United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

UNODC has a project office in Romania under the coordination and supervision of the Regional Programme Office based in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Current projects

“Strengthening the Criminal Justice Response to Trafficking in Persons in the Black Sea region”

Budget (US$)	285,000
Duration	1 year (2007-2008)
Funding shortfall (US$)	-

                       
                       
A UNODC assessment identified certain weaknesses of the criminal justice response to human trafficking in the Member States of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). Consultations on this matter with the Permanent International Secretariat of BSEC resulted in a common understanding that a Regional Project, which aims at fostering bilateral and multi-lateral cooperation between the BSEC countries, facilitating the transfer of expertise and best practices among the BSEC countries, and providing guidance for further action with a view to strengthening the criminal justice response to human trafficking in Black Sea region on a national level, and among the BSEC states on a regional level, would be timely and contribute to strengthening the criminal justice response to human trafficking in Black Sea region.

 “HIV/AIDS prevention and care among injecting drug users and in prison settings in Romania”

                                           

Budget (US$)	3,000,200
Duration	4 years (2006-2010)
Funding shortfall (US$)	-

The project aims to increase coverage of comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention and care services among injecting drug users and in selected prison settings in Romania by rapidly increasing access to services for injecting drug users and inmates, ensuring sustainability of HIV/AIDS prevention and care services for these communities and by generating and sharing strategic information to keep the programme on track and to respond appropriately to the rapidly evolving HIV/AIDS epidemics among injecting drug users and in prison settings in Romania. The project will follow a three-pronged strategy, consisting of a mix of capacity building and direct financial and technical assistance for service delivery, advocacy and coordination among different players, including relevant UNAIDS cosponsors, for the achievement of its objective.