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Based on the decisions and recommendations of the 17th Special Session of the General Assembly (1996), the World Ministerial Summit to Reduce the Demand for Drugs (1996) and the guidance provided in the Code of practice, the ILO and UNDCP have been involved in several projects to adapt and implement model programmes for drug and alcohol prevention at the national and enterprise levels.
With the assistance provided, enterprises worldwide have been developing prevention and assistance programmes for their workforces. In general, the enterprises involved have made a striking shift towards primary prevention. In many cases, these projects have been successful in setting up associations of resource managers against drug abuse (ARMADAs).
One of the ILO/UNDCP projects focused on 36 companies in Hungary, Latvia, Romania, the Russian Federation, Slovenia and the Ukraine. These countries recognized that the problem of drug and alcohol abuse is increasing in importance, particularly in view of the opportunities arising out of the transition to a market economy and the added stress with which the workforce as a whole has to contend. In each country, assistance was provided to set up tripartite advisory boards and national teams for project implementation. The establishment of ARMADAs, along with the integration of prevention elements into human resources development and occupational safety and health programmes, were designed to ensure that substance abuse prevention initiatives were sustained long after the projects were completed.
The projects have provided an important stimulus for action at the national level, particularly through the close involvement of representatives of the governments and national employers' and workers' representatives. The projects also appear to have had a significant impact at the enterprise level. For example, several of the enterprises involved in the Ukraine reported that, instead of their previous reliance on disciplinary measures, they now understand that primary prevention is both more effective and less costly.
For more details on projects in specific countries, see the information provided on the model programmes in India, Malaysia and Slovenia.
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