The meeting provided platform for sharing experience in monitoring drugs and drug addiction at local level, identifying problem areas and challenges ahead of stakeholders. Efforts were made to improve the progress report questionnaire on the National Antidrug Strategy.

It is worth noting that the day before the conference the National Bureau for Drug Prevention in cooperation with the Marshal Office of Dolnoslaskie Province organized a training seminar for new communes from Dolny Slask (Lower Silesia) on monitoring drugs and drug addiction at local level. 

During the conference a representative of Wroclaw City Hall provided information on the activities of Wroclaw authorities in the field of addictions while representatives of the National Bureau presented the latest changes to the Act of 29 July 2005 on counteracting drug addiction as well as the results of new research into drugs and drug addiction in Poland. There were also presentations of research into gambling. Moreover, information on the Gambling Problem Fund was presented.  

A highlight of the conference was debate on establishing communal drugs monitoring structures. Representatives of cities of Gdansk, Kedzierzyn-Kozle, Lodz, Opole, Pabianice, Radom and Sopot shared their experience.  

The meeting also featured Poland’s top priorities during the UE Presidency with particular emphasis placed on anti-legal highs actions. The overview of the European Drugs Strategy including its evaluation was given. There was also a presentation devoted to the European Quality Standards in Drug Prevention. The standards might provide support for drug prevention at national level.

The conference ended with the summary of the priority issues regarding the National Mental Health Strategy. The results of monitoring drugs and drug addiction in Dolnoslaskie Province were also presented.