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Drug Focal Points Meeting
and expert group consultation
CHIANG MAI, Thailand, 3 - 5 September 2014
FINAL REPORT
DRUG
FOCAL
POINTS
MEETING
AND
EXPERT
GROUP
CONSULTATION
OF
THE
MEMBER
COUNTRIES,
THE
COLOMBO
PLAN,
CHIANG
MAI,
THAILAND,
3-5
SEPTEMBER,
2014
1.
The
3rd
Drug
Focal
Point
meeting
and
the
Expert
Group
Consultation
of
the
Colombo
Plan
Drug
Advisory
Programme
(CPDAP)
was
held
in
Chiang
Mai,
Thailand
from
3-5
September
2014.
The
meeting
was
organized
by
the
Colombo
Plan
in
collaboration
with
the
Office
of
the
Narcotic
Control
Board
(ONCB)
of
Thailand.
82
participants
from
20
countries,
representing
various
Ministries
involved
in
Drug
Demand
and
Supply
Reduction
took
part
in
the
meeting.
The
participants
include
CP
51
delegates
and
9
observers
from
Australia,
Bangladesh,
Bhutan,
Brunei
Darussalam,
Fiji,
India,
Indonesia,
Lao
P.D.R.,
Malaysia,
Maldives,
Myanmar,
Nepal,
Philippines,
Sri
Lanka,
Thailand,
USA,
Vietnam,
Cambodia,
Kenya,
and
Qatar,
and
22
from
Colombo
Plan
and
ONCB.
(A
full
list
of
the
participants
are
attached
as
Annex
1)
2.
The
major
objectives
of
the
3rd
DFPM
was
to
discuss
priority
needs
of
each
member
state,
to
present
updated
activities
of
the
CPDAP
networks
and
to
formulate
a
strategic
plan
for
member
states
to
collaborate
with
the
Colombo
Plan
on
Drug
Demand
and
Supply
Reduction
related
interventions.
3.
The
first
meeting
of
the
Drug
Focal
Points
of
the
Colombo
Plan
member
countries
was
held
in
Maldives
in
2008
and
the
second
was
held
in
Jakarta,
Indonesia
in
2009.
The
Colombo
Plan
implemented
a
series
of
initiatives
since
the
last
meeting
including
standardization
of
the
drug
treatment
and
prevention
programmes,
youth
empowerment,
training
and
education,
publications,
capacity
building
of
enforcement
officers
and
community
based
approaches.
One
major
focus
has
been
to
identify
and
promote
evidence
based
practices
in
both
prevention
and
management
of
the
drug
use
disorders
Opening
ceremony
4.
The
meeting
began
with
the
welcome
address
by
Ms.
Rachanikorn
Sarasiri,
the
Deputy
Secretary
General
of
the
NCB,
the
national
host
of
the
event.
She
stressed
the
need
for
bilateral
and
international
collaborations
in
the
Drug
Demand
and
Supply
Reduction
activities
for
effectiveness.
She
highlighted
the
experience
of
the
ONCB
in
initiating
several
programmes
in
collaboration
with
the
neighboring
countries
and
international
organizations,
as
well
as
introducing
alternative
development
as
one
of
effective
measures
on
drug
control.
(A
full
text
of
the
welcome
address
is
attached
as
Annex
2)
5.
Mr.
Kinley
Dorji,
the
Secretary
General
of
the
Colombo
Plan
also
stressed
the
need
for
more
vibrant
networking
and
collaborations
and
sharing
of
best
practices
by
the
member
countries
in
a
spirit
of
self
help
and
mutual
help.
Mr.
Dorji
called
upon
the
member
countries
to
plan
at
least
one
collaborative
programme
with
the
Colombo
Plan
as
a
commitment
for
enhancing
networks.
He
emphasized
the
need
for
organizing
regional
and
sub-regional
programmes
to
begin
with.
Presenting
various
areas
of
networking,
he
insisted
that
each
member
country
must
come
forward
to
host
at
least
one
programme
at
the
regional
or
sub
regional
level
and
keep
the
networking
active
and
alive
in
the
coming
years.
(A
full
text
of
the
Opening
remarks
by
the
secretary
General,
the
Colombo
Plan
is
attached
as
in
Annex
3).
6.
The
opening
ceremony
was
graced
by
the
presentation
of
the
unique
cultural
performances
by
the
students
of
Thep
Bodin
Withaya
School
in
Chiang
Mai
which
were
well
appreciated
by
the
delegates.
The
meeting
unanimously
elected
Ms.
Rachanikorn
Sarasiri,
the
Deputy
Secretary
General
of
NCB,
Thailand
as
the
Chairperson
of
the
meeting
after
she
was
nominated
by
Mr.
Antonius
Riva
Setiawan,
the
Director
of
DAP.
The
meeting
also
elected
Ms.
Bina
Prasad,
the
Joint
Secretary
to
the
Ministry
of
Home
Affairs,
Government
of
India
and
Mr.
William
J.
McGlynn,
Consultant
to
INL,
USA
as
Deputy
Chairpersons
representing
Asia
and
Pacific
sub-regions
accordingly.
On
the
invitation
of
the
Secretary-General,
India
offered
to
host
South
Asia
Sub-
regional
meeting
in
Delhi
and
USA
offered
to
host
Pacific
sub-regional
meeting
in
Hawaii
in
2015.
The
Philippines
would
consider
to
host
South
East
Asia
sub-regional
meeting
after
collecting
more
information
from
the
Colombo
Plan.
9.
The
meeting
unanimously
adopted
the
draft
agenda
after
discussions,
which
is
attached
as
Annex
4.
The
Secretary
General
of
the
Colombo
Plan,
Mr.
Kinley
Dorji
presented
a
brief
overview
of
the
Colombo
Plan
since
its
inception
in
1951,
including
its
background
and
current
structure.
Stressing
on
its
principles
of
networking
and
collaborations,
co-operation
and
co-ordinations,
as
well
as
self
help
and
mutual
help,
Mr.
Dorji
presented
the
6
major
programmes
of
the
Colombo
Plan
as
follows:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
(A
full
text
of
his
presentation
is
attached
as
Annex
5)
Mr.
Antonius
Riva
Setiawan,
Director,
CPDAP
and
his
officers
presented
a
brief
profile
on
various
networks
as
part
of
strengthening
collaboration
and
human
capital
on
Drug
Demand
and
Supply
Reduction
areas
as
the
new
focus
of
the
coming
years.
He
added
that
more
vibrant
networks
will
be
established
in
connecting
professionals
from
the
field
of
drug
treatment
and
rehabilitation,
prevention,
youth,
children,
publications,
consultancy
services,
and
supply
reduction
areas.
DAP
Officers,
Shella
Marquez,
Dichen
Choden,
Narendra
Narotama,
Mohammad
Ayub,
Thomas
Scaria
and
Diyan
Markandaraja
presented
the
above-mentioned
networks.
Mr.
Tay
Bian
How,
the
Director
of
the
International
Center
for
Certification
and
Education
of
Addiction
Professionals
(ICCE)
presented
an
overview
of
the
training,
education
and
credentialing
of
addiction
treatment
and
prevention
professionals
provided
by
the
Colombo
Plan.
The
ICCE,
the
training
arm
of
the
CPDAP,
currently
support
32
countries
with
its
capacity
building
programmes,
based
on
evidence
based
practices.
The
ICCE
involves
in
curriculum
development,
training,
credentialing,
and
research
areas
with
its
Universal
Treatment
Curricula
(UTC),
Universal
Prevention
Curricula
(UPC)
and
specialized
curricula
for
substance
use
disorder.
He
illustrated
the
needs
for
professionalizing
and
standardizing
the
treatment
and
prevention
efforts
by
credentialing
professionals
in
both
prevention
and
management
of
drug
abuse.
The
programme
is
funded
by
the
INL,
and
the
examination
is
affiliated
to
NADAAC,
USA.
(A
full
text
of
his
presentation
is
attached
as
Annex
7)
13.
Drug
Prevention
Demand
Reduction
Narcotics
Law
enforcement
Research,
and
Alternative
Development
She
also
recommended
that
the
work
of
DAP
of
the
Colombo
Plan
should
supplement
the
work
or
projects/activities
that
ASEAN
Senior
Officials
on
Drugs
have
done
since
ASEAN
member
states
are
also
members
of
the
Colombo
Plan.
(A
full
text
of
her
presentation
is
attached
as
Annex
8)
Changing
Patterns
of
Global
Drug
Use
and
Development
of
a
Strategic
Response
14.
Mr.
Brian
Morales
from
INL,
US
Department
of
State
presented
a
detailed
situational
analysis
of
the
Changing
Patterns
of
Global
Drug
Use
and
Development
of
a
Strategic
Response
with
particular
reference
to
Asia,
Pacific
and
Latin
American
countries.
Speaking
on
a
global
scenario,
he
said
that
243
million
people
(5.2%
of
world
population)
used
an
illicit
drug
at
least
once
in
the
previous
year
and
27
million
people
(0.5%
of
world
population)
are
problem
drug
users.
He
said
that
demand
and
supply
are
closely
linked
and
it
has
wide
reaching
impacts
on
social,
economic,
health
and
crime
scenario.
He
elaborated
on
some
inappropriate
practices
in
drug
treatment,
such
as
limiting
treatment
to
only
detoxification,
using
faith
based
isolated
practices,
punishing,
locking
up
clients
etc.
He
cited
professionalizing
and
standardizing
of
the
treatment
system
globally
as
betterment
to
these
treatment
services
and
called
upon
the
delegates
to
promote
credentialing
the
treatment
and
prevention
professionals
in
drug
demand
reduction.
Presentation
of
the
International
Society
for
Substance
Use
Prevention
and
Treatment
Professionals
Website
15.
Mr.
Antonius
Riva
Setiawan
presented
the
salient
features
of
the
proposed
website
for
addiction
professionals
which
will
act
as
an
information
center
for
disseminating
latest
approaches
and
evidence
based
practices
in
Drug
Demand
and
Supply
Reduction
sector.
The
website
www.issup.net
will
be
available
to
any
professionals
who
register
with
the
website,
where
all
the
DAP
publications
will
be
available
at
free
of
charge.
The
information
can
be
used
by
the
trainers,
universities,
students,
researchers,
policy
makers,
or
general
public,
which
will
be
updated
regularly.
The
website
has
separate
sections
for
prevention,
youth,
treatment
and
rehabilitation
together
with
an
interactive
social
media.
Round-table
Discussions
16.
17.
The
representative
from
each
round-table
discussion
presented
the
report
of
the
round-table
discussions
to
the
Plenary.
The
salient
points
were
as
follows:
i)
j)
k)
l)
m)
n)
o)
p)
q)
r)
s)
t)
u)
v)
Recommendations
:
a) More
collaborative
efforts
between
member
countries
required.
Countries
need
to
strengthen
the
bilateral
relations
as
well
as
international
cooperation
at
all
level
for
drug
supply
reduction.
b) Research
on
substance
use
among
children
and
adolescence
c) Member
countries
to
host
regional
and
sub-regional
meetings
to
address
drug
control
cooperation
among
member
countries.
Annual
CPDAP
focal
points
meeting
is
recommended.
d) More
training
programmes
on
precursor
control
with
expertise
from
member
countries
e) Increase
coordination
between
and
among
ASEAN,
SAARC
and
Pacific
countries.
f) Consideration
to
initiate
the
cooperation
with
other
mechanism
such
as
BIMSTEC
,
African
Union
and
Oceania
countries
g) Colombo
Plan
to
offer
more
trainings
and
technical
cooperation
in
supply
reduction
areas.
The
United
States
is
requested
to
provide
border
control
training
and
technical
cooperation
for
member
countries
due
to
its
expertise
in
dealing
with
border
area
across
the
country
h) Enhance
precursor
control
measures
(both
diversion
of
legal
substances
and
misuse
of
precursors)
in
member
states.
i) Drug
profiling
and
forensic
science
should
be
promoted
j) Strengthening
of
the
law
enforcement
mechanism
through
capacity
building
k) Research
on
the
misuse
and
abuse
of
pharmaceutical
products
need
to
be
promoted
l) Involve
communities
and
volunteers
in
supply
reduction
drive.
m) Raising
awareness
of
the
emergence
of
New
Psychoactive
Substances(NPS)
n) Sharing
of
knowledge
on
Alternative
Development
for
illicit
crop
cultivation
o) More
treatment
facilities
to
be
provided
to
countries
with
less
resources
p) Improve
treatment
access
and
standards
for
people
with
substance
use
disorders
to
undergo
appropriate
treatment
q) Enhance
cooperation
with
all
stakeholders
including
Government
Organization(GOs),
Non
Government
Organizations(NGOs),
Community
Based
Organizations(CBOs)
and
People
Organizations
(POs)
Philippines
Thailand
Vietnam
Sri
Lanka
Kenya
Cambodia
India
Bhutan
Bangladesh
Indonesia
Malaysia
Lao
PDR
Maldives
Philippines:
Accessibility
to
treatment
services
by
all
clients
in
the
country
Specialized
services
for
children
dependent
on
substance
use
Technical
assistance
in
conducting
a
capacity
building
of
the
recovery
group
Sri
Lanka:
Capacity
building
by
Training
of
Trainers
(ToT)
on
relapse
prevention
Specialized
treatment
for
children
Assistance
in
conducting
rapid
assessment
to
develop
evidence-based
practices
Capacity
building
on
Screening,
Assessment
and
Diagnose
Improving
networking
and
coordination
Thailand:
Specialized
treatment
for
adolescent
and
children
Specialized
training
on
outpatient
treatment
approach
Capacity
building
Research
on
drug
treatment
evaluation
effectiveness
and
investigation
on
special
group
Vietnam:
Capacity
building
by
Training
of
Trainers
(ToT)
and
technical
assistance
in
developing
the
national
curriculum
on
drug
treatment
and
rehabilitation
Technical
assistance
in
the
development
of
national
treatment
standards
and
database
clients
and
staffs
Coordination
and
experience
sharing
22.
CPDAP
Program
Officer,
Mr.
Narendra
Narotama,
made
a
presentation
on
the
DAP
network.
His
presentation
highlighted
objectives
and
activities
of
DAP
Treatment
Network.
Participants
were
provided
hard
copies
of
the
Demand
Reduction
Questionnaire
which
were
expected
to
be
filled
by
each
country
providing
detailed
information
about
treatment
services
in
the
country.
The
questionnaire
also
requested
information
on
contact
details
for
country
focal
points
and
drug
focal
point.
All
these
information
required
as
part
of
developing
country
treatment
system
mapping.
Mr.
Brian
Morales,
INL
Officer,
also
explained
the
purpose
and
use
of
information
requested
in
the
questionnaire.
He
explained
in
detailed
about
the
treatment
center
mapping
matrix
which
is
part
of
the
questionnaire
and
which
need
to
be
filed
by
each
country.
(The
questionnaire
is
attached
as
Annex
14.)
10
Prioritizing
Needs
23.
The
session
facilitator,
Muhammad
Ayub,
initiated
the
discussions
on
group
priority
needs
and
recommendations
which
need
to
be
presented
as
the
outcome
of
this
round-table
discussion
at
the
plenary.
Member
countries
highlighted
and
discussed
their
specific
and
common
priority
needs
and
recommendation
for
the
DAP
Treatment
Network.
The
session
facilitator
recorded
all
the
recommendation
and
prepared
a
combined
list
of
needs
and
recommendations
of
the
group
which
was
reconfirmed
by
the
group
at
the
end.
24.
Based
on
the
needs
indentified,
the
group
identified
following
priority
needs
and
recommendations
to
be
considered
by
the
DAP
Treatment
Network:
Establishment
and
Strengthening
of;
Specialized
treatment
services
for
women,
adolescent
and
children
Aftercare,
Follow-up
and
Recovery
Support
services
Low
cost
community-based
approach
in
resource
limited
areas.
Capacity
building
of
treatment
workforce
especially
through
ToTs
to
train
national
trainers
Technical
support
for
development
and
strengthening
of:
Treatment
standards
and
guidelines
Licensing
and
regulation
system
Treatment
services
monitoring
system
Technical
support
for:
Research
on
drug
abuse
problem,
relapse
and
Evaluation
treatment
program
at
national
level
Effective
communication
and
experience
sharing
treatment
systems
among
countries
and
International
Organizations
(IOs)
Drug
Prevention
25.
This
round-table
group
comprised
of
DAP
Focal
Points
and
observing
countries
who
were
in-charge
of
Drug
Use
Prevention
division/agencies.
The
group
was
to
cover
discussions
under
the
DAP
Prevention
and
Youth
Networks.
(A
full
list
of
the
delegates
in
this
working
group
is
attached
as
Annex
15)
26.
Each
country
representative
presented
their
existing
programmes
and
activities
in
different
areas
of
prevention
along
with
constraints
faced
in
carrying
out
such
programmes
in
their
countries.
While
most
countries
talked
about
prevention
activities,
few
countries
also
presented
on
drug
treatment
and
rehabilitation.
After
the
country
presentations,
the
group
members
identified
priority
needs
as
reflected
in
the
questionnaire
provided
by
DAP.
The
group
agreed
to
categorize
the
common
requirements
under
one
heading
due
to
the
urgent
need.
Three
common
needs
were
recognized
and
specific
needs
were
identified
under
each
countrys
specific
needs.
11
27.
The
member
states
expressed
their
need
for
support
and
collaboration
with
Colombo
Plan
Drug
Advisory
Programme
and
further
the
partnership
through
a
more
sustainable
approach
by
providing
technical
assistance
in
carrying
out
the
identified
priority
needs
of
each
country.
Common
Needs
a) Orientation
and
trainings
on
the
existing
International
Standards
on
Drug
Use
Prevention
b) Requirement
of
trained
and
credentialed
professionals
and
experts
on
prevention
for
substance
use.
c) Financial
support
Specific
Countrys
Identified
Requirement:
Bangladesh
a) Technical
assistance
for
sustainable
programme
of
early
childhood
education
b) Media
Campaign
c) Community
based
multi
component
initiatives
d) Prevention
education
based
on
personal
and
social
skills
and
social
influences
Bhutan
a) Parenting
Skills
b) Prevention
education
based
on
personal
and
social
skills
and
social
influences
c) Workplace
prevention
Brunei
a) Parenting
Skills
b) Early
Childhood
education
c) Workplace
prevention
Cambodia
a) Community
based
multi
component
initiatives
b) Workplace
prevention
c) Mentoring
d) Adolescence
prevention
e) Parenting
skills
India
a) Early
Childhood
education
b) School
policies
&
culture
c) Prevention
education
based
on
personal
and
social
skills
and
social
influences
12
Indonesia
a) Prevention
education
based
on
personal
and
social
skills
and
social
influences
b) Workplace
prevention
c) Community
based
multi-component
initiatives
Kenya
a) School
policies
and
culture
b) Prevention
education
based
on
personal
and
social
skills
and
social
influences
c) Parenting
Skills
d) Workplace
prevention
e) Community
based
multi
component
initiatives
f) Media
campaign
Malaysia
a) Parenting
Skills
b) Early
childhood
education
c) Prevention
education
based
on
personal
and
social
skills
and
social
influences
d) Workplace
prevention
e) Community
based
multi
component
initiative
f) Media
campaign
Maldives
a) Prevention
education
based
on
personal
and
social
skills
and
social
influences
b) Parenting
Skills
c) Early
childhood
education
d) Community
based
multi
component
initiatives
Philippines
a) Community
based
multi
component
initiatives
b) Media
campaign
c) Prevention
education
based
on
personal
and
social
skills
and
social
influences
d) Parenting
Skills
e) Early
childhood
education
f) Technical
assistance
on
the
development
of
prenatal
and
infancy
drug
use
prevention
initiative
13
Sri
Lanka
a) Prevention
education
based
on
personal
and
social
skills
and
social
influences
b) Parenting
Skills
c) Workplace
prevention
d) Early
childhood
education
e) Technical
assistance
on
the
development
of
prenatal
and
infancy
drug
use
prevention
initiative
Thailand
a) Early
childhood
education
b) Media
campaign
c) Parenting
Skills
d) Community
based
multi
component
initiatives
The
meeting
unanimously
adopted
the
reports
of
the
Round-table
discussions.
It
was
also
decided
that
the
recommendations
of
the
three
groups
that
are
the
heads
of
the
delegation
forum,
treatment
and
rehabilitation
group
and
drug
use
prevention
initiative
group
will
form
the
agenda
of
the
sub-regional
group
meetings
of
the
South
Asia,
Southeast
Asia
and
the
Pacific
to
be
held
in
2015
in
respective
places.
Conclusion
28.
The
Secretary-General
of
the
Colombo
Plan
conveyed
his
gratitude
to
the
Office
of
the
Narcotics
Control
Board
and
all
staff
for
the
well
arrangement
of
the
meeting.
The
most
important
thing
is
to
acknowledge
the
next
movement
of
CPDAP
activities
in
networking
modality
which
includes
treatment
and
rehabilitation
network,
prevention
network,
youth
network,
child
specialists
network,
supply
reduction
network,
publications
network,
training
and
education
network,
and
an
experts
or
advisory
group
network
in
order
to
link
all
collaborative
efforts
together
and
be
more
effective.
He
thanked
India
and
the
United
States
for
their
offers
to
host
the
sub-regional
drug
focal
point
meeting
in
2015.
A
sincere
appreciation
to
INL,
US
Department
of
State
was
also
conveyed
for
its
continued
support
to
the
Colombo
Plan.
(A
full
text
of
his
closing
remarks
is
attached
as
Annex
16)
29.
The
Deputy
Secretary
General
delivered
her
closing
statement,
and
expressed
her
deepest
appreciation
to
all
Colombo
Plan
member
states
and
observer
countries
for
their
excellent
cooperation.
She
stressed
that
the
meeting
is
the
significant
event
as
it
reflects
the
good
start
of
the
joint
collaboration
among
our
member
countries.
With
the
spirit
of
mutual
cooperation
and
partnership,
we
will
be
able
to
overcome
the
drug
peril.
(A
full
text
of
her
closing
statement
is
attached
as
Annex
17)
30.
The
meeting
concluded
with
the
spirit
of
mutual
collaboration
and
partnership
of
the
Colombo
Plan
member
countries.