Sub-Working Group 2.2
Information Sharing, Interagency Collaboration and Policy Formulation
Data systems and research must be maintained, enhanced, and supplemented so drug control practitioners, researchers, and policymakers are continually informed by the most up to date and accurate information. This group emphasizes initiatives that expand information sharing on current and new trends in drug use, and identifying areas of interest to collaboratively address data and evidence gaps to inform policy and programs nationally and regionally.
July 2024
AgendaEast
- Mongolia: National Experience in Information Sharing
- TBD
West
- On Drug Supply Reduction consultations by the African Union
- TBD
August 2024
East:
- Overview: the operational model for the European Union Drugs Agency
- US Homeland Security Investigations: Information Sharing Challenges and Solutions
West:
- Overview: the operational model for the European Union Drugs Agency
- African Union Information Sharing and Interagency Collaboration Efforts
July 2024
East:
- Synthetic Drug Challenge in Mongolia
- The Precursors Incident Communication System (PICS)
West:
- The Precursors Incident Communication System (PICS)
- UPU Postal Security Group & GMS Security Solutions
- UNODC- Southern Africa: Regional Perspectives
June 2024
Open Discussion on Global Coalition Working Groups
- Q&A Session questions regarding the Coalition’s next steps, action reports, navigating the website, recommendations, initiatives, etc.
May 2024
East:
- Contextualizing the Challenges of Synthetic Drugs: Insights from the Global Organized Crime Index
- UNODC Central Asian National Dialogues
- DAP Drug Secretariats Meetings
West:
- Contextualizing the Challenges of Synthetic Drugs: Insights from the Global Organized Crime Index
- INCB: Project ION and GRIDS
April 2024
East:
- Final Review of Recommendations
West:
- Final Review of Recommendations
- Czech Republic: “The New Regulation Models of Psychoactive Substances in the grey zone: new challenge or opportunity?”
- Strategies to Address Synthetic Drugs: A Perspective from the United States
March 2024
East:
- Working Group Meeting
West:
- Working Group Meeting
February 2024
East:
- Exploring the UN Toolkit on Synthetic Drugs: A one-stop shop for practical resources addressing the global synthetic drug problem
- UNODC: Training for Policymakers
- INLOD- International Network for Legislation on Illicit Drugs
West:
- UNODC: Training for Policymakers
- Introduction to the International Network for Legislation on Illicit Drugs
- Exploring the UN Toolkit on Synthetic Drugs: A one-stop shop for practical resources addressing the global synthetic drug problem
January 2024
East:
- An Overview of the Australian National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program
- Exploiting Wastewater analysis to Respond to Drug Markets in Australia
West:
- UNODC: Legislative Responses to Synthetic Drugs
- Colombo Plan: Sentinel Project
December 2023
East:
- UNODC: Tox Portal
- Korea: Drug Forensic Intelligence Sharing in Asia
- UNODC/WHO Facility Surveys
West:
- UNODC-WHO Facility Surveys
- MASTRU: Building, sustaining and growing drug epidemiology networks
November 2023
East:
- Integrating Epidemiological Insights into Drug Policy Development: Perspectives from Vietnam
- ASEAN Drug Monitoring Network: Programs to Develop and Strengthen National Observatories: Demand and Supply
- Country testimonial- Fiji
- INCB SNOOP
West:
- African Epidemiology Network
- Establishing/Developing Observatories, Ensuring their Sustainability
- INCB SNOOP
October 2023
Global Landscape and Challenges in Information Sharing, Interagency Collaboration, and Policy Formulation
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Africa Union -
Caricom -
Colombo Plan -
Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) -
International Narcotics Control Board -
International Criminal Police Organization -
Organization of American States, Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) -
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) -
Pacific Island Forum (PIF) -
Pompidou Group -
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) -
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) -
Universal Postal Union -
World Customs Organization -
World Health Organization