During this last took place, the III Ukrainian Drug Research Working Group (UDR WG). In this WG participate Drug Forensic Experts, representatives of the Ministry of Health  who leads the National Drug Strategy) National Police, Prosecutor General’s Office and Security Service of Ukraine.  The WG discussed several issues, among others, the situation of the Order of the Ministry of Health as the basis for introducing new psychoactive substances as analogs of narcotics drugs. 

Prosecutors and law enforcement officers from over 15 countries from Central Asia, Europe, Caucasus, as well as experts from relevant international organizations, institutions and embassies gather for discussion of initiatives on improvement of international and interagency cooperation among prosecutors and law enforcement in investigation and prosecution of illicit drug trafficking and organized crime, in particular, address such issues like: controlled deliveries in transnational investigations, drug trafficking in darknet markets, money laundering and crypt currencies.

EU-ACT project and the Office of the Prosecutor’s General of Georgia have organised a multi-sectoral collaborative workshop. The one-day meeting aimed to enhance coordination and cooperation among Georgian institutions to fight against drug abuse and drug-related crimes. The Collaborative workshop was held on 25th June at Tbilisi Marriot Hotel. The second collaborative workshop will be organised by the end of this year with the support of EU-ACT project.

EU-ACT organised a study visit of an Ukrainian delegation to the General Secretatiat of Penitentiary Institutions of Spain, from 25th to 27th June 2019 in Madrid. The main objective of the visit was to know first-hand the Spanish approach to the complex management of Drug addictions with inmates. The activity is embedded in the current Rehabilitation Program for inmates with mental disorders due to the use of psychoactive substances for the State Criminal Executive Service - Ministry of Justice (MoJ)- of Ukraine. It is one of the main projects that the EU-ACT Project is currently developing.

More than thirty international and national partners representing the Ministries of Health, Ministries of Internal Affairs, forensics centers, and drug control agencies from Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia, and Ukraine, as well as social society and international organizations for all the mentioned countries, participated in the International Conference on alternatives to incarceration for people who use drugs & removing criminal sanctions for drugs use.