Our annual reports describe the objectives and outcomes achieved by our programmes and advocacy activities, our governing structure and processes, and our financial statements audited by a qualified independent public accountant.

1. Annual
Activity Report 2017

2. Who we Are - Dianova International
Dianova International is an NGO that coordinates a network of
organizations operating in 18 countries and 4 continents to
help vulnerable populations, and promotes social progress in
international organizations and forums addressing social
policies.
Dianova International contributes to the Sustainable
Development Goals established by the United Nations.

3. Mission - Developing initiatives and programmes with the
objective of promoting personal self-reliance and social progress
Vision - Dianova’s purpose is based on the conviction that, with
appropriate support, each person will be able to find within him/herself
the resources necessary to achieve success in his/her personal
development and social integration
Mission, Vision & Values
Values - Our ethical framework is grounded in the following values: commitment,
solidarity, tolerance and internationality.

4. 22 members
18 countries | 4 continents
International Network
8 ordinary members
8 associate members
6 affiliate members

5. The Members of Dianova International

6. Strategic Vision 2020
• Dianova is an international third sector network maintaining strategic alliances
that contribute to a more just and equitable social development.
• Dianova is a proactive social agent which develops innovative actions, promoting
organizational resilience as a deciding factor for development.
• Dianova develops diversified projects based on mutual trust with the public
and/or private sectors through it being a financially self-sustaining organization.
• Dianova is a reference for the organized civil society through its interventions
and advocacy actions with direct impact on public policies.

7. Strategic Guidelines
• Diversification: We develop projects through strategic alliances which guarantee
our autonomy and sustainability.
• Internationality: Our purpose is to be citizens of the world, acting as international
ambassadors of community networking.
• Proactivity: We take responsibility for making things happen.
• Adaptability: We provide effective responses to the challenges of a changing
environment, thus strengthening internal cohesion and organizational
development.

8. Affiliations, at 31 December, 2017
• Special Consultative Status to ECOSOC
• Registered as a civil society organization at OAS
• In consultative status with UNESCO
• Member of the European Civil Society Forum on
Drugs
• Member of the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs
• Member of WFTC (with seat in administrative
board)
• Member of EFTC and FLACT
• Member of RIOD
• Member of the NGO Committee on the Status
of Women (NGO CSW)
• Member of the NGO Committee on Migration
• Member of the NGO Committee on Mental
Health (member of executive board)
• Member of the NGO Major Group
• Member of the CoNGO
• Member of the NGO-UNESCO Liaison
Committee

9. Institutional Relations & Advocacy – Creating partnerships to
help raise the voice of civil society and promote:
• Addiction  Public health-based treatment approaches
• Implementation of inclusive, diversified health services, tailored to
each people’s needs
• Women’s empowerment and gender equality
• Development of action plans that promote social inclusion and reduce
the stigmatization of the most vulnerable populations
Areas of Activity

10. Support to the Dianova Network - Promoting a culture of
institutional development based on the exchange of knowledge
• Public relations activities that aim to publicize the work of the Dianova
Network
• The exchange of knowledge, skills and experiences among its members
• Training and technical support services for its members
• Consulting services in strategic and operational areas
Areas of Activity

11. Mobilization of Resources - Highlighting the values shared by the
public and private sectors to help create alliances that foster long-
term sustainability
• Requests for financial support from the public and private sectors
• Development of joint campaigns with private sector organizations
• Design of projects that contribute to the development of the Dianova
member organizations
• Creation of partnerships in different interest areas as part of the SDGs
• Participation in committees and NGO platforms promoting private-third
sector alliances
Areas of Activity

12. The Dianova Network
The Dianova Network is the name given to the set of Dianova
International member associations and foundations
The members of the Dianova network are committed to
developing initiatives and programmes dedicated to the
development of individuals, communities and organizations in
18 countries, and pay special attention to the most vulnerable
populations.

13. The action of the members of the Dianova network fits in with the
sustainable development objectives in three key interrelated areas:
• Education and training
• Physical and mental health and addiction prevention and treatment
• Social and humanitarian action
The Dianova Network’s Intervention Areas
 Transverse axis: gender equality, alliances
and cooperation

14. The Dianova network is fuelled by the interactions between its coordinating
entity, Dianova International, and its members. Cooperation between the
network’s ordinary members of the Dianova network is supported by the
Lisbon Convention
Dianova ordinary members are subject to common governance and
management practices grounded on:
• A clearly defined organizational structure and decision-making processes
• Practices developed in accordance with the values ​​of Dianova and using
proven and effective methods
• A balance between objectives and results
Operating Principles

15. SDGs Impacted by the Activities of the Dianova Network
Impact on SDGs

16. Impact by Intervention Areas
• Education and training: 3,373
• Physical/mental health, addiction prevention and treatment: 6,729
• Social and humanitarian action: 729
10,831 Direct Beneficiaries
+ 25,000 Indirect Beneficiaries
The network's activities contribute to several of SDGs and their specific
targets in three intervention areas.
Note: associate members’ results are not included

17. Intervention Areas

18. Impact on SDGs: Education & Training
Members working in this area:
• Dianova Chile
• Dianova Spain
• Dianova Italy
• Dianova Nicaragua
• Dianova Portugal
• Dianova Uruguay
• Drustvo Up (Slovenia)
• SPYM (India)
• AJEAH (Togo)
Main Activities:
• Sustainable lifestyles education programmes, human rights,
gender equality and culture of peace
• Formal and non-formal education programmes for children,
youth and adults
• Technical training programmes for socially vulnerable
populations
• School-based substance abuse prevention programmes
• Educational and therapeutic programmes for juveniles in
vulnerable situations
• Climate change awareness initiatives
3.373
beneficiaries

19. Impact on SDGs: Health & addiction
Members working in this
area:
• Dianova Canada
• Dianova Chile
• Dianova Spain
• Dianova Italy
• Dianova Portugal
• Dianova Uruguay
• Drustvo Up (Slovenia)
• SPYM (India)
• RIO (Norway)
Main Activities:
• Assessment, diagnostic and referral services
• Substance abuse prevention community programmes
• Specialized alcohol and drug treatment programmes
• Internet and computer addiction treatment programmes
and programmes for people with dual pathology
• Interventions in the field of AIDS and other pathologies
• Programmes for other mental health disorders
• Reintegration programmes
• Advocacy initiatives for drug law reforms
6,729
Beneficiaries
+ 161 families
Impact
Campaigns
+ 25,000

20. Impact on SDGs: Social & Humanitarian Action
Members working
in this area:
• Dianova Canada
• Dianova Spain
• Dianova Italy
• Dianova Portugal
• Dianova Sweden
• Slum Child Foundation (Kenya)
• SPYM (India)
Main Activities:
• Vocational reintegration programmes
• Social housing with community support for people who
are homeless or at risk of homelessness
• Reception and accommodation services for migrant
people and international protection
• Distribution of food and unused medicinal products
729
Beneficiaries

21. International Relations
Advocacy Activities in the Context of the SDGs
Areas
• Development of public health-based, person-centred addiction
prevention and treatment activities
• Defend the rights of drug users and former drug users
• Develop services adapted to the needs of people with dual pathology
• Promote gender equality and women’s empowerment
• Ensure that migrants’ and refugees’ basic rights be respected
• Promote the role of civil society in international organizations

22. AddictionandDrugPolicies
GenderMigration
MentalHealthThirdSector
Intervention Areas
Map of Institutional Relations

23. Participation in and Organization of Events
Dianova representatives organized and sponsored eight events in international
forums, attended 59 expert committees, conducted 12 oral and 22 written
contributions, and attended 26 notable events
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Organization and sponsorship of events
Oral contributions
Written contributions
Participation in events
Expert committees
2017 2016

24. Women’s Rights & Empowerment
Parallel Events at the CSW 61
• Sponsorship of a side event: Violence, crisis, Problems and
Noncommunicable Diseases: Impacts on the Health and Wellbeing of
Women and Children
• Sponsorship of a side event and oral intervention by Dianova Spain :
Empowerment through Education: Women's Participation in Decision-
making Processes and Economic Life
• Sponsorship of a side event and oral contribution: Combating
Xenophobia: The Social and Economic Contribution of Migrant Women

25. Women’s Rights & Empowerment
Parallel Events at the CSW 61 and other interventions
• CSW61 – sponsorship of a side event and oral contributions (Dianova
International and Dianova Spain) : Challenges and Opportunities for the
Economic Development of Migrant Women
• CSW61 – sponsorship of a side event: Innovations for Education,
Technology and Mental Health for Economic and Social Empowerment
• Signature of a Women's Major Group document issued at the Ministerial
Declaration of the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
• Report submitted to UNESCO - Women Make the News 2017

26. Addiction: Human Rights & Drug Policies
Participation in CND 60
• 60th Session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND
60) – 13-17 March
• CND60: parallel event: The Versatility of Therapeutic Communities
• Experience of the Triple R, Rehabilitation for Recovery and Reintegration
project
• Co-sponsoring of the #WeDoRecover exhibition, organized by the
Recovered Users Network (RUN)

27. Addiction: Human Rights & Drug Policies
Other participations - conferences, seminars, expert groups
• Participation in expert group: Civil Society Forum on Drugs
• April: Forum on rehabilitation of people with substance use disorders,
organized by RUN – Gothenburg, Sweden
• May: XIX Ibero-American Seminar on Drugs and Cooperation, organized by
the Ibero-American network of NGOs working on drugs and other
dependencies (RIOD), San José, Costa Rica
• June: Seminar on Women and Drugs: From Policies to Good Practice,
Rome, Italy
• October: think tank dedicated to the role of NGOs and civil society in the
addiction field, organized by ICAA, Porto, Portugal

28. Addiction: Human Rights & Drug Policies
Other participations - conferences, seminars, expert groups
• November: 27th IFNGO conference – intervention on the benefits of
quality-oriented treatment programmes (Macao, China)
• November: 16th Conference of the European Federation of Therapeutic
Communities (EFTC), Dublin, Ireland
• November: Meeting of the Board of Directors of the World Federation of
Therapeutic Communities (WFTC), Bangkok, Thailand

29. Mental Health, Migration, Role of Civil Society
Participation in NGO committees: migration and mental health
• October: oral contribution on the theme of social inclusion of migrants at a
meeting held by the NGO Committee on Migration, New York, USA
• Participation in 18 expert meetings of the NGO Committee on Migration and
its subcommittee on xenophobia
• May: organization of an event for the NGO Committee on Mental Health:
Childhood, Mental Health and Sustainable Development, New York

30. Mental Health, Migration, Role of Civil Society
Participation in NGO committees: civil society (examples)
• October: oral contribution on the theme of social inclusion of migrants at a meeting
held by the NGO Committee on Migration, New York, USA
• Signature of the official position paper of the NGO Major Group for the High Level
Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)
• Endorsement of a letter of the NGO Major Group to ECOSOC for a better inclusion of
civil society at the High Level Political Forum
• July, HLPF - oral contribution at the event: "Our Realities: for a Justice-based Approach
to the SDGs", New York, USA
• July, HLPF – oral contribution at the event: "Civil Society, Driving Change to Sustainable
Societies - Models for Strengthening Civil Society", New York, USA
• Participation in meetings of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relations with the
United Nations (CoNGO)

31. Campaigns & Communication

32. Addiction: Listen First
Objective: raising awareness among individuals to listen more to children and
youth as a first step to help them grow healthy and safe
Participants: Dianova in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Canada, Nicaragua, Chile, Uruguay, Sweden, USA,
Slum Child Foundation (Kenya), Ray of Hope (Pakistan), SPYM (India), Drustvo Up (Slovenia)

33. Promoting Mental Health in the Workplace
Objective: promoting good mental health in the workplace, for all
Participants: Dianova in Spain, Chile, Portugal, Uruguay, USA, CEPA (Romania), RIO (Norway), Slum Child
Foundation (Kenya), SPYM (India) Ray of Hope (Pakistan) Drustvo Up (Slovenia) and third party NGOs (see logos)

34. UNiTE to End Violence against Women
Objective: raising awareness about the abuse and violence experienced by
some 800 million women and girls worldwide
Participants: Dianova in Canada, Chile, Spain, Portugal, Nicaragua, Uruguay, USA, CEPA (Romania),
RIO (Norway), SPYM (India) Slum Child Foundation (Kenya), AJEAH (Togo)

35. Associate Members
Association of Engaged Youth for Humanitarian Action (AJEAH) – Togo
Opening Year 2007
Main Programmes
and Activities
- Promotion of local development
- Action against poverty and food insecurity in rural areas
- Promotion of human rights and democracy
- Promotion of exchanges between local communities
- Initiatives to increase awareness of environment protection
needs
- Initiatives to raise awareness among communities of the
need to address children’s sexual exploitation and HIV/AIDS

36. Associate Members
European Centre for Addiction Prevention (CEPA) - Romania
Opening Year 2011
Main Programmes
and Activities
- Education and training
- Health and HIV/AIDS prevention
- Addiction awareness
- Psychosocial follow-up
- Advocacy
- Evaluation of drug policies

37. Associate Members
Drustvo Up (Slovenia)
Opening Year 1993
Main Programmes
and Activities
- School-based ‘Life Skills’ programme
- Information and referral addiction services
- Youth support
- Individual and family counselling
- Reintegration programme

38. Associate Members
Active Women for the Protection of the Environment (FAPE) – DRC
Opening Year 2004
Main Programmes and
Activities
- Promotion of non-violence at school
- School-based awareness activities on the issue of early marriage
- School-based sex education, prevention of sexual violence and
HIV/AIDS transmission
- Prevention of water-borne diseases
- Adult and youth literacy
- Promotion of women's economic empowerment
- Material assistance to vulnerable families or victims of war

39. Associate Members
Ray of Hope (Pakistan)
Opening Year 2007
Main Programmes
and Activities
- Addiction services
- Women’s empowerment
initiatives
- Youth development
- Environment protection

40. Associate Members
Interest Organization for Substance Users (RIO) - Norway
Opening Year 1996
Main Programmes
and Activities
- Addiction prevention
- Recovery and support to reintegration services
- Organization of community venues for meeting and
exchanging
- Research projects
- Advocacy activities

41. Associate Members
Slum Child Foundation (Kenya)
Opening Year 2008
Main
Programmes and
Activities
- Protection of children
- Addiction prevention activities
- Life skills learning
- Support to education
- Table banking programmes
- Advocacy

42. Associate Members
Society for Promotion of Youth and Masses (SPYM - India)
Opening Year 1986
Main Programmes
and Activities
- Addiction treatment and rehabilitation for juvenile offenders
- Reception, housing, rehabilitation, medical assistance for children,
women and adolescents with addiction disorders
- Drug treatment and rehabilitation centres for men
- Substance abuse awareness programmes among the inmate
populations
- Opioid substitution treatment programmes
- Community intervention and early prevention programmes for
children
- Substance abuse awareness and training programmes for
professionals

43. Human Resources
Dianova advocates an efficient and responsible human
resource management based on:
• Gender equality
• Sense of belonging
• Emergence of talents and ongoing training services
• Quality of working life
• Work-life balance

44. Human Resources - Collaborators

45. Human Resources - Collaborators

46. Human Resources - Collaborators

47. Human Resources - Training
• Entrepreneurial Organizations: Strategies for Achieving and Maintaining
Financial Sustainability
• New Challenges for Social Intervention in a Changing World
• Keys to Strengthening the Dianova Network and to Promoting Social
Change
• The TAPAJ (Alternative Work Paid by the Day) programme
Workshops held at the annual meetings of the Dianova Network
+ Training activities implemented by member organizations how
to use the Dianova Network Manifesto in advocacy activities

48. Human Resources - Members’ Training Activities
Themes Addressed Dianova
Duration
(hours)
Participants
Reception of trainees, community animation, counselling in the TSA
programme
Canada 147 58
Various training modules: sexual violence, religion and multiculturalism,
minors and mental health, mediation and counselling, mediation,
intervention with migrants, technical training etc.
Spain 470 223
Specialized addiction training sessions: assessment, relapse prevention and
management, associated pathologies, community-based models, education,
adolescence, etc.
Italy 229 220
Food hygiene and safety, accounting and management practices, digital
communication, customer relationships
Nicaragua 266 12
Management: data protection, equality in the work sphere, risk
management, marketing, organizational development, quality management
systems, social impact, etc.
Portugal N/A 28

49. The Dianova Network on the Web
Dianova International : www.dianova.ngo
Dianova Canada: www.dianova.ca
Dianova Chile: www.dianova.cl
Dianova Spain: www.dianova.es
Dianova Italy: www.dianova.it
Dianova Nicaragua: www.dianovanicaragua.org.ni
Dianova Portugal: www.dianova.pt
Dianova Switzerland: www.dianova.ch
Dianova Uruguay: www.dianovauruguay.org
Dianova USA : www.dianova.ngo/where/united-states/
AJEAH (Togo) : http://ajeah-intl.org
CEPA (Romania) : http://www.asociatiacepa.ro
Dianova Idell Förening (Sweden) www.dianovasverige.org
Drustvo Up (Slovenia): www.drustvo-up.si
FAPE (Congo) : www.dianova.ngo/where/fape-congo-drc
Ray of Hope (Pakistan):www.rayofhope.ml
RIO (Norway): www.rio.no
Slum Child Foundation (Kenya): www.slumchildfoundation.net
SPYM (India): www.spym.org