Global Partnership on Alternative Development
Cognizant of the need to increase the scope and reach of the development assistance reaching the areas and populations affected by illicit drug crop cultivation, in late 2007, UNODC launched the project 'Global Partnership on Alternative Development.' The objective is to strengthen the capacities of relevant line ministries and key national and international development actors to mainstream alternative development objectives into broader development plans and programmes. The project will achieve this objective through specially designed training, networking, and activities in support of institutional coordination and resource mobilization. In the first year, the project will operate in Southeast Asia (Lao People's Democratic Republic and Myanmar). It is envisaged that activities will be extended to Latin America in the project's second phase.