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29 Amendments of Roselyne LEFRANÇOIS related to 2007/2212(INI)

Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
- having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 302/93 of 8 February 19931920/2006 of the European Parliament and onf the establishment of aCouncil of 12 December 2006 on the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction12, which recasts the earlier legislation,
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas a more searching dialogue between and with the various components of civil society (at transnational, national, regional and local level) and theon a European institutionsscale should be promoted, and having regard to the benefits which a proper, effective dialogue with civil society may contribute towith a view to improving the formulation, implementation and assessment of decisions relating to drugs policies at both Member-State and EU level,
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. having regard in particular to the breadth of experience which civil society can bring to particular areaspects of drugs policies, such as prevention, the provision of information, rehabilitation treatmentssupport for those emerging from dependence, and social reintegration,
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the priority objective for the 2005-2012 EU drugs strategy is to strengthen the role played by civil society in relation to drugsncludes the need for adequate consultation with civil society,
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. having regard to the very favourable reception given by most organisations that responded to the Commission consultation to the idea of thematic linking of existing networks,
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. having regard to the priority objective of enhancing the international dimension of European associations and networks by promoting greater cooperation and interaction in that field,deleted
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the importancfundamental role of civil society as a key player in drugs policiesin the development, implementation and evaluation of drugs policies; stresses in particular the added value represented by their experience on the ground, their capacity for innovation and their potential in terms of information exchange and best practice;
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of the role to be played by civil society in 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;deleted
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the role of NGOs and voluntary organisations to be essential to the development of innovative approaches based on a realistic assessment of existing needs;deleted
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of setting up the Civil Society Drugs Forum as a first step towards the more practical and constructive involvement of European civil-society associations in Community activities relating to drugs policies to prevent drug use and combat drugs;
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets the fact that certain associations have criticised the lack of transparency in the criteria used for selecting the associations taking part in the Civil Society Drugs Foruthe process of selecting participants in the Civil Society Drugs Forum has been perceived by certain organisations as lacking in transparency, and calls on the Commission to think about how to remedy this problem;
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
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 to prevent drug use and combat drugs on the basis of practical advice;
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets the limitedpoor participation in the Civil Society Drugis 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 made aware and more extensively involved, in view of the importance of those countries in an enlarged EU;
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
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 societythe former should be given institutional status as a means of conducting consult, inter alia through: continuous - official participation by the Forum in the evaluation of the Action Plan for 2005-2012 that will be carried out by the Commission in 2008; - more far-reaching and transparent relations with the EU institutions in connection with the objectives set out in the EU’s 2005-2012 drugs strategy and with future initiatives; Member States; - the permanent presence of the Forum at meetings held by the Union’s Presidency with national drug action coordinators; - permanent contacts with Parliament, and the latter’s holding of an annual conference with the Forum; - strong synergy between the activities of the Forum and those of the European. Observatory for Drugs and Drug Addiction (OEDT), which could devote a section of its annual report to the activities of European civil society;
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
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;deleted
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages the Member States to enter into a more transparent and searching dialogue with civil society, pursuant to the objectives set out in the 2005-2008 Action Plan (Objective 3, Action 3.2);deleted
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
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 participation by NGOs or other representatives of civil society;deleted preclude
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
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 be held for the purpose of sharing information and discussing and analysing current topics relating to drugs policies;deleted
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that there should be a strong synergy 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;deleted
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. encourages thematic linking of existing networks, either in the margins of the Civil Society Drugs Forum or in the form of working parties or subgroups within the framework of the latter;
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls upon all parties involved at both EU and Member-State level to pay greater attention to the innovative aspects which civil society’s experience may contribute to the achievement of the objectives set out in the EU’s 2005-2012 drugs strategy, with particular reference to policies on damage- reduction policies, rehabilitation policies, support for those emerging from dependence and social- reintegration policies;
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Attaches importance to strengthening the dialogue at European level with consumers’ associationorganisations representing drug users – a necessary aspect of any response to the challenges of social reintegration and rehabilitationproviding support for those emerging from dependence;
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for enhanced involvement of civil society in preventing the use of psychotropic substances in the workplace and in providing information on such use; on the Member States and the Commission to promote initiatives by civil society aimed at: - reinforcing prevention and information on the risks of using drugs and psychotropic substances in the workplace and among young people; - treating drug addicts who are in prison; - putting in place detailed prevention plans to combat the use of drugs and psychotropic substances in at-risk urban neighbourhoods, particularly among young people, with the help of social and trade union organisations, ; - organising information campaigns on drugs and their damaging effects on health, in collaboration with parents’, students’ and teachers’ organisations; - implementing damage-reduction policies by direct contact work in the streets;
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that the specific skills of civil-society organisations may enable the latter to play an important role in the treatment of drug addicts who are in prison;deleted
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls upon the Member States and the Commission to promote initiatives in at- risk metropolitan areas with a view to introducing – with the support of social and municipal organisations – ways and means of preventing the use of psychotropic substances;deleted
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls upon the Commission and the Member States to promote – with the cooperation of parents’ and students’ organisations – programmes which will enable campaigns concerning drugs and the effects which they have on health to be conducted in schools;deleted
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses the importance of civil-society organisations in street activities relating to the implementation of damage- reduction policies;deleted
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Calls upon the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights to carry out an analysis into the effects of anti-drugs policies and to assess the extent to which such policies have resulted in the infringement of European civil society’s fundamental rights;deleted
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Calls upon the Commission and the Member States to support the civil-society initiatives relating to cooperation with Afghanistan in the fight against drugs and in that country’s democratisation process and designed to promote pilot schemes such as ‘poppies for medicine’, which are intended to establish the benefits which may be derived from the granting of licences for the use of poppy crops for medical purposes and to determine in what way this may be brought about;deleted
2008/02/14
Committee: LIBE