EMCDDA and IADA sign MOU on information sharing
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EU drugs agency increases cooperation with Israel Anti-Drug Authority
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2/4/2014
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EMCDDA and Israel Anti-Drug Authority sign memorandum of understanding
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Israel and the EU will share information on drugs more
systematically in the future, thanks to a Memorandum of Understanding that was signed
today in Jerusalem between the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) and the Israel Anti-Drug Authority (IADA). The
agreement was signed at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs by EMCDDA
Director Wolfgang Götz and IADA Director-General Yair Geller.
Israel had submitted a formal request for cooperation with the
EMCDDA in 2012. This was given a green light from the EMCDDA Management Board in
December of 2012 for the agency to negotiate the MoU with IADA. .
This accord, signed for an initial period of five years and sealing
cooperation between the two bodies, will be implemented through a joint work
program to be updated every three years. The work program will include steps to
enhance monitoring and knowledge base on the drugs situation and
responses to it, particularly through harmonizing key indicators in the areas of supply and demand.
Special attention will be given to the regular exchange of information on the use of new psychotropic substances, as
well as the technologies employed in their production.
The agreement provides for an exchange of technical expertise and knowledge
between the two bodies, the co-sponsoring of technical meetings and the pooling
of human and financial resources to launch joint programs.
This cooperation takes place within the EMCDDA’s mandate for
cooperation with third countries in consultation with its
Management Board and the European Commission. The MoU is based on the 1995
Euro–Mediterranean Agreement and the 2005
EU–Israel Action Plan, the latter establishing the general framework of
EU–Israel bilateral relations.
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