Home  Projects Mainstreaming Mental Disability Policies
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Mainstreaming Mental Disability Policies |
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| Implementation Period |
2004-2006 |
| Funded by |
European Commission - Directorate General Employment and Social Affairs |
| Project number |
VS/2004/0572
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| Project coordinators |
Inclusion Europe
The Open Society Institute – Mental Health Initiative
The Global Initiative on Psychiatry
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| Partners |
8 organisations working on intellectual disability:
- Inclusion Czech Republic, Czech Republic
- EVPIT, Estonia
- Hand in Hand Foundation, Hungary
- Rupju Berns, Latvia
- VILTIS, Lithuania;
- PAPMH, Poland
- ZPMP, Slovakia
- Sozitje, Slovenia
8 associations working on mental health problems:
- Centre for Mental Health Care Development, Czech Republic
- Iseseisev Elu, Estonia
- Soteria Foundation, Hungary
- Global Initiative on Psychiatry, Lithuania
- The Brotherhood of Hearts, Poland
- Association for Mental Health „Integra“, Slovakia
- Latvian Nurses Association, Latvia
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Objectives
The objectives of the Mainstreaming Mental Disability Policies Project were threefold:
- To build the capacity of people with ID and MHP to interact competently with political and administrative structures;
- To change political and administrative structures responsible for employment and education;
- To spread the idea of mainstreaming mental disability issues.
Results:
The project has published:
- A training material: "Partners for better policies: A manual for mainstreaming."
- A leaflet: "Guidance on the difference between mental health problems and intellectual disabilities"
- Five Assessment Forms to assess the extent to which the relevant authorities are mainstreaming policies and services in the field of:
- Education for people with intellectual disabilities
- Employment for people with intellectual disabilities
- Health Care for people with intellectual disabilities
- Education for people with mental health problems
- Employment for people with mental health problems
- A Guidance Note to explain how to use the five Assessment Forms.
For more information please visit our website: www.inclusion-europe.org
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