Increase public awareness: empower young people, their parents and teachers to make responsible choices online by advising them on relevant precautions to take.

José Manuel Barroso, President of the Commission (FR) Mr President, Mr Juncker, ladies and gentlemen, once upon a time, one of my teachers advised me always to be pessimistic because, that way, all my life, I would either be right or pleasantly surprised.

12. Support schemes for advising teachers, families and those responsible for young people on the early detection of the use of drugs and the action to take.

- INFORMATION, HEALTH EDUCATION AND TRAINING = support schemes to evaluate the effectiveness of information and health education campaigns and carry out regular public opinion surveys via EUROBAROMETER to monitor changes in Europeans' attitudes towards drugs; = organize further European Drug Prevention Weeks on the basis of previous experience; = help identify, test and develop the best informational and educational tools and methods for target groups, and in particular: = help to define drug prevention guidelines and support the selection and use of teaching methods and materials, in particular within the context of the European network of health-promoting schools, in order to develop attitudes in young people which will enable them to a ...[+++]void drugs and drug addiction; support integrated projects, programmes and other drug prevention initiatives in places frequented by children and young people, with the participation wherever possible of parents and those concerned; = encourage exchanges of experience on initiatives aimed at improving coordination between all those involved in the provision of education; = support schemes for advising teachers, families and those responsible for young people on the early detection of the use of drugs and the action to take; = in cooperation with the EDMC and the Council of Europe, if need be, encourage the extension of the European network of "test towns", so as to promote technical cooperation on the ways and means used by these towns to reduce drug demand; = promote initiatives to improve the drug prevention aspect of vocational training programmes for teachers and those responsible for young people and encourage exchanges of students training for the social and health professions, including exchanges under other Community programmes.

The ARION programme, which was launched in 1978, enables considerable numbers of headteachers, teacher trainers, education administrators and advisers and other education specialists to gain a better understanding of education policy and teaching practices in other Member States, and to update and expand their own knowledge on the basis of the experience they gain in other countries.