๐๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ซ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ. ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฏ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ.
Regional networks also provide the chance for drug user organisers to mobilise resources that can benefit country groups through small grant programmes, development projects and coordinated country campaigns. EuroNPUD hires technical consultants from its country member groups as project managers, technical writers, and country focal points. This approach ensures that country organisers can earn money for their contributions without stripping the leadership capacity from developing country groups.
The devolved project management model allows drug user organisers to share and develop their expertise while contributing to EuroNPUD projects. Supporting peer-led harm reduction pilots and coordinated country campaigns allows country drug user groups to build and demonstrate their capacity, hopefully attracting funding for ongoing work in their country.
Focusing on the technical aspects of peer-led harm reduction and community mobilisation has proved a successful strategy. Piloting, documenting, and championing good practice allows peer experts to demonstrate and make use of their lived experience and expertise in community mobilisation. Peer workers can be employed in harm reduction programmes. Drug user groups can be engaged as providers of community-led harm reduction programmes. Peer technical consultants can share our collective community wisdom, earning an income as agents for good practice.
The attached Annual Report 2020 highlights the amazing range of work being conducted by the wonderful EuroNPUD team and our country member groups.
I look forward to producing a monthly blog post and vlog to celebrate the two projects that I directly manage for EuroNPUD. Each month I will write a blog post exploring a theme from our Network Strengthening Project. I will also produce a vlog (video blog post) to explore a practice issue arising from the Peer-led Harm Reduction Project.
