DPNSEE Executive Director Milutin Milošević participated in the Conference organised by the Office for Combating Drugs in Serbia, on the ocassion of the World Drug Day. The Conference was dedicated to prevention, but other issues related to drugs were also tackled.
Milutin presented work of the Civil Society Forum on Drugs, the expert advisory group of the European Commission. DPNSEE is member of the Forum and chairs the Working Group 4 Emerging issues on drug policies.
He presented the activities realised in the three-year mandate of the Forum, emphasizing those where DPNSEE were fully involved or took the lead:
- Position Paper on Alternatives to Coercive Sanctions
- Contribution from the Civil Society Forum on Drugs to enhance the gender perspective into EU DRUG policy
- Position paper | People who use drugs and mental health
- EU – Western Balkans Dialogue
- Position Paper on Decriminalisation
Milutin also presented CSFD communication with the ECMDDA (in a few days to be the European Union Drug Agency) on their new mandat that will include more opportunities for cooperation with and support to the civil society.
Irena Molnar, from our member organisation Re Generation, presented their work on collecting Serbia’s input to the European Drug Report.
