Links

This section contains links to other organisations and projects that deal with healthy nightlife issues:

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Club Health Club Health brings together experts from around the world to exchange information on the latest research, policy and evidence on protecting and promoting health in nightlife settings.
DC&D Website of the DC&D project - safer nightlife working group. This platform aims to improve nightlife prevention programs and training for professionals and peer workers working on the front-line with drug users in nightlife settings (music festivals, clubs, raves, etc). Together, besides of the exchange of practices and the different topics to be discussed, they will achieve different "productions": a training guideline, preventive universal "ICONS" for music events, a digital library with preventive materials and documents from all the projects translated to English and a short film
Dealing with alcohol-related problems and the nightime economy (DANTE) Dealing with Alcohol-related problems and the Night Time Economy (DANTE) is a new research program that is a comprehensive investigation into some innovative policing and community-based interventions focused on licensed premises in Geelong and Newcastle (i.e. ID scanners, the Geelong Liquor Accord, safe taxi rank, night time buses and the Geelong two-way radio network).
Drugscope DrugScope is the UK's leading independent centre of expertise on drugs, whose aim is to inform policy development and reduce drug-related harms. The website provides drug information, policies, news, events, publications and other relevant resources.
Efus The European Forum for Urban Security (Efus) is the oldest non-governmental organisation gathering local authorities working in the field of urban security and crime prevention. It encourages a range of activities from prevention to enforcement, from dissuasion to education, which are all conceived and implemented with a commitment to respect minorities.
EMCDDA The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is Europe's central reference point for information on drugs and find best practice and new areas for analysis.
European Action on Drugs (EAD) The European Action on Drugs (EAD) is designed to provide European civil society with a platform to increase awareness and commitment as regards drugs and the risks related to drug abuse, and to promote dialogue and exchanges of best practice.
Executive Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC) The Agency provides a professional service in performing the tasks entrusted to it by the European Commission, and it works closely with Directorate General for Health and Consumers. The EAHC manages relations with some 2200 beneficiaries involved in more than 200 projects in the field of health; it has about 40 staff members based in Luxembourg.
IREFREA European research network exploring recreational life of young people and risk factors for drug use, alcohol consumption, risky sexual behaviour and other health issues among adolescents and children
RAYPRO The on-line database RAYPRO, a Resource on Alcohol and Youth Projects, enables to share information on projects and activities to reduce alcohol-related harm among children and young people, and promotes good practice based on sound evaluation of effectiveness.
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