As the UN development agency with extensive trans-sectoral responsibilities, UNDP is focusing on youth programmes in many different dimensions of its work. The Human Development Report, both global and national, has addressed educational, health and employment issues facing young people. Programme focus at the country level is concentrated on national priorities, but often is targeted at youth, particularly those living in poverty. One example is the Programme on Prevention of Substance Abuse in South Africa. The Programme is part of a broader initiative, the Global Initiative on Primary Prevention of Substance Abuse. This initiative seeks to develop and test a model for the prevention of substance abuse and related health and social problems among young people in a range of different geographic sites. Each site represents a project in its own right but is linked to the common aims and objectives of the broader initiative.

Contact:

Ms. Anjimile Mtila Doka
Senior Advisor, SEPED/BDP
Social Development and Poverty
Elimination Division
United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)
1 UN Plaza, Room DC1-2050
New York, NY 10017, U.S.A.

Tel.: (212) 906-6023Fax: (212) 906-5313

E-mail: anjimile.doka@undp.org