Meetings in the regions

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” two meetings have been held with leaders and specialists of local authorities, NGOs and government organizations in the Arkhangelsk and Novgorod regions.

On April 19, the committee for work with public organizations and the population of the city organized the meeting in the Administration of Veliky Novgorod, attended by the secretary of the city's antinarcotics committee, representatives of other committees of the city administration, narcological dispensary, AIDS center, Novgorod Region social and analytical center, and NGOs. The project coordinator Andrei Nevsky told the participants about the goals, objectives and activities of the project. The situation with the use of psychoactive substances by women in the Novgorod region was discussed, and ways of cooperation were outlined.

On April 23, at Arkhangelsk “Nadezhda” Crisis Center the meeting with representatives of the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Development of the Arkhangelsk Region, the Archangelsk Psycho-Neurological Dispensary, and NGOs has been arrnged. The participants outlined practical steps to implement the project in the Arkhangelsk region.