Inštitut za raziskave in razvoj "Utrip"

Mission & Goals

UTRIP is a non-governmental and a non-profit research institute. It aims to conduct research, develop, implement, monitor and evaluate the projects and programmes in the field of prevention and public health advocacy. UTRIP is a member of the European Alcohol Policy Alliance (Eurocare), the Civil Society Forum on Drugs (CSFD), the Society for Prevention Research (SPR), the International Confederation of ATOD Research Associations (ICARA), Movendi International etc. It has been involved in more than 25 European projects, co-financed by the European Commission under different programmes (Health, Justice, Erasmus Plus etc.). UTRIP is a national centre for evidence-based prevention programmes Unplugged, Good Behavior Game (GBG), Boys & Girls Plus, EFFEKT and The Strengthening Families Program (SFP). UTRIP leads a national network of more than 40 Slovenian NGOs and other institutions in the field of prevention »Prevention platform«, which is funded by the Ministry of Health.