To contribute to improve policy decisions at the city level on the quality and coverage of drug treatment, rehabilitation and harm reduction* for diverse populations in the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean to ensure that the care provided to them is appropriate.

Specific Objectives 

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 facilitate the development of public policies in drug demand matters, including the incorporation of treatment and rehabilitation programs into the local health care systems.

To build an exchange network of twinned cities in Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union that will mutually reinforce the knowledge, skills and experience they need to better serve their populations of problematic drug users, attaching particular attention to social exclusion problems,the social and health consequences of drug use, and the safeguarding of human rights.

To sensitize family court prosecutors and judges to drug treatment and rehabilitation as an alternative to incarceration for petty drug offenders.