1. CICAD/OAS Meeting of Caribbean National Observatories on Drugs Barbados June, 2005 On-line Continuing Education Program in Drug Addiction Studies for the Caribbean

2. CICAD/OAS Master On-line in Drug Abuse (Latin America- Spanish) www.unireddrogas.org

3. Demographic profile of the students Age distribution (5-year brackets) Ref: J. Alfaro. Master On-Line in Drug Abuse (Spanish)

4. Principal areas of study in the M.A. program  Integrated Prevention education  Treatment  Rehabilitation and Reintegration  Research  Evaluation

5. Phases of Development Phases1999200020012002200320042005200620072008 Proposal Building the Universities Network Cooperation Agreement Virtualizaion process begins to put the program online Drug Addicition Action Plan Teacher selection Training Vitualization process Establishing the “Compensation Fund” First Class 2002 - 2004 Second Class 2004-2006 Third Class 2006-2008 Ref: J. Alfaro. Master On-Line in Drug Abuse (Spanish)

6. Academic Background 1/2 Academic BackgroundMarch 2003 (%)February 2004 (%) Engineering3.0- Education4.07.0 Clinical Psychology13.016.0 General Psychology21.027.0 Law4.07.0 Social Work2.0- Medicine22.018.0 Psychiatry7.0 Pedagogy2.0- Psycho pedagogy4.0- Occupational therapy2.0- Sociology3.0- Ref: J. Alfaro. Master On-Line in Drug Abuse (Spanish)

7. Academic Background 2/2 Academic BackgroundMarch 2003 (%)February 2004 (%) Economics3.0- Science2.0- Drug Abuse studies6.0- Gerontology2.0- Toxicology-3.0 Bioanalysis-2.0 Philosophy-2.0 Theology-2.0 Care – Rehabilitation-2.0 Business Management-2.0 Industrial Chemistry-3.0 Accounting-2.0 Ref: J. Alfaro. Master On-Line in Drug Abuse (Spanish)

8. Time spent per week on the M.A. Program Number of hoursMarch 2003 (%)February 2004 (%) Less than 8 hours per week4.813.33 8 hours per week3.21.6 10 hours per week4.78.3 12 hours per week9.58.3 13 hours per week1.6- 14 hours per week7.510.0 15 hours per week4.78.3 16 hours per week-5.0 18 hours per week1.6 20 hours per week15.910.0 21 hours per week11.15.0 22 hours per week1.6 24 hours per week1.6 25 hours per week3.25.0 28 hours per week6.43.3 30 hours per week11.15.0 35 to 40 hours per week11.15.0 No response-6.7 Ref: J. Alfaro. Master On-Line in Drug Abuse (Spanish)

9. 8 Institutions 5 Countries 35 Teachers 70 Tutors + 200 Students from 19 Countries Certification and Recognition Accomplishments

10. Trust Financial Issues Leadership Business Plan Cultural Differences Human Resources Needs Obstacles Recognition/Institutional Diff.

11. Phases Training Needs Content Availability Connectivity and Environment Virtualization Recognition Procedures Teacher Training Registration Course Implementation Accreditation

12. CICAD/OAS STRATEGIC ALLIANCES INSTITUTIONALCONTENTSMETHODOLOGY MATERIALS PLATFORM COLL. ENVIRONMENT POLITICAL ACADEMIC MOUTIMING PROCEDURES FINANCIAL RECOGNITION ACREDITATION TRAINING EXISTING NEW NEEDS

13. Methodology Virtual University (Campus) Traditional Materials Radio Video TV Computer Assisted Learning CDs Videoconference Collaborative Environment

14. Partnership University Network Caribbean National Drug Councils Caricom Research Institutes World Bank (CKLN/UWI) NGOs Training Institutions Others…

15. Potential Target Audience Officers of the army, police, customs, prison service Hospital personnel Government officials Social Workers Health Sector Professionals (doctors, nurses…) NGO Directors and Staff Students Database Managers Certificates (modules) 1st Degree Master´s Degree

16. “Existing” Experiences… Undergraduate courses in Social Work Former Addiction Studies Program. UWI Training in Health and Environmental Health in the Caribbean Johns Hopkins Fellowships Security forces exchanges program UK CARIAD (Trinidad) REDTRAC (Jamaica)

17. Contact Person Needs Experiences

18. CICAD/OAS Antonio Lomba Consultant CICAD/OAS alomba@oas.org On-line Continuing Education Program in Drug Addiction Studies for the Caribbean