- About usWho we are?
- ProjectsOur Work
- «FreeEx – Responsibility. Freedom of expression»
- ,,Adaptation of newly recognized refugees and refugee children’’
- Xenophobia
- Exchange in Norway
- E-bulletin of good practices
- Information event „Xenophobia versus multiculturalism after Charlie Hebdo“
- Closing information event
- Vision of the program
- Seminar for journalists
- Pedagogical staff trainings
- Campaign for the community and city fest of cultures
- Seminaries for youngsters and preparation for young leaders
- Exhibitions “We want peace”
- Creation of a movie for the project
- Icelandic Model
- Correlation study on the drug addiction among children and youth and juvenile criminology
- Work meetings for introduction with the Icelandic model for prevention and exchange of practices
- Adaptation of the Icelandic model
- Conducting a joint conference on topic: „The Icelandic model in Bulgaria: Prevention of the crime-inducing behavior among children and youth with severe psychoactive addiction”
- Joint seminar training
- Workshop for parents on topic “Prevention of the psychoactive addiction”
- Visualization and publicity
- Project management
- Information and promotional activities for strengthening the bilateral relations
- Children’s grief project
- Enhancing the organizational and financial sustainability of SPOC
- Survey on topic: “How do we understand the grief, how to consult?”
- Increasing the capacity of SPOC by creating a support system for children, experiencing grief.
- Conduct of training seminars for the developed system
- Round table for discussing and popularizing the psychosocial system
- Project management
- “We understand and support you”
- Youth in Europe report (Substance use and social factors)
- “Three approaches to equal opportunities for people with mental illnesses”EU, ESF, Operational Programme “Human resources development”
- Aims of the project
- Innovations
- Partners
- Activities
- Research of employment methods for people with mental illnesses
- Creation of an employment model for people with mental illnesses
- Approbation and implantation of the innovative employment model for people with mental illnesses
- Research of a support model for children at risk with mentally ill parents
- Approbation and development of a system for consulting a child of a mentally ill person
- Launch and application of the innovative system for children with mentally ill parent
- Research of methods against depression and suicides amongst employed people
- Adaptation and developing an innovative system against depression and suicide among employers and employees.
- Implementing a system against depression and suicide among employed people.
- Evaluation of the results
- Distribution of the established innovations and the results
Youth in Europe report (Substance use and social factors)
Youth in Europe
“Youth in Europe – A Drug Prevention Program” was initiated in 2005 and since then over thirty municipalities in fifteen countries in Europe have participated and made use of the successful methodology behind the program.
The program is based on primary prevention work initiated in Iceland in 1998. Through that work substance use has decreased more in Iceland than in any other Western country and use of substances measures lowest there amongst youth in comparison to all European countries.
“Youth in Europe” is considered by many to be the biggest health promotion project targeting youth substance abuse across Europe. This evidence-based, international programme was initiated by Icelandic Scientists, The City of Reykjavik and ECAD (European Cities Against Drugs) and is carried out in cooperation with major European cities. Taking a broadly holistic approach, its aim is to decrease the likelihood of substance use among young people.
The core elements of the project are three: community based approach, collaboration between researchers, policy makers and people in the field, and evidence based work.
The target population
The target population is students of the age group 15-16 year olds, one grade according to school system in each city, normally but not necessarily the highest class in grammar school. The sample was randomly drawn in each city and the sample unit is school classes rather than entire schools or individual students. School classes were randomly selected from a list of classes in every participating city. Total population of students was used where the number of students was smaller than sample size.
Youth in Europe report 2016/2017
Substance use and social factors
Sofia
Link to the report:
Report_Sofia_2017