On 10-11 November  2023, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), jointly with the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), the United Nations Resident Coordinator Office in Turkmenistan (UN RCO), the Regional Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Central Asia (OHCHR) and US Agency of International Development (USAID) “Safe Migration in Central Asia” program with the support of the Government of Turkmenistan organized the 1st Turkmenistan Ashgabat Model United Nations...

The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia in collaboration with Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, UNODC HQ held a Regional Training of Trainers (ToT) on Course 20 – “Populations with Special Clinical Needs” which took place in person in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 17-22 July 2023. This course is a part of the Advanced Level of the Universal Treatment Curriculum for Substance Use Disorders (UTC training package).

The seventeen (17) members of the national team of trainers from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan attended the training delivered by the team of UTC Global Master Trainers.

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The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia (ROCA) together with the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section (PTRS) organized a study tour for high-level representatives, including senior officials, policymakers and substance use disorders clinicians, from the Republic of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyz Republic to London, United Kingdom from 24 to 27 April 2023.

The main purpose of the visit was to learn and witness best practices in the areas of clinical governance, quality, and performance management of drug use disorder treatment services. The visiting...

The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia (ROCA) conducted a series of national trainings on "Quality Assurance (QA) of Drug Use Disorder Treatment Systems", which took place from 27 to 28 February 2023 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 2 to 3 March 2023 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan,  and from 9 to 10 March 2023 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The main objective of these three (3) trainings was to increase the capacity of key national stakeholders to develop national quality assurance system standards in line with the UNODC-WHO International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders. In addition, an...

The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia (ROCA) conducted a series of National Trainings “UNODC Drug Use Disorder Treatment Systems Quality Assurance (QA)” which took place 27 to 28 February 2023 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 2 to 3 March 2023 in Dushanbe Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and from 9 to 10 March 2023 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The main goal of these three (3)  trainings was to increase the capacity of key national stakeholders on the development of the national quality assurance system standards, in line with the UNODC-WHO International Standards for Treatment of Drug Use Disorders. In...