Calendar of Events

Date Title Organizer Description Location Participation
Date TBC Global Coalition Event at the United Nations General Assembly U.S. Department of State / INL

High level side event for countries participating in the Global Coalition to reflect on the past year and make commitments for the coming year.

 New York City, United States

  • Invitation sent through foreign ministries, contact: syntheticscoalition [at] state [dot] gov (syntheticscoalition[at]state[dot]gov)
14 – 15 October 2024 Global Coalition’s Middle East Drug Dialogue U.S. Department of State / INL

Meeting of government representatives from the Middle East to discuss drug supply and demand reduction strategies to address, synthetic drugs, with particularly focus on captagon.

 Budapest, Hungary

  • Invitation sent through foreign ministries, contact: syntheticscoalition [at] state [dot] gov (syntheticscoalition[at]state[dot]gov)
22 – 25 October 2024 Global Coalition African Continental Consultation on Synthetic Drug Supply Reduction African Union Commission

Meeting of government focal points from Africa to discuss drug supply reduction challenges and strategies to address synthetic drugs.

 Antananarivo, Madagascar

  • Invitation Sent through African Union focal points, contact: AkinolaO [at] african-union [dot] org (AkinolaO[at]african-union[dot]org)
Date TBC Global Coalition Steering Group Meeting for Working Group 1 – Manufacturing and Trafficking of Synthetic Drugs and their Precursors U.S. Department of State / INL

Meeting of Working Group 1 leaders and other partners to discuss operationalization of Working Group lines of action.

 Washington, United States

  • Contact: syntheticscoalition [at] state [dot] gov (syntheticscoalition[at]state[dot]gov)
Date TBC Global Coalition Counternarcotics Donor Coordination Conference U.S. Department of State / INL

Government representatives who contribute to the drug control system are invited to participate in a coordination meeting to exchange notes on priorities and plans.  Foundations are also invited to participate and contribute to the discussion.

 Vienna, Austria

  • If interested to participate, contact: syntheticscoalition [at] state [dot] gov (syntheticscoalition[at]state[dot]gov)
9 – 12 December 2024 Global Coalition African Continental Consultation on Synthetic Drug Supply Reduction African Union Commission

Meeting of government from the Middle East to discuss drug Supply and Demand Reduction strategies to address, synthetic drugs, Particularly captagon

 Antananarivo, Madagascar

  • Invitation Sent through African Union focal points, contact: AkinolaO [at] african-union [dot] org (AkinolaO[at]african-union[dot]org)
10 – 12 December 2024 Global Coalition Meeting of Latin American Governments on Public Health Measures to Address Synthetic Drug Use Organization of American States / CICAD

Meeting of Latin American governments to share best practices and strategies to address growing consumption of synthetic drugs in the Western Hemisphere.  

 Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • Invitation Sent through OAS/CICAD commissioners, contact: JKalawski [at] oas [dot] org (JKalawski[at]oas[dot]org)
Date TBC Global Coalition Meeting of Pacific Governments on Public Health Measures to Address Synthetic Drug Use The Pacific Community (SPC) and the Colombo Plan

Meeting of Pacific governments to share best practices and strategies to address growing consumption of synthetic drugs in the Pacific region.

 Nadi, Fiji

  • Invitation Sent through SPC focal points, contact: berlink [at] spc [dot] int (berlink[at]spc[dot]int) and oranooch [dot] sungkhawanna [at] colombo-plan [dot] org (oranooch[dot]sungkhawanna[at]colombo-plan[dot]org)
Date TBC Thought Leaders’ Forum on Synthetic Drugs U.S. Department of State / INL

Meeting of global experts to identify existing limitations and opportunities to the international community’s approach on synthetics.  The Forum will also carry out a forecasting exercise with recommendations.

 United States

  • Application and registration process forthcoming, contact: Prakasham [at] state [dot] gov (Prakasham[at]state[dot]gov) and HigginsLE [at] state [dot] gov (HigginsLE[at]state[dot]gov)
Date TBC Global Coalition Meeting of Pacific Governments on Manufacturing and Trafficking of Synthetic Drugs Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Meeting of governments from the Pacific to discuss manufacturing and trafficking trends in their region and develop coordinated approaches.

  • Invitation Sent through PIF focal points, contact: asma [dot] fakhri [at] un [dot] org (asma[dot]fakhri[at]un[dot]org) and collie [dot] brown [at] un [dot] org (collie[dot]brown[at]un[dot]org)