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http//www.HaRdCOREhARMREdUCER.be/ Recent
developments and future possibility's for
international drug user organizing The story
of 2004-2006 What's next in 2007 And what about
2008
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Stijn Active in local DUA since end of
2000 co-founder Breakline Peer Support in
2001 From 2002 until 2004 member of the board of
the Antwerp drug user organization
BAD co-founder STAD end 2004 President Draw Up
Your Plant 2006
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DU-organizing developments 2004-2006 Looked at
from my personal point of view Other DUA will
have other, but similar, experiences
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2004 first time active on the EU level - With
Encod lobbying the EU Parliament for the Catania
rapport - Learnt to know Encod-EDUA (Andria,
Milena, ...) - The involvement of civil society
The involvement of the people who use drugs
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2005 IHRC in Belfast - Learnt to know a core
group of IDUA - Belfast not very user friendly,
practically no IDUA involvement - IDUA and IHRA
want closer cooperation - Issue involvement of
the people who use drugs in IHRA-IHRC
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January 2006 Bill Nelles (IHRA), Matt Curtis
(IHRD) and me agree on a project, organizing
IDUA for the Vancouver IHRC in May 2006 - IDUA
Congress - IDUA skills building sessions
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January 2006 Brussels EU conference about the
involvement of civil society in EU drug
policy successful conference for EDUA (Andria,
Milena, Zarir, Nuno, Martine, Stijn) Involving
the people who use drugs is in the conference
rapport
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Correlation meeting Krakow March 2006 Learnt to
know new group of EDUA (Berne, Anna, Marco...)
Explain about EU conference Explain about
plans for the Vancouver IHRC
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May 2006 International Drug User Activists
Congress at the IHRC in Vancouver - Declaration
about the international network of people who use
drugs - Informal network of IDUA plans to build
an official network in 2006-2007 - Skills
building sessions for DUA - Manny IDUA presenters
in the conference
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June 2006 First trip to Warsaw for preparation
on 2007 IHRC, again met with Krakow DUA EU Green
Paper about the involvement of civil society in
EU drug policy September 2006 23 EDUA
organizations send in a common answer to the EU
about the Green Paper
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November 2006 6-7/11, Milena and me harm
reduction session at Encod conference in EU
Parliament (and with Berne for IDUA interests in
Encod) 15/11, IHRA budget for making an
official IDUA organization in 2007 and Budget for
professional involvement in the IHRC in
Warsaw 16/11 A core group of EDUA meet at a
Correlation seminar in Torino
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IDUA/EDUA issues until summer 2007 April/May
- EU will call for proposals for involvement
process. EU decides what to do with this by
autumn 2007 - IDUA Congress at 18 IHRC in
Warsaw, - Official IDUA organization
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And what about an EDUA organization? Depends on
what we want and how active we are Think deeply
about EDUA at Torino meeting Keep on being
active in EU involvement process by sending
proposals on EU calls Use the international
level to break open the local level
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2008 the story continuous IDUA/EDUA grow to be
a powerful actor to take into account by all
other parties 2008 IHRC in Barcelona Spring
2008 Evaluation of last 10 years UN drugs
convention in Vienna