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First Expert Meeting on the Project: "Youth Hands in Hands for Combating Drug and Substance Abuse"
First Expert Meeting on the Project: "Youth Hands in Hands for Combating Drug and Substance Abuse"

In the period 15 - 18 October 2018, the first expert meeting on the project "Youth Hands in Hands for Drug and Substance Abuse" was held in Frankfurt, Germany. The project is funded under the ERASMUS + program, involving partners from state and municipal authorities, educational institutions and non-governmental organizations from Turkey, Germany, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Portugal, Estonia, Italy, the Netherlands and Croatia.

Representatives of the Institute for Social Integration at the meeting were Violeta Hristodulova from Rogosh village, Maritsa municipality and Vanya Kostadinova from Asenovgrad. Vanya and Violeta presented the policies for the fight against drug abuse in Bulgaria at national and local level and shared personal experience in the field of drug abuse prevention among adolescents.

The project continues with a youth meeting in Istanbul, Turkey in December 2018 for which ISI will select participants from 15 to 30 November 2018.