes shall be recorded and sent to all members after checking.
4:1 Only member cities that are paid up are entitled to vote at the ECAD Plenary session.
4:2 Subscriptions are due from the 1st of January each year.
4:3 Election Committee: To prepare election matters, the Plenary session shall appoint an Election committee. The Election Committee shall put forward to the Plenary session proposals for members of the Executive Board, including proposals for Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson and the Plenary session shall decide by majority voting by paid-up members present. The Election Committee shall comprise of one member nominated by the Executive Board and two members appointed by the Plenary session. The Election Committee chairperson shall not be a member of the Executive Board.
5. The Executive Board
The Executive Board (”the Board”) shall consist of the delegates of ten member cities, of which a minimum of five shall be capitals, regional capitals or major cities. The city that hosts the ECAD office shall be a member of the Board. The city that is to host the annual ECAD Mayor's conference will be co-opted by the Board during the year it organizes the conference unless it is already represented. Members nominate their delegates on the Board. Each city is entitled to replace one delegate with another. Delegates should have the authority to participate in the work of the Board on behalf of their city and be given the opportunity to carry out the assignment in practice. Members of the Board shall be elected for a period of four years.
The Plenary session shall elect a Chairperson and a Vice-Chairperson for a period of two years. The Board may elect other officers. The Board is quorate if a minimum of half the members are present. All decisions shall be made by simple majority. The Board shall meet at least three times yearly. The Board’s meetings shall be minuted. The Board is responsible for budgeting, planning activities and making proposals for membership fees. The Board is responsible for making decisions about the administration and staff of the organisation.
5:1 Any Board member (city) who fails to attend a minimum of one meeting of the Board in any calendar year or fails to pay the subscription due, ceases to be a Board member.
5:2 Board member/s (city) should be replaced at the Annual Plenary session as set out under 4:3.
5:3 The Vice-Chairperson shall replace the Chairperson in the event of absence or temporary incapacity of the Chairperson. If the Chairperson shall be permanently incapacitated the Vice-Chairperson will replace him/her to serve the rest of the term.
6. Signatories
The Board is authorised to sign for the organisation. The Board has the right, by special decision, to delegate the right to sign for the organisation to the ECAD director and the delegate of the city which hosts the ECAD offices. The decision to delegate such authority shall be limited in its nature and scope. Signing for the organisation shall always be undertaken jointly by at least two persons.
7. The Financial Year
ECAD’s financial year comprises a calendar year. The accounts for the organisation shall be audited by two Auditors elected by the Plenary session. The Board shall provide the Auditors with all the documentation necessary to examine the activities of the organization. This shall be done in good time to allow the Auditors’ report to be circulated to members in accordance with the Constitution, before the Plenary session which must decide as to whether the report should be adopted.
8. Amendments to the Constitution
The Plenary session shall decide on any amendments or additions to the Constitution. Such decisions may only be made by agreement of 2/3 of the votes of the members present.
9. Dissolution of ECAD
The Plenary session may decide to dissolve ECAD. The decision to dissolve the organization must be carried by ¾ of the votes of the members present. At the dissolution, ECAD’s assets shall be repaid to the contributors. Any remaining assets may, at the decision of the Board, be distributed to any suitable European organization(s) that works in accordance with the purpose and aims of ECAD.
(Amended in May 2014 in Stockholm)
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- Is a common standpoint for leading decision-makers throughout Europe who show a united front against illicit drugs guided by the UN Conventions on Drugs;
- Is a unique platform for exchange of knowledge and best practice between decision-makers and specialists on municipal level;
- Works to disseminate knowledge about evidence-based and successful methods and new research;
- Develops and maintains contacts with local, regional and national governments, the European Union, the United Nations and other international bodies in order to actively represent interests of ECAD member cities aimed at intensified counteraction of drugs;
- Gives lectures, arranges conferences and seminars and initiates local, regional and international projects on drug-related topics all over Europe.
To achieve equal and uniform standards and to add transparency to the system with reduced membership fees, the Plenary session in Moscow, May 2013, granted the Advisory Board the authority to put a new model in place starting with the 2014 fees. According to the above mentioned, the Advisory Board decided to update ECAD member city fees from the year 2014. The new system is based on financial capacity, where cities/regions in Northern and Western Europe pay 100%, and cities/regions in Eastern and Southern Europe pay 50%. This does, however, not include cities/regions in Eastern and Southern Europe with more than two million inhabitants.
Furthermore, cities/regions in Eastern and Southern Europe can, on a written application to the ECAD Office, apply for a further reduction down to 50% of their actual fee, except cities/regions with more than two million inhabitants.
| City/Region Location | Inhabitants | Member City Fee | Possible Further Reduction |
| All European Cities (All Regions) |
Over 2 million | 12 000 € | |
| Northern & Western Europe | Over 500 000 | 12 000 € | |
| 200 000 - 500 000 | 9 000 € | ||
| 50 000 - 200 000 | 6 000 € | ||
| 10 000 - 50 000 | 2 500 € | ||
| Less than 10 000 | 1 200 € | ||
| Eastern & Southern Europe | Over 500 000 | 6 000 € | 3 000 € |
| 200 000 - 500 000 | 4 500 € | 2 250 € | |
| 50 000 - 200 000 | 3 000 € | 1 500 € | |
| 10 000 - 50 000 | 1 250 € | 625 € | |
| Less than 10 000 | 600 € | 300 € |
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Box 24228
104 51 Stockholm
Sweden
Visiting address: Gyllenstiernsgatan 7
115 26 Stockholm
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Åke Setréus
Interim Director
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ECAD Regional Office in the Balkan Bulgaria
Vlatko Gligorov
Balkan representative
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