Project Partners

Project partners belong to civil society organisations, research bodies and service providers from different EU countries.

Hungarian Civil Liberty Union (Hungary)

The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) is a non-profit human rights watchdog NGO established in Budapest, Hungary in 1994. HCLU is a law reform and legal defence public interest NGO in Hungary, working independently of political parties, the state or any if its institutions. HCLU aim to promote the fundamental rights and principles laid down by the Constitution of the Republic of Hungary and by international conventions. Its overall goals are building and strengthening civil society and the rule of law in Hungary and the CEE region

Contact: Peter Sarosi ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Visit: http://www.tasz.hu

ARAS (Romania)

ARAS - The Romanian Association Against AIDS is a national, non-governmental, apolitical and humanitarian organization whose major purpose is to stop the AIDS epidemics through programs of education, information, and through the development of psycho-social services for the people living with AIDS and their families. It was founded in Bucharest in 1992 by a group of young people, mostly students of different backgrounds, who were alarmed at the growing threat posed by AIDS in Romania and by the human, social, economic and political tragedies that can be brought about by the lack of priority given to AIDS prevention. ARAS Central Office is located in Bucharest and it has branches in Constanta, Piatra Neamt, Iasi, Craiova, Timisoara, Brasov, Cluj-Napoca and Bacau

Contact: Nicoleta Dascalu ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Visit: http://www.arasnet.ro/

Probacja (Poland)

The Probacja Association provides post penitentiary support in the province of Malopolska, Poland. Currently it runs a hostel and a consultation point for ex-prisoners who experience problems like homelessness and unemployment. Probacja also organises training for law practitioners and probation officers. In the last three years, the training has focused on Polish law related to drugs possession for personal use.

Contact: Jonna Weck ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Visit: http://probacja.w.interia.pl

Rugby House (UK)

Established in 1986 and currently employing over 100 staff, Rugby House has developed and manages a comprehensive range of services in London, designed to support and empower individuals and communities who are affected by alcohol and drugs. These services comprise both residential treatment and community services, including partnership with criminal justice agencies and specialist services to engage minority ethnic groups.

Contact: Andy Stonard, Paddy Costall ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Visit: http://www.rugbyhouse.org.uk/

Toxicomanie: Europe – Échanges – Études T3E (UK)

T3E (UK), incorporating the Race & Drugs Project, will manage a research component of CONNECTIONS. Established as a non-profit making in 1998 and registered as a company, T3E (UK) is now also a registered research, training and advocacy charity. It pioneered the first critical evaluation of drug services and their ability to meet the needs of drug users from ‘visible minorities’ across 7 EU countries (1995-97). It has also carried out the first mapping of social exclusion and drugs, focusing on “minorities” across 15 EU member states, for EMCDDA (1999-2001). Over the years it has collaborated with various EU wide networks such as Sastipen and offered training and consultancy on ‘race’ and racism to ERIT, and FESAT. Currently it is engaged in training and consultancy, leading the race-equality working party of the Democracy, Cities and Drugs programme. T3E (UK) is listed as a resource on ‘diversity’ by the Home Office DSD and by NTA.

Contact: Kazim Khan, Neville Adams ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Visit: http://www.raceanddrugsproject.co.uk

The Bremen Institute of Drug Research (BISDRO)

The Bremen Institute of Drug Research (BISDRO) at the University of Bremen is conducting research on drug use, addiction and related political, economic, social and health problems since 1983. The research has a specific focus on the evaluation of health care interventions and policies (such as opioid substitution treatment, needle
exchange, harm reduction in general, counseling, HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support etc.) in custodial settings (arrest houses, police detention, prisons, aftercare). Furthermore BISDRO has a long history in international joint research projects in the criminal justice and health area and has carried out several international consultancies (Islamic Republic of Iran (for UNAIDS), Azerbaijan (ICRC), Latvia (for World Bank), Estonia, Cairo, Mombassa/Kenya (all for UNODC).

Contact: Prof. Dr. Heino Stöver ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Visit: http://www.archido.de 

Connections continues to work closely with the WHO Health in Prison Project, the WHO Euro Office, EMCDDA, UNODC, AFEW, IHRD/OSI, the IDPC of the Beckley Foundation, HEUNI, IHRA and the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe.