Programme

Public hearing on the “European Union Drugs Agency”

Remote event via Interactio, online platform - Wednesday, 9 March 2022 from 09:30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.

Agenda

09.00 a.m. - 09.30 a.m. | Testing connections

09.30 a.m. - 09.35 a.m. | Introduction

  • Giulia Barbucci, President of the study group on the European Union Drugs Agency (SOC/716)

09.35 a.m. - 09.45 a.m. | Presentation of the opinion

  • Milena Angelova, rapporteur of the EESC opinion
  • Małgorzata Bogusz, co-rapporteur of the EESC opinion

09.45 a.m. - 11.10 a.m. | Panel I

(With a break for the interpreters: 15 minutes)

Moderator: Marie Zvolská, member of the study group, EESC

  • Peter Mihok, Unit for Organised Crime, Drugs and Corruption, DG HOME, European Commission
  • Michal Tudorowski, European External Action Service (EEAS)
  • Alexis Goosdeel, Director, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addictions (EMCDDA)
  • Jari Liukku, Head of Department of the European Serious and Organised Crime Centre (ESOCC), EUROPOL
  • Lars Gerdes, Deputy Executive Director for Returns and Operations, FRONTEX

Q&A

11.10 a.m. - 11.25 a.m. | Break

11.25 a.m. - 12.45 p.m. | Panel II

Moderator: Zoe Tzotze-Lanara, member of the study group, EESC

  • Elena Álvarez Martín, Deputy Director General of Interinstitutional Relations, Governmental Delegation for the National Plan on Drugs, Ministry of Health, Spain
  • Sanna Rönkä, Senior Specialist, Head of Reitox National Focal Point, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
  • Aleksandar Panayotov, Head of the Bulgarian National Focal Point on Drugs and Drug Addictions, National Center of Public Health and Analyses
  • Yatta Dakowah, Chief of the Brussels Liasion Office of the United Nations Office On Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
  • Laurène Collard, Chair, Civil Society Forum on Drugs in the EU
  • Denis Huber, Executive Secretary, Council of Europe International Cooperation Group on Drugs and Addictions (Pompidou Group)

Q&A

12.45 p.m. - 12.55 p.m. | Conclusions

  • Milena Angelova, rapporteur of the EESC opinion
  • Małgorzata Bogusz, co-rapporteur of the EESC opinion

12.55 p.m. - 01.00 p.m. | Closing remarks

  • Giulia Barbucci, President of the study group

 

Intepretation: participants can speak AND listen to: French, English, Italian, Polish and Bulgarian and can speak into BUT NOT listen to: Greek, Spanish, Finnish, Czech and Croatian

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2022-03-09_SOC716_European Union Drugs Agency_Draft agenda