CSFD

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This project aims to support and enhance the work of the Civil Society Forum on Drugs. The Civil Society Forum on Drugs (CSFD) is an expert group of the European Commission that serves as a platform for informal dialogue between civil society and EU institutions. The CSFD has 45 non-governmental not-for-profit organizational members from EU member states and candidate countries and is coordinated by a Core Group of elected officers. The CSFD boasts a diverse membership that represents various fields of expertise and approaches, among others major European professional and advocacy networks in the field of drugs. The CSFD receives some funding for 1 plenary meeting per year and a meeting of the core group. This action will strengthen the ongoing activities currently undertaken by the CSFD on a voluntary basis. The CSFD has organised into 4 thematic workgroups for its current iteration (October 2015 - October 2018). This project will aim to enhance the organisational capacity of the CSFD and work of the thematic work groups decided by the CSF. The specific objectives of this project will be to: • Enhance the organisation and communications capacity of the CSFD (WP0) • Engaging in the evaluation of the 2013-2016 action plan and developing recommendations for the 2016 – 2019 action plan on drugs (WP1) • Developing structures of meaningful engagement for the CSFD with EU institutions (European Commission, European Parliament and the European Council) (WP 2) • Assessing and strengthening national level civil society engagement for organisations working in the field of drugs (WP3) • Minimum quality standards – from consensus to practice (WP 4) Beneficiaries will include civil society organisations focused on drug policy across the spectrum of demand reduction including prevention, recovery, treatment, social reintegration and risk and harm reduction. Other beneficiaries will include decision makers such as those working at national level in drug policy and r