2019 Candidate statements – Secretary

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Mariàngels Duch
Mariàngels is the European Project Manager at the European Institute of Studies on Prevention network (IREFREA). She has been actively involved in research in risk behaviours and implementation of prevention programmes coordinating several EU funded projects (http://www.irefrea.eu/). She is actively involved in networks like the Club Health initiative and the Civil Society Forum on Drugs. Mariàngels actively collaborates in the launching of the Platform on Best Practices promoted by the Spanish National Plan on Drugs to bring closer research and prevention practice at national level, and promote the collaboration between researchers, practitioners, and decision-makers to support the development and implementation of evidence-based programmes and policies.

She has been a EUSPR member since its beginning. She has contributed with the establishment of the Society in Spain and has been the Secretary for the past year. As the EUSPR Secretary, she is committed with helping the EUSPR to find additional funds to support the Society and organize an annual meeting of the society in Spain to facilitate the exchange of experiences between the European and the Spanish network and contribute to the growth and active participation of the Spanish group at European level.