The association exists for 4 months now. We are moving ahead with the process and the different stages necessary to bring coca leaves from South America to Europe in a manner of fair trade.

The process has been slow paced because we are trying to find a methodology that is consistent with our message. This message seeks to obtain tolerance towards the traditional use of coca leaf in the world. For this we rely on the international conventions that protect human and civil rights. At the same time we reiterate our willingness to contribute to ecological production and processing of the coca leaf, seeking to obtain an organic certification label.

THE INTERNATIONAL MANIFESTO FOR JUST AND EFFECTIVE DRUG POLICIES HAS BEEN SIGNED BY (20.10.2011):

On March 15, 1998, 14 NGO’s from Europe, Africa and Latin America met in Vienna, Austria, to prepare a common opinion towards the United Nations General Assembly’s Special Session on Drugs, that would take place 3 months later in New York. After many hours of debate, the result was the adoption of a Manifesto for Just and Effective Drug Policies. This Manifesto has since been signed by hundreds of organisations worldwide, and represents the vision of the International Coalition of NGOs for Just and Effective Drug Policies (ICN). In 2004, on the General Assembly of ENCOD in Copenhagen, it was decided to adopt the title of the Manifesto in ENCODs name: European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies.