Illicit Drug use in the Asia Pacific Region - Burnet Institute

Situational analysis of illicit drug issues and responses in the Asia–Pacific region
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B3 . Country efforts
B3 .1 Cambodia
Australian Federal Police
The AFP has two liaison officers and an
adviser in Phnom Penh . The AFP has assisted
in the establishment of a Transnational
Crime Coordination Centre in Cambodia
to improve intelligence sharing and investigation
capacity in the region .
AusAID
Project title
Strengthening the Secretariat of the
National Authority for Combating
Drugs (NACD) and National Drugs
Control Program of Cambodia
Aims
Law enforcement . To establish a multi-sectoral
national drug control program and to establish
the NACD Secretariat in a sustainable manner
as the government’s primary institution for
national drug control and as the focal point
for regional and international drug control
cooperation .
Timeframe
April 2001 – September 2005
Funding amount
Part of core contribution earmarked for this
project by UNODC .
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Project title
Reducing HIV Vulnerability from
Drug Abuse
Aims
Institutions of selected countries in East Asia
will adopt effective measures for the prevention
and reduction of drug abuse and to
strengthen government and non-government
responses in Southeast Asia to the drug
abuse-related transmission of HIV/AIDS .
Timeframe
April 2002 – March 2004
Funding amount
$1 .4 million (UNAIDS/UK Luxembourg)
Project title
Nationwide Assessment of High Risk
Behaviour and Institutional Opportunities
for Intervention and Intervention Design
among Selected Sub-populations
Aims
To strengthen national capacity for monitoring,
evaluation and research through
the identification of emerging vulnerability
factors and populations at risk of HIV/AIDS
transmission through illicit drug use and to
develop evidence-based and communitycentred
interventions designed for selected
sub-populations considered as being at
higher risk of HIV infection .
Timeframe
December 2002 – June 2005
Funding amount
$65,000 (from US CDC through UNAIDS)
Project title
Drug Abuse Data Collection Network
Aims
Establishment of a monthly data collection
network comprising nine priority provincial
drug control committees and selected
government and NGO institutions within
each province .
Timeframe
2004–ongoing
Funding source
UNODC national project (CMD/F14) in collaboration
with ATS data and information systems
(RAS/F97) and ACCORD monitoring project
in Cambodia (RAS/F73)
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Appendix B: Regional aid projects, in full