The Pompidou Group’s European Prevention Prize is awarded annually to active youth drug prevention projects that are currently functioning in Pompidou Group member states.1 Its objective is to recognise the importance of active youth participation in drug prevention. Up to three youth projects will each receive a monetary prize worth €2,000. One of the eligibility criteria for the prize is that young people, under the age of 25 years, must be involved in the work of the drug prevention project. The entries will be judged by a jury comprising young people from the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, the Russian Federation, Turkey and the United Kingdom. The jury will be supported by an advisory group of adult drug professionals from Germany and the United Kingdom.

Applications must be submitted to the Secretariat of the Pompidou Group before 1 October 2005. Further details, including an application form, can be obtained from the Pompidou Group at http://www.coe.int/T/DG3/Pompidou/Default_en.asp

1. Member states of the Pompidou Group are: Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.