The IHF is an NGO working for the reduction of the harms to health among drug users and sex workers, and for their acceptance and equality in society. We carry out direct services for these target groups, train professionals and advocacy actions for policy change in Bulgaria.

IHF es una ONG que trabaja para reducir los daños de salud asociados con los usuarios de drogas y los trabajadores sexuales, y para promover su inclusión social. IHF proporciona servicios directamente a estos grupos, ofrece formaciones a profesionales y desarrolla políticas de incidencia para influenciar la política de drogas en Bulgaria.

L’IHF est une ONG travaillant sur la réduction des risques sanitaires parmi les usagers de drogues et les prostitué(e)s, et leur intégration sociale. L’IHF offre des services directement à ces groupes ciblés, elle forme des professionnels et mène une campagne de sensibilisation pour un changement de politique en Bulgarie.

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La revisión por parte de la Junta del Fondo Mundial de los criterios de elegibilidad para solicitar financiación no debería acarrear consecuencias negativas para los países de ingresos medios.

Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

Suscríbase a las Alertas mensuales del IDPC para recibir información sobre cuestiones relacionadas con políticas sobre drogas.

On the 7th – 8th November 2013, the Global Fund’s Board will consider revisions to the Eligibility, Counterpart Financing and Prioritization Policy (ECFP), based upon recommendations from its Strategy Impact and Investment Committee (SIIC). While some of these recommendations are positive; others, if adopted without changes, would have negative consequences for middle-income countries (MICs) and particularly regions with MICs such as Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA), Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

We – the organizations representing civil society and including communities of people living with these diseases, i.e. key affected populations from different countries and regions - are deeply concerned about these recommendations and would like to share with Global Fund Board members our position on several critical issues that should be considered by the Board during its deliberations.

Keep up-to-date with drug policy developments by subscribing to the IDPC Monthly Alert.

Declaración conjunta de organizaciones de la sociedad civil de cara a la 30ª reunión de la Junta del Fondo Mundial 

Apenas unos días después de que el cannabis se legalizara en los estados de Colorado y Washington, la regulación de la marihuana adquirió gran protagonismo en Bulgaria, tras la publicación de los resultados de dos encuestas. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

Just days after cannabis was legalised in Colorado and Washington states, regulation of weed became a new hot issue in Bulgaria, after two fundamentally different poll results were published.

The National Centre for Public Opinion Research conducted a poll among 1000 adults from 86 communities, concluding that 81% of Bulgarians are opposed to the legalisation of marijuana. At the same time one of the most popular Bulgarian television stations took its own poll, and reached a completely different conclusion. Their figures indicate that 85.65% of those questioned support the legalisation of cannabis.

The truth is probably somewhere between what the government and the poll it commissioned claims. On one hand, it seems likely that the evidence-based information available online for those who speak foreign languages does not reach the majority of Bulgarian society. On the other hand, the older population, who used to live under communist rule, tends to connect drugs with crime and see them as a sign of “modern social decline”. Also, the majority of the population take their information from newspapers and television, which tend to only cover the criminal aspect of drug-use; a perfect way to strengthen stigma against people using drugs.

Keep up-to-date with drug policy developments by subscribing to the IDPC Monthly Alert.

Bulgaria sigue a los Estados Unidos en la legalización de la marihuana

sudeste europeo ofrece las últimas noticias sobre políticas de drogas y reducción de daños en la región.

During its annual meeting in Vienna in March 2012, the Drug Policy Network in South East Europe decided to publish a quarterly Newsletter for a more regular communication between the Network organisations.

The Newsletter was prepared and published by Diogenis, Drug Policy Dialogue in South East Europe, in collaboration with the members of the South East Europe Drug Policy Network. Each newsletter focuses on two or three countries in the region, for which updates are provided on issues related to drug policy reform, criminal justice, social and health programmes and human rights.

The first edition of the Newsletter provides updates on drug policy developments in Albania and Greece.

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