Stefano Berterame
Stefano Berterame | |
|---|---|
| Chief, Narcotics Control and Estimates Section, INCB | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Ad'interim Secretary of the International Narcotics Control Board | |
| In office 2020–2021 | |
| Preceded by | Andrés Finguerut |
| Succeeded by | Mark Colhoun |
| Acting Secretary of the International Narcotics Control Board | |
| Assumed office 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Colhoun |
| Succeeded by | - |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Residence | Vienna, Austria |
| Education | Sociology |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
Stefano Berterame is an Italian researcher and international civil servant, chief of the narcotics section of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) for more than a decade, and twice the Secretary ad'interim of the institution.[1][2]
Education
Berterame studied at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. He reports having worked in public relations at Thales Alenia Space (1980–1986, 1988–1990), and project manager for NGOs. In the 1980s and 1990s, he published about field work in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Somalia.[3] In the 1990s, he published on topics of migration.[4]
International Civil Service
After a brief passage at UNICEF, he eventually became Associate Social Affaire Adviser at the UN International Drug Control Program Program (later renamed UNODC) in 1992 (a position he occupied until 2013).[3] In the early 2000s he was involved with the HIV program.[5]
International Narcotics Control Board
In 2013, Berterame was named Chief of the INCB's Narcotics Control and Estimates Section, a position he maintained until 2025. Upon nomination of Andrés Finguerut at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in June 2020, Berterame replaced Fingerut as the INCB Secretary ad'interim,[1] until the naming of Mark Colhoun in March 2021 at that position. In April 2025, Berterame became newly "acting secretary" of the INCB,[2] effectively becoming "officer in charge" of the INCB by 2026.[6]
As INCB Narcotics Chief, Berterame participated in several INCB "country missions" including to Venezuela, Argentina,[7] Russia, Switzerland, Australia, Jamaica, Chile, or Qatar,[8] among others. In 2015, Berterame was part of the controversial mission to Uruguay which goal "was to discuss the legislation on the non-medical use of cannabis and its implementation in Uruguay."[9]
Research
As part of INCB teams, Berterame has undertaken research focusing on access to opioid medicines for pain management and consumption patterns. His most cited work is a 2016 Lancet study examining opioid analgesic consumption across 214 countries from 2001 to 2013,[10] using INCB data, and documenting significant disparities between high-income regions and other areas. He led INCB's "Project OPIOIDS" (2018). [11]
References
- ^ a b INCB (2020). "Secretariat". www.incb.org. Archived from the original on 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
- ^ a b INCB (2025). "Secretariat". www.incb.org. Archived from the original on 2025-05-28. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
- ^ a b Cernea, Michael M. (2019-04-08). "List of Contributors". Anthropological Approaches To Resettlement: Policy, Practice, And Theory. Routledge. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-429-71470-2.
- ^ Papastergiadis, Nikos (2018-03-08). The Turbulence of Migration: Globalization, Deterritorialization and Hybridity. John Wiley & Sons. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-7456-7793-4.
- ^ Prevención del VIH entre Jóvenes que se Inyectan Drogas (in Spanish). United Nations Publications. 2005-05-30. p. 6. ISBN 978-92-1-348101-1.
- ^ United Nations Office at Vienna, Conference Management Service Planning, Coordination and Meetings Section, Meetings Management Unit (2025). "VIENNA SCHEDULE OF UNITED NATIONS, UNIDO AND CTBTO PREPCOM MEETINGS FOR THE YEAR 2025–2026 (ST/VIE/CALEND/469)". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2025-12-30. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Mission to the Republic of Argentina". : INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
- ^ "Mission to Qatar". : INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
- ^ INCB (2015). "Mission to Uruguay".
- ^ Berterame, Stefano; Erthal, Juliana; Thomas, Johny; Fellner, Sarah; Vosse, Benjamin; Clare, Philip; Hao, Wei; Johnson, David T.; Mohar, Alejandro; Pavadia, Jagjit; Samak, Ahmed Kamal Eldin; Sipp, Werner; Sumyai, Viroj; Suryawati, Sri; Toufiq, Jallal (2016). "Use of and barriers to access to opioid analgesics: a worldwide, regional, and national study". Lancet (London, England). 387 (10028): 1644–1656. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00161-6. ISSN 1474-547X. PMID 26852264.
- ^ PubMed. "Berterame S." PubMed. Retrieved 2025-12-30.