SupervIsed Drug consumptIon Facilities to instill harm reduction and social cohesion at local level

2026-07-22

The general objectives of this project on drug consumption rooms (DCF), is to better accompany and equip local authorities working on the installation of DCFs in any given territory and to evaluate DCFs’ impacts in terms of localised nuisance reduction. The project will provide for the completion of a collective cross-analysis of the installation and evaluation process of a DCF and thereby equip local authorities to promote the installation of health facilities which provide these schemes. It will also provide for the definition of criteria to evaluate both short- and long-term impacts on a given territory. The sharing of practices between experienced partner cities that have already tested and implemented DCFs and those partner cities currently considering and/or going through the process of installing this type of scheme will allow these cities to benefit from the recommendations and critiques of their peers. The contribution of practices from multiple cities will be used to improve knowledge and methods. A shared methodological foundation will be designed in order to promote analysis and the contextualisation of specific local circumstances. This will enable the presentation of varied experiences and will facilitate the evaluation of DCFs and their impact on a given territory (issues involving security and delinquency, feelings of insecurity, improving cleanliness, dialogue and acceptance by residents, shopkeepers). The methodological tools will be filled out by the cities prior to a field visit and then completed by field observations from peers and experts during the time on the ground. The project partners and experts will work on the definition of qualitative and quantitative criteria and the construction of an assessment grid which will provide for evaluation of the installation process of a DCF and its impacts on the territory. A collection of recommendations and practices will be produced and presented at a final event.

France, Slovenia, Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Germany

2026-01-15