Joining Forces Across Europe for Prevention and Promotion in Mental Health

Barcelona, 13-15^th September.

The conference aims to inform and empower those involved in developing, implementing and evaluating policies and programmes in public mental health, especially in relation to following and implementing the WHO 2005 Ministerial Conference recommendations endorsed by the WHO Declaration and Action Plan for Mental Health, and the future EU Strategy for Mental Health in 2007.

Areas addressed by the conference will include:

Evidence to practice for policies and programmes: outlining the most recent advances to support mental health policies and programmes at the local, national and European levels

Implementation: helping develop dissemination, implementation and management plans;

Financing: supporting strategies for financing action and strengthening management systems across Europe;

Building capacity and training: strengthening policy and advocacy development, and networking.

The conference will be action oriented and highly participatory, being structured around a large number of working sessions and discussion panels. A few plenary sessions will introduce each of the main themes. The conference aims to share examples, barriers and opportunities encountered throughout Europe in implementing prevention and promotion action for mental health.

The outcomes of the conference will include a set of recommendations and suggested proposals to support implementation of action for mental health promotion and mental disorder prevention across Europe.