Calendar of Events – Previous Events

Date	Title	Organizer	Description	Location	Participation
24 September 2024	Global Coalition Event at the United Nations General Assembly	U.S. Department of State / INL	High level side event for countries participating in the Global Coalition to reflect on the past year and make commitments for the coming year.	New York City, United States	Invitation sent through foreign ministries, contact: syntheticscoalition [at] state [dot] gov (syntheticscoalition[at]state[dot]gov)
25 September 2024	Humphrey Fellowship Alumni Synthetic Drug Use Collaborative Study: Uganda, Togo and Nigeria	Humphrey Fellowship Alumni	The VCU Humphrey Alumni Fellows are implementing a Hubert H. Humphrey Collaborative Alumni Project. The Fellows conducted a Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) rapid assessment of synthetic drug use in Uganda, Togo and Nigeria between July and August 2024. This study was possible with financial support from the U.S. Department of State and Institute of International Education (IIE), Washington DC.	Online	Open Event: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82327598304?pwd=HHyWWvxgo9DCbL425GqAcV4GuSvZS… Meeting ID: 823 2759 8304 Passcode: 748712
14 – 15 October 2024	Global Coalition’s Middle East Drug Dialogue	U.S. Department of State / INL	Meeting of government representatives from the Middle East to discuss drug supply and demand reduction strategies to address, synthetic drugs, with particularly focus on captagon.	Budapest, Hungary	Invitation sent through foreign ministries, contact: syntheticscoalition [at] state [dot] gov (syntheticscoalition[at]state[dot]gov)
22 – 25 October 2024	Global Coalition African Continental Consultation on Synthetic Drug Supply Reduction	African Union Commission	Meeting of government focal points from Africa to discuss drug supply reduction challenges and strategies to address synthetic drugs.	Antananarivo, Madagascar	Invitation Sent through African Union focal points, contact: AkinolaO [at] african-union [dot] org (AkinolaO[at]african-union[dot]org)
Date TBC	Global Coalition Counternarcotics Donor Coordination Conference	U.S. Department of State / INL	Government representatives who contribute to the drug control system are invited to participate in a coordination meeting to exchange notes on priorities and plans. Foundations are also invited to participate and contribute to the discussion.	Vienna, Austria	If interested to participate, contact: syntheticscoalition [at] state [dot] gov (syntheticscoalition[at]state[dot]gov)
12 – 14 November 2024	CND Intersessional	UNODC	Intersessional Meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs	Vienna, Austria	Participation organized through UN Missions to Vienna
20 – 23 November 2024	CICAD 76	OAS/CICAD	76th Commission Meeting of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission	Washington, D.C., United States	Participation through drug commissions of the Americas
21 November 2024	Global Coalition Meeting of Assistance Government Partners	Department of State - INL	This Global Coalition meeting will convene donor governments to broadly discuss interests and plan for an in person meeting next year.	Virtual
5 – 6 December 2024	CND Reconvened	UNODC	Meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs.	Vienna, Austria	Member states of the CND
9 – 12 December 2024	Global Coalition African Continental Consultation on Drug Demand Reduction	African Union Commission	Meeting of government from Africa to discuss drug demand reduction strategies to address synthetic drug use.	Arusha, Tanzania	Invitation Sent through African Union focal points, contact: AkinolaO [at] african-union [dot] org (AkinolaO[at]african-union[dot]org)
10 – 12 December 2024	Global Coalition Meeting of Latin American Governments on Public Health Measures to Address Synthetic Drug Use	Colombo Plan	Meeting of Latin American governments to share best practices and strategies to address growing consumption of synthetic drugs in the Western Hemisphere.	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Invitation Sent through Colombo Plan, contact: mariano [dot] montenegro [at] colombo-plan [dot] org (mariano[dot]montenegro[at]colombo-plan[dot]org)
Date TBC	Launch of International Network for Legislation on Drugs (INLOD)	UNODC	Launch of UNODC’s new INL-funded program INLOD, designed to create a parliamentarian network that will serve as a knowledge exchange platform for legislatures and drug policymakers to collaborate, generate, and share best practices as well as sample legislation. Regional programs will follow.	Virtual	Via invitation from UNODC
17 December 2024	Launch of International Network for Legislation on Drugs – Latin America and Caribbean (INLOD)	OAS CICAD	Launch of OAS-CICAD’s new INL-funded program INLOD-LAC. This will be the first regional pilot program of INLOD, designed to create a parliamentarian network in Latin America and the Caribbean that will serve as a knowledge exchange platform for legislatures and drug policymakers to collaborate, generate, and share best practices as well as sample legislation.	Virtual	Please register through this link: Https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsdOuoqj0oGMoqa7k5kTFVkmLfaWQox9c

Meeting Schedule for Coalition Year 1

Phase	West	East
Framing the Issue	October 17⁠–⁠18	October 25⁠–⁠26
Sharing Best Practices and Models, Identifying Intervention Points, Deliverables and Commitments	November 14⁠–⁠15	November 21⁠–⁠22
	December 19⁠–⁠20	December 13⁠–⁠14
	January 24⁠–⁠25	January 17⁠–⁠18
	February 20⁠–⁠21	February 27⁠–⁠28
Mid-Term Coalition Working Group Meeting	March 6	March 7
Action Planning, Implementation	April 23⁠–⁠24	April 17⁠–⁠18
	May 21⁠–⁠22	May 15⁠–⁠16
	June 17	June 12⁠
	July 23⁠–⁠24	July 17⁠–⁠18
Evaluation and Transitioning for Sustainability	August 13⁠–⁠14	August 7⁠–⁠8
One Year Review Working Group Meeting	September 5	September 6