The Project Consortium includes eight European networks active in the fields of mental health promotion, prevention and information, working in partnership to:
EuroHealthNet (Belgium)
EuroHealthNet is an organisation that aims to contribute to a healthier Europe with greater equity in health between and within European countries. This is achieved by networking and cooperation among relevant and publicly accountable national, regional and local agencies in EU member states, in states seeking EU membership and in the European Economic Area.
European Public Health Alliance (EPHA, Belgium)
The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) represents over 100 non-governmental and other not-for-profit organisations working on public health in Europe. EPHA aims to promote and protect the health interests of all people living in Europe and to strengthen the dialogue between the EU institutions, citizens and NGOs in support of healthy public policies.
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(FIOSH, Germany)
EMIP Project leader
IMHPA Network
(Network on Mental Health Promotion and Mental Disorder Prevention, Netherlands)
Mental Health Europe (MHE, Belgium)
The Mental Health Europe is a non governmental organisation committed to the promotion of positive mental health, the prevention of mental distress, the improvement of care and advocacy, and the protection of human rights for mental health service users and their families and carers. MHE represents several associations, organisations and individual members in the field of mental health in Europe, including mental health service users, volunteers and professionals of many disciplines.
STAKES (Finland)
National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES). STAKES is an expert agency in the field of social welfare and health care. It produces information and expertise for policymakers and other stakeholders.
STAKES:
• Promotes the welfare and health of the population and develops social and health services.
• Assesses changes affecting welfare and health, evaluates the outcomes of welfare policy and brings forth new alternatives.
• Strengthens welfare expertise in Finland.
Our core activities are research, development and information production.
WHO/Euro Network for Suicide Research and Prevention
(Germany)
The network consists of national centres of excellence (national focal points) that monitor data on suicidal behaviour and develop methods of prevention, implementing them in national policies and regional or local activities, evaluating and disseminating them through research and publications, and integrating them in national mental health policy.
WHO/Collaboration Centre for Health Promotion in hospitals and health care (Austria)
The WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion in Hospitals and Health Care at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for the Sociology of Health and Medicine (LBISHM) in Vienna, Austria, has been in service since 1992. The mission is to support the development of hospitals and other health care institutions in Europe and other regions of the world into more healthy and health promoting organisations, focusing on the development of both services and settings.
