European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

Margareta Nilson

ISAJE, Helsinki, 1 September 2006

EMCDDA

• Who we are

• What we do

• What we can offer

• The central reference point for drug information in the EU

• Formally established in 1993

• Based in Lisbon, Portugal, since 1995

• A decentralised agency of the European Union

EMCDDA

EMCDDA – mission

• Collect, analyse and disseminate objective, reliable and comparable information on drugs and drug addiction and their consequences

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Decision and advice

Prepares decisions on budgetary matters

Prepares decisions

Proposes

Organisational Chart of Statutory Bodies

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Management Board

Staff

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Units

Staff Committee

EMCDDA organisation

Direction

Interventions, responses and policy

Epidemiology, crime and markets

Scientific Co-ordination

Scientific partners and documentation

REITOX and international cooperation

Communication

Information and communication technologies

Administration

Partners

• National Focal Points (REITOX)• International organisations

(WHO, UNODC, Pompidou Group, EUROPOL, WCO)

• Universities, research networks, NGOs, experts…

Data Collection Areas

• Epidemiology• Drug situation; key indicators

• Interventions• Responses in health, social, criminal justice

systems

• Legislation• Legal framework and practice

• Policy• Political and institutional framework and

coordination

Monitoring and reporting

• Data collection tools and instruments

• Efficient data management

• Supporting reporting capacity

Data analysis

• Support the EU action plan

• European evidence base

• Understanding what works

• Early warning on new developments

Communicate with key audiences

• Speak to policy

• Speak to science

• Speak to practice

• Speak to the European citizen

EMCDDA Annual Report

• Overview of the European drug phenomenon in 29 countries

• Data and analyses

• Policy trends and responses

• Selected Issues

Annual Report Package

2006 Annual Report• Print and online in 22 languages

Selected Issues• Three specific themes• Print and online in English

Online Material• Statistical bulletin • Reitox national reports• Country profiles

EMCDDA Publications

• Drug Net Europe (newsletter)

• Drugs in Focus (policy briefings)

• EMCDDA Insights (popular)

• EMCDDA Monographs (scientific)

• Manuals (how to evaluate)

• Risk Assessments Reports (new drugs)

• Thematic Papers and Technical Data Sheets

EMCDDA Databases

• ELDD (European Legal Data Base)

• EDDRA (Exchange on Drug Demand Reduction Action)

• EIB ( Evaluation Instruments Bank)

http://www.emcdda.europa.eu