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Dear Franco,

Yesterday I had a useful meeting with Sanja Šišović. She is President of the International  Youth Health Organisation (her email is: sanja.sisovic@yho.network). This network would be a great partner to have as part of the WP on communication and dissemination, and Sanja would be a great project partner.

In addition, Sanja is working at Cazas in Montenegro. A health NGO (20+ years) working to improve health, universal health coverage, support for vulnerable groups, and youth empowerment. They implement four (4) programmes: 1. HEALTH promotion, supporting strengthening of universal health care. 2. EMPOWER - organizations, non-formal groups and individuals through capacity building, networking and mentorship. 3. SUPPORT vulnerable populations in Montenegro through providing psychosocial, legal and peer support and help and service provision. 4. YOUTH empowerment in Montenegro through education, advocacy and promotion of activism and volunteerism.

Their website is not so clear http://cazas.org/  They do have a PIC code and (unsuccessfully) lead an Horizon application recently.

She mentioned two interesting interventions we could consider for our bid:

1.                  'Friends in Focus' Youth Initiative led by United Nations - Office on Drugs and Crime

UNODC has created prevention programmes that focus on families to help parents become better parents through enhanced caregiving, as an effective investment in the healthy development of children and youth. In Montenegro, UNODC, with the support of the Ministry of Education and CAZAS implemented a peer-to-peer drug prevention programme. CAZAS played a central role in organising the Training of Trainers and in recruiting youth trainers who will lead the programme's dissemination in the high schools of their communities.

Website: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/prevention/youth-initiative/friends-in-focus.html

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https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/prevention/youth-initiative/youth-action/2025/October/regional-momentum-builds-as-friends-in-focus-reaches-montenegro.html

(2) UNICEF initiatives in Montenegro for parents

·                 Caring Families: Helping parents give children the best start in life.

Webpage: https://www.unicef.org/montenegro/en/parenting-0