On February 21 Vilnius Municipal Government organized an international conference titled as ”Youth without drugs: how could we help?”Conference_in_Vilnius

The Conference was arranged by ECAD Advisory Board members for the City of Vilnius Mrs. Daiva Zelviene and Dr. Saulius Caplinskas.

The focus group was social pedagogues, public health specialists and other practitioners working with the youth and the conference gathered over hundred participants, including other Lithuanian cities such as Klaipeda, Kaunas, also Minsk, Belarus, Reykjavik, Iceland and Stockholm, Sweden.

Dr. Saulius Chaplinskas, Lithuanian colleague and Jon Sigfusson, Reykjavik

 There were many interesting speakers, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Health, Mr. Audrius Klisonis, Mrs. Natalija Zhukova from Minsk and Mr. Jón Sigfusson, researcher from Iceland.
ECAD’s director Jörgen Svidén gave a speech about successful drug policies in Europe.

ECAD appreciates the initiative of Vilnius municipality in arranging this qualitative conference and the unrelenting efforts in creating a better situation for our young citizens.