Transcript Implementation Seminar Bucharest, January 22

DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II
Thematic Platforms Presentation
HEAD-UP
• Presentation of ACCES, leader of the HEAD-UP Platform
By Eric Schneider, ACCES co-director
• Mission statement
Health education and harm reduction : HIV/AIDS, STIs, substance use (drugs, alcohol, medications)
Promotion of the humanist counselling approach (Carl Rogers)
• Activities
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HIV and STIs prevention with migrants
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Health and care access for deaf people
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Health education in prisons
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Support and care for people excluded or at risk of exclusion from services
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Training, counselling and supervision
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Participation in national and international events
We have created a working partnership with three European NGOs: ARAS (Romania), Initiative for Health (Bulgaria) and Villa Maraini (I
DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II
HEAD-UP
Health Education Around Drug Use for
Profesionnals
HEAD-UP and DC&D II
Context
Need to share experiences and knowledge around the issues of harm reduction
especially with drug users.
Feedback on existing harm reduction policies  efficiency of outreach activities,
targeted prevention messages and needle exchange programmes in the fight against
HIV, HCV within IDUs (Injecting Drug Users) community.
 Creation of a working partnership with three European NGOs: ARAS
(Romania), Initiative for Health (Bulgaria) and Villa Maraini (Italy)
This work group, gathering good practices in drug use and outreach work, will
enable Cities and officials to develop tools adapted to drug-related concerns taking
into account their duties : keeping a safe urban life, facilitate the work of all the
civil society members (NGOs, police authorities, social and health services).
DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II
Thematic Platforms Presentation
HEAD-UP
HEAD-UP and DC&D II
Objectives
Overall objective : exchange and put in common good practices in
terms of health promotion for people working with drug users especially
in outreach work activities
Specific aims
- To set up information exchange and knowledge sharing regarding drug users
support
-To lead training sessions directly connected with professionals issues doing
outreach work with drug users
-To create a practical outreach manual guiding on the following thematic: harm
reduction, HIV/AIDS prevention, ethic,…
DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II
Thematic Platforms Presentation
HEAD-UP
HEAD-UP and DC&D II
Methodology
Start from Cities needs and exchange along the project using HEAD-UP
partnership resources in order to create adapted and useful tools and
diffuse the results within the DC&DII network
 Collect information from Cities regarding national legal context linked to drug
use, outreach work and harm reduction
 Identify Cities specificities and adaptation of the training content
 Set up training experimentation based on the training experience with
competences of the HEAD-UP partnership
 Get feedback from Cities to elaborate the practical manual for outreach work
 Diffuse to participating Cities
 Present tools and results to all DC&DII network
DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II
Thematic Platforms Presentation
HEAD-UP
HEAD-UP and DC&D II
Timetable
June 2008 – Strategic seminar - Paris - Presentation of the WP, contact with Cities
interested in the WP
June 08 to February 09 - Exchange platform – Assessment phase- Presentation of
the country situation regarding drug use & definition with Cities of the training
needs and conditions
November 2008 - Implementation seminar – Bucharest
Presentation of the training and finalization of the group of member cities
June 2009 – Training workshop – Marseille
Training for local stakeholders from the 5 involved cities on the specific following
subjects: outreach work, HIV/HCV prevention, substance use, the counselling
helping relationship …
July 09 to July 10 – Exchange platform – Implementation phase
Organisation of the workshops and refinement meetings
Development of the outreach manual
DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II
Thematic Platforms Presentation
HEAD-UP
HEAD-UP and DC&D II
Timetable
June 2010 – Evaluation workshop – Marseille
Evaluation of the HEAD-UP WP, validation of the manual & preparation of the final
dissemination conference
July to December 10– Exchange platform – Finalisation phase
Editing, printing and translation of the Manual
Diffusion of the manual for professionals working with drug users in the harm
reduction field in participating Cities
December 2010 – Dissemination conference - Vienna
Presentation of the manual and the project results to the EFUS network and other
representatives of national authorities
Contacts to diffuse training methodology and manual
January to May 2011 – Exchange platform - Evaluation work
Evaluation of the tools created during the project, participation to the general
evaluation of the project and reflection on a sustainable results dissemination strategy
DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II
Thematic Platforms Presentation
HEAD-UP
HEAD-UP and DC&D II
Contacts
ACCES organization
55 rue Saint-Bazile
13001 Marseille - FRANCE
0033 / 491 500 375
[email protected]
Eric Schneider, Co-director and trainer
Coordination of the DC&D II project - training
Amandine Akouka, health promotion project leader
Administrative coordination of the DC&D II project