The Peer2Peer Project is a European project co-financed by the European Commission’s Justice Program – Drug Policy Initiatives, and coordinated by APDES. This project aims to strengthen the capacity of civil society organisations to improve the efficiency of outreach intervention, namely by promoting the inclusion of Peer Educators and good practices, in cooperation with relevant stakeholders. The Consortium includes internationally recognised entities (from Belgium, Greece, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Holland, France and Hungary) working in the areas of research, social intervention and advocacy.

On 25th March, the Project organised a Policy Dialogue Meeting articulated around three main themes:

1. Bottom-up approach: Decision-makers and a different political culture, more room for the participation of the citizens?
2. A new vision for Health centred on community-based intervention.
3. Translating Public Policies into Drug Services: How to engage and commit Intermediate institutions and community towards a collaborative approach?

The meeting offered space to the project partners along with representatives of civil society organisations in Europe working in the field of peer inclusion, researchers, peers and representatives of European institutions working in the field of drugs and drug use.

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Also, recently Peer2Peer has published their Guiding Principles for Cooperation Practices in Outreach Work. This document identifies principles to be used in holistic interventions and includes relevant information related to the Peer2Peer project, such as the main result of research and the explanation of the guiding principles for best practices concerning cooperative strategies in outreach interventions with people who use drugs.

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You may want to follow the project and its updates closely after reading all the very interesting information above.
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