The Alcohol and Drug Prevention Among Youth -project mapped out and subsequently performed a situation analysis of the alcohol and drug situation among youth and the structures and activities of local prevention work. It assessed the needs of the participating communities, created a foundation for subsequent efforts to measure and increase the communities’ readiness for the implementation of project activities and provided a basis for the mobilisation of local actors and created a cross-border network of public health specialists, practitioners and policy-makers.

During the duration of the project, the participating municipalities became equipped with good tools to continue the alcohol and drug prevention work. Competences of the specialists in the municipalities were strengthened, multi-professional cooperation improved and, importantly, the political support to the issues of alcohol and drug prevention among youth increased. As a result of the project, a better understanding by different non-health sectors on their role and responsibility in alcohol and drug prevention among youth has been achieved.