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Situational analysis of illicit drug issues and responses in the Asia–Pacific region 330 Projects in Regional East Asia Project title Strengthening Drug Demand Reduction Programs in East Asia and the Pacific Aims Demand reduction . Activity description: To strengthen the development of demand reduction programs in East Asia (with a particular focus on MOU countries) . Timeframe 1998–2005 Funding Part of core contribution to UNODC Projects in Regional South Asia — China, Burma and Vietnam Project title Asia Regional HIV/AIDS Project (ARHP) Aims Reduction of HIV/AIDS transmission . Rationale: The project supports regional action to strengthen the capacity of countries to take a more strategic and evidence-based approach to policy making, planning and programming for reducing HIV transmission through injecting drug use . Taking a regional approach to this aspect of HIV epidemics facilitated cooperation between sectors and countries that was less feasible using bilateral approaches . Activity description: The goal of the project is to reduce HIV vulnerability, transmission and impact in the Southeast Asia region . The strategic approach used is to reduce HIV harm associated with injecting drug use . The project will respond to the needs for regional support of selected countries which are especially vulnerable to the injecting drug use-related epidemic (China, including Yunnan and Guangxi provinces, Burma, Vietnam) . ARHP provides $9 .5 million to support regional action to strengthen the capacity of countries to take a more strategic and evidence-based approach to policy making, planning and programming to reduce HIV-related harm associated with injecting drug use . While the major project activities will be country-based, linkages will be built to regional bodies so that lessons learnt will have a regional impact, and will encourage neighbouring countries to support the target countries’ exploration of interventions . Timeframe April 2001 – July 2005 Funding AU$9,500,000 Project implenters Guangxi Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Projects in Regional Pacific Project title Maritime Security in the Pacific Project Aims Law enforcement . Rationale: Shipping is vital to trade in the Pacific region but is threatened by terrorism and other transnational crimes such as piracy, drug trafficking and people-smuggling . Maritime transport is also a security risk factor for national governments in the region including Australia . Most Pacific Island countries (PICs) lack the necessary governance mechanisms, such as cohesive maritime policy or an adequate legislative and planning framework, to meet new international legal standards . Activity description: The project aims to help Pacific Island maritime institutions cope with the rapidly changing regulatory environment, particularly as they relate to the security concerns in the maritime sector . To be run out of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s Regional Maritime Programme (RMP), the focus of the project is to assist PICs to meet international security and safety standards in shipping and ports . It also provides support to continuing institutional development and training initiatives, recognising that security concerns cannot be addressed in isolation from other challenges in the sector . Timeframe Jan 2005–2007 Funding amount AU$3,000,000 331 Appendix B: Regional aid projects, in full
Situational analysis of illicit drug issues and responses in the Asia–Pacific region 332 Project title Pacific Regional Policing Initiative Aims Law enforcement . Rationale: Announced jointly with the Prime Ministers of New Zealand and Fiji in August 2003 at the Auckland Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting . The Pacific Regional Policing Initiative (PRPI) represents a significant longterm commitment to policing which will be available to all Forum member countries . Activity description: The fundamental focus of the PRPI is on improving basic policing skills through training and other practical assistance to enhance the operational and investigative capability of police officers . Regional Training Teams will develop curricula and training materials for basic police skills at the Fiji Police Training Academy . Training will be delivered both in Suva and around the Pacific, according to demand and the training needs of individual countries . The PRPI will involve police at all levels, from new recruits through to senior management and police executives — up to 900 Pacific police will receive training each year . Timeframe Jan 2004–2008 Funding amount AU$17,000,000 Projects in Regional Asia and Pacific Project title Support to Drug Law Enforcement in East Asia and the Pacific Aims Law enforcement . Activity description: The project’s objective is to increase the capacity of drug law enforcement agencies in East Asia and the Pacific to develop and implement effective drug control programs . Strategic, operational and technical advice provided to governments of the region will aid the development, implementation and evaluation of the programs/ projects in the fields of law enforcement and criminal justice at national and subregional levels . In addition, the project will monitor, analyse and report on drug control issues, particularly those related to law enforcement . The main input will be services of a Regional Law Enforcement Adviser posted to UNDCP Regional Centre, Bangkok . Timeframe 1999–2005 Funding Part of core contribution to UNODC Project title Development of Global Guidelines and Training Resources on Preventing HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users — Phase 3 Aims Reduction of HIV/AIDS transmission . Activity description: This project follows on from two previous grants provided to the World Health Organization of $500,000 each in 2002 and 2003 for the project ‘Scaling up of HIV/AIDS/STI prevention efforts in the Asia–Pacific region with a focus on vulnerable populations’ . Phase 3 will focus on strengthening country capacity to scale up harm reduction programs in Phase 2 countries and develop country capacity to do so in countries like India, China, Nepal and Thailand . Objectives: To provide normative guidance; strengthening WHO’s capacity to respond to the needs of countries; strengthening the capacity of countries to implement and scale up harm reduction programs . Timeframe 2003–2004 (project completed) Funding amount AU$1,510,000 Australian Federal Police The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has strong cooperative operational and intelligence relationships with overseas law enforcement agencies through the AFP International Network . As at 31 January 2005, the AFP International Network comprised 65 people located in 26 countries . The network comprises 47 liaison officers, five analysts, three attachments to Interpol, and one shortterm attachment in Fiji . The AFP’s international capability is further augmented through the International Deployment Group and Law Enforcement Cooperation Program (LECP), which seek to build capacity and enhance cooperation with overseas law enforcement agencies . Major activities include the missions into Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Nauru and Timor-Leste . Goals of the Law Enforcement Cooperation Program include: • strengthening the capability of overseas law enforcement agencies to gather information and evidence against illicit drug traffickers through education and training programs for the practitioner and modest provision of equipment; • developing a greater capacity to meet Australia’s international priorities by being able to more effectively gather international law enforcement intelligence to support AFP operations; • improving law enforcement infrastructure of specified countries within the program and operational understanding of international crime; and • fostering closer personal and institutional linkages . 333 Appendix B: Regional aid projects, in full
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