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National Drug Control System

Explore the evolution of NDS, from initial funding to user meetings, and discover the proposed sustainable funding strategy for ongoing support and enhancement.

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National Drug Control System

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  1. National Drug Control System Towards a Sustainable NDS Phillip D. Kruss Chief, Information Technology Services United Nations Office at Vienna United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

  2. NDS – The Beginning • Initial funding – Swiss, 1996 (US$340,000) • NDS 1, 2, 3, 3.3e • Tested but not accepted as focus of system was reporting to INCB only • Lesson learned – system must be useful to both Governments and INCB

  3. NDS – The Early Years • UN Development Account Funds Injection, 1999 • Project manager • NDS 4.0 • National, international & reporting capabilities • Focused on needs of developing countries • Tested and accepted! • First version successfully deployed and fully operational

  4. 4th Users Group Meeting (2001) • First very positive meeting (due to NDS 4.0) • Very active meeting • Many new enhancements requested (by both developing and developed countries) • Introduced many new users (one reason for meeting was advertising NDS) • Fifty countries attending, all developing countries participation funded by UNODC

  5. 5th Users Group Meeting (2003) • Smaller, more focused meeting • No longer need to advertise (too many requests as it is!) • New UNODC focus on bringing a limited number of countries quickly to operational status • The key issues • Sustainability • Enhancement • Your issues

  6. NDS - Now • The user community continues to grow • The software continues to improve • Version for developed and developing countries (NDS 5.0) finalised & tested (2002) • Initial deployments NDS 5.0 (2002 - 2003) • NDS 5.1 developed, ready for testing (March, 2003)

  7. NDS – The Question SUSTAINABILITY

  8. UNODC’s Commitment • System manager on stable long-term funding • Expand NDS team as needed • <2001 One staff • 2001 Two staff • Today Three staff • End 2003 Four staff

  9. UNODC’s Commitment • Efficient & effective ongoing support • Continue support to current users • Priority criteria now in place to ensure support focused on pro-active countries where need is greatest • Support only those countries with • Need for NDS • Capability to maintain NDS

  10. UNODC’s Commitment • Continue enhancing NDS (NDS 6.0) • Developing and developed countries needs remain in one system • Enhancement as per YOUR requests • Primary focus: • Bring current users to full operational status • New deployments according to need and sustainability criteria

  11. Proposed Sustainable Funding Strategy • Staff • All staff on UNODC Regular Budget (long-term) posts • Requires resolution from Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) and therefore your Government’s support at CND • Software, hardware, deployment, support, enhancement • Thus far all provided free of charge (except mission costs for developed countries) • Two funding proposals outlined in the following

  12. Proposed Sustainable Funding Strategy USER CONTRIBUTION, ALTERNATIVE 1 • Software license fee • Developing Countries – Free • Developed Countries – Free • Hardware • Developing Countries – One system Free • Developed Countries – At own cost

  13. Proposed Sustainable Funding Strategy USER CONTRIBUTION, ALTERNATIVE 1 • Deployment • Developing Countries – Free • Developed Countries – Travel and Per Diem • Support • Developing Countries – Free (remote & onsite) • Developed Countries – Remote free, onsite travel & per diem • Enhancement • Developing Countries – Free • Developed Countries – Annual upgrade fee (US$20,000 per year)

  14. Proposed Sustainable Funding Strategy USER CONTRIBUTION, ALTERNATIVE 2 • Licence Fee, Deployment, Support, Enhancement • Developing Countries – Free • Developed Countries – Annual service fee (US$30,000 per year) • Hardware • Developing Countries – One system Free • Developed Countries – At own cost

  15. NDS – The Future • UNODC is committed to NDS • To continue to be useful, NDS must be continually enhanced • Enhancement has been funded to date out of UN funds intended for support to developing countries • Proposed annual service fee

  16. Thank You

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