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DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II Thematic Platforms
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Presentation ANIT is the French federation of
health centres and all the drugs and addiction
workers Created in 1980, ANIT has a national
(board of directors) and regional (regional
unions) organisation. Our last general assembly
decided in June 2008 to change the name of the
organisation to ANITEA in order to enlarge our
scope also to alcohol addictions Martine LACOSTE
Director of a NGO in Toulouse Head of the ANIT
commission on drug related harm reduction. Expert
on harm reduction policies, care and social
inclusion of drug users. Karl CERNY Head of
service in Lille Expert on early intervention
for young drug users Nathalie LATOUR ANIT
General Coordinator
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• Mission statement
• The goals are
• To offer places of confrontation and expression
  for the professionals in the drugs field
  developing diversified practices (treatment, harm
  reduction, prevention, research, education,
  social inclusion, justice..),
• To take care of the users as citizens,
• To promote a global approach of the drug
  phenomenon design depending on the social,
  ideological and economic context in witch it
  fits, to represent professionals and specialized
  agencies up to the public and French
  institutions.

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• Activities
• ANIT organises each year a national conference on
  drugs, organise trainings for professionals (550
  participants) and several thematic seminars (like
  Quit the shit with German partners).
• ANIT has a training department and organises
  around 10 different training per year on
  different topics such as prevention, evaluation,
  drugs knowledge
• Our organisation is composed of Commissions open
  to its members. Created in 2003, the harm
  reduction commission, which will carry out the
  Work Plateform is used to organise training
  sessions, conferences and investigations on the
  Human Resources issues.
• ANIT is supported by the French health general
  direction and the direction of the cities
  policies.

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• ANIT and DCD II
• Context
• This project was set up because big European
  cities are often not able to manage young
  wanderers using drugs cumulating problems of
  exclusion and immigration. Cities are facing 3
  levels of problems related to young wanderers
  using drugs
• Health problems (mental health, HIV, hepatitis
  etc.),
• Social (exclusion related to precariousness),
• Urban safety (antisocial behaviours and
  violence).
• As a public health actor, we are not satisfied
  with only repressive answers. Different answers
  are proposed by different actors but without real
  briefing.
• The target audience is marginalized youngsters
  without occupation, either living in the city or
  wandering, sometimes accompanied by animals.

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• ANIT and DCD II
• Objectives
• The Work Platform aims to increase the threshold
  of health protection, urban safety and social
  cohesion among EU Cities. In this way, we will
  reinforce the thresholds of competence of the
  actors, will intensify the possibilities of joint
  actions and of public safety, in comparison with
  the users of drug.
• Final aims Building a common charter with
  recommendations and a welcome guide for young
  people and local actors adapted to each city

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• ANIT and DCD II
• Methodology and timetable
• June 2008 DCD Strategic seminar Paris
  Participation of the WP in the DCD strategic
  seminar. Presentation with cities and
  finalisation of the project after the cities
  exchange.
• September 2008 Experts' group workshop / Paris
  / 8 stakeholders from France and Europe 1 from
  the WP management - 1 day - implementation of the
  concrete axes of the platform
• Selection of experts/bibliography/research
• Preparation of the needs assessment among partner
  cities
• 2nd drafting of exchange platform
• Drafting the good practices guidelines.

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• ANIT and DCD II
• Methodology and timetable
• November 2008 DCD Implementation seminar
  Bucharest 5 municipal stakeholders (from 5
  cities) 5 people from the WP (management and
  experts' group) - 2 days presentation of the
  exchange platform to the DCD II partners. 1st
  training workshop involving the 5 participating
  cities.
• May 2009 Experts' group workshop - Paris - 8
  stakeholders 1 from the WP management - 1 day
  Preparation of the second training workshop.
• November 2009 2nd training workshop Paris - 5
  municipal stakeholders (from 5 cities) 5 people
  from the WP (management and experts' group) 2
  days. Drafting of the common charter with
  recommendations and a welcome guide for young
  people and local actors adapted to each city.

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• ANIT and DCD II
• Methodology and timetable
• November 2009 to May 2010 5 refinement meetings
  x 2 expert stakeholders x 2 days Practice
  sharing among the 5 involved cities and the
  experts' group to support local.
• May 2010 Experts' group workshop - Paris - 8
  stakeholders 1 from the WP management - 1 day
  Preparation of the dissemination conference
  validation of the common charter with
  recommendations and a welcome guide for young
  people and local actors adapted to each city -
  evaluation of the project.
• November 2010 Dissemination conference Vienna
  2 days - 5 people from the WP (management and
  experts' group)

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• ANIT and DCD II
• Contact details
• ANIT website www.anit.asso.fr
• Nathalie LATOUR anit.nlatour_at_orange.fr -
• Martine LACOSTE martine.lacoste_at_anit.asso.fr