Operative Dimension

Code

1.6.1

Year

2017

Component

C1 - National Drugs Observatories

Execution Level

Completed

Activity Types

• Root activity

Implementation

The first meeting at the Advisory and Decision taking level of the activity 1.6 (Develop methodologies to improve the understanding of drug-related new threats and problems) took place the 22nd and 23rd of August 2017 at Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Activity 1.6 main objective is to have an updated mapping of the new threats and problems existing in the CELAC region.

The specific objectives were:

1. Design methodological strategies to specific trends-problems

2. Disseminate knowledge on alternative methodologies

3. Promote the use of quick diagnosis methods at local level

Associated operational objectives

0.1 - Establish the necessary operational bases to ensure the quality and coherence of the work to be performed and the necessary coordination and participation of all partners.
0.2 - Have adequate baseline information to: provide specificity to the contents and the actions planned in each component; meet initial expectations of each partner in relation to its participation in COPOLAD; and facilitate the programme evaluation.
1.4 - Implement a sustainable bi-regional cooperation capacity building strategy focused on enhancing the reporting capacity of NDOs being in an early stage of development.
1.5 - Implement a cooperation capacity building strategy in key areas identified, with special focus on the assessment of rising trends of problematic use of specific drugs.
1.6 - Continue to develop training opportunities focused in building capacities for strategic planning and the use of monitoring methods and tools, which can be mutually complementary.

Results

Participants (12 total participants):  4 CELAC countries: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay 1 EU country: Poland COPOLAD Task Force, CICAD, Experts

Results of the mapping of new threats and problems in the CELAC countries were presented and the following categories were analysed finding substantial differences among countries with Early Warning Systems.

• Category 1: Definition of thread, indicators and information sources
• Category 2: Mechanisms used to detect and catalogue of threats.
• Category 3: Institution with the responsibility of analysing data and control mechanisms after a threat is detected.
• Category 4: Different considerations about the efficiency of EWS in the early detection.
• Category 5: Experiences on the elaboration of methodological responses and in the identification of the need to develop or implement any particular methodology.

Indicators

Implemented a sustainable capacity building strategy in key areas identified, with special focus on the assessment of rising trends of problematic use of specific drugs.
At least five (5) CELAC countries -with no previous experience in producing a national report on drugs- have produced and released their first national report on the drugs situation in the country.

Theoretical Dimension

Principles

• Shared responsability
• Human rigths
• Gender perspective
• Public health
• Public security
• RDD-ROD balanced policy
• Good governance
• Sociocultural diversity

Approaches

• Attention to evidence
• Demand-driven
• Institutional support and reinforcement
• Planning and evaluation
• Sustainability
• Bi-regional cooperation

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