UNODC's Children's Program, GLOK42, was developed to promote a worldwide coordinated response to children and adolescents at risk of using drugs, and youth affected by drug use dependence.
The Program goals include:
The Program's main strategies are:
Countries reached by the Children's Program:
The project is based on a foundation of policy statements in support of children:
Through UNGA RES S-20/3, UNODC has been mandated by the UNGA to identify and disseminate the best practices/strategies in all areas of demand reduction, including drug abuse prevention, and to support capacity building and strategy development in these areas.
Why is the Program useful?
The focus is on science-driven public health approaches in drug control as the springboard for existing good practices. Meeting the needs of children presents a challenge due to the limited availability of specific research on the effectiveness of psychosocial and pharmacological interventions.
Social constructs such as denial, stigma and ideological considerations are barriers to provide interventions that target children and adolescents.
The Children's Program provides technical assistance to national and local authorities working to address the needs of children and young adolescents within a planned system of integrated and mutually reinforcing activities.
To have a deeper understanding of the Program GLOK42, and moreover of the target beneficiaries, geographical areas of implementation, evidence, about the model and about the results obtained by the pilot programme, you can consult the document issued by the UNODC in March 2014: " Preventing Illicit Drug Use and Treating Drug Use Disorders for Children and Adolescents ".