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Title:

ALERT UNODC Mexico — Access to Labs, Enforcement, Response and Trace

Agreement Number:

7466516 P014875001

Agreement Value:

$3,728,298.00

Agreement Date:

Mar 7, 2025 - Jan 31, 2029

Description:

This project aims to strengthen the capacity of Mexican authorities to control and monitor illicit substances, to detect and dismantle clandestine laboratories, and to better analyze, manage, and dispose of synthetic drugs and chemical precursors. Through such efforts, this project will help counter the production and flow of illicit substances, with a particular focus on synthetic drugs, to and through Mexico with the ultimate objective of enhancing regional safety and security. To be implemented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), this project will leverage relevant subject matter expertise to deliver training, equipment, and technical support to enhance Mexico’s capacity to counter the production and trafficking of synthetic drugs and increase relevant information sharing across the wider region. Project activities will include: (1) Delivery of on-site training on safe handling, disposal, and analysis of synthetic drugs and precursor chemicals; (2) Facilitate and convene discussions with key authorities involved in dismantling synthetic drug laboratories and handling chemical precursors; and (3) Development of a curricula meant for sharing lessons learned and best practices based on current collaborative work and gender responsive mechanisms.

Organization:

Global Affairs Canada

Expected Results:

Ultimate outcome:

• Increased health and security of populations affected by the production and trafficking of illicit synthetic drugs and their precursors in Mexico.

Intermediate outcomes:

• Enhanced quality of criminal evidence from the dismantling of clandestine laboratories by authorities in charge in Mexico to support prosecution of synthetic drugs cases.
• Enhanced technical skills and expertise in the handling, monitoring, disposal, analysis of synthetic drugs and precursor chemicals using a gender-based approach by operational staff and authorities in Mexico.
• Increased collaboration and communication by Mexican, Canadian, and US authorities on safe handling of synthetic drugs and precursor chemicals with a gender-responsive approach.

Immediate outcomes:

• Increased knowledge on the risks and impacts associated with the management of synthetic drugs and chemical precursors for Mexican authorities with a gender responsive approach.
• Increased knowledge for Mexican authorities to develop and implement technical and legal instruments.
• Increased knowledge of operational staff, with a focus on women, to address the safe handling, disposal, analysis of synthetic drugs and precursor chemicals.
• Enhanced access to technical tools for operational staff in Mexico.
• Improved knowledge among key Mexican, Canadian and US authorities to work on collaborative agreements and instruments with a gender responsive approach.
• Increased ability of Mexican authorities to identify and communicate synthetic drugs and precursor chemicals threats to Canada and the US.

Location:

Vienna, AT 1400

Reference Number:

064-2024-2025-Q4-00007

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

3200000000000

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Federal Riding Name:

Not Coded

Federal Riding Number:

Program:

Contrib Anti-Crime Capacity Building Pro

Program Purpose:

Contrib Prog renf cap lutte criminalité