Dear Colleagues
EU-PROMENS is a capacity-building programme on mental health financed by the EU4Health programme and will be implemented by the project consortium (GFA Consulting Group GmbH, Trimbos Institute, and Mental Health Europe) between January 2024 and December 2026. It will enhance and improve the capacity of health professionals across Europe in the field of mental health.
It targets different groups of professionals, including:
- Health professionals working in mental health sector
- Teachers and educators working in the educational setting
- Social workers working in various community settings
- Professionals working in prisons and juvenile detention centres
- Mental health policy makers and experts/advisors
- Members of the service users/people with lived experience organisations
- Trainers and mentors of students, apprentices, and the workforce of the above-mentioned professions
The capacity-building programme is made up of two parts:
Part 1
Development and Implementation of a Multidisciplinary Training Programme on Mental Health for Health and Other Professionals Working in Community Settings
- Setting up a contact group for broad stakeholder involvement representing different sub-groups of mental health
- Conducting a study to identify the training audiences and training needs in mental health
- Mapping existing trainings and stakeholders
- Designing a European mental health multidisciplinary training programme
- Rolling out a hybrid, multidisciplinary training programme in 6 pilot countries, and implementation of the training in 24 countries
- Developing a European blueprint for a comprehensive approach to mental health capacity-building
Part 2
Organisation of an Exchange Programme for Health Professionals in the Field of Mental Health
- Identifying exchange participants’ needs, host institutions’ capabilities, and matching both
- Designing and implementing the exchange programme, ensuring it aligns with the overall goals of the multidisciplinary training programme on mental health.
Registration is NOW open for exchange visits for European mental health professionals – see below for more information.
REGISTER HERE: https://eu-promens.eu/eu-promens/pages/events
EU-PROMENS opens the registration to the first exchange visits to Croatia and the Netherlands. Other project events have updated information on themes and dates.
