Human Security and Drug Policy in Afghanistan Executive Programme
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2020-01-01 | - |
Program Overview
Program Overview
The "Human Security and Drug Policy in Afghanistan" Executive Programme was delivered in New Delhi, India, in January 2020. This program was part of a trilateral initiative involving the GDPO, the Afghan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU, Kabul, Afghanistan), and the TERI School of Advanced Studies (TERI-SAS, New Delhi, India).
Program Details
The program was delivered at the TERI-SAS campus and brought together nearly 30 Afghan women and men working in vital areas on drug policy. The Executive Programme faculty team included:
- Dave, academic director and overall project lead
- AREU Deputy Director Dr Nishank Motwani
- Dr Chandan Kumar (TERI-SAS)
- Dr David Mansfield (Private Consultant)
- Ross Eventon (University of Rosario, Colombia & GDPO research associate)
- Sai Lone (Myanmar Opium Farmers' Forum)
- Tripti Tandon (Lawyers Collective, New Delhi)
- Dr Ravindra Rao (National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, New Delhi)
- Dr Kasia Malinowska (Global Drug Policy Program, Open Society Foundations & The New School, USA)
Program Objectives
The program was framed deliberately as a knowledge exchange rather than a knowledge transfer initiative. This enabled participants and faculty to learn beyond their own specialisms, with Afghan colleagues keen to apply aspects of the course when they returned to their various roles in Kabul and beyond.