GFDD and FUNGLODE Will Support Inter-Regional Forum of Cities on Public Policy and Drug Treatment

GFDD and FUNGLODE will assist in the organization of the Inter-Regional Forum of Cities on Public Policy and Drug Treatment, financed by the European Union and coordinated by the Organization of American States’ Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission. The event will be celebrated at the Hotel Jaragua in Santo Domingo, April 2-5, 2008.

 

The purpose of this activity is to: enhance existing policy in
order to expand access to drug treatment and rehabilitation programs; facilitate the creation of a network of alliances between Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean institutions; and raise awareness amongst public prosecutors and family judges of the drug dependency treatment and rehabilitation programs available, as alternatives to incarceration.

 

Through their contributions to the organization of this event, GFDD and FUNGLODE
support the Organization of American States’ work to increase economic equity and further social inclusion.

 

Both non-profit organizations support and promote the objectives of the OAS and are active members of the OAS’s Civil Society, a community of non-governmental organizations that supports the multilateral institution in the realization of its summits.

 

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