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April 21-23, 2010

CICAD 46 Meeting. November 2009

Click here to read all the result documents of the CICAD 46 meeting

EU-LAC Outcomes

►	Basic Principles of the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Drug-Abusing and Drug dependent Persons in the Hemisphere (ENG)
►	The mayor of Lugo announced that the Lugo City Summit will receive more than 300 participants with arms wide open (ESP)
►	About 300 people will attend the Lugo City Summit against drugs (ESP)
►	OAS CICAD-46 opens with a call for new ways to address the drug problem (ENG/ESP)
►	US Elected To Chair Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) (ENG)
►	OEA alerta de aumento en consumo de drogas (ESP)
►	Executive Secretary of CICAD at the NADCP Conference (ENG)
►	Suriname explores DTC pilot project (ENG)
►	Barcelona welcomes five EU-LAC cities from Chile, Uruguay, Argentina and Mexico (ESP)
►	Segovia City Forum finishes with the participation of 30 EU-LAC cities (ENG/ESP)
►	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina as a training platform for EU-LAC (ES)
►	CICAD Demand expert group, in Mexico City (09/28/09)
►	Creation of the EADTC under the EU-LAC initiative (EN)
►	OAS member states requests CICAD to submit EU-LAC 2011-2015 to the European Commission

Highlights
OAS Secretary General speech at CICAD 45 PDF Format
EU Commissioner on EU-LAC Video
The mayor of Lugo receives the White Cross for his EU-LAC leadership See link
OAS Secretary for Multidimensional Security at the Santo Domingo Forum PDF Format
Executive Secretary of CICAD closes the Göteborg City Forum *PDF Format*

Links of Interest
►	Organization of American States (OAS)
►	EU External Relations
►	EU Freedom Security and Justice
►	Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)
►	European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction EMCDDA
►	Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM/CICAD/OAS)
►	Interamerican Observatory on Drugs (OID/CICAD/OAS)
►	National Association of Drug Court Professionals NADCP
►	International Association of Drug Treatment Courts IADTC
►	Center for Court Innovation

Tucumán, Argentina (Secretary of State, Senator of Tocuman, Mayor, CICAD/OAS and EU representatives
President of the Spanish National Drug Commission at the Segovia City Forum
Mayor of Ghent, Belgium Ghent City Forum

	Exchanges
►	Lambayeque. Perú. November 2009 (ESP)
►	Paramaribo. Suriname. October 2009 (ENG)
►	Barcelona. Spain. October 2009 (ESP)
►	Montevideo. Uruguay. March 2009 (ESP)

	Developed tools
►	City profile (ENG)
	Instructions (ENG)
►	Treatment registration form (ENG)
	Instructions (ENG)

	Visibility and shared responsibility
►	Creation of the ENDTC (ENG)
►	Over 1,300 participants
►	Media and Press (ENG/ESP)
►	Interim Report 2009 (ENG)
►	The case of Colón, El Salvador (ESP)

	EU-LAC city fora and avtivity reports
►	Segovia, Spain. 09 (Web)
►	Tucumán, Argentina. 09 (Web)
►	Ghent, Belgium. 09(Web and Report)
►	Göteborg, Sweden. 09 (Web and Report)
►	S.José, Costa Rica. 09 (Report)
►	Montevideo, Uruguay. 09 (Report)
►	Santiago, Chile. 09 (Web and Report)
►	Montego Bay, Jamaica. 09 (Web and Report)
►	Montevideo, Uruguay. 08 (Web and Report)
►	Washington, D.C. 08 (Report)
►	Santo Domingo, DR. 08 (Web)

	Newsletter
►	Newsletter May 2009


	Agreements in process
►	Cuenca (Ecuador) /Lugo (Spain)
►	San Miguel de Tucumán (Argentina) / Barcelona (Spain)
►	Lourdes-Colón (El Salvador) /Lugo (Spain)
►	Barcelona (Spain) /Conchalí Peñalolén (Chile) /Montevideo (Uruguay) Mexicali (Mexico)
►	Paramaribo (Suriname) /Ghent (Belgium)
►	Mexicali (Mexico) / Lambayeque (Peru)
►	Montevideo (Uruguay) /Lugo (Spain) / Conchalí (Chile)
►	Lambayeque (Peru) / Mexicali (México)

Santiago de Chile City Forum Santiago, Chile
Montevideo City Forum Montevideo, Uruguay

EU-LAC 2010 Activities (NEW DATES)

Coimbra City Forum

Portugal 2010

NEW DATE

Second quarter of2010

(date to be confirmed)

EU-LAC Fora (2008-2009)

Mayor of Segovia at the Segovia City Forum, Spain

Segovia, Spain

October 2009

30 EU-LAC cities meet in Segovia to study the Spanish drug prevention and treatment model and practices.

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Mayor of San Miguel de Tucumán

San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina

September 2009

Professionals and representatives from 21 cities and countries attended the workshop in San Miguel de Tucuman.

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Group Photo Ghent City Forum

Ghent, Belgium

June 2009

Judges, prosecutors, and health professionals meet in Ghent to discuss drug treatment alternatives to incarceration under judicial supervision for drug dependent offenders.

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Göteborg City Forum, Sweden

Göteborg, Sweden

May 2009

38 cities from both sides of the Atlantic met in Göteborg to discuss and exchange good practices in the area of drug policies and inter-agency cooperation.

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Santiago de Chile City Forum

Santiago de Chile, Chile

March 2009

More than 450 participants attended the Santiago de Chile city forum on drug treatment alternatives to incarceration under judicial supervision for drug dependent offenders

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