The Peru International Technology Transfer Centre (ITTC) is an initiative funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), US Department of State, through the Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme. It forms part of the programmes of the International Consortium of Universities for Drug demand Reduction (ICUDDR).
Peru International Technology Transfer Center is hosted at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in collaboration with the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Peru ITTC is a convening body to develop capacity and networks in order to connect the different organizations as a system for substance use design, implementation and evaluation of preventive, treatment, and rehabilitation programs and policies.
The ITTC aims to:
- Strengthen capacities of researchers to generate evidence to support the design and evaluation of policies and programs in substance use prevention, detection, intervention, treatment and rehabilitation.
- Strengthen capacities of policy and program implementation professionals to use evidence for the design and evaluation of policies and programs in substance use prevention, detection, intervention, treatment and rehabilitation.
- Promote the generation of multisector teams to interconnect those who generate and those who use evidence, through sharing of information and resources, as well as participating in training and technical assistance activities.
- Disseminate state of the art evidence in substance use prevention, detection, intervention, treatment and rehabilitation policies and programs.