North Macedonia

After the successive enlargements of the European Union in 2004 and 2007, the next challenge for European agencies is the preparation of Candidate and Potential Candidate countries for future participation in the...

Building on national efforts and formative European level activities, the EMCDDA has for the last 20 years been working to improve the monitoring of the European drug situation. A core element of...

The EMCDDA’s International cooperation sector had a three-day long visit to Skopje, to meet with the Deputy Minister of Health, the Head of the national focal point and the representatives of Ministry...

The 16th annual meeting of the Reitox Early Warning System (EWS) network took place in conjunction with the 5th law enforcement expert meeting on new psychoactive substances. On the second day of...

The Drug-related infectious diseases (DRID) network is composed of nominated experts from the 28 EU Member States, Norway and Turkey. Every year, they meet with members of public health institutes, international organisations...

This year’s meeting of the general population survey (GPS) indicator focused on patterns, prevalence and trends in general, the European Model Questionnaire (EMQ) modules for monitoring alcohol use, new psychoactive substances and...

The objectives of this year’s expert meeting on the Problem drug use (PDU) indicator were to consolidate the PDU network and core estimates, such as people who inject drugs and high-risk opioid...

After reaching approximately the middle of the EMCDDA-IPA5 project, it was necessary to assess the progress made to date by the beneficiary countries and to define the objectives for the period until...

Together with the national focal point at the Ministry of Health, the EMCDDA organised a meeting to discuss the implementation of the EU Council decision on the information exchange, risk assessment and...

The ESPAD Assembly meeting was attended by representatives from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia. The IPA5 project ensures the participation of the ESPAD...