Sport can be a powerful tool to engage communities and prevent crime, violence and drug use among youth. As part of the Doha Declaration Global Programme, UNODC’s Youth Crime Prevention through Sport initiative has developed “Line Up Live Up”, an evidence-informed, sport-based life skills training for youth that aims to increase resilience to crime, violence and drug use among young people.

Providing key elements from this approach, a new publication – Youth Crime prevention through Sport: Insights from the UNODC “Line Up Live Up” Pilot Programme – has been developed, offering an analysis of...

Join us for this free virtual summit featuring Ms. Giovanna Campello, Chief, UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, and Dr. Robert DuPont, President, Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc. and First Director, U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse, as the Keynotes and hear from many global leaders in prevention, including Joanna Travis-Roberts, Chief Executive, ISSUP Coordinating Office; Anna Nabulya, Deputy Director, Uganda Youth Development Link; Antonio Jesús Molina Fernández, Assistant Professor, Department of Social, Work and Differential Psychology at Universidad...

The Pompidou Group calls for youth projects to submit applications for the 2021 edition of the European Drug Prevention Prize.

The Prevention Prize is awarded to highlight outstanding drug prevention projects that have proved successful in involving young people in their design, implementation and evaluation.

Up to three projects will be awarded a Prize. During the Award Ceremony, each will receive the Prize Trophy, the Prize Diploma and €5.000 to support implementation. Prize-winners tell us that winning the Prize has helped them gain greater recognition for their work.

The deadline for...

Listen First is a UNODC initiative to support happy, healthy and happy family relationships.

This video demonstrates how patience makes children feel cared for and loved and is key in creating meaningful relationships and good communication.

Key messages:

• Science proves that the less punishing the parental style, the better for the child.

• When parents lose their patience, they remove a child’s attention from the lesson at hand and create stress and frustration for their children.

• Neuroscience shows that the brain of a child is not mature enough to calmly handle frustration. It...

Significant advances in prevention science are often due to a team of individuals working closely together across many years. In recognition of the importance of the collaborative process to the field, the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) will sponsor a friendly competition amongst teams of early career researchers for the honor of bringing home the Sloboda and Bukoski SPR Cup for the 2016-2017 academic year.

The Cup is named for two of the founders and long time active members of SPR, Dr. Zili Sloboda and Dr. William Bukoski.

The competition is an opportunity for a unique experience...