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1 4 TH BIENNIAL MEETING OF CARIBBEAN NATIONAL OBSERVATORIES ON DRUGS SEPTEMBER 13 TO 16, 2011 Kapok Hotel Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Tuesday 13th, September 8: 00 am Registration 8:30 am Opening Ceremony: AGENDA Welcome Remarks Remarks Presentation Feature Address Vote of thanks Mr. Trevor Percival -Chairman of the NDC (Dr. Riyad Insanally, Representative, OAS Office Trinidad and Tobago) Release of report on a Comparative Analysis of Drug Use by students in 12 Caribbean Countries) Mr. Research Specialist CICAD Senator the Honourable John Sandy, Brigadier (Retired) Mrs. Cheryl St.Louis Felix - NDC 9: 00 am Introduction Introduction of Speakers and Facilitators. Review of Agenda and Objectives of Meeting Housekeeping info. 9:30 am Drugs and Crime: Thematic Overview Presentation on Grenada Prison Study Presentation on Guyana Juvenile Facility Study Presentation on Cayman Island Prison Study Marya Hynes Wendy Crawford-Daniel Magda Griffith-Wills Luisa McLaughlin

2 10:45 am Drugs and Crime cont d Panel by Local T&T Experts University of the West Indies Trinidad & Tobago Police Service Researcher /Ministry of National Security Dianne Williams Sergeant V. Gift Margaret St. George Presentation of program of research in prisons 12: 30 pm Lunch 2: 00 pm Workshop: How to Build a National Drug Observatory Introduction CICAD What is a National Drug Observatory and why do we need a National Drug Observatory? 3:00 pm The New Hemispheric Action Plan on Drugs: Implications for National Drug Observatories Francisco Cumsille 3:30 pm Coffee Break 3:45 pm Data Collection & Monitoring 4:30 pm Close

3 Wednesday 14th, September 8:30 am Workshop cont d: How to Build a National Drug Observatory Analysis and Interpretation Usefulness of Data: A real world example Reporting and Dissemination; Ensuring the Success of a national drug observatory CAPA 10:45 am CICAD Drug Information Network (DIN) Project Presentation: Elements of project and Project status report Presentation: Program of on-going assistance for DINs 11:45 am Presentation: The European information network on drugs and drug addiction (Reitox) 12:15 pm Presentation: The UNODC Global SMART Programme Juan Carlos Araneda 12:45 pm Lunch 2: 00 pm Treatment Center Admissions Data Introduction and Report from 2010 Port of Spain Workshop Piloting of treatment center instrument 3:30 pm Break 3:45 pm Certification Program for Treatment and Prevention Specialists; Brief Introduction to Project and the role of research. 4:30 pm Close

4 Thursday 15th, September 8: 30 am New Research Studies and Methods Barbados Primary School Study - Jonathan Yearwood Guyana: Victimization survey - Clement Henry Trinidad Study on women and crime - Margaret St. George Dominica DIN Report - Martha Jarvis Bermuda: Drug Use and Crime (Methodological Review) - Kyla Raynor CARICOM Cost Study - Abdullahi Abdulkadri CICAD Cost Study Updates - Marya Hynes Grenada: (Role of Universities in drug research; the Grenada experience.) - Cecilia Younger 10:45 am Country Reports and new information St. Kitts & Nevis: Drugs, Gangs, and Crime Canada: The Drug Situation in Canada Barbados: Risky Behaviour workplace study Cayman Islands: 2010 Student Drug Survey o Bermuda: 1) national drug survey & 2)AUDIT among pregnant women Jamaica: Adolescent Health Survey CICAD Report on the Americas 12: 45 pm Lunch 2:00 pm Drug Info Network for Lat. America & the C bean (DAILAC) CICAD 2:45 pm Drug Information Network (DIN) Indicators CICAD 3:15 pm 3:40 pm Coffee Break and Group Photo 4:00 pm Close 6:00 8:30pm Cocktail Reception (Hosted by the National Drug Council of Trinidad & Tobago)

5 Friday 16th, September 4:30 am First Bus departs for trip to Tobago. 9:30am 9:45am 10:45am 11:00am 11:30am Welcome - Director of Social Welfare Presentations by Tobago Representatives Coffee Break Final Review and discussion on the way forward Official Closing Trinidad & Tobago Official Ms. Desdra Bascombe Deputy Permanent Secretary- Ministry of National Security Remarks - CICAD Executive Secretary, Ambassador Paul E. Simons Presentation of Report to Secretary for Health and Social Services Address - Secretary for Health and Social Services Vote of Thanks - Administrator 11:45am Close Tour of Tobago Organized by the Tobago House of Assembly

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