Youth in Europe 10th Anniversary Conference

Youth in Europe – Evidence Based Primary Prevention Program

10th Anniversary Conference

“Youth in Europe – Evidence Based Primary Prevention“ is based on the Icelandic prevention model that was initiated in 1998 with a joint effort from state and municipalities through the “Drug free Iceland“ project.

Since 2006 the same methodology has been initiated in cities and municipalities in the following countries: Portugal, Spain, Italy, Malta, France, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Norway and Sweden.

Venue: Romanian Parliament, Strada Izvor 2-4, Bucharest, Romania

Thursday, September 22nd 2016

Program overview

08:15 – 09:00     Registration and Welcome coffee

09:00 –  09:45    Opening of the Conference – Institutional welcome

• President of Law Commission from the Senate – Senator Catalin Boboc
• Senator Ben Oni Ardelean
• Mayor of Bucharest – Mrs. Gabriela Firea
• Hononary Counsul – Mrs. Georgiana Pogonaru
• General Director of the General Directorate of Social Welfare, Bucharest Municipality – Mrs.Cosmina Simiean-Nicolescu

09:45 – 11:30     Presentations by keynote speakers

• Mayor of Reykjavik Mr. Dagur B. Eggertsson:
  What is Reykjavik‘s experience of using evidence in primary prevention and why did the city of Reykjavik initiate the Youth in Europe program?
• Prof. Mircea Dumitru, Romanian Minister of Education (TBC)
• Mr. Jon Sigfusson, Director of ICSRA:
  What are the most important features of Youth in Europe and how can the programme become of best use in primary prevention on a community level?
• Prof. Inga Dora Sigfusdottir, CEO and founder of ICSRA, The Icelandic Center for Social Research and Analysis:
  How far we have come in evidence-based prevention and what are the next steps?

11:20 – 12:00      Refreshments

12:00 – 14:50      Presentations by keynote speakers

• Mr. Erik Leijonmarck, Director of ECAD – European Cities Against Drugs:
  Drug Policy in Practice – How are they connected and why is it important to set ambitious targets?
• Actavis – Corporate Social Responsibility (TBC) Actavis is the the main supporter of Youth in Europe.
• Mr. Sorin Oprea, Director of ANA, Romanian Anti Drug Agency:
  Youth in Europe in Romanian context – The prevention of substance use in the Romanian context.
• Prof. Saulius Caplinskas, Director Centre for Communicable Diseases and AIDS:
  Youth in Europe in relation with communicable diseases – The importance of substance use prevention in reducing communicable diseases.
• Mrs. Gabriela Coman, president of NAPCRA – The National Authority for the Protection of the children’s rights and adoption.

13:40 – 14:00 Coffee and Tea

14:00 – 14:15      Dr. Emanuel Adrian Sarbu, The General Directorate of Social Welfare, Bucharest Municipality:
Extended use of Youth in Europe data –What possibilites are there to extend the use of data in local conditions? The Bucharest experience.

14:15 – 14:45      Dr. Alfgeir Logi Kristjansson, ICSRA data analyst:
Introducing the Youth in Europe Researchers Forum – Youth in Europe creates massive data on youth across Europe. How can Youth in Europe participants use the data, both scientifically and practically,  for a higher impact on the well being of youth across Europe?

15:00                     Closing

Please note that the conference language is ENGLISH

Please bring an ID (passport, drivers licence or equivalent) to the conference.