The kick-off meeting for the CARE4SUD project | Professional training in illicit drug addiction: Equipping health professionals with skills and techniques for treating drug addiction, took place on 18 and 19 December 2022 in Klaipèda, Lithuania, with the participation of Marta Sampaio.

This project, funded by the European Union's Erasmus+ Programme (KA 220 VET - Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training), will run from 1 November 2022 to 21 February 2025.

Led by the Klaipeda Ernestas Galvanauskas Vocational Training Centre (E. Galvanauskas VTC), Lithuania, and involving partner institutions from Portugal, Slovenia, Greece, Denmark and Romania, CARE4SUD is underway at CIIE/FPCEUP, whose team is coordinated by Marta Sampaio. Other team members are Carla Figueiredo, Rita Tavares de Sousa, Sofia Marques da Silva, Sofia Castanheira Pais and Preciosa Fernandes.

ABOUT CARE4SUD

The overall aim of the project is to ensure more excellent professionalism of the healthcare workforce in the field of illicit drug addiction at the national and European levels. In particular, the project aims to fulfil the following specific objectives:

* Contribute to improving counselling skills in illicit drug addiction related to screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment and respond to the current, emerging and growing needs of the vocational training sector by addressing the shortage of drug addiction specialists;
* Provide opportunities for continuous professional development in the health industry and create the conditions to increase human capital capacity and the employability of health professionals;
* Enhance cooperation between educational institutions and the health industry to formulate critical recommendations on the evolution of the addiction skill set and related employment opportunities.

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