EU-PROMENS CAPACITY BUILDING EVENTS
We have two types of events: 1. European Exchange Programme on Mental Health (on an international level conducted in English) 2. National Mental Health Training Programme (on a regional level conducted in the language of the hosting country)
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1. European Exchange Programme on Mental Health
Embark on a professional learning experience to one of the following six European hubs: The Netherlands, Spain, Czech Republic, Croatia, Finland, and Austria. Participants from different professional profiles and experience levels will be selected in order to foster peer-to-peer learning and multi-disciplinary collaboration. They will take part in a two-week programme with study visits to service providers, workshops and job-shadowing around distinct technical themes.
You can apply for multiple European Exchange Programmes on Mental Health, but you will be selected for only one.
Target group
Mental health professionals from medical and community-based care; educators, schoolteachers, pedagogues; social workers from various community settings; professionals working in prisons and juvenile detention centres; policymakers; mental health education professionals; service user organizations involved in mental health advocacy.
Language requirements
English at intermediary level (B).
Timeline
First Call for Applications: June 2024
Current Calls: Austria, Finland, Spain.
Please see the tentative event calendar below.
Expenses
All travel, accommodation, and board expenses are covered by the project.
Watch this 3 min. video explaining EU-PROMENS Exchange Programme - subtitles available in 22 EU languages:
Current Exchange Visits
| CROATIA Registration closed |
THE NETHERLANDS Registration closed |
CZECH REPUBLIC Registration closed |
| Meeting challenges of today with a multidisciplinary approach to mental health | Prevention, crisis resolution, treatment, and recovery-oriented practices in an ecosystem of (mental) health | Advancing Mental Health Care Reform in Czechia: Deinstitutionalization, prevention and innovation |
| Location: Zagreb | Location: Den Bosch | Location: Prague |
| 3 Groups from Oct 06 to Dec 14 2024 |
3 Groups from Oct 27 2024 to Jan 18 2025 |
3 Groups from Nov 10 2024 to May 31 2025 |
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Hosted by Reinier van Arkel. |
Hosted by National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH). |
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Current Exchange Visits: open for registration
| AUSTRIA | SPAIN | FINLAND |
| 60 years pro mente Upper Austria: de-institutionalization towards a patient-centred approach | Comprehensive Appproches to Mental Heatlh Support and Rehabilitation: From Community Integration to Specialized Care | Life-long support, promotion and prevention of mental health at different stages of life, including the provision of mental health services for people in vulnerable positions. |
| Location: Wesenufer, Linz, Vienna | Location: Barcelona | Location: Tampere / Helsinki |
| Dates: 23 February to 21 March 2025 |
3 Groups from 2 February to 17 May 2025 (TBC) |
Dates: 31 March to 11 April 2025 |
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Registrations for Spain are now closed. Registrations for Austria and Finland will remain open until Sunday, 17 November 2024.
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2. National Mental Health Training Programme
Experience our hybrid training format with online and in-person sessions together with other mental health professionals from your country. Trainings will be informed by a thorough needs assessment and provided for three days by national and international guest lecturers to a mulitdisciplinary audience. Content will be grounded in latest evidence-based practices for treatment, recovery, prevention and promotion in mental health, with special focus on vulnerable groups.
Target group
Health professionals working in mental health sector (psychiatrists, family doctors, nurses, psychotherapists, physiotherapists, speech therapists, clinical psychologists, specialised counsellors, work therapist, social workers; Teachers and educators working in the educational setting (educational workers working in schools, or other educational settings, youth centres, sports clubs, school counsellors); Social workers working in various community settings (community care canters, social care organizations/ services, refugee/ migrant/asylum seeker canters, elderly care centres); Professionals working in prisons and juvenile detention centres (social workers, clinical psychologists, etc.).
Language requirements
The local language of the country on advanced level.
Timeline
Piloting in six countries in spring 2025, then expanding to 24 European countries in 2025 and 2026. Tentative event calendar see below.
Expenses
All travel and accommodation expenses are covered by the project.
Stay updated on our event openings, registrations, and news
Listen to Tomislav Zuljevic-Salamon, EU-PROMENS project manager, explaining the major objectives and the expected result from the project.
EVENTS CALENDAR
1. European Exchange Programme on Mental Health
1st Wave
| CROATIA | THE NETHERLANDS | CZECH REPUBLIC | AUSTRIA |
SPAIN |
FINLAND | |
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| 1st Group | 06.10 - 19.10.2024 | 27.10 - 09.11.2024 | 10.11 - 23.11.2024 | 23.02 - 07.03.2025 | 02.02 - 15.02.2025 |
All groups: 31.03 - 13.04.2025 |
| 2nd Group | 17.11 - 30.11.2024 | 24.11 - 08.12.2024 | 26.01 - 07.02.2025 | 02.03 - 14.03.2025 | 02.03 - 15.03.2025 | |
| 3rd Group | 01.12 - 14.12.2024 | 05.01 - 18.01.2025 | 18.05 - 31.05.2025 | 09.03 - 21.03.2025 |
04.05. - 17.05.2025
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2nd Wave
| THE NETHERLANDS | CROATIA | CZECH REPUBLIC | AUSTRIA | SPAIN (TBC) | FINLAND | ||||
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1st Group
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Sep 2025 |
05.10 - 18.10.2025
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Oct 2025 | Feb 2026 |
08.02 - 21.02.2026 08.03 - 21.03.2026 03.05 - 16.05.2026 |
Apr 2026 | |||
2. National Mental Health Training Programme
Netherlands: 03.2025
Croatia: 03.03 - 26.03.2025
Czech Republic: 31.03 - 11.04.2025
Finland: 19.05 - 30.05.2025
Austria: 05.05 - 16.05.2025
Spain (TBC): 03.06 - 15.06.2025
Belgium, Ukraine (online): 09.2025
Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovakia: 10.2025
France, Poland: 11.2025
Latvia, Ireland, Lithuania: 12.2025
Estonia, Greece, Hungary: 01.2026
Sweden, Romania: 02.2026
Denmark, Italy, Bulgaria: 03.2026
Norway, Cyprus, Germany: 04.2026
Iceland, Malta, Slovenia: 05.2026
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