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Prekursor Foundation for Social Policy

Acronym: Prekursor

General Information

Identification Code: 976673731194-81
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Entity Form: Foundation
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 4/15/2018
Last Update: 3/20/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: Prekursor Foundation for Social Policy, established in 2011, is a non-governmental organization working in the field of human rights protection, public health and social policies, with particular emphasis on the situation and needs of people who use psychoactive substances. Our fundamental goal is to protect the lives and health of people who use drugs and improve their individual and social functioning. We work in a harm reduction paradigm.The Foundation conducts research and educational activities and cooperates with foreign organizations, working in the field of drug policy and harm reduction. We participate in initiatives engaging people who users drugs, supporting their community in self-organization and fight for their rights.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Education and training
  • Humanitarian aid and civil protection
  • International co-operation and development
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Migration and asylum
  • Public health
  • Regional policy
  • Research and innovation
Levels of Interest:
  • national

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: At an international level, members of the Foundation have been representing civil society at the session of Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna for last few years, including UNGASS in 2016, in The Civil Society Forum on Drugs in the EU (2013-2014), The HIV/AIDS Civil Society Forum, International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe, among others. Undertaken initiatives and implemented projects of the Organisation are based on EU Drugs Strategy 2013-2020 objectives. The Organisation follows Third Health Programme (2014-2020) and Justice Programme 2014-2020. In 2017, as part of the 60th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the Prekursor Foundation co-organized two side-events together with the National Bureau for Drug Prevention, Fondazione Villa Maraini and EMCDDA. The events were on comprehensive community-based HIV, Hepatitis C and tuberculosis prevention and drug demand reduction standards. The Prekursor Foundation participated in a panel on monitoring and implementation of quality standards at the European Harm Reduction Conference in Prague in 2021. The Foundation took part in the event at the CND in 2023, regarding support for refugees from Ukraine seeking access to treatment and harm reduction in Poland, co-organized by EHRA, Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Alliance for Public Health and Ukrainian Network of People Who Use Drugs (VOLNA).
Communication Activities: For many years an informal coalition of NGOs and individuals has been organizing and taking part in all initiatives in the drug policy field in Poland, at the national and local level. At the beginning of this year, this informal group was transformed into the Foundation for Social Policy PREKURSOR, bringing on board all organisations and individuals involved in years-long work. Board members and policy council members of PREKURSOR are in the governing bodies of their organisations. Members of the coalition and organizations it represents have been closely collaborating with many government institutions and bodies in the field of drug policy. They played active role in the process which led to amendment in 2011. They initiated and took part in all actions aiming to reform treatment system in Poland – especially regarding access to harm reduction services, opioid substitution treatment and medical cannabis. We were involved in many actions regarding these issues – civil hearings in the parliament, social campaigns, conferences at the national and local level.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Al.Jerozolimskie 83/1
Post Code: 02-001
City: Warsaw
Country: POLAND
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EU Office

Address: Al.Jerozolimskie 83/1
Post Code: 02-001
City: Warsaw
Country: POLAND
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Financial Data

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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 1
Members F T E: 1

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Krytyka Polityczna Sex Work Polska Fundacja Redukcji Szkód Społeczna Inicjatywa Narkopolityki Fundacja Psychologii Zdrowia Lambda Warszawa Stowarzyszenie Monar
Organisation Members: Eurasian Harm Reduction Association International Drug Policy Consortium Correlation European Harm Reduction Network