Belgium
TheFoundation foraDrug-FreeEurope’soperationaloffice is located inBrussels, togetherwithSay
No toDrugsBelgium, agrassrootsdrugpreventionassociation.
On 31 October 2007, the Foundation for a Drug-Free Europe was selected by the European
Commission tobe amember of theCivil Society ForumonDrugs in the EuropeanUnion, which
started itswork inDecember 2007.
Since theFDFE’s creation in2004, numerous conferenceshavebeenheld in theEuropeancapital.
In2008, UNODC’s liaison to theEuropean institutionspresented theagency’s WorldDrugReport
in Brussels on June 26 at a workshop on drug prevention organised by the Foundation for
international diplomats andanti-drugprofessionals.
Furthermore, the Foundationhas beenorganising an annual anti-drugmarathonor bike tour
between the Netherlands–home to the infamous “coffee shops”–and Belgium, bringing the
message of a healthy and drug-free lifestyle to city officials, police officers, media and the
public at large.
26 June2008
UN International DayagainstDrugAbuseand IllicitTrafficking
Europeanworkshopondrugprevention
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