The Colombo Plan-Drug Advisory Program with Parahita Education Provider conducted training on Universal Treatment Curriculum for Substance Use Disorder (UTC) 6: Case Management for Addiction Professionals. The training was organized on online basis for Aceh, Indonesia, facilitated by the following trainers: Mr. Samuel Nugraha, (Indonesia) - Global Trainer.

Attended by 32 participants working in various fields related to SUD. The participants were professionals comprising of any officials from Government representatives and SUD treatment practitioners from Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) who have been and are still involved in substance use disorder (SUD) related services.

This basic UTC training provided the participants with the foundational knowledge and skills on SUD treatment. This Training was in line with the DAP’s initiative to train, professionalize and expand the treatment professionals. This would enable the developing countries to acquire the evidence-based practices and current knowledge in the field of SUD treatment and also adhere to global standards.

The training program aim to provide foundational knowledge and skills of case management in SUD treatment and skills practice in case management functions such as planning, linkage, monitoring, advocacy, consultation, and collaboration. The three-day training was conducted in Bahasa Indonesia, both explanation and the PowerPoint slides. The training methodology included trainer-led interactive presentations; large and small group exercise, role-play, small group presentation, reading assignments, learning assessment and all conducted online. The participants were very much engaged throughout the training. Finally, participants developed a practice integrated plan to be applied within their organizations.

Pelatihan Daring Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) 6: Manajemen Kasus Untuk Profesional Adiksi Untuk Wilayah Aceh

The Colombo Plan-Drug Advisory Program dan Parahita Education Provider menyelenggarakan pelatihan tentang Kurikulum Rawatan Universal untuk Gangguan Penggunaan Zat (UTC) 6: Manajemen Kasus untuk Profesional Kecanduan. Pelatihan ini diselenggarakan secara online untuk  wilayah Aceh, Indonesia. Difasilitasi oleh Samuel Nugraha, (Indonesia) yang juga merupakan Global Trainer.

Dihadiri oleh 32 peserta yang bekerja di berbagai bidang terkait Gangguan Penggunaan Zat. Pesertanya adalah para profesional dan praktisi pada institusi pemerintah maupun dari Lembaga Swadaya Masyarakat (LSM) yang telah dan masih terlibat dalam layanan terkait Gangguan Penggunaan Zat.

Pelatihan dasar UTC ini membekali para peserta dengan pengetahuan dan keterampilan dasar tentang rawatan Gangguan Pengggunaan Zat. Pelatihan ini sejalan dengan inisiatif DAP untuk melatih, meningkatkan profesionalitas dan memperbanyak profesional rawatan adiksi. Hal ini akan memungkinkan negara berkembang untuk memperoleh praktik berbasis bukti dan pengetahuan terkini di bidang rawatan Gangguan Penggunaan Zat dan juga mematuhi standar global.

Program pelatihan bertujuan untuk memberikan pengetahuan dasar dan keterampilan manajemen kasus dalam rawatan Ganggguan Pengggunaan Zat dan praktik keterampilan dalam fungsi manajemen kasus seperti perencanaan, hubungan, pemantauan, advokasi, konsultasi, dan kolaborasi. Pelatihan selama tiga hari dilakukan dalam Bahasa Indonesia, baik penjelasan maupun dengan slide PowerPoint. Metodologi pelatihan mencakup presentasi interaktif yang dipimpin oleh pelatih; latihan kelompok besar dan kecil, permainan peran, presentasi kelompok kecil, tugas membaca, penilaian pembelajaran dan semuanya dilakukan secara daring. Para peserta sangat terlibat selama pelatihan dan peserta dapat mengembangkan rencana praktik terpadu untuk diterapkan dalam organisasi mereka.

Echo Training Universal Treatment Curriculum for Addiction Professionals: UTC 6 and UTC 8 - Baddoka National Narcotic Board Rehabilitation Center, South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

The Echo training of UTC 6: Case Management for Addiction Professionals and UTC 8: Ethics for Addiction Professionals was initiated by KAPETA and Parahita Education Provider in collaboration with BNN Badokka South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The training to give participants knowledge and skills on Case Management and Ethics on Substance Use Disorder Treatment. Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, the training was held online using Zoom Meeting platform, hosted by KAPETA and Parahita Education Provider. The training facilitated by Mr. Erry Wijoyo, Mr. Christ Chicco, Mr. Ediwanda, Mr. Yushadi Mukhlis, starts from 6 October until 16 October 2020, by 08.00 AM and ended at 12.00 PM. The training involved 50 participants from Baddoka National Narcotic Board Rehabilitation Center, consists of counselors, doctors, nurses, psychologists.

Although the training delivered online, the participants show enthusiasm and active participation. Group discussion and role-plays were used in the training as learning-teaching techniques that helped participants to better understand the materials. Most of the participants are pleased and satisfied with the training.

Echo Training: Kurikulum Rawatan Universal Untuk Profesional Adiksi: Kurikulum 6 dan kurikulum 8 – Balai Rehabilitasi BNN Baddoka, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia.

Echo Training UTC 6: Manajemen Kasus untuk Profesional Adiksi dan UTC 8: Etika untuk Profesional Adiksi, diprakarsai oleh KAPETA dan Penyedia Pendidikan Parahita bekerja sama dengan BNN Badokka Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia. Pelatihan ini untuk memberikan pengetahuan dan keterampilan kepada peserta tentang Manajemen Kasus dan Etika dalam rawatan Gangguan Pengggunaan Zat. Sehubungan dengan Pandemi COVID-19, maka pelatihan diadakan secara online menggunakan platform Zoom Meeting yang dipandu oleh KAPETA dan Parahita Education Provider. Pelatihan ini difasilitasi oleh Erry Wijoyo, Christ Chicco, Ediwanda dan Yushadi Mukhlis, dimulai dari 6 Oktober hingga 16 Oktober 2020, pukul 08.00 WIB dan berakhir pukul 12.00 WIB. Pelatihan ini melibatkan 50 peserta dari Pusat Rehabilitasi Badan Narkotika Nasional Baddoka, terdiri dari konselor, dokter, perawat, psikolog.

Meskipun pelatihan disampaikan secara online, namun peserta menunjukkan antusiasme dan partisipasi aktif. Diskusi kelompok dan permainan peran digunakan dalam pelatihan sebagai teknik belajar mengajar yang membantu peserta untuk lebih memahami materi. Sebagian besar peserta senang dan puas dengan pelatihan ini.

Yayasan Abhipraya (Abhipraya Foundation) sebagai organisasi nonprofit yang bergerak di bidang pencegahan dan penanganan adiksi Napza di Indonesia bermaksud menjawab kebutuhan mengenai perubahan kebijakan dan tantangan bidang adiksi dan kesehatan mental di era pandemi dengan menyelenggarakan sebuah webinar kesehatan pada tanggal 5 Oktober 2020 dengan topik: Substance Use Disorder, Mental Health, and Covid 19 Pandemic: Changes and Challenges, dengan pembicara:

1. Dr. Danardi Sosrosumihardjo, SpKJ(K). Ketua Seksi Psikiatri Adiksi PDSKJI.                   Keynote Speech: Ethicomedicolegal in Substance Use Disorder Management.
2. Dr. dr. Diah Setia Utami, SpKJ, MARS. Ketua Umum PP PDSKJI. Topik: Trends of Substance Use and Mental Health Disorder during Covid 19 Pandemic in Indonesia.
3. Sivakumar Thurairajasingam, MBBS, MMedPsych. Associate Professor, Monash University, Malaysia. Topik: Substance Use and Mental Health Disorder Comorbidity: Management Challenges in the Pandemic Era.
4. Miriam Cue, Ph.D. Chairperson, Professional Regulatory Board of Psychology Professional Regulation Commission Philippines. Topik: Psychosocial intervention for Mental Health Comorbidity and Substance Use Disorder.

• Moderator: dr. Zulvia Oktanida Syarif, Sp.KJ. Anggota Pengurus Pusat PDSKJI.

Pandemi Covid 19 yang terjadi di berbagai negara di dunia telah menimbulkan dampak di berbagai aspek. Orang dengan gangguan penggunaan zat (substance use disorder) merupakan populasi yang rentan terhadap infeksi Covid 19 dikarenakan berbagai faktor terkait kondisi klinis, psikologis, dan psikososialnya. Tantangan di bidang sosial ekonomi juga ikut memperburuk situasi yang sebelumnya telah ada terkait strategi pencegahan dan penanggulangan gangguan penggunaan Napza.

Pandemi Covid 19 telah memengaruhi kondisi kesehatan mental di tengah masyarakat. Peningkatan angka kecemasan dan depresi menjadi perhatian khusus bagi para praktisi kesehatan mental. Berbagai penelitian telah menunjukkan bahwa kurang lebih 50% pengguna zat memiliki masalah dan atau gangguan mental. Sebaliknya, orang dengan gangguan mental sebanyak 50% memiliki masalah penggunaan zat. Komorbiditas gangguan penggunaan zat dengan penyakit lainnya seperti penyakit infeksi dan gangguan mental, menyebabkan kelompok pengguna zat semakin rentan terhadap infeksi Covid 19.

Pencegahan dan penanggulangan gangguan penggunaan zat melibatkan peran berbagai pihak dari berbagai latar belakang keilmuan. Praktisi kedokteran baik dokter spesialis maupun dokter umum yang memiliki minat di bidang adiksi serta praktisi kesehatan lainnya seperti psikolog, perawat, maupun praktisi adiksi lainnya seperti pekerja sosial dan konselor adiksi, perlu memiliki pengetahuan mengenai kebijakan serta tantangan yang dihadapi dalam pencegahan dan penanggulaan Napza di era pandemi Covid 19.

Webinar ini ditujukan untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan dan wawasan praktisi dan penggiat bidang adiksi Napza mengenai perubahan dan tantangan terkait pencegahan dan penanganan gangguan penggunaan zat di era pandemi Covid 19.

Abhipraya Foundation Organizes Webinars for Practitioners and Activists in the Field of Drug Addiction during the COVID 19 Pandemic.

The Abhipraya Foundation (Abhipraya Foundation) as a non-profit organization engaged in the prevention and management of drug addiction in Indonesia intends to answer the need for policy changes and challenges in the field of addiction and mental health in the pandemic era by holding a health webinar on 5 October 2020 with the topic: Substance Use Disorder, Mental Health, and COVID 19 Pandemic: Changes and Challenges, with speakers:

1. Dr. Danardi Sosrosumihardjo, SpKJ(K). Head of Addiction Psychiatry of  PDSKJI.            Keynote Speech: Ethicomedicolegal in Substance Use Disorder Management.
2. Dr. dr. Diah Setia Utami, SpKJ, MARS. Chairman of PDSKJI. Topic: Trends of Substance Use and Mental Health Disorder during the COVID 19 Pandemic in Indonesia.
3. Sivakumar Thurairajasingam, MBBS, MMedPsych. Associate Professor, Monash University, Malaysia. Topic: Substance Use and Mental Health Disorder Comorbidity: Management Challenges in the Pandemic Era.
4. Miriam Cue, Ph.D. Chairperson, Professional Regulatory Board of Psychology Professional Regulation Commission Philippines. Topic: Psychosocial intervention for Mental Health Comorbidity and Substance Use Disorder.

• Moderator: dr. Zulvia Oktanida Syarif, Sp.KJ. Central Executive Member of PDSKJI.

The COVID 19 pandemic that occurred in various countries in the world has had an impact in various aspects. People with substance use disorders are a population vulnerable to COVID 19 infection due to various factors related to their clinical, psychological, and psychosocial conditions. Challenges in the socio-economic field also exacerbate the existing situation regarding strategies for preventing and overcoming drug use disorders.

The COVID 19 pandemic has affected mental health conditions in society. Increasing rates of anxiety and depression are of particular concern to mental health practitioners. Various studies have shown that approximately 50% of substance users have mental problems and / or disorders. In contrast, 50% of people with mental disorders had substance use problems. The comorbidity of substance use disorders with other diseases such as infectious diseases and mental disorders has made substance users more vulnerable to COVID 19 infection.

The prevention and control of substance use disorders involve the roles of various parties from various scientific backgrounds. Medical practitioners, both specialist doctors and general practitioners who have an interest in the field of addiction as well as other health practitioners such as psychologists, nurses, and other addiction practitioners such as social workers and addiction counselors, need to have knowledge of policies and challenges faced in the prevention and control of drugs in this COVID 19 pandemic.

This webinar is intended to increase the knowledge and insight of practitioners and activists in the field of drug addiction regarding changes and challenges related to the prevention and handling of substance use disorders in the era of the COVID 19 pandemic.

Dalam rangkaian acara peringatan Hari Anti Narkotika Internasional (HANI) 2020, Loka Rehabilitasi BNN Batam mengadakan Webinar dengan tema Physical Distancing & Drugs Distancing yang diadakan pada tanggal 22 Juni 2020.

Webinar ini menghadirkan Narasumber Program Officer Drug Advisory Program (DAP) Colombo Plan, Erry Wijoyo, M.Psi.T yang membahas bagaimana mencegah penyalahgunaan Narkoba dalam tatanan hidup baru & Kepala Loka Rehabilitasi BNN Batam, dr. Danu Cahyono memaparkan rehabilitasi gratis yang disediakan oleh BNN bagi masyarakat dengan pendekatan yang telah disesuaikan dengan upaya pencegahan penyebaran dan penularan COVID-19, bertindak sebagai Moderator dalam Webinar ini, Meta Amelia Widya Saputri, S.Psi

Tahun ini Badan Narkotika Nasional Republik Indonesia mengangkat tema nasional yaitu  Hidup 100% Sadar, Sehat, Produktik & Bahagia tanpa penyelahgunaan Narkoba.

Sebanyak 519 peserta menyaksikan melalui Zoom Cloud Meeting & Youtube Live dengan registrasi Webinar sebanyak 1.221 pendaftar dari berbagai kalangan dan profesi.

Pada masa pandemi COVID-19 dan adanya physical distancing, Kapeta foundation secara rutin melakukan serial webinar mengenai topik-topik pemulihan dan pencegahan kekambuhan selama pandemi. Beberapa studi menunjukkan bahwa angka penggunaan NAPZA biasanya  meningkat dalam kondisi sulit atau pandemi. Biasanya karena situasi sulit yang mengakibatkan orang menggunakan NAPZA untuk mendapatkan kesenangan serta sulitnya akses terhadap pusat rehabilitasi atau terapi.

Serial webinar “Nongkrong Online Kapeta” ini dilakukan agar orang-orang dengan gangguan penggunaan zat dapat memiliki akses untuk mencari dukungan untuk mengelola pemulihannya. Keterbatasan untuk mengadakan pertemuan secara tatap muka, tidak menghalangi dan malah membuka kemungkinan baru untuk mengadakan edukasi secara online sehingga dapat diakses dimanapun oleh lebih banyak orang, apalagi wilayah Indonesia yang cukup luas dan terdiri dari kepulauan.

Kegiatan pertama kali dilakukan pada Kamis, 14 Mei 2020 dengan topik Pemulihan dan COVID-19 dengan fasilitator Rahadianto Purnomo, ICAP I dan Galuh Yoga Ustara, ICAP I. Kegiatan kedua dilakukan pada Rabu, 20 Mei 2020 dengan topik Manajemen Stres dengan fasilitator Yushadi Mukhlis, ICAP I dan Rahadianto Purnomo, ICAP I, kemudian kegiatan ketiga pada Kamis 2 Juni 2020 dengan topik Membangun Hubungan Yang Sehat, dengan fasilitator Galuh Yoga Ustara, ICAP I dan Yushadi Mukhlis, ICAP I.  Topik- topik tersebut disajikan dengan pendekatan yang santai dan menyenangkan serta materi-materi yang aplikatif sehingga dapat digunakan langsung oleh peserta webinar dalam kesehariannya. Para peserta yang mengikuti rata-rata sekitar 25 peserta yang terdiri dari orang dalam pemulihan Gangguan Penggunaan Zat, Konselor adiksi, staf rehabilitasi baik dari rehabilitasi sosial berbasis masyarakat maupun dari rehabilitasi milik pemerintah.

Kapeta Foundation akan terus aktif memanfaatkan pendekatan online terutama selama pandemi COVID-19 untuk menjangkau lebih banyak lagi orang-orang yang membutuhkan terutama di bidang Gangguan Penggunaan Zat.

“Nongkrong Online Kapeta” Webinar Series:  an attempt to provide services for                     Substance Use Disorders during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

During the COVID-19 pandemic and physical distancing, Kapeta Foundation routinely held a series of webinars on the topics of recovery and recurrence prevention during the pandemic. Some studies show that drug use rates usually increase under difficult conditions or pandemics. Usually due to difficult situations that cause people to use drugs to get pleasure and difficult access to rehabilitation or therapy centers.

“Nongkrong Online Kapeta” webinar series is conducted especially for people with substance use disorders who can have access to seek support to manage their recovery. The limitation to hold face-to-face meetings does not preclude and instead opens up new possibilities for online education so that it can be accessed anywhere by more people, especially Indonesia consist of an archipelago. 

The online session was carried out on Thursday, May 14, 2020, the topic is Recovery and COVID-19 with facilitators Rahadianto Purnomo, ICAP I and Galuh Yoga Ustara, ICAP I. The second session was carried out on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, on Stress Management with facilitator Yushadi Mukhlis, ICAP I and Rahadianto Purnomo, ICAP I, then the session on Thursday 2 June 2020 about Building Healthy Relationships, with Galuh Yoga Ustara facilitators, ICAP I and Yushadi Mukhlis, ICAP I. These topics were presented in a relaxed and pleasant approach and applicable materials for the participants, it can be used their daily lives. Participants who attended an average of about 25 participants consisted of recovering persons, addiction counselors, rehabilitation staff from community-based social rehabilitation, and from government rehabilitation centers.

Kapeta Foundation will continue to actively utilize the online approach, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic to reach even more people in need especially in the area of ​​Substance Use Disorders.

We invite you to register for this free webinar-based training course on Motivational Interviewing (MI). The three week long series is presented by Igor Koutsenok, MD, MS, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego, Department of Psychiatry.

Motivational Interviewing is an essential, client-centered, counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence. We are absolutely thrilled to bring you this skills-building opportunity presented by a recognized expert in the field of MI.

The course consists of four sessions to be held during June 2020 (see course descriptions and session dates below).

We highly encourage registration for all sessions.

Course Description

This is a training in evidence-based clinical methods of motivational interviewing (MI). After orientation to the underlying spirit and principles of MI, practical exercises will help participants to strengthen empathy skills, recognize and elicit change talk, and roll with resistance. Research evidence will be reviewed for the efficacy of MI and for the importance of building therapeutic relationships in clients’ outcomes. Integration of MI with other treatment modalities will be considered.     

Course Objectives

The goal is to provide knowledge and practical skill training for various practitioners on effective ways to enhance motivation of patients with substance use disorders that require significant behavioral changes to initiate and sustain positive and healthy behavioral choices. Skill building, and experiential training will be emphasized throughout the course by exercises to develop a therapeutic alliance with patients, assess patient needs, level of engagement in treatment process, structure treatment sessions, select appropriate interventions, and assist patient in maintaining motivation for a sustainable behavioral change.

Participants will learn the basic and advanced skills in motivational interviewing and strategies for engaging patients in collaborative relationship in treatment process and assist them in achieving sustainable positive behavioral changes. The course will:

1. Help participants to acquire a systemic perspective of motivational interviewing and other motivational enhancement strategies;
2. Build necessary clinical skills and attitudes to implement new strategies in working with ambivalent patients.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the course, every participant will be able to:

1. Describe all the aspects of the spirit of MI
2. Explain the differences between MI and other counselling strategies
3. Demonstrate the ability to respond to clients with reflective listening statements
4. Identify change talk within client speech
5. Generate open questions designed to elicit change talk
6. Generate MI-consistent responses to client resistant statements
7. Differentiate commitment language from other forms of change talk
8. Provide and empathetic summary statements collecting change talk

Course Content, Dates & Registration

Session 1: Thursday June 4th 2020

Motivational Interviewing: Basic Understanding

After orientation to the underlying spirit and principles of MI, practical exercises will help participants to strengthen empathy skills, recognize and elicit change talk, and roll with resistance. Research evidence will be reviewed for the efficacy of MI and for the importance of building a therapeutic relationship in clients’ outcomes. Integration of MI with other treatment modalities will be considered.  

Learning outcomes:

• Introduction: Motivation and behavioral change in addiction medicine
• Review of the concepts of Ambivalence, Stages of change, the righting reflex, limits of persuasion.
• Spirit of MI
• Expressing empathy
• Roadblocks to communication
• Four Processes in MI

Time: 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 5pm London

Duration: 1 hour

Webinar Recording 

Slide Deck

Session 2: Thursday June 11th 2020

Fundamental Skills in MI - OARS

This session will focus on Fundamental Skills in MI (OARS), providing practical exercises to help participants to strengthen empathy skills, recognize and elicit change talk, and roll with resistance. Participants will learn strategies for engaging patients in a collaborative relationship in the treatment process and assist them in achieving sustainable positive behavioral changes. Research evidence will be reviewed for the efficacy of MI and for the importance of building a therapeutic relationship in clients’ outcomes. Integration of MI with other treatment modalities will be considered.    

Learning outcomes:

• Open and closed ended questions
• Affirmations
• Summaries
• Rowing with OARS

Time: 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 5pm London

Duration: 1 hour

Webinar recording

Session 3: Thursday June 18th 2020

Fundamental Skills in MI Continued

This third session will continue to focus on MI fundamentals, with a focus on more advanced skills and the integration of MI with other strategies and treatment modalities. Research evidence will be reviewed for the efficacy of MI and for the importance of building therapeutic relationship in clients’ outcomes.       

Learning outcomes:

• Recognition and responding to change talk and sustain talk
• Forming reflections
• Levels of reflections
• Recognizing readiness
• Initial and intermediate planning
• Integration with other skills and strategies

Time: 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 5pm London

Duration: 1 hour

Webinar recording 

Session 4: Friday June 19th 2020

The fourth and final session will continue to build on MI Fundamentals covered in Session 3, increasing your knowledge of advanced MI skills.

Time: 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 5pm London

Duration: 1 hour

Webinar recording 

We look forward to you joining us for these virtual sessions! Please contact info [at] issup [dot] net if you have any questions.

About Professor Koutsenok

Dr. Igor Koutsenok is а Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego, Director of the Center for Addiction Research, Training and Application, Director of the SAMHSA PEPFAR International Addiction Technology Transfer Center-Ukraine, and a co-director of the SAMHSA PEPFAR South East Asia Addiction Technology Transfer Center. He is also a Vice-President of the International Consortium of Universities on Drug Demand Reduction.

In 1983 he graduated as a medical doctor from the National Medical University in Kiev, (Ukraine). In 1986, he completed his psychiatry residency training and received degree as psychiatrist from the Medical University in Sofia (Bulgaria). In 1993-1996 he received a degree in addiction psychiatry at the University of London, Department of Addictive Behavior and Psychological Medicine at St. Georges Hospital Medical School. In 1996, he was recruited by the University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and since then he serves as faculty member of the Department. In 2013-2016 he served as Chief of Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, United Nations Office in Vienna.

Over the last 25 years Dr. Koutsenok led the design and implementation of multiple training and technical assistance programs for mental health and addiction treatment practitioners, primary health care and social work practitioners, criminal justice professionals in the United States and around the world. He is also directing the UCSD Summer Clinical Institute - the second longest running Summer Institute in the United States (over 40 years). Dr. Koutsenok is also a member of the International Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). 

For many years, Dr. Koutsenok taught general and addiction psychiatry to medical students, psychiatry residents, psychology trainees, social workers, criminal justice professionals, and policy makers around the world. He is a recipient of numerous national and international awards. He has authored and co-authored over 50 scientific publications, one monograph, and contributed to 4 book. Dr. Koutsenok has been invited as a presenter and trainer to hundreds of conferences and workshops in the USA and more than 40 countries around the world. He is a proud father of three.

On January 6–8, 2020, Education Provider Parahita (Kasih Mulia Foundation) held a refresher training on the Universal Treatment Curriculum for Addiction Professionals at Wisma Samadi in Jakarta. The UTC is intended to enhance knowledge, skills, and competencies of addiction professionals, as well as promote evidence-based practice for the enhancement of service delivery and treatment outcomes. The training consisted of presentations, tutorials, group discussions, roleplays and case studies, to prepare 18 participants of addiction practitioners from across Indonesia and 1 participant from Brunei Darussalam in order to update their skills and knowledge on addiction curriculum. This is intended to prepare them to face the examination on Universal Treatment Curriculum for Addiction Professionals Certification. The examination was held the following day at Wisma Samadi, Jakarta on January 9, 2020, and consisted of 30 participants for the ICAP I examination and 1 participant for the ICAP II examination.

On January 20-24, 2020, the Institution for the Professional Certification of the National Narcotics Board (Lembaga Sertifikasi Profesi Badan Narkotika Nasional) held a training of assessors on professional certification of Indonesian Addiction Counselors at the Kartika Chandra Hotel, Jakarta. This assessors training is a program to prepare trainees to have competency as assessors according to the National Professional Certification Board (Badan Nasional Sertifikasi Profesi) standards. This activity was carried out to improve the quality of assessors to conduct competency tests, to guide and direct addiction counselors to meet the requirement in one or a group of competency units. The training was facilitated by experts from the National Professional Certification Board and National Narcotics Boards, and consisted of 24 participants that are practitioners from BNN, Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Health, as well as Government Institutions and Rehabilitation Institutions with a minimum of 5 years of experience.

Assessors have a very important role to determine the expected quality of competence of addiction counselors. Their roles include directing and guiding competency test participants (Assesses) in the competency test process and are also expected to function as facilitators who are able to encourage and guide participants to carry out the learning process independently (self-learning) in achieving required competencies.

The certification of competency for addiction counselors should improve the quality of service received by clients and families. This condition should increase the accountability of the administration of addiction counseling for institutions, rehabilitation workers and the community.

Based on the plan of the Informal Committee (Ad-Hoc Committee), the establishment of ISSUP INDONESIA will be inaugurated and launched in Jakarta in May 2020, after forming and establishing an Official Board of the organization according to the strategic programs and activities in the short, medium and long term in February 2020.