The Icelandic Center of Investigation and Social Analysis-Planet Youth and the Government of the State of Guanajuato will host the event Guanajuat
The Icelandic Center of Investigation and Social Analysis-Planet Youth and the Government of the State of Guanajuato will host the event
Guanajuato is the first State in Mexico and in the world to adopt the Icelandic Model to prevent addictions in youngster
Mexico City/Gto News
Governor of Guanajuato, Diego Sinhue Rodriguez Vallejo, presented to the national press the International Congress for Prevention of Addictions “Planet Youth” 2021.
Prevent and assist
This event will demonstrate that adopting public policies makes it posible to prevent and assist in addictions, as well as exchanging better practices for prevention, where participants promote the participation of youngsters and parents.
“Planet Youth is the great bet. It is the most ambitious project of my Government, and the one that has a greatest trascendence; these are long term policies. It is a great program that will continue for many years in Guanajuato and that will let us have the results we need”, said the Governor.
An event in Leon
The International Congress of Prevention of Addictions: “Building a Better Future, for Girls, Boys and Teenagers”, will be held on November 30th to December 3rd, in Leon, Guanajuato, and the organizers will be the Icelandic Center of Investigation and Social Analysis ICSRA-Planet Youth and the Government of the State of Guanajuato.
This Congress will promote the actors that work in the prevention of addictions and will also promote the Exchange of experiences in the adoption of Planet Youth practices in the world.
A hybrid Congress
The Congress will be presented in a hybrid form, in person and virtual, and more than 1,650 participants from 20 different countries are expected. There will be 68 conferences with speakers from Iceland, USA, Sweden, Romania, The Netherlands, Ireland, Australia, Chile, Austria, Colombia,Switzerland, Argentina, Lithuania, New Zealand, France, Sri Lanka, Canada, Spain and Mexico.
The topics of the conferences are:
Prevention is posible, Public policies in prevention and attention to addictions, Better practices for prevention, Participation of youngsters and parents, Building the model of prevention of addictions from the local.
Organizers expect 500 youngsters and 500 parents to consolidate the Youngsters Community Planet Youth.
During the Congress Authorities will sign the decree to name the Day of Prevention of Addictions in Guanajuato.
You can register at:
- planetyouth.org/registro/
Planet Youth in Guanajuato
Planet Youth is a methodology for the prevention of addictions for girls, boys and teenagers, that has been adapted to the reality of the population of Guanajuato; it is focused on public health and works to find out what are the factors of risk that lead teenagers to use drugs.
This model has been used in all the continents and is taken from the Iceland Model. It is now applied in more than 200 communities in Europe and Latin America.
Guanajuato is a pioneer
This is the first time that the Icelandic Institute has signed an agreement with a State and not with a country; the program started in 2020 in Leon, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Silao and Celaya.
In 2021, 20 more municipalities from Guanajuato were added to the program, and in 2022 this process will be applied in the 46 municipalities of Guanajuato.
