Strengthening community-based drug prevention and intervention for young people in Kosovo

Objective:
To strengthen community-based drug prevention and intervention activities for young people in Kosovo
Final result:
1. National Action Plan on drugs education and prevention. 2. National school-based drug prevention programme. 3. Training for primary care providers in family medicine centres about substance use and in basic counselling skills. 4. Learning network for local-level drug demand reduction.
Start and end date:
1 September 2009 / 29 February 2012
Funding:
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Contact:
Mr. drs. BFG Uitterhaegen
+31 (0)30 - 2959(353)
Contact
Secretariat:
+31 (0)30 - 2959(320)

About this project:

National Action Plan on drugs education and prevention

  • Building up expertise of the inter-ministerial anti-drugs committee
  • Providing technical support to the inter-ministerial anti-drugs committee in translating the national anti-drugs strategy into a national action plan

National school-based drug prevention programme

  • Building up expertise of local stakeholders in the development and implementation of school-based drug prevention programme
  • Providing technical support in the development a drugs prevention programme in cooperation with 8 pilot schools
  • Providing technical support in the developing and implementing of a national drugs prevention programme based on good practices of the 8 pilot schools.

National curriculum on substance use and counselling skills for primary health care providers

  • Training of trainers of primary health care trainers in substance use and counselling skills
  • Providing technical support in the development of a national curriculum on substance use and counselling skills that will part of the Continuous Learning Programme for health care workers in Kosovo

Learning network for local-level drug demand reduction

  • Organising workshops and meetings to exchange expertise and information among all stakeholders in the field of drug demand and supply reduction.

Latest update: 24-08-2011

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