| Affiliation with other organizations: |
Encod unites citizens organization members who are first or second hand witnesses of current drug policy issues. As a network Encod enables and encourages exchange of strategies that touch all the areas of drug policy among the members (indigenous issues, health, criminalization, international law and justice, human rights...). |
| Publications: |
Encod publishes a web-based monthly bulletin that includes highlights of current international drug policy issues. For more information please visit: http://www.encod.org |
| Purpose of the organization: |
ENCOD was set up in 1993 upon the request of the European Commission, as an NGO counterpart to the European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction. Our common concern is that citizens are particularly disadvantaged in confronting the effects of the drug trade and the side-effects of drug control policies because of their absence in international fora where decisions on drug control policies are made. The activities of citizens’ organisations may contribute to reducing these impediments. NGOs with a shared concern for drugs issues have a particular role to play by informing on the societal impact of the drugs trade and drugs control policies. The importance of the work of NGOs will increase to the degree that there exists an effective information exchange, shared analysis and effective co-ordination of actions between them. The establishment of ENCOD facilitates this exchange, analysis and co-ordination. What do we aim at? Drug prohibition should be replaced by a rational and balanced approach as the only sensible way of reducing drug related problems. Ending the war on drugs will improve the living standards of hundreds of millions of people, while significantly diminishing one of the major income sources of organized crime. |
| A list of members of the governing body of the organization, and their countries of nationality: |
The association is legally based in Belgium, and is steered by a Committee of 4 people from different EU countries. Currently the steering committee members are: Joep Oomen, Belgium Enrico Fletzer, Italy Janko Belin, Slovenia Maja Kohek, Slovenia |
| Description of the membership of the organization, indicating the total number of members: |
The European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies, is a pan-European network of currently 150 NGO’s and individual experts involved in the drug issue on a daily base. We are the European section of an International Coalition, which consists of more than 400 NGOs from around the world that have adhered to a Manifesto for Just and Effective Drug Policies (established in 1998). Among our members are organisations of cannabis and other drug users, of health workers, researchers, grass-root activists as well as companies. |
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