Currently
there are eight countries actively participating
in the project: Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao
PDR, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Participants are collecting information on trends
and patterns of ATS abuse. Additionally, an initial
review and assessment of the national data collection
systems was conducted, which has provided the basis
for national workplans to develop national and regional
data collection systems, with provisions for monitoring
ATS trends and risks, adopting standardized data
categories, reporting, and data sharing routines.
Detailed activities in the national workplans vary
according to the needs and drug situation of each
country.
The eight countries participating in
UNODC Regional Centre Project
Improving ATS Data and Information Systems (AD/RAS/01/F97)
National Drug Agencies
The narcotics control agencies of each participanting
country are working with F97 to plan and implement
national workplans to strengthen their data collection
networks and share national drug-related data on
a regular basis across the region:
In
addition, narcotics control agencies from four countries
in the region (Brunei Darussalam, Japan, Malaysia,
and Singapore) are providing national data on the
drug situation in their countries to strengthen the
regional information network and improve regional
coordination to combat illicit drugs.
United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Regional Centre
(UNODC RC), Bangkok, Thailand
The project is executed by the UNODC
RC in conjunction with the participant countries.
The Regional Centre coordinates the project, and also
acts as an information source. It provides funding,
expert advice, and resource materials to help the
particpating countries complete activities and designated
project outputs.
National
Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), Australia
NDARC is a research centre at the University of New
South Wales funded by the Commonwealth Government
as part of the National Drug Strategy. The centre
has a collaborative agreement with the Regional Centre
ATS team to provide technical cooperation and share
information on ATS trends in the region. Further information
on the centre and research conducted through the centre
can be found at http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/ndarc.nsf.
ASEAN
and China Cooperative Operations in Response to Dangerous
Drugs (ACCORD)
The
ACCORD plan is a political agreement and encompasses
a number of national and regional dtug control intitiatives,
which UNODC supports through a coordinating mechanism.
Project F97 helps achieve targets in the ACCORD plan
of action. For more information, please visit the ACCORD website.
The
Government of Japan provided financial resources for
the first phase of the project through the Narcotics
Control Department, which is under the Bureau
of Health and Welfare, the Ministry of Health, Labour
and Welfare.
The
Government of Australia has provided the funding for
the second phase of the project through its overseas
aid program AusAID.
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