COPOLAD III: EU-LAC bi-regional cooperation programme on drug policies

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23/09/2024 Cali and Santander de Quilichao promote social innovation in drug policies

With the support of the COPOLAD III program, innovative initiatives are being promoted to address drug use and promote social inclusion within the framework of Colombia's National Drug Strategy...

27/06/2024 Study analyzes environmental effects of drug trafficking

The European COPOLAD III program will soon publish a study on the environmental impacts of illicit drug production and trafficking activities in...

13/06/2024 Social use of confiscated drug trafficking and organised crime goods and assets

19 delegations from the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean have met to improve the confiscation of drug trafficking goods and assets and...

15/03/2024 Peru promotes social innovation project to protect communities threatened by drug trafficking in the Peruvian Amazon

With the support of the COPOLAD program, a pilot project has been carried out to protect native communities, environmental farmers and indigenous...

14/12/2023 Latin America fights drug trafficking and money laundering with EU support

The European programme COPOLAD, in coordination with the Latin American Financial Action Task Force (GAFILAT), promotes strategies for the recovery...

02/11/2023 FIIAPP supports alternatives to incarceration for women with minor drug offenses

The COPOLAD programme brings together specialists from Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe to reflect on policies to deal with minor drug...

26/10/2023 Prosecutors from Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe design strategies to address the situation of women victims of trafficking and involved in drug trafficking

Specialists from Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe join forces at a COPOLAD workshop to design guidelines for action to address in a...

13/07/2023 Chile promotes social innovation on drug use among minors

The European programme COPOLAD collaborates in a pioneering initiative in Chile to tackle complex challenges such as drug use among minors under the...

05/07/2023 Uruguay hosts a workshop on care practices for people with drug use problems   

In the framework of the European COPOLAD III programme, more than 80 international experts have gathered in Montevideo for a workshop to promote the...

23/02/2023 Europe and Colombia cooperate to generate more humane and efficient drug policies

Representatives of the European programme COPOLAD III have met with the Drugs Directorate of the Ministry of Justice and other institutions to...

26/08/2022 COPOLAD promotes human rights-based drug policies at the VIII Latin American Drug Conference

European programme focuses on human rights in new drug policies in Latin...

10/08/2022 EMCDDA becomes official partner of COPOLAD III Program co-led by the FIIAPP

The European Observatorie will cooperate through targeted training activities and co-production workshops to develop tailored...

21/04/2022 COPOLAD III visits drug administration in Argentina and Uruguay

The COPOLAD III programme, co-led by the FIIAPP, meets with the public administrations of these countries to coordinate actions on drug consumption...

08/06/2022 Europe and Latin America launch justice and security initiative to address common challenges

FIIAPP deepens international cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean with the launch of the Team Europe Justice and Security initiative...

17/02/2022 New drug policies focused on Human Rights

The launch event of the third phase of the COPOLAD programme was held with the participation of agencies, international organisations, specialists...

29/06/2021 COPOLAD III takes part in the CELAC-EU dialogue on anti-drugs policies

The anti-drugs cooperation programme was presented at the high-level CELAC-EU political dialogue on drugs...

18/05/2021 Launch of the COPOLAD III anti-drug programme

The COPOLAD III programme was presented at a joint seminar with the European Commission and the European Union Delegations in Latin America and the...

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09/04/2024 Harm reduction in drug policies

The COPOLAD programme has been supporting dialogue for a decade between the European Union and...

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08/03/2024 Rethinking Gender-Sensitive Justice: Women, Drugs and Criminal Alternatives

On International Women's Day, we reflect on the unique challenges women face in the criminal...

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