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Session 1 Our work in prevention

Join our UNODC training workshop to identify and disseminate good practices in the prevention of Amphetamine-Type Stimulant (ATS) use among young people. Our mission is to bring together experts, practitioners, and youth to share their experiences and academic literature on what works and what doesn't work in prevention. We offer training workshops, a newsletter, and a website for resources and information.

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Session 1 Our work in prevention

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  1. Session 1Our work in prevention Preventing Amphetamine-Type-Stimulant (ATS) Use Among Young People A UNODC Training Workshop

  2. Our mission • Identify and disseminate good practices (what works and what doesn’t work) on the prevention of substance abuse Preventing ATS use among youth A UNODC Training Workshop

  3. Identify good practices • We bring together experts, practitioners and youth to identify ‘what works’ and ‘what doesn’t work’ on the basis of their experience and academic literature Preventing ATS use among youth A UNODC Training Workshop

  4. Identify good practicesOur publications Preventing ATS use among youth A UNODC Training Workshop

  5. Disseminate good practices (1) Training • Training workshops on different issues for different audiences • Community-based organisations and youth groups: e.g. needs assessment and programme planning, drug abuse prevention good practices, and COMING SOON! monitoring & evaluation • Sport coaches: how to include health promotion messages in sports training • Journalists: reporting on drug issues • Policy makers: Preventing ATS use among young people (welcome!) Preventing ATS use among youth A UNODC Training Workshop

  6. Disseminate good practices (2) Email listserv, website & newsletter • Newsletter ‘Connekt’ • Email listserv – we send messages on trends, good practices and new initiatives • Our website includes all our publications as well as details to contact us and links to other organisations • visit us! www.unodc.org/youthnet Preventing ATS use among youth A UNODC Training Workshop

  7. Why a programme on ATS prevention? • More people use ATS than heroin and cocaine together • Long term consequences of some ATS unknown • Treatment less available than for opiates and/ or cocaine • Some efforts on preventing the negative health consequences of ATS use, but very little on prevention Preventing ATS use among youth A UNODC Training Workshop

  8. Activities so far • Identify good practices in ATS prevention with the assistance of academic researchers, practitioners and youth – December 2005 • Publish guidelines on ATS prevention for policy makers and NGOs – Both available in final draft, publication forthcoming • Develop and test training on ATS prevention for policy makers and NGOs – July 2006 in the Philippines and in India Preventing ATS use among youth A UNODC Training Workshop

  9. Activities planned • Series of national/ regional training workshops for NGOs and/or policy makers > THIS IS ONE OF THEM! WELCOME! • Support financially and technically a few programmes • Based on a needs assessment • Addressing two or more risk/protective factors • Strong monitoring and evaluation • Disseminate results of programmes Preventing ATS use among youth A UNODC Training Workshop

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