Nongovernmental Organizations

Today April 18, the Ministry of health and dependency of the autonomous community of Extremadura, publishes in the journal official de Extremadura order by which summon grants for 2011 aimed at organizations NGOs existing in the autonomous community of Extremadura, for the implementation of intervention programs in addictive behaviors in the framework of the comprehensive Plan of drug addiction and other addictive behaviors. ute to your knowledge. To view the order in full, visit the website indicated at the foot of the article in its regional/Extremadura the comprehensive drug addiction and other addictive behaviors envisages collaboration between the various institutions and organizations and maintains an appeal of permanent to non-governmental organizations with social implementation and possible courses of action, so that they join their efforts, their programs and their projects to the of the community autonomous Extremena. In order to comply to the above and in order to carry out an action coordinated with the various non-governmental organizations that are involved in this field, establishing this call for grants for the year 2011, which will finance the development of intervention programs in drug addiction and other addictive behaviors in the framework of the comprehensive Plan of drug addiction and other addictive behaviours, in the fields of intervention listed in this call. For these purposes, the comprehensive Plan on drugs and other addictive behaviors are defined in behavioural addiction, addictions without drugs or psychological addictions, such as repetitive behaviors of time and/or resources invested in her, by interfering with the normal functioning of everyday life in various areas (family in which the person loses control of behavior, increases the intensity, frequency, quantity(social, school, work, etc.), and without substance. In the area of the autonomous community of Extremadura, law 1/1999, of 29 March, prevention, assistance and reintegration of the drug addictions of the autonomous community of Extremadura, declares that he is understood by drug dependence that alteration of behavior characterized by the continued use of drugs that is distinguished by a series of physiological, cognitive and behavioural disorders that indicate that the subject has lost control over the use of the same, despite its negative consequences at the level of physical, psychological, family, social and labor. .