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Annual Report 2006

Regional Alcohol and Drug Program

The Program is responsible for training and workshops in the field of the prophylaxis and therapy of alcoholism and drug addiction for both addicts and their families in Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the countries of the South Caucasus. Starting in 2002, the program also runs seminars on the prevention of domestic abuse — one of the most widespread social pathologies in the countries of the region. In 2006, in the framework of regional cooperation, we continued training of penitentiary specialists working in the field of the therapy of addicts in penitentiary facilities (Atlantis program). Such programs already operate in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia, and several locations in Russia. The program is also being deployed in Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, and Bulgaria. Since 2005, we have developed cooperation with drug addiction specialists and the AA community in Siberia and the east of Russia. One of the results of the work is the center for the therapy of addictions Seven Roads Crossing Center in Angarsk. Thanks to our efforts, the beginnings of therapy programs cooperating with AA and Al-Anon were established in Irkutsk, Ulan Ude, Khabarovsk, Nakhodka, Vladivostok, and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. In 2006, we began to create a network of non-government organizations in the Russian Federation that are interested in the work for the protection of families. Funds received to help this initiative were channeled to support the creation of psychological hotlines, consultation desks for victims of abuse, sociotherapy centers for underprivileged children etc.

In November 2006 we organized the seminar in Warsaw Addiction, co-addiction, domestic violence for the media in the region. The meeting's program comprised lectures, discussions, workshops and panels aimed to familiarize journalists with the issue. Last year, we published two issues of the ArkA bulletin (in Russian and Bulgarian). Translations of Polish books on addiction were also published in Russian and Bulgarian, while the library of scripts in Russian was enlarged by three new titles. The publications are also distributed free of charge among the participants of our training.

Program was financed from a grant of the Open Society Institute.

Program cost

Projects' implementation: PLN 623 339,38

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