12 Amendments of Frieda BREPOELS related to 2007/2212(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the organisation of civil- society groupings at European level clear has added value from the point of view of national, regional and local civil-society organisations,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of the role to be played by civil society in supporting the formulation, implementation and assessment of drug policies - the added value of that society stemming from experience gained at grass- roots level; in this connection, acknowledges the potential which civil society has to offer as regards the exchange of information and sound practices in the actual application of drugs policies;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that the purpose of the Civil Society Drugs Forum is not to create an assembly intended to voice various ideologies but to create a practical means of supporting the drawing up and the implementation of drugs policies on the basis of practical advice and an analysis of the cross-border problems within the European Union arising from differences in national legislation, particularly in border areas;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that the purpose of the Civil Society Drugs Forum is not to create an assembly intended to voice various ideologies but to create a practical means of supporting the drawing up and the implementation of drugs policies on the basis of practical advisuccessful experience;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets the limited participationinterest in the Civil Society Drugs Forum on the part of organisations representing the new Member States; insists upon the need for civil society in the new Member States to be more extensively involved, in view of the importance of those countries in an enlarged EU;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls uponSupports the Commission to provide a clearer definition of thein its efforts to find a role to be played by the Civil Society Drugs Forum in the European approach to drugs, so that the ultimate objectives to be sought through consultation of that Forum can be determined;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Hopes that dialogue with civil society will have a tangible impact on the EU's decision-making process; considers, therefore, that dialogue with civil society should be given institutional status as a means ofbased on a continuous and condstructing continuousve consultation with the EU institutions in connection with the objectives set out in the EU's 2005-2012 drugs strategy and with future initiatives;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the importance of formally involving the Civil Society Drugs Forum in the assessment of the 2005-2008 Action Plan which the Commission is preparing to undertake in 2008;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for consideration to be given to the need for the Civil Society Drugs Forum to be present at all the meetings between the EU's rotating Presidency and the Member States' drugs coordinators, as has already occurred on a number of occasions in the recent past; considers that the Forum's participation in such meetings should not preclude participation byparticipation, where appropriate, in the national drugs coordinator meetings of NGOs or other representatives of civil society;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of continuous dialogue between civil society and the European Parliament; to this end, proposes that an annual conference promoted by the European Parliament and involving the Civil Society Drugs Forum and the EU institutions working in the field of drugs be held for the purpose of sharing information and discussing and analysing current topics relating to drugs policies;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that there should be a strong synergyer involvement and dialogue between the activities of the Forum and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA); suggests that the Monitoring Centre's annual report should contain a section concerned with the activities of European civil society, in order to give substance and profile to that dialogue;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to pay particular attention to border regions, which often have to deal with the effects of differences in national legislation on drugs