The National Narcotics Board of the Republic of Indonesia (BNN) in collaboration with DAP continued to regularly hold series of Basic level UTC training in 2019 and 2020 in 33 provinces in Indonesia.

For the period July 2019 to June 2020, 23 training of UTC basic courses were conducted for BNN representatives in 23 provinces in Indonesia: six (6) training on courses 1 and 2; eight (8) training on course 4; six (6) training on course 8; and three (3) training on course 5. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, two (2) training on UTC 8 were conducted online as trainers led, and two (2) training on UTC 5 were conducted by hybrid (blended) method. A total of 575 people participated in the training series, consisting of representatives of SUDs treatment professionals from the Provincial BNN, health centres and prison officers.

Apart from being aimed at capacity building, this series of training was aimed at preparing the participants to take the national addiction counsellor competency examination.