Implementation of the Pact
•The European Pact on Mental Health and Well-Being is now in its implementation phase, in which stakeholders and policy makers in each of the 5 priority areas are encouraged in action towards promoting mental health and well-being and preventing mental disorders. This process will continue through 2009 2010 and into 2011.
•The Pact is being implemented through a series of five Thematic Conferences in each of the five priority areas. These conferences are being hosted by Member States in partnership with EC bodies and other stakeholders. In at least two cases, these events are linked to European Presidencies.
- 29-30th Sept 2009.– Mental Health in Youth and Education. – Stockholm, Sweden.
- 10-11th Dec 2009. – Prevention of Depression and Suicide. – Budapest, Hungary.
- 28th-29th June 2010. – Mental Health in Older People – Madrid, Spain.
- 8th – 9th November 2010. – Promoting social inclusion and combating stigma for better health and wellbeing – Lisbon, Portugal.
- 3rd- 4rd March 2011. – Mental Health in Workplace Settings. – Berlin, Germany.
• As preparation for each conference an Implementation Framework and supporting background documents will be developed by lead experts in each area, to brief participants and provide the basis for discussions at the event . Stakeholders will also have the opportunity to engage with the process by proposing examples of good practice and policies and feeding back on the proposed recommendations in the Implementation Framework.
• In addition it is hoped that stakeholders organising events linked to the five areas will capitalise on the momentum created, using these events to raise awareness of the Pact and activities underway in the implementation framework and to assist with building capacity and mobilising support for the Pact.
• The outcomes of the conferences will be disseminated widely and are expected to feed into a possible concluding event and inform a set of policy briefs, to be developed at the end of this stage in implementation.
GUIDELINES FOR PACT DISSEMINATION :
Please find below recommendations and materials designed to facilitate dissemination of the European Pact on Mental Health and Well-being at the local level. We encourage you to raise awareness of this initiative and related events in your region, through local networks and in your field or specialisation nationally.
- Disseminate the official translation of the Pact in your own language:
- Include information about the Pact and the implementation process in your own power point presentations to colleagues. To facilitate this please feel free to
download and use our slides with useful information. - Add a banner and link to the EC web page in your own web
- Distribute information about the Pact in your meetings and local events. To facilitate please feel free to download, print and distribute our summary documents:
1. European Pact on Mental Health and Well being,
2. Pact Implementation Process,
3. Youth and Education Priority Area,
4. Prevention of Depression and Suicide Priority Area,
5. Older People Priority Area
6. Mental Health in Youth and Education - Join our Newsletter distribution list (Please send an email with your address to: EC-MentalHealthProcess@gencat.cat
- Encourage your institution to prepare a statement of support to the Pact
the Thematic Conferences in Mental Health for the European Commission, DG SANCO.
The Consortium is lead by the Department of Health, Government of Catalonia (Gencat), working in collaboration with the
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), the London School of Economics (LSEE),
the Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health (SDC) and the Research Institute of the Red Cross (FRK).
