Promoting the Active Particpation of People with Mental Health Problems

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Zaměření programu

The Open Society Mental Health Initiative (MHI) supports the active and meaningful participation of people with mental health problems in shaping policies and services that meet their needs and respect their human rights in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Support for this participation (`user involvement`) is designed to ensure that people with mental health problems are able to live as equal citizens with full human rights, with real opportunities to be as independent as possible, and as active participants in their communities.

Co podporuje

Meaningful participation by people with mental health problems may take many forms. This call for applications focuses on: *Inclusion of people with mental health problems in service delivery organizations (the organization may or may not be restricted to mental health services, e.g., the organization may be a housing service, a legal service, a domestic violence service, or an employment service) in staff, management, and governance roles; *Inclusion of people with mental health problems in civil society advocacy organizations in staff, management, and governance roles.

Koho podporuje

MHI currently offers support to nongovernmental organizations (NNO) registered in the following target countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosova, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, and Ukraine.