Transcript UNODC Regional Programme for South Eastern Europe United

Standing open-ended intergovernmental working group
on improving the governance and financial situation of UNODC
Update on the Regional Programme for
South Eastern Europe
Monday, 7 September 2015
UNODC Regional Programme for South Eastern Europe
Strategic framework for UNODC work in the region
• Support EU accession requirements
Key principles:
• Inter-regional drug control approach (“Balkan route”)
• Impact orientation based on operational & practical results
• Strategy, integration & non-duplication
• Coordination, communications & cost-efficiency
Structure:
• S-P 1: Drug Trafficking & TOC
• S-P 2: Justice & Corruption
• S-P 3: Drug Demand Reduction
Results of work in 2014 (1)
Outcome 1.1 – Container Control Programme
Bosnia-Herzegovina joined CCP; capacity building in 3
ports; exchanges beyond the region; Albania seizures
increased to 5.6 t marijuana, 22.7 kg heroin, counterfeit
goods worth Euro 200,000
Outcome 1.2 – Anti-trafficking / inter-regional
Comprehensive regional report on drug trafficking; Inter-Regional Drug
Control Approach; Paris Pact Initiative; cooperation with Turkey
Outcome 1.3 – Anti-money laundering
Report on impact of illicit financial flows; capacity building
Outcome 1.4 – Anti-human trafficking / smuggling of migrants
Capacity building, including criminal justice response to trafficking in
children; analysis of trends; national strategy and helpline for victims of
human trafficking in Albania
Results of work in 2014 (2)
Outcome 2.1 – Anti-corruption
UNCAC Review Mechanism; women anti-corruption efforts in Albania;
capacity building in Kosovo under UNSCR 1244; finalization of studies on
bribery in the region
Outcome 2.2, 2.4 – Criminal justice / prison reform
Regional capacity building on treatment of women prisoners; assessment
on prison-based rehabilitation programmes in Albania
Outcome 2.3 – Terrorism prevention
Regional capacity building, including with emphasis on arms controls and
UNSCR 1540 (CBRN)
Results of work in 2014 (3)
Outcome 3.1 – Prevention of drug use
Capacity building activities at national and
regional levels, including for families/children and
policy makers; cooperation with Lions Club Intl
reaching to 21 schools and 1,300 students in
Serbia
Outcome 3.2 – Treatment and care of drug use
In Albania: support to Government - CSO MOU, 1st National
Conference on drug treatment and care, report on homeless
children affected by drug use and guidelines; in Serbia: work with
NGOs
UNODC continued strategic positioning
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Expanded programme office in Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 Steering Committee meetings
1 high level donor briefing
4 newsletters
78 web-stories
2 UNDAF processes
Approval of concept of RP SEE (2016-2019)
UNODC Regional Programme for South Eastern Europe
United Nations
complementarity
impact
• UN treaties
- Conventions & instruments
UN-wide policy mechanisms
- UN System Task Force on
TOC & Drug Trafficking
- ‘One UN’ & UNDAFs
In-Depth Evaluation
(completed in May 2015)
European Union
• EU accession perspective
and Partnership in line with
acquis:
- Chapter 23 – Justice
- Chapter 24 – Organized Crime
- Chapter 28 – Public Health