Bursaries offered for Lisbon Addictions 2024 to EMCDDA international cooperation partners

The EMCDDA is delighted to announce the availability of bursaries for Lisbon Addictions 2024. The bursaries are being offered via the agency's international cooperation projects, funded by the European Union.

The bursaries will cover the registration fee to the conference, a round trip to Lisbon and pre-paid accommodation. Professionals, academics and experts of the Candidate and Potential candidates to the EU, European Neighbourhood Policy area beneficiaries and Latin America and the Caribbean are eligible to apply.

Eligibility criteria: Being a national of one of the one of the following:

• Western Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia;
• European Neighbourhood Policy area: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, Palestine**, Tunisia and Ukraine;
• Latin America and the Caribbean: Professionals, academics or experts from Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ecuador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Essential criteria:

• Having professional experience working in the field of addictions, with a special focus on illicit drugs;
• Being able to communicate fluently in English.

Advantageous criteria:

• Having submitted an abstract for Lisbon Addictions24.