The need to propose a project is to discuss issues such as the use of drugs among young people and the education to legality starts from some statistical observations conducted by the Department of Pathological Dependencies at the European level that show how the consumption of drugs is constantly increasing. Among all, cannabis remains by far the most widespread narcotic substance, with percentages five times higher than other substances, as well as being the most likely to be used at all ages.The growth in recent years of the consumption of heroin and the fact that minors are greatly increased are also scary in Europe. This is despite the numerous efforts made by the institutions in the area of repression and prevention. To this , is added a shortage of adequately effective and significant prevention training paths.General Objective of the Project is to promote the social inclusion of at-risk groups in education, training and youth activities and encouraging young people's planning and leadership, through the adoption of educational programs based on the approach known in the literature as "Comprehensive Social Influence" (CSI) , able to prevent the use of substances among young people. During LTT -C1 partners will share their best practices on substance misuse , In each Transnational meeting we will focus on some identified Best Practices and the period between one meeting and another will be dedicated to testing activities. The testing consists in initiating practical experiments of the BPs identified during the MT and evaluating the learning outcomes obtained and their reliability through external observation and some evaluation tests given to the participants. Specifically, it will have 4 phases: Administration / External observation / Review / Analysis of Impacts / Evaluation. The project includes 6 transnational meetings. Transnational meetings will play a fundamental role. In particular, they will allow the partners to meet physically, therefore know each other better and will have the purpose of providing an overview of the objectives and results achieved , assessing the past period to integrate the results and lessons learned for the following period. Technical meetings will be organized following a professional approach and taking into account the intercultural dimension of the European cooperation project. Furthermore, they will favor possible corrections in the planning of communication in the intervals between the meetings. In general, the first meeting will be dedicated to project management while from the second onwards, after the Training, during each Meeting we will focus on the analysis of specific BEST PRACTCES adopted / or identified by each partner. Target group are ; Youth / peer workers are an important part of youth work in prevention for young people, because they can approach their peers more easily than adult experts. , From the project it is expected that the participants increase their awareness of the risk of falling into drug addiction and abuse and of the consequences that this generates. In particular: ● To raise awareness of the risks and damages deriving from the use of drugs and to propose them better behaviors and lifestyles in order to avoid such events; ● The participants learn the use of drugs as an "inadequate behavior, to be avoided as it puts at risk their own and the other's health, the psychic and social integrity as a whole" and transmit them a "disvalore and not a plus value " ● that the participants become a vehicle for communication with other young people on the risks that the use of drugs can cause; Expected results are : -Support NGOs , youth centers , schools in develop non-formal education for prevention, advocacy and communication interventions aimed at reducing harm related to drug misuse in specific target groups; -Facilitate operational capacity building of the NGOs through information exchange, training, technical assistance, and by promoting international cooperation. -The Project will give youth workers , practical skills and knowledge in enhancing the personal and social competence of young people through the development of Life Skills. This includes the acquisition of situation specific skills and strategies, while addressing values and knowledge relevant to decisions being made about drug use. -The Project will reinforce existing knowledge ,pro-social and healthy skills reduce misinformation , negative attitudes , risky behaviour The Project is pioneering methods of Non-Formal Education with new partners that have the scope, breadth and ability to reach large, new and highly vulnerable audiences. Main result of the project will be the selection and construction of a drug prevention intervention model using a Non-Formal methodology (catalogue / Booklet)
Our Objectives were : *Promoting the social inclusion of at-risk groups in education, training and youth activities and encouraging young people's planning and leadership, through the adoption of educational programs based on the approach known in the literature as "Comprehensive Social Influence" , able to prevent the use of substances among young people. *To perform a comparative survey of the prevention tools and interventions produced so far for specific use in schools and youth centers in Europe or in any case suitable for youth use, cataloging and categorizing the strengths or critical points at the various levels * Adapt and transfer in the partner countries the best practices identified relating to prevention methodologies based on non-formal education. There are many methodologies experimented and that is experiencing, *Spreading such best practices at local, regional, national and European level by involving a multiactor partnership that starts with youth organizations, schools,
According to searches( EMCDDA) ; around 1 in 5 (19.8%) adults aged 16 to 24 had taken a drug in 2018 , the year before we applied for this project.This proportion was more than double that of the wider age group, and equates to around 1.2 million people.. A drug use among 16 to 24 year olds has been increasing since 2011/12: While not statistically significant from year to year, there has been an upward trend apparent in the use ofClass A drugs, particularly among 16 to 24 year olds. Although there was no significant change from the 2016/17 estimate among this age group, there was an increase from the 2011/12 estimate (6.2% to 8.4%). This is mainly driven by an increase in powder cocaine and ecstasy use. In addition to these surveys, Department for Education data for 2016-173 showed school exclusions for alcohol and drug use have increased substantially in recent years with fixed term exclusions up by 34% since 2012-13 and permanent exclusions up by 95% since 2010-11.Moreover , Drug-induced death is the fifth most common cause of preventable death among 15- to 49-year-olds in the United Kingdom. The need to propose a project was to discuss issues such as the use of drugs among young people and the education to legality started from some statistical observations conducted by the Department of Pathological Dependencies at the European level that showed how the consumption of drugs is constantly increasing. Among all, cannabis remains by far the most widespread narcotic substance, with percentages five times higher than other substances, as well as being the most likely to be used at all ages. The growth in recent years of the consumption of heroin and the fact that minors are greatly increased are also scary in Europe. This is despite the numerous efforts made by the institutions in the area of repression and prevention. To this , is added a shortage of adequately effective and significant prevention training paths. When the adolescent acquires individuality and autonomy and structure his identity, it is very important the presence of significant adult figures, that is, of credible and interesting adults in which they can identify themselves, able to trace educational goals with which to measure themselves. Here there is a weakness in both the parental role and the educational agencies / organizations involved in the growth processes. On the family side, an imbalance of the parental figure is observed in its empowering value. On the educational side, instead, there are training courses that struggle to solicit interest, to create inclusion and to widen the relationality of young people towards perspectives of commitment and participation, to build courageous identities capable of choosing and assuming responsibility. The same school struggles to acquire a strong and stimulating educational role and often takes refuge in a type of neutral teaching. The Report of the Global Commission on Drugs Policy therefore supports the need to invest in activities that primarily prevent the use of drugs among young people, as well as the development of more serious problems for those who already use it. The phenomenon of constant consumption and increased drug among young people is not a problem limited to the borders of a single European state, but rather presents dynamics and difficulties, as well as perspectives of action of a transnational character that acquire even more importance considering also the high today's rate of intra-European mobility for young people. From here arised the need for a project of analysis and comparison of best practices at the transnational level, in order to verify whether they take into account all that a series of aspects necessary for quality prevention.