1. DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II Thematic Platforms Presentation FRENCH NATIONAL PLATEFORM Mission statement : French Forum for Urban Safety Network of 120 local authorities Urban Safety : prevention, repression, solidarity To built a network of local authorities through the exchange of practices and information. To enrol the local safety policy in the National and European policies. To reinforce the role of local authorities and their representatives in the partnership that is dealing with safety policies. Activities : Practice exchanges (workshops, seminars, conferences…) about gangs, mediation CCTV, binge drinking… Training To go with local safety policies : D iagnosis, assessment, audit…

2. DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II Thematic Platforms Presentation French Forum for Urban Safety and DC&D II Context : A project to gather French local authorities around drugs issues. A project to connect French local authorities with European partners.

3. DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II Thematic Platforms Presentation French Forum for Urban Safety and DC&D II Objectives ● Identify projects and strategies in the field of the Drug prevention developed by the French cities ● Assess the needs of the French cities in the field of the Intervention on Drug’s; ● Determinate the city’s level of intervention ● Develop and disseminate a commune Methodology in National and European level

4. DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II Thematic Platforms Presentation French Forum for Urban Safety and DC&D II Methodology 1- Identification of the interested cities 2- Analysis of the needs and the specificities of the French local authorities dealing with drug issues 3- Definition of the content of the practice sharing related to the different themes dealt by other partners in the project 4- Training and Study trip 5- Guidelines 6- Validation and evaluation * A least, 10 representatives of local authorities for each activity * Participation of European experts from thematic plateform

5. DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II Thematic Platforms Presentation Timetable - Oct. 2008 to Dec. 2008: Identifying the interested cities and assessing their needs - Oct. 2008 : Starting seminar – Paris – 1 day – 12 participants Meeting of French local authorities within 1 expert coming from Europe (from the DCD II project) - Dec. : Workshop – Lormont – 1 day – 12 participants Meeting with 1 expert from the one of the work package of the project and 10 representatives of French cities - From Jan 2009 to Feb. 2009: Defining the content of the practice sharing Jan 2009 : Drafting meeting – Rennes – 1 day - 13 participants Meeting with 2 experts from the one of the work package of the project and 10 representatives of French cities

6. DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II Thematic Platforms Presentation - From April. 2009 to October 2009 – Practice sharing - May 2009: Training seminar – Paris – 2 days – 13 participants Training with 2 experts from the work packages and 10 representatives of French cities - October 2009: Study trip – Brussels – 1 day - 11 participants Study trip with 5 local experts and 5 representatives of French cities - From Nov. 2009 to April 2010 : Redaction of a guideline – around 50 pages- specific to the local authority’s intervention on drug policy - From May 2010 to December 2010 – Promotion of the national guidelines May 2010: Validation seminar – Paris – 1 day - 10 participants FFSU + MILDT + Syndicates + representatives of NGOs Discussion on how to promote a framework December 2010: Evaluation seminar – Paris – 1 day - 11 participants Evaluation seminar with the FFSU and 10 representatives of French cities

7. DEMOCRACY, CITIES AND DRUGS II Thematic Platforms Presentation French Forum for Urban Safety and DC&D II Contact details : MARCUS Michel, ffsu@urbansecurity.orgffsu@urbansecurity.org PRADET Agnès, pradet@urbansafety.org, www.ffsu.orgpradet@urbansafety.orgwww.ffsu.org