A working meeting was held in Almaty on 21-22 August 2019 to debate on the Concept on CARICC Methodology for Drug Situation Assessment in Member States at the initiative of the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre for Combating Illicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and their Precursors, financially supported by the Russian Federation and the UNODC Regional Programme for Afghanistan and Neighbouring Countries.

The event gathered heads of information and analytical units of national coordinating authorities and leading specialists in narcology of national drug treatment centers of CARICC Member States, Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan, with experts from SCO RATS and UNODC.The meeting focused on drug situation in CARICC member states and countries present at the meeting.

The experts were shown a draft analysis of drug situation in CARICC member states for 2016-2018, prepared by the CARICC in accordance with adopted reporting forms devised under the Concept on the CARICC Methodology for Drug Situation Assessment.

Recommendations were adopted during discussion to supplement draft analysis with more precise data and to elaborate new forms of cooperation working on the Concept.

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