SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT
The countries involved in this project proposal are: Bulgaria (coordinator school), Lithuania, Macedonia, Italy, Poland, Romania and Turkey.The age range of students is 13-18.The aim of our project:”Together we can” is to fight with drug and cigarette addiction, and unhealthy habits at school and everyday life of students through the development of a programme of prevention and involving students in activities promoting healthy lifestyle.Overall Objectives:-Development and implementation of programmes to prevent the use and abuse of psychoactive substances, alcohol and cigarettes at school.-Promotion of healthy lifestyle and reduce the demand and the use of psychoactive substances among students and young people;-Expanding opportunities for inclusion of students and young people in forms of modern health education, based on "peer education" in school;- Research among students and implementation of national and international strategies against the use of drugs,cigarettes and unhealthy habits among students;-Development of partnership with other countries in order to ensure mutual exchange of knowledge and best practices.Specific objectives:-to prevent or postpone the first experience with drugs and cigarettes;-to prevent regular use and abuse of drugs, cigarettes and unhealthy food, as well as developing addiction;- parallel development of knowledge and skills for a healthy lifestyle and avoid risky behavior;- active involvement of many partners to build a healthier environment;-to teach the notion of solidarity being integration shown by a society or group with people and their neighbours -its importance;- to teach the importance of a healthy life style trough the inclusion of doctors and experts to talk to students about health;- to improve personal and professional skills for teachers;-teachers and students will learn, improve and use new technologies;-a survey and the help of the analysed results of this survey to the establishment and elaboration of national and international strategies against the use of drug, cigarettes and unhealthy habits among students.