Project Portfolio of UNODC Regional Office for Eastern Africa 

Strengthening regional cooperation amongst the Eastern African law enforcement authorities to combat trafficking in human beings, XAFS53 

 
The immediate objective of the project is to have in place a strengthened regional cooperation framework to prevent and combat human trafficking in Eastern Africa. The project strategy is two-pronged with the key outputs of the project consisting of a regional strategy to prevent and combat trafficking in persons in Eastern Africa, and recommendations for harmonized national legislations that are in line with the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Trafficking Protocol. 

Moreover, Eastern Africa will participate in a UNODC expert group on the development of training material on human trafficking for law enforcement officers and the judiciary. Furthermore, EAPCCO Member States will participate in international conferences on trafficking in human beings and acquire enhanced knowledge of best practices in the prevention and combating of human trafficking, as well as an enhanced basis for improved regional and international cooperation on the prevention and combating of human trafficking. The project will be carried out in close consultation and collaboration with EAPCCO Member States and INTERPOL Sub-Regional Bureau and INTERPOL Lyon.

Measures to combat money laundering and financing of terrorism in three Eastern Africa states, XAFT23

 
The legislative frameworks to combat organized crime, money laundering and the financing of terrorism are weak in Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda leaving these countries vulnerable and attractive to criminals, tempted to use them as safe havens. The long-term objective of this project is to reduce incidences of terrorism, financing of terrorism, and money laundering in these countries. The immediate objective is to strengthen national capacities to more effectively and comprehensively prevent, investigate and prosecute terrorism, counter-terrorism financing and money laundering, including building up capacity and expertise in the area of asset forfeiture in Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania. The project strategy is two-pronged, namely: (i) to assist in the development of national counter-terrorism and anti-money-laundering legislation and regulations in line with international standards and norms, and (ii) to strengthen the capacity of the Governments of Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania to implement the said legislation on counter-terrorism under the broad framework of respect for civil liberties and human rights by training the judiciary, prosecutors and investigators in the application of the legislation. The strategy includes the establishment of control mechanisms to combat counter-terrorism financing and money laundering, as well as training of relevant government authorities and private banks on the implementation of the new legislations.

ONGOING NATIONAL PROJECTS

 
Prevention of drug use and HIV among drug users, IDUs and vulnerable populations in Kenya, KENI08

The immediate objective of the project is to enhance the capacity of government institutions and NGOs to prevent HIV/AIDS among injecting drug users and other vulnerable populations; and to reduce the HIV infection risk in these populations.

The main elements of the project strategy include: (i) The creation of a national network of drug and HIV/AIDS prevention and care-providers created, with a satellite system in each site; (ii) enhancing the technical skills of govt. and NGO staff to design and implement HIV/AIDS prevention programmes (including outreach) of HIV/AIDS among injecting drug users (IDUs) and other vulnerable populations, manage and run treatment and rehabilitation centres to, and provide care and referral for drug users and those HIV positive; and (iii) establishing outreach programmes to reduce HIV infection among IDUs and drug using sex workers and to provide care for them.

 
Strengthening counter-terrorism capacity for a safer Kenya, KENS70

 
This project constitutes the UNODC component of a joint UNDP/UNODC programme aimed at strengthening counter-terrorism in Kenya with the Kenya National Counter-terrorism Centre (NTCT), Office of the President, as the main government counterpart. The long-term objective of the project is to reduce incidences of terrorism, financing of terrorism, and money laundering in Kenya. The immediate objective is to strengthen national capacity to more effectively and comprehensively prevent, investigate and prosecute terrorism, counter-terrorism financing and money laundering in Kenya. 

The project strategy is two-pronged, namely (i) to assist in the development of national counter-terrorism and anti-money-laundering legislation and regulations in line with international standards and norms, and (ii) to strengthen Kenya's capacity to implement the said legislation on counter-terrorism under the broad framework of respect for civil liberties and human rights by training the judiciary, prosecutors and investigators in the application of the legislation. The strategy includes the establishment of a control mechanism to combat counter-terrorism financing and money laundering, i.e. of a Financial Reporting Centre (FRC) or Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), as well as training of relevant government authorities and private banks on the implementation of the new legislation.

 
Strengthening the interdiction and investigation techniques of the Ethiopian law enforcement drug trafficking, ETHI07

 
This project's immediate objective is to strengthen Ethiopia's capacity to tackle illicit drug trafficking particularly through Bole International Airport at Addis Ababa. However, the project is also expected to result in the strengthening of Ethiopia's capacity to combat other transnational organized crime making use of the airport. The main elements of the project strategy include: (i) strengthening the collaboration between key government entities at the airport, i.e. the Federal Police, the Ethiopian Customs Service and the Immigration authorities; (ii) upgrading the specialized skills of front line staff of the concerned entities; and (iii) providing the government with a computer-based training programme duly adapted to local language and cultural requirements for general and front-line law enforcement officers.

Strengthening the integrity and the capacity of the court system in Kenya, KENR80

 
This project will support and form part of the Kenya's Governance, Justice, Law and Order Sector (GJLOS) reform programme, which was launched by the Government in the framework of its Short-term Priorities Plan (STPP). This project applies lessons learned from other countries and is a replication of a project model successfully implemented in Nigeria. The project will conduct an assessment of performance needs and capacity of the Kenyan Judiciary and based thereon will offer technical assistance to selected courts in three provinces of the country, which will serve as a pilot. At the end of the pilot phase a National anti-corruption strategy will be developed.

 
This project aims at extending expert services in the field of drug use and HIV prevention to Governments in Africa, the African Union, regional organizations and institutions in Africa, in order to reduce negative consequences of drug use and related HIV and AIDS in these regions.

The current project revision and extension is justified given the impact it has created so far in terms of raising awareness at the African Union level to mainstream drug use and HIV prevention in larger health and development programmes and in several countries to address drug use and HIV and AIDS prevention and care comprehensively. The Programme of Action for Africa 2006-2010 "Crime and Drugs as Impediments to Security and Development in Africa " was developed in Abuja, Nigeria, in collaboration with 44 African Member States. Cluster IV "Drug use and HIV/AIDS" and the drug use and HIV/AIDS component under Cluster VI "Data collection, analysis, publication and dissemination" are particularly pertinent. It also takes into account the need to address HIV prevention among IDUs, people vulnerable to human trafficking and in prisons. The project is contributing to operationalize UNAIDS Division of Labour among UNAIDS sponsoring Agencies, namely to the key principles where UNODC is the Lead Agency, that is, prevention of HIV/AIDS among injecting drug users, people vulnerable to human trafficking and in prisons.

Strengthening the legal regime against terrorism, TCGLOR35FKE

  A comprehensive global legal regime against terrorism is a key component of an effective international counter-terrorism strategy. The universal legal instruments against terrorism (16 Conventions and Protocols) establish that global legal regime and provide the framework for international cooperation in countering terrorism within the ambit of the rule of law and international human rights principles. The full ratification of these instruments and implementation of their provisions is a crucial requirement for making the legal regime effective. Notwithstanding significant progress in this regard, their universal ratification is far from achieved and, even when this is reached, much work is still be required to achieve their effective practical application.   The Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB) of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is mandated to provide legal and related assistance to requesting countries to ratify and implement the universal legal instruments against terrorism. The Global Project on Strengthening the Legal Regime against Terrorism provides the overall framework for delivering such assistance to countries. It functions as an on-going 'rolling' project, with biennial budgets.

The overall project objective is to support Member States in achieving a functional universal legal regime against terrorism in accordance with the principles of the rule of law, especially by facilitating the ratification and implementation of the universal legal instruments against terrorism and enhancing the related capacity building of the national criminal justice systems.

Anti-Corruption Mentor Programme, TCGLOS48FKE

The project revision is meant to i) extend the duration of the project; ii) to increase the total budget as well as the number of mentors from two to four.

As the project achieved good results through partnership with government counterparts and international actors, government authorities are supporting the continuity of the programme. Moreover, donors expressed satisfaction with progress achieved to date and therefore pledged to give US$ 1,513,990 for this project. The total pledged amount exceeds the approved budget. Member States expressed interest in receiving technical assistance through this programme and two additional mentors will be placed in selected countries.

UNODC is currently negotiating the placement of mentors in Ethiopia, Pakistan or the Philippines. The two new mentors will carry out duties and responsibilities outlined in the original project document for the two first mentors (TOR attached), no amendment is introduced in the legal and operational framework of the project.

Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT), GLOS83

 
The Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT) aims to mobilize state and non-state actors to eradicate human trafficking by (i) reducing both the vulnerability of potential victims and the demand for exploitation in all its forms; (ii) ensuring adequate protection and support to those who do fall victim, and (iii) supporting the efficient prosecution of the criminals involved, while respecting the fundamental human rights of all persons.

In carrying out its mission UN.GIFT will increase the knowledge and awareness on human trafficking; promote effective rights-based responses; build and develop capacity of state and non-state actors; and foster partnerships for joint action against human trafficking."

The strategy will be to take stock, address specific knowledge gaps, develop policy tools, build coalitions, and a concerted plan of action to counter trafficking in persons, in so doing raising public awareness to support prevention efforts, as well as galvanizing a broad-based movement and commitment to solving the problem.  

 
UN.GIFT will include three phases: a preparatory phase, a global stocktaking and implementation phase. The preparatory phase will initiate a global data collection effort, the development of policy tools and a series of regional events designed to strengthen anti-trafficking networks and to generate coordinated initiatives in preparation of the first global stocktaking event, the "Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking" scheduled to be held in Vienna, from 13-15 February 2008. The Vienna Forum will bring together representatives of Member States, United Nations agencies and other international and regional organizations, and will be open to relevant non-governmental organizations, in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Economic and Social Council, business entities, academia, media representatives and individual experts.

During the Implementation phase the political commitment, global network, technical and financial resources built during the first two phases will be harnessed to drive forward a results-oriented agenda. The project is funded by the contribution from the UAE of $15 million.

  Drug abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention, GLOG32

The objective of this project is to identify and develop best practice, build capacity at regional and national level and gather data on the negative health and social consequences of drug abuse with specific reference to HIV/AIDS.

  Establishing a global network of youth programmes for drug abuse prevention , TDGLOC54FKE

  The proposed action builds on two UNODC projects: the Global Initiative on Primary Prevention of Substance Abuse ("Global Initiative") and the Global Youth Network. Under the Global Initiative, more than 50 governmental and non-governmental organizations from Belarus and the Russian Federation were provided with training and grants to develop and implement community-based drug abuse prevention project targeting youth between 2000 and 2004. In the meantime, UNODC had launched the Global Youth Network. The Network by now comprises more than 500 organizations in more than 100 countries. These are community-based organizations and youth groups working on drug abuse prevention with and for youth. Since the organizations involved with the Global Initiative were undertaking activities very much in line with the objectives of the Global Youth Network, they came naturally to be part of it. Although these organizations did not benefit from Global Youth Network training, as they had already benefited from the one of the Global Initiative, they did participate in the other main series of activities of the Network, namely to identify and disseminate good practices on drug abuse prevention.

 
By 2004, the main activities of the Global Youth Network had come to an end and it was decided that remaining funds would be utilized to support the creation of Regional Networks in selected regions. Thus the Eastern European Regional Network (including also NGOs from Moldova and Ukraine) was born together with the Networks for Eastern Africa, Mexico and Central America, South America, South Asia, and, East Asia and the Pacific. This revision proposes to build on this work by using the Eastern European Youth Network to scale-up young people initiatives in area of drug-use prevention and service provision to vulnerable young people (10-30 years old).

 
This revision is a direct result and extension of the pilot phase implemented under GLO/C54 which is described in all its details (including Annual Project Progress Reports) in PROFI.

  Licit drugs and precursor control in Eastern Africa, XAFU24

The long term objective of the project is to reduce the diversion of licit drugs and precursors to the illicit markets and to ensure the adequate availability of controlled drugs in Eastern Africa for medical and scientific purposes. The immediate objective is to strengthen the capacity of authorities to identify and detect precursor chemicals and prevent their diversion in Eastern Africa.

The project aims to sustain and further develop and strengthen networks in Eastern Africa on both licit and precursor chemical control across the private and public sectors in addition to further strengthening and harmonising appropriate legislative frameworks.

 
Crime prevention and improved access to justice in selected urban centers in Eastern Africa (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Kampala, Uganda, and Kigali, Rwanda), XEAS88

 
UNODC's Crime and Development in Africa report indicates that rapid rates of urbanization coupled with high population density, cultural clashes and movements of population have a strong correlation with instability and high crime rates. A contributing factor to high crime and insecurity are poor and under-resourced criminal justice systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. The rates of impunity are high, the high incidence of corruption and the mistrust of police and the criminal justice system deters many victims from reporting crimes thus the rule of law is not followed though. The impact of high crime and insecurity is felt at the individual, community and city level, with loss of opportunities and investments and depletion of social networks and human capital. The project is in response to ECOSOC Resolution 2005/22 - "Action to promote effective crime prevention" and in particular as regards the request for UNODC to "pay due attention to crime prevention, with a view to achieving a balanced approach between prevention and criminal justice responses."

The long term objective of the project is to reduce the level of urban crime in the three urban centres in Eastern Africa (Kigali, Rwanda, Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania and Kampala, Uganda) and to increase access to justice for the community, through capacity building of actors at national, local and community levels in the three countries. 

 
The project will enable the authorities in each pilot city to apply the United Nations guidelines for the prevention of crime as well as other UN Standards and Norms relating to the administration of justice. This project addresses this long-term objective with five immediate objectives: a) an assessment of the crime situation in the three selected cities; b) establishment of urban security policies and structures; c) establishment of crime prevention centres; d) improvement of the capacity of relevant stakeholders to combat crime; and e) support community based organisations.

Container Control in East Africa, XEAU35

 
The establishment of Joint Port Control Units in the ports of Mombassa, Dar Es Salaam, Zanzibar and the Uganda Dry Port will assist the Governments of Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and Uganda to establish effective container controls. The officials of the inter-agency units will be trained to improve the law enforcement capacity in the ports. The training will be delivered in three phases with one theoretical training workshop, one practical training workshop and eventually the Works Study Tour to a port with proven expertise in profiling of containers and modern working methods.

The project will be developed and implemented in line with the experience and lessons learned in the global UNODC-WCO Container Control Programme. The project will also build on experiences and lessons learned from the project "Development of drug control capacities in the seaports of Eastern and Southern African" (RAFH33), complement and add value to the work already conducted in the selected ports.   

Assist the Burundian Authorities in Establishing a Juvenile Justice System in Accordance with International Standards, BDIS89

The project aims at assisting the Burundian authorities in establishing a prevention and treatment system for children in conflict with the law, which is adapted to the national needs and resources and in accordance with international standards. In general terms, the project seeks to contribute to the efforts by national judicial and social actors' elaboration of long-term national strategies and policies regarding Criminal Justice Reform that are adapted to the context of Burundi. More specifically, the strategy of the project will constitute a part of the national effort to establish a juvenile justice system. The project will be executed within the framework of the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB) - Justice and Human Rights Section - Justice Group.

Improving the Management and Conditions of Prisons in Burundi and Development of Alternatives to Incarceration, BDIT02

The current project is the result of an assessment mission carried out at the request of UNDP and ONUB in the areas of juvenile justice and penal reform. Project idea BDIS89 on juvenile justice reform was approved by the ED on 7 May 2007. This project aims at assisting the Burundian authorities in addressing medium and long-term needs of their penal system through management reform and development of alternatives to imprisonment. The objectives are:

1.      To set-up a paralegal programme for legal aid in prison and police detention;

2.      To set-up an appropriate national prison data and file management system;

3.      To assist in providing capacity-building for prison managers and staff (including guards currently part of the national police);

4.      To assist in the design and implementation of a national penal reform strategy, including implementation of new provisions of Penal Code re. alternatives and with special focus on vulnerable groups such as women; women with children; and HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment and support in prison settings.

It will be implemented by the Bureau Intégré des Nations Unies au Burundi (BINUB).

 
Prevention of HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users in Mauritius, MUSJ44

 
The aim of the project is to reduce HIV transmission among injecting drug users in Mauritius as well as increasing their access to drug and HIV/AIDS treatment. This will be achieved by working directly with the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Social Security, prisons and selected NGOs. The outreach programme that includes the creation of a national network of HIV/AIDS prevention and care providers for injecting drug users as well as training of Government staff and NGO staff, will run in six high-risk communities. Moreover, prison authorities will be assisted to develop national policies and programmes for HIV prevention and care in the prisons.

 
Prevention and Care of HIV/AIDS for Injecting Drug Users in Prison Settings in the United Republic of Tanzania, TZAJ45

 
This project is part of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tubercolosis and Malaria, Round 7. The aim of the project is to reduce HIV/AIDS among drug users and prison inmates in the United Republic of Tanzania. Moreover, the objective is to enhance the capacity of government institutions and NGOs to prevent HIV/AIDS among drug users and prison inmates, and to increase their access to HIV/AIDS treatment. This will be achieved by working directly with the concerned Ministries, prisons and selected NGOs. The outreach programme that includes the creation of a national network of drug abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention and care providers as well as training of Government staff and NGO staff, will run both on mainland Tanzania and on Zanzibar. Moreover, prison authorities will be assisted to develop national policies and programmes for HIV prevention and care in the prisons.

  Drug demand reduction programme for Ethiopia, ETHE84

The main objective of this project is to develop and implement a drug abuse prevention education programme which will increase the awareness of in-and-out of school youth by raising the level of awareness of the groups at risk i.e. the youth and young adults. This objective will be achieved by educating the youth and also the Ethiopian population at large, on the dangers of drug abuse.

 
Integration of drug abuse prevention in Kenya Scouts Association (KSA) Reproductive Health Outreach Project for Adolescents and Youth, KENE04

Demand reduction programme for Mauritius, MARG56