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Final outcomes

The final outcomes of the project were presented on 01 June 2007 in the frame of the Mental Health Europe Conference 2007 in Vienna, Austria. The event gathered over 50 participants coming from all over Europe.

Following a presentation of the aims, objectives and activities of the project by Sogol Noorani, Project Coordinator, each of the ten project partners gave an overview of the results of their analyses of factors that have blocked activities that promote the social inclusion of people with mental health problems in their countries at the national level as well as factors that have facilitated activities that promote social inclusion.

Presentations were also given by Liz Sayce from RADAR-The Disability Network on strategies for putting mental health and social inclusion at the heart of public policy; Erik Olsen from the European Network of (ex)Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (ENUSP) presented the view of users on the issue of mental health and social inclusion; and Katarina Lindahl, Acting Head of Unit for Inclusion, Social Policy Aspects of Migration, Streamlining of Social Policies at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, gave a presentation on how the Open Method of Coordination in the field of Social Protection and Social Inclusion can support efforts to tackle remaining challenges in the field of mental health and well-being.

In the last session of the event John Henderson, Mental Health Europe Senior Policy Advisor, presented the conclusions and recommendations resulting from the project. The key points that were highlighted centered around three sets of factors influencing the development of good practices promoting the social inclusion of people with mental health problems: factors concerning the policy level, factors concerning the relevant organisations and stakeholders, and factors concerning specific initiatives. All of these factors must be taken into consideration in order to improve the situation of social inclusion of people with mental health problems in an effective and sustainable way.


Programme of the final conference

Presentation of the project - Sogol Noorani, MHE

Social inclusion: Putting mental health at the heart of public policy - Liz Sayce, RADAR

Ways to achieve social inclusion: The users' perspective - Erik Olson, ENUSP

"Social inclusion is a fundamental right": How the SPSI OMC supports efforts to tackle remaining challenges - Katarina Lindahl, European Commission, DG EMPL/E2

Conclusions and recommendations for policy and practice

Pictures of the final conference