DESCRIPTION:

• raise awareness, inform, train, coordinate
• in the general population and for specific audiences
• at the national level:

MAIN ROLES:

• General public: information and awareness raising
• Primary schools (formal education): universal prevention programmes
• Secondary schools (formal education): alcohol, cannabis, tobacco universal prevention programmes
• Youth houses (non-formal education): universal prevention programmes

THE SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES:

• to develop a national concept for systematic and structured work on prevention and to implement this concept jointly with existing national and international organisations and institutions
• to coordinate the work of the various existing institutions and develop proposals for the establishment of new institutions
• to develop education and ongoing training of interlocutors and providers among adolescents, parents, teachers and socio-educational staff, nursing staff, the Gendarmerie and the Police specialized in prevention
• to carry out information and awareness-raising work in the form of conferences, discussions, seminars, advertising spots, films, sports events, leisure activities, etc.
• to collect teaching materials and make them available to any interested person
• to provide information on existing reception facilities and facilitate access to rescue, assistance and care institutions
• to implement or commission implementation of regular epidemiological studies of the problem in order to be able to carry out adequate preventive work
• to have an ongoing evaluation of the work done, in order to adapt to changes and developments

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THE ORGANIZATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR:

• Coordinating drug prevention
• Providing advice
• Developing drug prevention programmes and/or policies
• Monitoring substance-related problems in order to apply the results to improve drug prevention
• Monitoring drug prevention interventions or programmes
• Supervising the implementation of drug prevention (e.g. providing advice and guidance):
Within the framework of the Municipalities: Prevention Interventions in the framework of European projects, among others.
• Develop preventive measures that can be directly perceived by citizens, adults or young people in their environment
• Providing advice and guidance
• Conducting prevention research e.g. evaluation of drug prevention programmes, epidemiological studies in the general and student population
• Implementing drug prevention e.g. family- and school-based programmes
CePT has developed several prevention programmes in the school sector (formal education).
- Power Voll program for children aged 6 to 12
- Tom und Lisa universal alcohol prevention program for young people aged 13 to 15
- Cannabis-Koffer - a Cannabis prevention program for young people aged 14 and over
• Providing training on substance use prevention.
-Within the framework of formal education and teacher training institutes, many training courses are offered to providers (teachers, social workers, para-medical staff, etc.)
-Within the framework of non-formal education, a training program for youth centre educators at national level is under way. Many other prevention activities are under way