Regional Coordinating Center of the International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction (ICUDDR)

International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction Regional Coordinating Center

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Status

Active

Start

2016

Implementation

Social Networks

Twitter: @CICAD_OEA

In May 2019, CICAD and the International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction (ICUDDR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to increase their cooperation and technical assistance in the field. The ICUDDR named CICAD as its Regional Coordinating Center for drug demand reduction activities in universities and other educational institutions in OAS member states in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Memorandum will lead to greater coordination of research, training, and international cooperation in drug demand reduction in the region.

CICAD’s Demand Reduction Unit has been working since 2016 to create a network of universities in OAS member states to facilitate collaboration and communication between CICAD and universities and other educational institutions in the Western Hemisphere.

Objectives

Facilitate collaboration and communication between CICAD and Western Hemisphere universities and other educational institutions to conduct coordinated research, training and international cooperation activities in the field of drug demand reduction.
Promote cooperation and technical assistance in the areas of research, training, and international cooperation on drug demand reduction among universities in the Western Hemisphere, including the dissemination of evidence-based practices in the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders.
Promote science-based education in OAS member states, and develop interdisciplinary courses in substance abuse prevention, treatment and recovery.
Disseminate from the academic field, evidence-based practices in the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders.

Activities

Definition of strategic lines of research on drug demand reduction for the region, in coordination with the universities that are part of the Consortium.
Development of an exchange program for students, teachers and specialists among the universities that are part of the Consortium.
Development by the universities of projects designed to address drug use problems among different populations, using an interdisciplinary community approach.
Training of university teaching staff based on the Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) and the Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC).
Providing advisory services and curriculum guidelines for the formal adoption of academic content and training programs in drug demand reduction.
Linking training programs in drug demand reduction with specific problems in each country, and promoting the development of community-based activities as part of the universities’ social outreach activities.

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Results

Hemispheric network of 66 universities from 17 member states, with active membership in the International Consortium of Universities

Active and sustained participation of the universities in global and regional drug demand reduction activities

Recognition by the universities of the importance of including the topic of drug demand reduction in their social and health sciences courses

Increased number of new courses and undergraduate and graduate degrees in the field of drug demand reduction

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