8th Brandenburg Forum on Drugs and Development Policies report - 'The way forward to 2029: Accelerating progress in global drug policies' - International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)

This report summarises the discussions and conclusions of the meeting, but does not reflect the institutional positions of the co-hosting parties.

8TH BRANDENBURG FORUM ON DRUGS AND DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
“THE WAY FORWARD TO 2029: ACCELERATING PROGRESS IN GLOBAL DRUG POLICIES”

The 8th Brandenburg Forum on Drugs and Development Policies took place from 22nd to 24th November 2023 at Schloss Lübbenau in Brandenburg, Germany. The forum was organised by the Global Partnership on Drug Policies and Development (GPDPD) — commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented under the political patronage of the Commissioner of the Federal Government for Drug and Addiction Policy. The meeting was co-hosted by the Government of the Netherlands, the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services, the Transnational Institute (TNI), and the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC).

The forum was attended by 56 participants from around the world, including government representatives from Albania, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Malaysia, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, and the USA. Also in attendance were officials from the European Union (EU), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), as well as leading non-governmental organisations. To promote open dialogue, discussions were conducted under the 'Chatham House Rule,' whereby the content of discussions can be shared but neither the identity nor the affiliation of any participants should be revealed.

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