Coordination meeting in St. Petersburg

Within the framework of the project “Exploiting the potentialities of CSOs and LAs for development of holistic prevention of drug and alcohol abuse among girls and women in lagging regions of Russia” the coordination meeting of the project participants from 11 regions was held in St. Petersburg on May 13, 2019.

The meeting, organized by the Regional Public Charitable Organization "Drug Abuse Prevention Centre" at the Aglaya Courtyard Hotel, was attended by Chief Narcologist of the North-West Federal District Dmitry Konstantinov, Deputy Head of the Administration of the City of Kostroma Marina Sokolova, representatives of regional ministries and departments, 20 NGOs, partners organizations from Sweden - WOCAD. The results of the first year of the project implementation and the upcoming events were discussed, proposals from the regions were considered, and necessary amendments were made.