The Romanian Alzheimer society, together with the Habilitas Association, is implementing the project “Mental Health – Priority on the Public Agenda!” The project I co-funded by the European Social Fund through the Operational Capacity (POCA) Program 2014-2020.
The project aims to:
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increase the degree of monitoring and evaluation of public policies by developing a methodology and an evaluation report of public policies in the field of mental health
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stimulate and strengthen social dialogue and collaboration between NGOs, social partners and public authorities in the field of mental health and socio-medical health through:
I. monthly meetings within a newly created structure – the Social Dialogue Center
II. organising a Social Dialogue Forum with the participation of 40 professionals
III. launching a social dialogue platform that will allow interaction between NGOs, social partners, public authorities and other stakeholders, and reporting mental health issues and solutions
IV. active participation of 150 professionals in 5 regional workshops (Bucharest, Braşov, Cluj, Iaşi, Timişoara) in order to increase their involvement in formulating and improving public policies in the field of mental health.
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increasing the capacity of 51 NGOs and 2 stakeholders to get involved in the formulation and promotion of alternative proposals to government policies initiated by the Government in the field of mental health by organising public policy training, advocacy activities, equal opportunities for participation while encouraging, sustainable development and social responsibility
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developing the capacity of 72 people, employees and volunteers from NGOs and trade unions to formulate alternative proposals to current public policies through specific training
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optimise mental health legislation by developing and promoting an alternative public policy to the Mental Health Law and by organising a study visit to Scotland to transfer and adapt European best practices in public policy formulation.
The goal of the project is to formulate and promote alternative policies to the Mental Health Law (Law 487/2002 republished in 2012), with emphasis on dementia.
