DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II Thematic Platforms Presentation HEAD-UP

1. DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II Thematic Platforms Presentation HEAD-UP • Presentation of ACCES, leader of the HEAD-UP Platform • By Eric Schneider, ACCES co-director • Mission statement • Health education and harm reduction : HIV/AIDS, STIs, substance use (drugs, alcohol, medications) • Promotion of the humanist counselling approach (Carl Rogers) • Activities • HIV and STIs prevention with migrants • Health and care access for deaf people • Health education in prisons • Support and care for people excluded or at risk of exclusion from services • Training, counselling and supervision • Participation in national and international events

2. We have created a working partnership with three European NGOs: ARAS (Romania), Initiative for Health (Bulgaria) and Villa Maraini (Italy). We have created a working partnership with three European NGOs: ARAS (Romania), Initiative for Health (Bulgaria) and Villa Maraini (Italy). DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II HEAD-UP Health Education Around Drug Use for Profesionnals HEAD-UP and DC&D II Context Need to share experiences and knowledge around the issues of harm reduction especially with drug users. Feedback on existing harm reduction policies efficiency of outreach activities, targeted prevention messages and needle exchange programmes in the fight against HIV, HCV within IDUs (Injecting Drug Users) community.  Creation of a working partnership with three European NGOs: ARAS (Romania), Initiative for Health (Bulgaria) and Villa Maraini (Italy) This work group, gathering good practices in drug use and outreach work, will enable Cities and officials to develop tools adapted to drug-related concerns taking into account their duties : keeping a safe urban life, facilitate the work of all the civil society members (NGOs, police authorities, social and health services).

3. DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II Thematic Platforms Presentation HEAD-UP HEAD-UP and DC&D II Objectives Overall objective : exchange and put in common good practices in terms of health promotion for people working with drug users especially in outreach work activities Specific aims - To set up information exchange and knowledge sharing regarding drug users support -To lead training sessions directly connected with professionals issues doing outreach work with drug users -To create a practical outreach manual guiding on the following thematic: harm reduction, HIV/AIDS prevention, ethic,…

4. DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II Thematic Platforms Presentation HEAD-UP • HEAD-UP and DC&D II • Methodology • Start from Citiesneeds and exchange along the project using HEAD-UP partnershipresources in order to create adapted and useful tools and diffuse the results within the DC&DII network • Collect information from Cities regarding national legal context linked to drug use, outreach work and harm reduction • Identify Cities specificities and adaptation of the training content • Set up training experimentation based on the training experience with competences of the HEAD-UP partnership • Get feedback from Cities to elaborate the practical manual for outreach work • Diffuse to participating Cities • Present tools and results to all DC&DII network

5. DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II Thematic Platforms Presentation HEAD-UP HEAD-UP and DC&D II Timetable June 2008 – Strategic seminar - Paris - Presentation of the WP, contact with Cities interested in the WP June 08 to February 09 - Exchange platform – Assessment phase- Presentation of the country situation regarding drug use & definition with Cities of the training needs and conditions November 2008 - Implementation seminar – Bucharest Presentation of the training and finalization of the group of member cities June 2009 – Training workshop – Marseille Training for local stakeholders from the 5 involved cities on the specific following subjects: outreach work, HIV/HCV prevention, substance use, the counselling helping relationship … July 09 to July 10 – Exchange platform – Implementation phase Organisation of the workshops and refinement meetings Development of the outreach manual

6. DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II Thematic Platforms Presentation HEAD-UP • HEAD-UP and DC&D II • Timetable • June 2010 – Evaluation workshop – Marseille • Evaluation of the HEAD-UP WP, validation of the manual & preparation of the final dissemination conference • July to December 10– Exchange platform – Finalisation phase • Editing, printing and translation of the Manual • Diffusion of the manual for professionals working with drug users in the harm reduction field in participating Cities • December 2010 – Dissemination conference - Vienna • Presentation of the manual and the project results to the EFUS network and other representatives of national authorities • Contacts to diffuse training methodology and manual • January to May 2011 – Exchange platform - Evaluation work • Evaluation of the tools created during the project, participation to the general evaluation of the project and reflection on a sustainable results dissemination strategy

7. DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II Thematic Platforms Presentation HEAD-UP HEAD-UP and DC&D II Contacts ACCES organization 55 rue Saint-Bazile 13001 Marseille - FRANCE 0033 / 491 500 375 acces13@wanadoo.fr Eric Schneider, Co-director and trainer Coordination of the DC&D II project - training Amandine Akouka, health promotion project leader Administrative coordination of the DC&D II project