DEMAND REDUCTION - PAST PROJECTS

YOUTH AND PARENT ENCOUNTERS FOR PREVENTION

Throughout the 1990s, CICAD carried out a series of training workshops in conjunction with the Inter-American Children’s Institute (IIN). The workshops employ methods of non-formal education for drug abuse prevention for youth leaders and their families, which has been amply tested in over forty communities in seventeen countries of Latin America.  This participatory approach has resulted in the creation of sustainable prevention activities designed and implemented by the participants themselves in their own communities. 

In 1998, the success of this method throughout Latin America, and the desire on the part of Governments for prevention innovations in the English-speaking Caribbean, CICAD sponsored the translation and cultural adaptation of the IIN methodology, in consultation with professionals from the English-speaking Caribbean. The following activities were carried out in 2000:

1. The 2^nd Regional Meeting on Youth-Oriented Policies for Drug Abuse Prevention, held in Suriname in February 2000, brought together professionals from Caribbean National Drug Commissions, and the Ministries of Education, Health and Welfare to create a regional network of institutional and program managers to help develop drug abuse prevention programs at the community level.

2. The Second Training Workshop for Drug Abuse Prevention Professionals was held for prevention professionals from thirteen Caribbean countries in Suriname in February 2000.

As a result of these activities, a regional network of policy-makers and service providers has continued to flourish. Each country has developed a plan of prevention activities for 2000.

This project published the following materials in 2000:

• Guide for the Diagnosis, Referral and Treatment of Domestic Violence in the Context of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (English)

• Yellow Pages for Drug Abuse Prevention n the Caribbean OAS Member States (English)

• Regional Manual on Participatory Education for Drug Abuse Prevention for Community Leaders (English)

• Regional Manual on Participatory Education for Drug Abuse Prevention (Dutch)