Latin American Youth Meeting

in the context of the IV Regional Conference on Drug Policy

December 5, 2012

Objectives

Gather young activists from Latin America who are working to reform the drug policy in order to exchange experiences on the matter and ideas for action.

Goals

. Update the mapping of youth organizations in LA working on drug policy reform.

. Exchanging past experiences related to drug policy reform and the implementation of harm reduction strategies.

. Update joint strategy of youth organizations in LA for drug policy reform. Re-establishment of regional priorities.

. Socialization of materials and resources to strengthen the advocacy and awareness in the region.

Preliminary program

05min: Welcome and presentation of base information

05min: Round of introductions

40min: Drug policy cases presentation: progress, challenges and setbacks

30min: Debate focused on the identification of the best advocacy practices: Where is the hemispheric debate    on drugs heading to?

40min: Coffee break: what are the priorities for policy reform in AL?

10min: Conclusions

Participants profile

Meeting for young people in all of Latin America who are interested in the subject and / or have worked with it before.

Event Organizer

Aram Barra (aram.barra@espolea.org)