9.00                               Arrival and coffee

9.30                               Chairman's Introduction & Welcome

                                     Mr. Boyko Kotzev, Deputy Minister of Interior

9.35                               Opening address:

                                     Professor B. Finkov, Minister for Health & President of the National Drugs Council
                                     Professor G. Petkanov, Minister of Interior

9.55                              Messages from the Prime Ministers of Bulgaria & United Kingdom                               

                                     Mr. Simeon Saxe-Coburg

                                     Mr. Tony Blair

10.15                             Understanding the problem: Survey of Drug Use in Bulgaria                              

                                     Tihomir Bezlov, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Study of Democracy

11.00                              Coffee

11.30                             Bulgaria-UK Collaboration: Progress to date

                                     Mr. Boyko Kotzev, Deputy Minister of Interior
                                     Mr. Vic Hogg, Home Office, London

12.15                             Local delivery: the Drug Action Teams experience

                                     Mr. Robert Helm, Lancashire Drug Action Team

12.55                             Concluding remarks: Mr. Boyko Kotzev

13.00                              Lunch

14.15                             Workshops

                                     Mini-Dublin Group Meeting
                                     Joint meeting with Mr Kotzev, NDC & Mr Hogg

15.30                             Close

19.00                             Reception - Marti'D, Hall, NDK