Comenius Regioon the prevention of addictionsMeeting in Picanya, 26th February to 3rd March 2013

From Tuesday 26th February to Sunday 2nd March, The Polish Comenius Regio team came to Picanya to work on the scheduled programme we are involved.The aim we proposed for this meeting has been fully reached: the surveys conclusions on teenagers’ addictions have been shown and our legal framework on drugs and alcohol has been indicated too. We must also add, this has lead us to work on addictions related to our working place (labour world). Also, all the participant projects of the quiz “A day without smoking” were displayed and we had the opportunity to see how the “Proyecto Hombre” organization is leading the present commitments in all over Europe with respect to drug prevention and performance.All which has been mentioned above and more is an example of European collaboration, where everybody is engaged, and we hope the next interactions will be a success too.

Tuesday, 26th FebruaryPolish delegation arrived by plane at noon. After a short rest and refreshing lunch, they visited Picanya’s Town Hall in the afternoon, followed by a tour around the town.

Wednesday, 27th FebruaryProyecto Hombre presented a general overlook on addictions in Valencian Community in the morning. It was a very interesting talk that let Polish have an idea about the situation in our area.

Afterwards, Blanca Soler presented the outcomes of our survey among students and the legal framework on drugs in Spain. Raquel Sánchez and Tere Planells had written and run the survey, with the help of their students.

Thursday, 28th FebruaryIn the morning we visited Valencia’s city centre. Álvaro Rubio acted as tourist guide and explained to them the main features of the city.In the afternoon, we came back to our school and the Polish delegation presented the activities they had been doing in the previous months at their school.

Friday, 1st MarchIn the last working day we all discussed together the coming activities and visit to Poland in June.