MHE contribution to the EC consultation process

The EC Green Paper “Improving the Mental Health of the Population: Towards a Strategy on Mental Health for the European Union” was formally launched on 24 October 2005 and involved about a hundred delegates including representatives of EU Member States, a broad range of stakeholders as well as academic experts.

The European Commission launched an open consultation on the Green Paper involving the European Institutions, Governments, health professionals, stakeholders in other sectors and civil society including patient organisations and the research community.

The consultation process - closed on 31 May 2006 - will lead to the development of a European Commission proposal for an EU-Strategy on Mental Health in late 2006.

Mental Health Europe (MHE) welcomes this consultation process as a golden opportunity for influencing the discussion of mental health issues at European level and has invited as many organisations and people as possible to have their say and to comment on the Green Paper on Mental Health, particularly on the following EC three questions:

(1) How relevant is the mental health of the population for the EU’s strategic policy objectives, as detailed in section 1?

(2) Would the development of a comprehensive EU-strategy on mental health add value to the existing and envisaged actions and does section 5 propose adequate priorities?

(3) Are the initiatives proposed in sections 6 and 7 appropriate to support the coordination between Member States, to promote the integration of mental health into the health and non-health policies and stakeholder action, and to better liaise research and policy on mental health aspects?

You can find here:

- MHE Response to the EC Consultation on the Green Paper on Mental Health: position paper submitted to the European Commission on 30 May 2006

- Overview document of the responses that MHE has received from member organizations and individuals as well as from third party organisations committed to actively contribute to the European strategy on mental health.

For further information please contact the MHE Secretariat.

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