The UNODC Database was established with the objective of enhancing coordination and strengthening the oversight and sustainability of all law enforcement training activities conducted in Europe, West and Central Asia. The Database is implemented within the Drugs Monitoring Platform, which is jointly managed by the Paris Pact Initiative and the Drugs Research Section of UNODC. The Database builds on the knowledge and capacity already developed to monitor data on drug seizures, dismantling of laboratories and arrests made in West and Central Asia in the context of Afghan Opiate Trade. The Database contributes to enhancing the regional cooperation, and the One UNODC concerted approach in interconnecting the sub-regions. Furthermore, the Database is in line with the principle of common and shared responsibility for addressing and countering the world drug problem and ensuring effective delivery of service.
The Database is a response to the following member states calls and existing mechanisms within UNODC in relation to law enforcement training:
- Responds to the 60th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs Resolution 60/9 adopted in March 2017 on ‘Enhancing the capacity of law enforcement, border control and other relevant agencies to counter illicit drug trafficking through training.’
- Supports the implementation of Paris Pact Initiative recommendations on strengthening cross-border cooperation and regional initiatives.
- Promotes coordination among training institutions in line with UNODC’s Networking the Networks and Networking the Training Institutions (LE TrainNet) initiatives.
- In line with the “Declaration on the cooperation between Japan, the Russian Federation and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to support counter narcotic efforts of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan,” signed in Vienna on 12 November 2018.
UNODC is currently implementing four main training projects with a classroom teaching approach, including practical on-site sessions, in West and Central Asia under the framework of the Regional Programme for Afghanistan and Neighboring Countries, the Programme for Central Asia and the Country Programme for Afghanistan:
- Trilateral Partnership between UNODC-Japan-Russia on Improving the Capacity of the National Police of Afghanistan and of Central Asian Countries to Tackle Drug Trafficking.
- UNODC-Russia Partnership on Counter-Narcotics Training for Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- NATO-UNODC Partnership for Counter Narcotics Training for Central Asian, Afghan and Pakistani law enforcement officers.
- Trilateral Partnership between UNODC-Japan-Russia on the Project for Counter Narcotics Canine (K9) unit in Afghanistan.
Please click on 'training database reference materials' for access to the training database background materials and other supporting documentation.