Focus: Alcohol use; Substance use

Duration: October 2012 – November 2013

Geographical area: Iceland, Finland, Lithuania, Russia, Sweden

Summary: This project mapped out and subsequently performed a situation analysis of the alcohol and drug situation among youth and the structures and activities of local prevention work. The project assessed the needs of the participating communities, created foundation for subsequent efforts to measure and increase the communities’ readiness for the implementation of project activities and provided basis for the mobilisation of local actors and created cross-border network of public health specialists, practitioners and policy-makers.