P-PG/MinConf (2010) OJ

29 October 2010

15^th Ministerial Conference of the Pompidou Group

3 – 4 November 2010 - Council of Europe - Strasbourg

‘Towards a coherent policy on psychoactive substances’

Programme

Tuesday, 2 November 2010

19:00               Reception for delegates by invitation of the Mayor of the City of Strasbourg, Palais des Rohan, Strasbourg

Wednesday, 3 November 2010

  9:00               Registration starts

  9:30 – 11:30  Meeting of Permanent Correspondents (PC)

12:30               Lunch given by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe

14:30             Session 1 – The Pompidou Group’s work and achievements

Chair: Mr. Adam FRONCZAK, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Health, Poland

·         Adoption of the programme and agenda

·         Opening speech by Mr Adam FRONCZAK, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Health, Poland, as President of the Pompidou Group

·         Welcome speech by Thorbjørn JAGLAND, Secretary General of the Council of Europe

·         Address on behalf of the Chair of the Committee of Ministers, Mr Vladimir POPOVSKI, Deputy Minister of Health

·         Statement on behalf of the Belgian Presidency of the European Council,

Mr Jean-Marc DELIZEE, Secretary of State for Social Affairs

·         Statement by Prof Hamid GHODSE, President of the International Narcotics Control Board ( INCB)

·         Video presentation of the results from the Pompidou Groups work in 2007-2010 and conclusions drawn by PCs presented by Dr. Piotr JABLONSKI, Chairman of the PC

·         Election of Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the Pompidou Group

·         Presentation of the next Bureau membership

·         Ceremonial acts

16:00               Coffee Break

16:30             Session 2 – General debate on coherent policy approaches

                   Chair: New Pompidou Group Presidency

Moderator: Prof Ambros UCHTENHAGEN, Switzerland

·         Introductory input on overarching topic: ‘Towards a coherent policy on psychoactive substances’ by the moderator

·         Impulse statements on sub-themes to the overarching topic given by the panel on:

-       ‘Supply reduction in the context of coherent policies on licit and  illicit drugs’, Mr Viktor IVANOV, Chairman of the State Anti-Narcotics Committee and Director of the Federal Drug Control Service, Russian Federation

-       ‘Early intervention’, Mrs. Anna-Grete STRØM-ERICHSEN, Minister of Health and Care Services, Norway

-        ‘Drug-related risks at the work place’, Mr Etienne APAIRE, Président of the Interministerial Mission against Drugs and Drug Abuse, France

·         Followed by a general discussion of Ministers / Heads of delegation

18:25             Award Ceremony of the European Durg Prevention Prize 2010

Chair: Mrs. Paula RISIKKO, Minister of Health and Social Services, Finland

19:00               End of session

20:00               Dinner for Conference participants given by the Polish Pompidou Group Presidency at the Permanent Representation of Poland to the Council of Europe, 2 rue Geiler, Strasbourg

Thursday, 4 November 2010

9:30               Session 3 – drug policy developments

                   Chair: New Vice-Presidency

                       

·         Statements by national delegations on national drug policy developments

11:00               Coffee break

11:30            Session 4 – future work of the Pompidou Group        

Chair: New Presidency

·         Introduction to and adoption of the draft declaration

·   Presentation and adoption of the 2011-2014 Work Programme

12:40             Closing speech by the next Presidency

13:00             End of Conference

13:30               Lunch Reception for Conference participants given by the Permanent Representative of France to the Council of Europe, Permanent Representation of France, 40 rue de Verdun, Strasbourg