INTER-AMERICAN DRUG ABUSE CONTROL COMMISSION
C I C A D
Secretariat for Multidimensional Security
EU-LAC DRUG TREATMENT CITY PARTNERSHIPS ANTONIO LOMBA, CICAD FORTY-EIGHTH REGULAR SESSION
December 6 - 8 , 2010 Washington, D.C. OEA/Ser.L/XIV.2.48 CICAD/doc.1828/10 3 December 2010 Original: English
EU-LAC DRUG TREATMENT CITY
PARTNERSHIPS
CICAD 48 REGULAR SESSION, Washington D.C. December 2010
An initiative funded by the European Commission and executed by
An initiative funded by the European Commission and executed by the OAS throughthe OAS through the Inter
the Inter--American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), Secretariat for American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), Secretariat for Multidimensional SecurityMultidimensional Security
•To help improve the policy-making capacity of partner cities to support the provision of drug treatment by creating a learning partnership among programs in different cities
• To build an exchange partnership among cities in Latin
America, the Caribbean, and the European Union that will mutually reinforce the knowledge, skills and experience they need to better serve their problematic drug users
• To sensitize prosecutors and judges to drug treatment and
rehabilitation as an alternative to incarceration for drug-dependent offenders
Outcomes:
Outcomes:
Participation/Awareness City Agreements
New Tools
Shared Responsibility Training Publications
Pilot projects
Networks & Declarations Local Plans
• 44 cities from 40 EU-LAC
Countries
• 11 City Fora and Summit
• Over 2,000 participants
Santo Domingo DR, 2008 San Ramón CR, 2008 Montevideo UR, 2009
Santiago Chile CL ,2009
Montego Bay, JM 2009
Göteborg SE, 2009 Ghent BE, 2009
Lugo Summit, Spain 2010
Segovia, Spain 2009
Coimbra, Portugal 2010 San Miguel Tucuman, Argentina 2009
Jos
JosééMiguel InsulzaMiguel Insulza
Secretary General of the Organization of
Secretary General of the Organization of
American States
American States
“…
“…
EU
EU
-
-
LAC Drug Treatment City
LAC Drug Treatment City
Partnerships
Partnerships
”
”
initiative,
initiative,
demonstrated its clear
demonstrated its clear
commitment to meeting the
commitment to meeting the
challenge of improving demand
challenge of improving demand
reduction policies for the well
reduction policies for the well
-
-being of our citizens and its
being of our citizens and its
ongoing resolve to achieve
ongoing resolve to achieve
greater citizen security and
greater citizen security and
progress in health, justice, and
progress in health, justice, and
civic responsibility
civic responsibility
…”
…”
Joao Vale de Almeida
Joao Vale de Almeida
European Union Ambassador and Head of the EU
European Union Ambassador and Head of the EU
delegation to the United States, and former
delegation to the United States, and former
Director General for external relations at the
Director General for external relations at the
European Commission
European Commission
“…
“…the EUthe EU--LAC City Alliances LAC City Alliances ……is one of is one of the flagships of cooperation with
the flagships of cooperation with
American States in the field of drugs.
American States in the field of drugs.…”…” “
“..the success of this initiative will help ..the success of this initiative will help consolidate the good relations between
consolidate the good relations between
the two regions, as well as between
the two regions, as well as between
European Commission and OAS as
European Commission and OAS as
organisations, and will constitute a very
organisations, and will constitute a very
positive
positiveoutcome of the EU and LAC outcome of the EU and LAC common effort in combating the
common effort in combating the
international drug problem
Lu
LuííssAlberto MorenoAlberto Moreno
Presidente
PresidenteBancoBancoInteramericanoInteramericanode de DesarrolloDesarrollo(BID)(BID)
“…
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atenderal al problemaproblemade de laslasdrogasdrogasdesdedesde una
unabase base quequecomprometacomprometala la acciaccióónnde los de los
gobiernos
gobiernoslocales y de locales y de laslasciudadesciudades, , constituye
constituyeun un desafdesafííootrascendentetrascendente”” “
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alineados
alineados, de , de taltalmodomodo, con la , con la generacigeneracióónn de un
de un ccíírculorculovirtuoso de virtuoso de asociatividadasociatividad, , cooperaci
cooperacióónny y desarrollodesarrollointegral entre los integral entre los
pa
paíísessesde de AmAmééricaricaLatina, el Latina, el CaribeCaribey y Europa
Europa, , paraparasuperarsuperaral al ccíírculorculoviciosoviciosode de retraso
retraso, , dadaññooy y violenciaviolenciaquequesuponesuponeel el problema
problemade de laslasdrogasdrogasen en nuestrasnuestras sociedades
sociedades””
Saludo
Saludode de bienvenidabienvenida con
con motivomotivode la de la Cumbre e EU
Cumbre e EU--LAC en LAC en
Lugo,
Lugo, EspaEspaññaa. Abril . Abril 2010
2010
Dr. Edwin Carrington
Dr. Edwin Carrington
Secretary General of the Caribbean Community
Secretary General of the Caribbean Community
(CARICOM)
(CARICOM)
“
“We are therefore very pleased to be We are therefore very pleased to be partnering with the Organization of
partnering with the Organization of
American States (OAS), the European
American States (OAS), the European
Commission and the Inter
Commission and the Inter--American American
Development Bank (IDB) in the Lugo
Development Bank (IDB) in the Lugo
Summit. This Summit brings front and
Summit. This Summit brings front and
centre, the importance of having, not only
centre, the importance of having, not only
the technical knowledge in addressing the
the technical knowledge in addressing the
effects of illicit drugs in our societies, but
effects of illicit drugs in our societies, but
also of having ownership and political
also of having ownership and political
support at the point at which interventions
support at the point at which interventions
can be most effectively and efficiently
can be most effectively and efficiently
implemented
implemented ––the municipal or parish the municipal or parish level level”” Message from Dr. Message from Dr. Edwin Carrington at Edwin Carrington at the EU
the EU--LAC Lugo LAC Lugo
Summit in Lugo,
Summit in Lugo,
Spain
• 15 City Agreements
• City Exchanges of Best Practices between:
Mexicali / Lambayeque / Paramaribo / Ghent / Colon / Barcelona / San Miguel de Tucuman / Lambayeque / Conchali / Peñalolén / Lugo / Montevideo
City Agreements and Exchanges
New Tools Treatment Entry form
Shared Responsibility PROJECT BUDGET
1.4. M EUROS
DIRECT AND IN-KIND FUNDING FROM PARTICIPATING CITIES AND COUNTRIES ~ 800,000 USD Participating cities have hosted 11 fora,
and bilateral exchanges
• Drug Treatment Court DTC in Paramaribo, Suriname
• Support in the creation process of DTCs in Nuevo Leon, Mexico Pilot projects
Networks and declarations
• Creation of the European Association of Drug Treatment Courts during the Ghent City Forum
• Declaration of Lugo on the prevention and treatment of drug use and dependence
• Creation of the EU-LAC City Partnership in Demand Reduction (signed at the Coimbra city Forum)
The
The
Lugo Declaration
Lugo Declaration
THIS DECLARATION FOLLOWSTHIS DECLARATION FOLLOWS
THE GUIDELINES AND
THE GUIDELINES AND
PRINCIPLES OF THE
PRINCIPLES OF THE
HEMISPHERIC STRATEGY,
HEMISPHERIC STRATEGY,
AND WAS ELEVATED TO THE
AND WAS ELEVATED TO THE
VITORIA DECLARATION AT
VITORIA DECLARATION AT
THE SECOND FORUM OF THE
THE SECOND FORUM OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION
EUROPEAN UNION--LATIN LATIN
AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN
AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, HELD
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, HELD
IN VITORIA, SPAIN, IN MAY
IN VITORIA, SPAIN, IN MAY
OF 2010, ALSO UNDER THE
OF 2010, ALSO UNDER THE
SPANISH PRESIDENCY OF THE
SPANISH PRESIDENCY OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION OF THE
FIRST SEMESTER OF THIS
FIRST SEMESTER OF THIS
YEAR.
YEAR.
A number of cities have started developing local drug plans, and have approached the central government for the first time to coordinate local and national efforts
Training Local Plans
Publications
Establishing Drug Treatment Courts: Strategies, Experiences and Preliminary Outcomes
Volume One and Two OVERVIEW AND SURVEY RESULTS
Status of Drug Treatment at the Local Level (cities)
Information from 19 cities from Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean
LAC PARTICIPATING CITIES
LAC PARTICIPATING CITIES
Antigua & Barbuda St. John's
Argentina San Miguel de Tucumán Bahamas Nassau, New Providence Brazil Niteroi
Chile Conchalí and Peñalolen Colombia Bogotá
Costa Rica San Ramón (Provincia de Alajuela) Dominica Roseau
Ecuador Cuenca El Salvador Colón, Lourdes Guyana Georgetown Haiti Pétion Ville Jamaica Kingston, St. Andrew México Mexicali and Monterrey Nicaragua Dep. de Masaya Chinandega Paraguay Fernando de la Mora
Perú Chiclayo. Región de Lambayeque. Dominican Republic Santo Domingo
Kitts and Nevis Basseterre St. Vincent &
the Grenadines Kingstown Suriname Paramaribo Trinidad & Tobago Port of Spain Uruguay Montevideo
EU PARTICIPATING CITIES
EU PARTICIPATING CITIES
Belgium Ghent Bulgaria Varna Czech Republic Prague Greece Athens Italy Rome Ireland Dublin Latvia Riga Lithuania Vilnius Portugal Coimbra Romania Bucharest Slovak Republic Kosice Slovenia Ljubljana Spain Lugo, Barcelona, Segovia, Elche Gijon Sweden Goteborg United Kingdom Edinburgh
