Margina is a non-partisan, non-governmental and non-profit association which aims to educate, network, exchange information, and work on improving the position of marginalised young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina and abroad, with a special focus on drug use, HIV and STIs.

Margina es una asociación no partidaria, no gubernamental y sin fines lucrativos que se propone educar, establecer vínculos, intercambiar información y trabajar para mejorar la posición de los jóvenes marginalizados en Bosnia y Herzegovina, así como en el exterior, con un énfasis especial en el consumo de drogas, VIH y ETS.

Margina est une ONG à but non-lucratif cherchant à éduquer, à échanger des informations et à les mettre en réseau. Margina cherche à améliorer le statut des jeunes marginalisés en Bosnie-Herzégovine et à l’étranger, en se concentrant tout particulièrement sur l’usage de drogues, le SIDA et les maladies sexuellement transmissibles.

Association Margina

El mes pasado, la Asociación Margina, que trabaja facilitando el acceso a servicios sociales y de de salud a grupos marginalizados de la sociedad en Bosnia y Herzegovina, celebró su décimo aniversario. Lea más información, en inglés, abajo.

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Last month, Association Margina – a non-governmental, non-profit association which aims to support marginalised young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina with a special focus on drug use and HIV – marked the tenth anniversary of their formation. Members, guests and volunteers attended a special ceremony in city of Zenica to celebrate ten years of existence and successful work.

Association Margina was created in 2003 in Zenica by a group of people gathering around a common vision – that every individual from marginalised groups of society in Bosnia and Herzegovina needs to have health and social care. At the very begining of the Association's work, private resources of the founders were used. With great effort and dedication, the organisation quickly began implementing programmes and has gone from strength to strength since.

President Denis Dedajic, in a short address to the audience, expressed great satisfaction with the achievements of Association Margina during the past decade, and reflected on the very beginnings when Margina operated from a renovated garage and consisted of just a few dedicated enthusiasts. At the ceremony, plaques and certificates were awarded to the institutions and individuals who have contributed to the development of Association Margina during the first decade of its existence – including IDPC – and those present took the opportunity to congratulate their hosts and wish them well for the future.

Alongside this event, Association Margina also organised a three-day symposium: “Analysis of the cost-effectiveness of services for the prevention and treatment of HIV and Hepatitis C among people who inject drugs in Bosnia and Herzegovina”. The symposium was supported by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and was administered by UNDP. It gathered professionals together to facilitate broad discussion on the topic. The need for strong cooperation and coordination between governmental and non-governmental sectors was raised, and particular emphasis was placed on financial issues and the necessity of rationalising health systems and optimising existing services in order to achieve more efficient results.

In conclusion, all participants agreed on the importance of alternative programmes and services, and the desired goals which can only be achieved through joint efforts and working together. A final report based on this topic will be available soon (the first document of this kind in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if not the whole region).

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La Asociación Margina celebra su décimo aniversario

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 

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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