English: Ministers and government representatives of the States and representatives of the European Commission participating in the Dublin Ministerial Conference of the Pompidou Group on Cooperation to address drug abuse and illicit trafficking:  2. Having reviewed the new challenges for drug policy in Europe, with specific attention to:  - levels and patterns of poly-drug use,  - the increasing emphasis placed on evidence-based policies,  - the need to enhance cooperation between EU and non-EU countries,  - the specific role of the Pompidou Group (PG) in the European institutional context;  3. we reaffirm our commitment, in the spirit in which the Pompidou Group was created and has continued to operate, to continue and increase cooperation and efforts throughout Europe to address all aspects of the drug problem within the framework of a comprehensive, balanced, multi-disciplinary strategy, and in particular agree as follows:  4. concerning poly-drug use we recognise the need to  - step up monitoring of poly-drug use  - undertake research into its associated risks for individuals and society  - adopt a coordinated global approach to substance abuse and addictions taking into account the effects in this regard of consumption of alcohol, tobacco and prescription psychoactive medicines  - to adapt the organisation of prevention and treatment services so that they can address effectively developments in drug use, new substances of abuse and concomitant use of several psychoactive substances  - to provide appropriate training for professionals and other key service providers;  5. we stress the importance of evaluation concerning policy, legislative, or programme interventions as a basis for the future development of effective, evidence-based strategies;  6. we also recognise the importance of involving civil society including drug users and youth organisations in the development of measures concerning prevention, treatment, social rehabilitation and research;  7. to this end, recognising the importance of developing evidence based drug policies taking into account the principles of the international drug control system as enshrined in the UN Conventions of 1961, 1971 and 1988, we identify the need  - to promote an open dialogue with research and academic communities, field workers, local programme managers, NGO’s and persons affected by drug use  - to exchange experience concerning new, effective care modalities, and  - to examine in particular the practical obstacles to implementation of evidence-based policies and ways to overcome them;  8. we recognise the need to enhance international cooperation and in particular experience exchange between EU and other European countries;  9. we reiterate the need to further strengthen legislation, action and cooperation to deprive criminal organisations of their illegally obtained assets and to encourage anti-trafficking services to target trans-national money flows in addition to trafficking in illicit drugs and precursor chemicals;  10. we will seek to ensure that law enforcement agencies have adequate powers and capabilities for intelligence gathering, storage and analysis, subject to appropriate data protection and privacy safeguards for individuals;  11. we reaffirm the importance of paying due consideration to the ethical issues and human rights underlying drug policies and interventions that can provide important arguments for overcoming the moral dilemmas that can constitute barriers to action;  12. In our composition restricted to members of the Pompidou Group, we further agree as follows:  13. the Pompidou Group will focus its tasks and approach on increasing the efficiency and quality of drug policies by offering support to policy makers and those who implement drug policy in practice;  14. the PG will do this in particular by:  - enhancing the influence of scientific knowledge on drug policies; and the supporting role of science in day-to-day practice  - creating a platform for those responsible for implementing drug policies in day-to-day practice (health workers, social workers, police and judicial officials, customs, local administrators, etc.)  - promoting exchanges of experience; encouraging professional discussions  - encouraging soundly based innovation;  15. we stress the Importance of close collaboration with other international bodies working in this field, taking into account the need to maximise synergies and avoid duplication of effort;  16. we reaffirm our commitment to the work to be undertaken by the Pompidou Group, in accordance with its work programme and according to the working methods agreed by this conference.
French: • - aux niveaux et caractéristiques de la polyconsommation de drogues;  - à l’importance croissante de politiques basées sur des connaissances validées;  - à la nécessité de renforcer la coopération entre les pays membres et non-membres de l’Union européenne;  - au rôle spécifique du Groupe Pompidou (GP) dans le contexte des institutions européennes; 3. nous réaffirmons, dans l’esprit qui a présidé à la création du Groupe Pompidou et continue de présider à son fonctionnement, notre engagement en faveur de la poursuite et du renforcement de la coopération et des efforts déployés dans toute l’Europe pour traiter tous les aspects de la problématique des drogues dans le cadre d’une stratégie globale, équilibrée et multidisciplinaire, et nous convenons en particulier ce qui suit; 4. concernant la poly-consommation de drogues,nous reconnaissons la nécessité de : • - suivre de plus près l’évolution de la poly-consommation de drogues;  - d’entreprendre des travaux de recherche sur les risques y afférents pour les individus et la société;  - d’adopter une stratégie globale coordonnée en matière d’abus de drogues et de dépendance, prenant en compte les effets à cet égard de la consommation d’alcool, de tabac et de médicaments psychoactifs délivrés sur ordonnance;  - de faire évoluer l'organisation des services de prévention et de soins pour qu'ils puissent faire face aux évolutions de la consommation et à des nouvelles substances ainsi qu'à la consommation concommittente de plusieurs substances psychoactives ;  - d’assurer une formation appropriée des professionnels et d’autres prestataires de services clés ; 5. nous soulignons l’importance de l’évaluation en matière des politiques, de la législation et des programmes en tant que base pour la mise en œuvre future de stratégies efficaces, basées sur des connaissances validées; 6. nous reconnaissons également l’importance de l’implication de la société civile, y compris des usagers de drogues et les organisations de jeunesse, dans le développement de mesures concernant la prévention, le traitement, la réinsertion sociale et la recherche ; 7. à cette fin, reconnaissant l’importance de développer des politiques basées sur des connaissances validées, prenant en compte les principes du système de contrôle international mis en place par les conventions de l’ONU de 1961, 1971 et 1988, nous identifions la nécessité :