Narcotics awareness and education project (NAE)

Semiannual contractor progress report on a project to assist developing country institutions in designing and implementing drug awareness and prevention programs. The evaluation covers the period 5/91-11/91. The project has been effectively launched. TA has been carried out in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, and Paraguay. Topics covered included drug use and prevention research, project design, institutional development and strengthening, training, evaluation, and of policy dialogue. TA was also provided to the LAC Bureau and the A.I.D./W Narcotics Coordinator on policy development matters. Coordination meetings were held with several other agencies. TA resulted in significant buy-ins and initiation of country programs. In-country programs were started in Paraguay and Bolivia, and plans initiated for a drug use prevalence study in the Dominican Republic. The Paraguay program used volunteers and NGO's to conduct a national household survey of drug use patterns. In Bolivia, the project will provide TA in support of a 5-year narcotics awareness program involving two private sector and two public sector

Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABE-183 (1992). The source's own text.