Fast Facts About ATCPDE

OBJECTIVES

In order to accelerate world-wide efforts in drug abuse prevention and control, the Center has the following objectives:

• Formulate, coordinate, and implement long-range planning of activities on preventive drug education for schools and communities in ASEAN member countries
• Assist in the organization and development of an effective and comprehensive drug education program which are school and community-based
• Conduct continuing research and evaluation in assessing training programs, approaches and content, instructional materials, etc.
• Conduct trainings, seminars, workshops, conferences, scientific lectures in preventive drug education for specific target groups like educators, program managers, curriculum designers, media practitioners, law enforcers, and community-based leaders, among others
• Develop, validate, and produce instructional materials and evaluation instruments for drug abuse prevention education programs

FUNCTIONS

To acieve its stared objectives, the Center has continuously undertaken the following functions:

• Training and Staff Development
• Development and Production of Instructional Materials
• Research and Evaluation
• Technical Assistance
• Special Projects and Activities

LINKAGES OF THE CENTER

The Center is working closely with various agencies both in the local and international levels. It acknowledges suport from the following agencies:

1. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) thorugh the Office of ASEAN Affairs. This provides continuous link between the Foreign Ministries of ASEAN Member Countries and the Center through the DDB as an implementing body of the government.
2. Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB). The Board provides the leadership, financial, and technical assistance in program development and implementation.
3. Department of Education, Culture, and Sports (DECS). This office provides endorsement on the framework of the National Drug Education Program (NDEP) as the Center's program.
4. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). This agency shares its expertise in program development.
5. Philippine Information Agency (PIA). This agency shares its expertise in the production and development of instructional, education, and communication materials.
6. Republic of Indonesia. This government supported the Center in the training of their officials in drug abuse prevention, information, education, and counseling.
7. United States of America (USA). This government extended support in curriculum development workshops.
8. Government of Canada through the Canadian International Development Agency. It supported the ASEAN Study-Observation Program.
9. Colombo Plan Bureau Drug Advisory Program. It supported the Center during the workshop on the Development of a Manual for Drug Abuse Prevention Program.
10. Commission on the European Communities, now European Union. It provided technical and financial support on the three-year project on the Development and Validation of Evaluation Instruments for Drug Abuse Prevention Education (DAPE) Programs.
11. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). It supported the Center in the research on Evaluation Study on Preventive Drug Education Programs in the Asian region.
12. International Center for Drug Abuse Prevention in Schools (ICDAPS) made possible the conduct of the research in the Asian region.
13. Metrobank Foundation. This foundation supported the development and validation of training modules for parents, teachers, guidance counselors, and health workers - the Philippine centennial project of the ATCPDE.
14. Inter-Agency Committee (IAC). This is a conglomeration of government offices (Gos) and non-government offices (NGOs) working in collaboration with the Dangerous Drugs Board. This is an advisory body of the Preventive Education Training and Information Division (PETID) of the DDB. It is composed of 85 agencies metro-wide aimed at drug abuse prevention and control.