REQUEST TO REPROGRAM INL FUNDS

UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 000805 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS FOR INL/RM E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SNAR AFIN AMGT GY SUBJECT: REQUEST TO REPROGRAM INL FUNDS REF: STATE 176986 (2005) ¶1. (U) Post requests to reprogram INL Allotment No: 0107-05-01 ($100,000). ¶2. (SBU) Post was granted US$100,000, pursuant to INL Allotment No: 0107-05-01, in September 2005 to fund a proposed Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) project to create a vetted DEA unit in Guyana. As of this date, no funds from this allotment have been used. The vetted unit project is no longer viable due to the Government of Guyana's failure to identify an acceptable location for the unit and their lack of progress in addressing drug trafficking issues. ¶3. Post has identified drug demand reduction as a viable alternative use of the INL funding. Post seeks INL approval to reprogram Allotment No. 0107-05-01 to fund the Guyana Substance Abuse Demand Reduction project - a partnership between Catholic Relief Services Guyana, the Phoenix Recover Project, and Post. The goal of the project is to provide community based preventive initiatives in five targeted communities, strengthen the role of civil society in responding to substance abuse in Guyana, and increase access to treatment for vulnerable, underserved groups. THOMAS