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