Old Events
Thursday 15 May 2008
Pour la Solidarité and CEDAG (European Council for Voluntary Organisations) Conference, "How to foster civil dialogue in Europe?" - Brussels(Belgium)
The conference aims to present the results of the European project "Promote civil dialogue in Europe: mutual learning between civil society organisations in old, most recent and new member States" to a large audience.
For more information: contact person, Diane Grossot,
Email diane.grossot@pourlasolidarite.be, or visit the project's website,
http://www.beingcitizen.eu/
From Wednesday 14 May 2008 to Friday 16 May 2008
16th International Conference on Health Promoting Hospitals, - Berlin(Germany)
The main conference topics will be:
• Quo vadis, HPH: Reorienting health services by integrating health promotion principles into clinical core services, or by expanding into new health promotion services – or by both?;
• Improving patient orientation: Safety, clinical evidence, cultural appropriateness;
• Improving staff orientation: The challenge of an ageing workforce;
• Improving community and public health orientation: Sustainability and corporate social responsibility.
Pour de plus amples informations: le site web dédié à la conférence,
www.univie.ac.at/hph/berlin2008
From Saturday 10 May 2008 to Wednesday 14 May 2008
Grundtvig training course 2008, - Wuppertal(Germany)
Thanks to this course, organised by the Paritätische Akademie, you will learn about new ways in this particular field of family education by exchanging experience with your European colleagues. The competence of participants from different European countries will lead you to a global understanding of your own work.
Pour de plus amples informations: personne de contact, Nina Stücke, nina.stuecke@paritaet-nrw.org, Tél +49 202 28 22 338, ou consultez le site internet de la Paritätische Akademie, www.paritaetische-akademie.de
From Wednesday 23 April 2008 to Friday 25 April 2008
European Stigma Event 2008 - Edinburgh (Scotland)
The objectives are: to showcase and compare significant and strategic country-level work in the European Region; to communicate how work on stigma in Scotland has been developed, delivered and assessed; and to situate Scotland’s stigma work in the wider context of an integrated approach to mental health and public health work, and demonstrate the benefits of this.
For more information: visit the event dedicated website,
http://www.regonline.co.uk/EuropeanStigmaConference2008
From Monday 14 April 2008 to Tuesday 15 April 2008
Conférence «From Innovation to Practice: The Promise and Challenge of Achieving Recovery for All» ", Cambridge, - Massachusetts(USA)
This conference, sponsored by the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation – Boston University in collaboration with the World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation, will address a number of topical areas through pre-conference institutes, workshops, and panels. Some of the issues addressed will be: "No force first: Promoting rehabilitation and reducing coercion", "Integrating health and wellness in rehabilitation and recovery services" or "Culturally competent services for minorities with psychiatric disabilities".
, http://www.bu.edu/cpr/conference/
From Saturday 5 April 2008 to Wednesday 9 April 2008
AEP 16th European Congress of Psychiatry - Nice(France)
This annual congress, organised by the Association of European Psychiatrists (AEP), provides a unique opportunity for networking with the foremost names in psychiatry and contributing to the future of psychiatric research in Europe.
For more information: send an e-mail to aep@kenes.com, or visit the Congress dedicated website, http://www.kenes.com/aep/
From Tuesday 25 March 2008 to Thursday 27 March 2008
2nd International Conference on - Judean Hills(Israël)
Together with foremost researchers from the US and Europe, the conference will bring together the best of Israeli academia and practitioners and formulate the frontiers of knowledge so as to give a direction for the future.
Pour de plus amples informations: le site dédié à la conférence,
http://www.isas.co.il/suicide2008/
Thursday 13 March 2008
EuroHealthNet Seminar, - Brussels(Belgium)
The aim of this event is to provide a critically constructive look at the concrete actions needed to turn a strategic paper into real progress for EU citizens, particularly those most in need.
The event will be held in association with the International Union for Health Promotion and Education.
Pour de plus amples informations et pour vous inscrire: personne de contact, Karin Lotz, Email, k.lotz@eurohealthnet.eu, ou visitez le site web d'EuroHealthNet, http://www.eurohealthnet.eu
Les places sont limitées.
From Monday 10 March 2008 to Wednesday 12 March 2008
World Health Care Congress Europe 2008 - Berlin(Germany)
Organised under the high patronage of the European Commission and presented for the 4th consecutive year, the World Health Care Congress Europe is a major international forum where over 600 health leaders share best practices and successful initiatives for improved delivery and outcomes in Europe. Thought leaders include Health Ministers, leading government officials, hospital directors, IT innovators, decision makers from public and private insurance funds, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, and health care industry suppliers.
https://www.worldcongress.com/events/HR08015/index.cfm?confCode=HR08015
From Monday 10 March 2008 to Saturday 15 March 2008
International Health Film Festival "ImagéSanté", - Liège(Belgium)
The specific objective of the International Health Film Festival, ImagéSanté, is to promote the topic of health among the general public. In order to achieve this, in addition to conferences and live broadcasts of surgical operations, the Festival proposes over a hundred films in competition, dealing with subjects such as health education, prevention, food, sport, environment, or the well-being of the disabled.
http://www.imagesante.org/fr/e2006.php
From Thursday 6 March 2008 to Friday 7 March 2008
8th INIC Annual Integrated Care Conference - Göteborg(Sweden)
The theme of the conference, co-organised by the International Network of Integrated Care (INIC) and the Region Västra, is: "Integrated Care and the Management of Chronic Illness: Public demand, technology development, and financial constraints necessitates optimal co-operation between providers of medical and social care".
For more information: visit INIC website,
http://www.integratedcarenetwork.org/Sweden2008/abstract_Call_Sweden2.pdf
From Wednesday 27 February 2008 to Friday 29 February 2008
3rd Advocacy France Forum on a citizen's mental health policy, “Choisir sa vie: l’égalité des chances pour une vie indépendante” (Choose one's life: equal opportunities for independent living) - Paris(France)
This 3rd Forum is coordinated by Advocacy France and organised by a group of associations including European NGOs, national and/or European associations.
It will be a place for expression, exchange and work towards exclusion and discrimination.
On the basis of the experience gained during the previous Forums, Advocacy France wishes that users play a greater role in the organisation of the event. The activities and responsibilities of disabled people will be highlighted during the debates and various activities which will be proposed and presented by disabled people and/or people experiencing discrimination.
The Forum is organised in the frame of the European Year of Equal Opportunities
Pour de plus amples informations: personnes de contact, Martine Dutoit, E-mail mdutoit@erenis.fr, et Claude Deutsch, E-mail deutschclaude@neuf.fr
From Wednesday 20 February 2008 to Friday 22 February 2008
IAPO Global Patients Congress - Budapest(Hungary)
The International Alliance of Patients Organizations (IAPO) will be organising the Global Patients Congress, a unique event bringing together patients’ organisations across the world along with other high level stakeholders. The Congress is open exclusively to patients' organisations who are IAPO Members.
The programme of the 2008 Congress focuses on Patient-Centred Healthcare with a particular focus on patient involvement. Current issues in Patient Information, Access to healthcare and Patient Safety will also be explored.
Pour de plus amples informations: le site internet du AIOP,
http://www.patientsorganizations.org/congress2008
From Tuesday 29 January 2008 to Friday 1 February 2008
Winter 2008 Symposium: "Addictive Disorders & Behavioral Health" - Colorado Springs(USA)
at IABMCP@att.net
http://www.iabmcp.net/symposium.htm
From Wednesday 23 January 2008 to Friday 25 January 2008
SMES-EUROPA 10th Conference, "After 15 years…," - Rome (Italy)
, http://www.smes-europa.org/Rome2007_10conf_SMES_UK.htm
Thursday 13 December 2007
Mental Health Economics European Network Phase II - Brussels
Mental Health Europe
and
London School of Economics and Political Science
are glad to invite you to
Mental Health Economics European Network, Phase II
Symposium
On Thursday, 13 December 2007
09.30-13.00
Venue:
West Midlands in Europe Office
Avenue d'Auderghem, 22-28
Brussels, Belgium
Sponsored by the European Commission,
Directorate General for Health and Consumer Protection
This symposium will present findings and analysis from Phase II of the Mental Health Economics European Network. Speakers will include members from the Network on current research findings.
To register, please send an email to Pssru@lse.ac.uk.
For further information about the project visit the MHEEN website: www.mheen.org
Pssru@lse.ac.uk.
From Thursday 29 November 2007 to Saturday 1 December 2007
2nd European Conference on Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Educational Settings, - Naples (Italy)
This conference will provide a forum for education and mental health professionals to share practice, research and new ideas and to review the impact of current changes in the direction of health and education policies.
It will include presentations on a wide range of education-based initiatives which demonstrate partnerships between education and mental health professionals.
Conference's Secretariat, Tel +44 20 8938 2548, Fax +44 20 7447 3837, E-mail events@tavi-port.org
website: http://www.tavi-port.org/conferences
From Thursday 15 November 2007 to Friday 16 November 2007
International conference on Deinsitutionalisation and Community Living: comparative perspectives and international implications - Prague, Czech Republique
Including the launch of the report
from the EU-funded project on
“Comparative cost analysis:
Community-based services as
an alternative to institutions”
Daniela Rigrova, Inclusion Europe,
Fax: +32.2.502.80.10– e-mail: secretariat@inclusion-europe.org
website: http://www.kent.ac.uk/tizard/research/eu_decl_conference/index.html
From Wednesday 7 November 2007 to Sunday 11 November 2007
3rd European Conference of Brief Strategic and Systemic Therapy, "EUROPEAN WAYS OF BRIEF THERAPY. Investigate – Induce – Prescribe" - Arezzo(Italy)
This event, which is hold every two year, has become a point of reference for the activities of the European Network in Brief Strategic and Systemic Therapy. It is responsible for the presentation and evolution of the intervention modalities and in-depth research in the field of psychotherapy and communication both in public and private spheres. This third appointment is meant to be an in-depth presentation of the most evolved therapeutic techniques regarding the three main phases of therapy: diagnosis, clinical interview and therapeutic prescriptions.
secretary@bsst.org
From Wednesday 7 November 2007 to Sunday 11 November 2007
3rd European Conference of Brief Strategic and Systemic Therapy, "EUROPEAN WAYS OF BRIEF THERAPY. Investigate – Induce – Prescribe" - Arezzo (Italy)
This event, which is hold every two year, has become a point of reference for the activities of the European Network in Brief Strategic and Systemic Therapy. It is responsible for the presentation and evolution of the intervention modalities and in-depth research in the field of psychotherapy and communication both in public and private spheres. This third appointment is meant to be an in-depth presentation of the most evolved therapeutic techniques regarding the three main phases of therapy: diagnosis, clinical interview and therapeutic prescriptions.
Conference's Secretariat, Tel +39 575 350 240, Fax +39 575 350 277, E-mail secretary@bsst.org
From Thursday 18 October 2007 to Friday 19 October 2007
4th Three-Country Conference on Care in Psychiatry, - Bielefeld-Bethel (Germany)
The first Three-Country Conference in 2004 in Bielefeld-Bethel has proven to be a valuable forum for professional exchange and thus makes a valuable contribution to the development of psychiatric care.
The aim of the conference is to provide and disseminate knowledge and to provide an opportunity for exchange of information in the field of psychiatric healthcare. There will be contributions on theory and practice, on research on different problems in the daily practices and on innovative practices.
The conference offers carers, managers, educators, project managers, teachers, students, researchers, scientists and representatives of other health related professions (psychiatrists, psychologist, sociologists etc.) the opportunity to present their research work, to present projects, to exchange information, to do networking, to learn from each other and to promote international cooperation.
http://www.pflege-in-der-psychiatrie.de
conference's secretariat: Tel +49 521 772 78024
E-mail: Bruni.Aussendorf@evkb.de
From Sunday 14 October 2007 to Thursday 18 October 2007
IPA 2007 Osaka Silver Congress, "Active Ageing: Wisdom for Body, Mind and Spirit", - Osaka (Japan)
This 13th Congress of the International Psycho-geriatric Association (IPA) will be a comprehensive forum of communication among specialists in the field of mental health of the MHE NEWSLETTER – ISSUE N°5-2007 17 elderly. An internationally-renowned group of scientists, physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals will share the latest knowledge and research in the field.
E-mail ipa2007osaka@congre.co.jp, Tel +81-6-6204-1330, or IPA website, http://www.ipa-online.org/
From Thursday 11 October 2007 to Saturday 13 October 2007
EAMHID 6th European Congress on Mental Health in Intellectual Disability - Zagreb (Croatia)
The congress, titled "Mental Health: A Human Right for People with Intellectual Disability", is organised by the European Association for Mental Health in Intellectual Disability (EAMHID).
Based on a framework of social justice and human rights the congress will have a focus on practice and research related to mental health issues in intellectual disability. It will be a unique opportunity to promote mental health issues of persons with intellectual disability from the perspective of the local and national community and their efforts in assuring human rights of this often marginalized population.
http://www.zagrebcongress2007.org
From Thursday 11 October 2007 to Saturday 13 October 2007
20th CEFEC Conference, - Linz (Austria)
This year’s conference is organised by Pro Mente Upper Austriaa and STRADA (user organisation of Pro Mente Upper Austria), with the support of Pro Mente Austria (MHE member organisation).
The conference's aim is threefold:
•to raise awareness about the changing nature of work and how this could impact on people with disabilities around Europe;
•to bring Social Firm practitioners and those interested in labour market integration together to share best practice and ideas/experience;
•to discuss and debate how Social Firms might play a role in the future of work policies around Europe.
E-Mail: conference-office@promenteooe.at ; website: http://cefec2007.promenteooe.at
Thursday 11 October 2007
Seminar on "Promoting positive mental health in a time of inequalities: an ethical dilemma?" - Glasgow(Scotland)
The seminar is one in a series that explores key issues in public mental health and is supported by the National Programme for Mental Health and Well-being, the Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health and the Mental Health Foundation.
valerie.millar@drs.glasgow.gov.uk,
www.gcph.co.uk
Thursday 11 October 2007
Seminar on "Promoting positive mental health in a time of inequalities: an ethical dilemma?" - Glasgow (Scotland)
The seminar is one in a series that explores key issues in public mental health and is supported by the National Programme for Mental Health and Well-being, the Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health and the Mental Health Foundation.
Contact Valerie Millar: Tel + 44 141 221 9439, E-mail valerie.millar@drs.glasgow.gov.uk
website of the Glasgow Centre for Population Health: www.gcph.co.uk
From Friday 28 September 2007 to Saturday 29 September 2007
PICUM International Conference on - Brussels (Belgium)
This conference, organised within the framework of the EU project "Access to Health Care for Undocumented Migrants", aims to bring together non governmental organisations, local authorities, health care providers, policy makers, researchers and other professionals to discuss the health care challenges facing undocumented migrants. This event will provide a forum to share creative examples and strategies to address the problems associated with insufficient access to health care for undocumented migrants in Europe.
http://www.picum.org/
Thursday 27 September 2007
MENTAL HEALTH IN EUROPE: Recent Findings and Analysis from the Mental Health Economics European Network, Phase II - London, UK
The London School of Economics and Political Science together with Mental Health Europe are holding a seminar on the Mental Health Economics European Network – phase II, a project supported by the European Commission.
This is the second of a series of dissemination meetings on progress presenting findings on recent evidence and analysis into the economics of mental health in Europe. This seminar is taking place at the London School of Economics and Political Science on Thursday 27th September 2007 between 4pm and 6pm, and will be followed by a reception. Speakers will include members from the Network on their current research findings as well as a discussion on the future directions of mental health policy in Europe.
To register, please send an email to Pssru@lse.ac.uk. For further information please contact Anji Mehta (a.mehta3@lse.ac.uk) or Mari Fresu (mari.fresu@mhe-sme.org)
website: http://www.mheen.org
From Thursday 27 September 2007 to Saturday 29 September 2007
Correlation Network's conference - Sofia (Bulgaria)
The Correlation Network links together different initiatives to fight marginalisation and exclusion of vulnerable populations. The conference is planned to cover a broad range of topics, targeting mainly the issue of limited access to health and social services for marginalised groups. Participants will have the opportunity to exchange information in the field of research, policy and practice, join skill building sessions on issues related to access to health and social services, participate in the debate between service users and policy makers, discuss innovative approaches and new ways of cooperation, and get an overview on the activities of the Correlation Network.
The conference will include a panel discussion on increasing access to health care for Roma.
http://www.correlation-net.org/sofia_conference/index.html
From Friday 14 September 2007 to Sunday 16 September 2007
4th EUFAMI Congress, "Touching the Stars – Towards a Better Quality of Life" - Toruń (Poland)
The Congress is aimed at family members, people with experience of mental illness and health and social care professionals. The Congress will provide up to date information on the state of mental health services in Europe.
http://www.eufami.org/
From Thursday 13 September 2007 to Saturday 15 September 2007
European Conference on Mental Health, "Joining Forces across Europe for Prevention and Promotion in Mental Health" - Barcelona (Spain)
The conference aims to share examples, barriers and opportunities encountered throughout Europe in implementing prevention and promotion action for mental health. It will be action oriented and highly participatory, being structured around a large number of working sessions and discussion panels. A few plenary sessions will introduce each of the main themes. The conference is co-organised by the Health Department of the Government of Catalonia and the Imhpa network which has partners in 30 European countries and 7 international networks (including Mental Health Europe).
http://www.gencat.net/salut/imhpa/Du32/html/en/dir1662/doc13013.html
From Thursday 13 September 2007 to Saturday 15 September 2007
European Conference on Mental Health, "Joining Forces across Europe for Prevention and Promotion in Mental Health" - Barcelona (Spain)
In support of the forthcoming European Commission Strategy on Mental Health, and building on the mental health promotion and mental disorder prevention components of the WHO Declaration and Action Plan for Mental Health, areas addressed by the conference will include:
• Evidence to practice for policies and programmes: outlining the most recent advances to support mental health policies and programmes at the local, national and European levels;
• Implementation: helping develop dissemination, implementation and management plans;
• Financing: supporting strategies for financing action and strengthening management systems across Europe;
• Building capacity and training: strengthening policy and advocacy development, and networking.
The conference will be action oriented and highly participatory, being structured around a large number of working sessions and discussion panels. A few plenary sessions will introduce each of the main themes. The conference aims to share examples, barriers and opportunities encountered throughout Europe in implementing prevention and promotion action for mental health. The outcomes of the conference will include a set of recommendations and suggested proposals to support implementation of action for mental health promotion and mental disorder prevention across Europe.
The conference is co-organised by the Health Department of the Government of Catalonia and the Imhpa network which has partners in 30 European countries and 7 international networks (including Mental Health Europe) who combine their expertise with the aim of developing and disseminating evidence-based mental health promotion and mental disorder prevention strategies and policy options across Europe.
http://www.gencat.net/salut/imhpa/Du32/html/en/dir1662/doc13013.html
From Tuesday 28 August 2007 to Saturday 1 September 2007
24th IASP World Congress, "Preventing Suicide across the Lifespan: Dreams and realities" - Killarney(Ireland)
This IASP (International Association for Suicide Prevention) congress will deal with the concerns at the increase in suicide and the many aspects of dealing with this social and medical tragedy.
The advances urgently needed in research into "why", into prevention and postventions are challenges for mental health professionals, crisis workers, volunteers and the bereaved by suicide. The attendance of international expertise from the complexity of areas of the subject at Killarney will ensure a sharing of a broad range of expertise and experience through a variety of symposia, workshops and parallel and plenary session.
http://www.iasp2007.org/
From Saturday 25 August 2007 to Wednesday 29 August 2007
13th International Congress of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, "Bridging the gaps – Integrating perspectives in child and adolescent mental health" - Florence(Italy)
The advancements in neuroscience, as well as the development of an imperative for evidence-based medicine have created dramatically new challenges for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
The 13th International Congress of ESCAP will be designed to offer clinicians, researchers, health workers, and others interested in the welfare of children and adolescents with a genuine appreciation of contemporary and appropriate methods of assessment and intervention. The program will be especially sensitive to the fact that the developmental periods of childhood and adolescence represent a crucial time for timely diagnostic evaluation and for the implementation of effective treatments.
The themes for this congress will include, among others, developmental neuroscience, assessment instruments, treatments and treatment effectiveness and many other varied issues that will be addressed at a highly scientific, yet clinically relevant level
Cecilia Sighinolfi, E-mail cecilia.sighinolfi@azzurro.it,
http://www.escap-net.org/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=148
From Sunday 19 August 2007 to Thursday 23 August 2007
World Mental Health Congress of the World Federation for Mental Health - Hong Kong(China)
The 2007 Congress will bring together international and local experts with diverse backgrounds including mental health practitioners, community partners, as well as users and carers of mental health services, to address a wide variety of topics of significant interest in mental health.
This year's congress theme is "Impact of Culture on Mental Health: East meet West". The innovative programme will cover four tracks: Importance of Environment on Mental Health, Cultural Issues on Mental Health, Advancement in Care and Treatment, and trends in Promotion and Prevention of Recovery. Post-congress workshops will also be arranged in major cities in Mainland China to promote cultural exchange and exposure for the delegates from both the East and West.
info@wmhc2007.com
http://www.wmhc2007.com
From Tuesday 3 July 2007 to Wednesday 4 July 2007
Social Firms UK Annual Conference 2007, - Edinburgh (Scotland)
The conference is aimed at organisations and individuals interested in creating jobs for people severely disadvantaged in the labour market and particularly those who are starting up and running Social Firms. The theme is "achieving the balance", acknowledging that there can often be tensions between the needs of the business and the needs of the workers requiring support.
Social Firms UK
E-mail: info@socialfirms.co.uk; Tel: +44 1737 764 021 ; website: http://www.socialfirms.co.uk/
From Thursday 28 June 2007 to Friday 29 June 2007
PICUM International Conference on - Brussels (Belgium)
This conference, organised within the framework of the EU project "Access to Health Care for Undocumented Migrants", aims to bring together non governmental organisations, local authorities, health care providers, policy makers, researchers and other professionals to discuss the health care challenges facing undocumented migrants. This event will provide a forum to share creative examples and strategies to address the problems associated with insufficient access to health care for undocumented migrants in Europe.
http://www.picum.org
From Wednesday 27 June 2007 to Friday 29 June 2007
Correlation Network's conference "Social Inclusion and Health - Crossing the Borders" - Sofia(Bulgaria)
The Correlation Network links together different initiatives to fight marginalisation and exclusion of vulnerable populations. The conference is planned to cover a broad range of topics, targeting mainly the issue of limited access to health and social services for marginalised groups. Participants will have the opportunity to exchange information in the field of research, policy and practice, join skill building sessions on issues related to access to health and social services, participate in the debate between service users and policy makers, discuss innovative approaches and new ways of cooperation, and get an overview on the activities of the Correlation Network.
The conference will include a panel discussion on increasing access to health care for Roma.
http://www.correlation-net.org/sofia_conference/index.html
From Wednesday 13 June 2007 to Friday 15 June 2007
8th European Union of Supported Employment (EUSE) Conference - Belfast(Northern Ireland)
The Conference, “Supported Employment – Working for All?, aims to promote goods practices in Supported Employment as well as exploring how the model can be used with other disadvantaged groups. The Conference will also pose the question “Is Supported Employment working for all?” and if not, why not?
http://www.euseconference2007.org
Tuesday 5 June 2007
Employment Week 2007 Conference, Working Europe - Creating more and better jobs - Brussels(Belgium)
Creating quality employment is a top priority for Europe's socio-economic future, as its political leaders work to promote its competitive performance. How can the public and private sector, as employer, employee, agency or official contribute?
The 2007 agenda will cover all aspects of employment with two strong streams running through the programme including:
In the workplace:
• Diversity: Opportunities for all or just for some?
• Flexicurity: Does it really balance the interests of employers and employees?
• Work-life balance: How does it work in practice? Who's the most proactive in implementing it?
In the labour market:
• Europe's job creation performance: Where are the new jobs being created and why?
• Mobility: Is it a problem or a solution?
• Environmental issues: Will they affect job creation?
http://www.employmentweek.com/
From Thursday 31 May 2007 to Saturday 2 June 2007
MHE conference 2007, “No Health without Mental Health: from slogan to reality” - Vienna, Austria
The MHE conference will focus on the outcomes of the consultation process of the European Commission’s Green Paper “Improving the Mental Health of the Population” and the upcoming strategy for the next years.
The focus of the conference will be on the connection and the coherence between European policies and the impact they have on the mental health of the population.
Lectures, round-table discussions and workshops will give opportunity for sharing information and deepening knowledge but also for exchange of best practices.
Participants coming from all European countries will be encouraged to discuss the possibilities of implementing strategies on mental health throughout the whole life-span and to initiate cooperation between the different organisations and institutions working on mental health issues at the national and European level.
The social programme will include a reception at the Vienna Town Hall; an “Art Brut”-Exhibition; etc.
Additionally, MHE’s annual General Assembly will take place at the end of the conference.
You can contribute by sending us your ideas for workshops you would be interested in.
The conference will be organised by the Austrian Federation of Mental Health – Pro Mente Austria - which is a national umbrella organisation and member of MHE-SME.
office@promente-Wien.at
info@mhe-sme.org
From Thursday 10 May 2007 to Saturday 12 May 2007
Europe in Action Conference, - Warsow (Poland)
During the European Year of equal Opportunities 2007, people with intellectual disabilities, family members, legal professionals and policy makers will discuss at this event the following main themes:
• Support in decision-making and legal representation;
• Full citizenship and legal protection;
• Withdrawal of legal capacity and its consequences.
http://www.EuropeInAction.org
From Thursday 19 April 2007 to Saturday 21 April 2007
6th European Conference of ACENDIO, "Nursing Communication in Multidisciplinary Practice" - Amsterdam(The Netherlands)
Since 1995, ACENDIO (the Association for Common European Nursing Diagnoses, Interventions and Outcomes) has been supporting the development of nursing’s professional language by providing conferences and a network for nurses in the different European countries to promote and advance common terminologies, classifications and data sets for describing and communicating the practice of nursing.
The focus of this conference is on the communication of nursing within multidisciplinary practice for the enhancement of patient care. Themes therefore include communicating the usefulness of terminologies and classifications, the use of nursing diagnoses, interventions, outcomes and measurement tools, and the results of nursing data collection for nursing practice.
http://www.oudconsultancy.nl/acendioadam/amsterdam/acendioprogramth.html
Friday 30 March 2007
EHMA Conference, "Shaping the Future for Community Action on Health Services" - Brussels(Belgium)
The conference is organised by EHMA (European Health Management Association) in collaboration with the European Commission.
Following the consultation period launched at the end of September by the Commission with a Communication and ending on 31 January 2007, this conference will provide a landmark occasion to allow interested stakeholders to exchange views with the Commission about appropriate instruments for the provision of health services throughout the EU's borders as well as concrete actions that the European Union can take to bring greater legal certainty where it is currently lacking.
The conference is carefully timed to follow the receipt by the Commission of stakeholder responses to the consultation and to precede the Commission's preparation of proposals. It will therefore provide the opportunity for the dialogue which is essential to ensure that future Community actions on health services reflect stakeholder needs and views.
sabine@ehma.org
celine@ehma.org
http://www.ehma.org/news/default.asp?NCID=13&NewsID=155
From Monday 26 March 2007 to Wednesday 28 March 2007
3rd Annual World Health Care Congress – Europe 2007 - Barcelona(Spain)
Organised under the high patronage of the European Commission, the World Health Congress Europe is the only major international forum where over 500 health leaders share best practices and successful initiatives for improved delivery and outcomes in Europe. Thought leaders include Health ministers, leading government officials, hospital directors, decision makers from public and private insurance funds, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, and health care industry suppliers.
A three-day networking opportunity, the event features visionary keynote addresses, controversial debates, dynamic panel discussions, case studies, tutorials and informal roundtable discussions.
Five focused Summits will be organized on "Chronic disease management and patient empowerment", "Implementing IT systems", "Paying for performance", "Improving quality and patient safety" and "promoting access to innovation" and "Personalised healthcare"
http://www.worldcongress.com/europe
From Sunday 25 March 2007 to Tuesday 27 March 2007
6th International Conference “Public benefit for the Disabled” - Cracow(Poland)
Due to unpredicted circumstances, the conference has been rescheduled from 26-28 November 2006 to 25-27 March 2006.
The conference will take place in connection with ceremonial inauguration of 2007 – European Year of Equal Opportunities for All.
Debates will proceed about oncoming matters:
• obtaining the status of organisation of public benefit and organisational and administrative service;
• cooperation of national and local governments with non-governmental organisations on the base of legislative regulations and disability laws;
• impact of laws, concerning non-governmental organisations, on: rehabilitation, accessibility, transport, education, etc… of disabled people; anti-discrimination activities and equal opportunities for all; mass media as instruments exposing activities of non-governmental organisations…
• practices of non-governmental organisations of public benefit (or their counterparts in other European countries) and their influence on activities for equal opportunities for all.
http://www.pson.ip.krakow.pl
From Saturday 17 March 2007 to Wednesday 21 March 2007
FROM 17 TO 21 MARCH 2007 - Madrid (Spain)
15th European Congress of Psychiatry, Madrid (Spain)
This annual congress is organised by the Association of European Psychiatrists (AEP).
The theme of the congress will be: “European Psychiatry – Science and Art”.
The aim of the congress is to open new perspectives on the Science and Art of psychiatry and on issues related to treatment and patient care. The state-of-the-art lectures, plenary lectures and core symposia will provide a full update on the most important aspects of treatment in psychiatry and on the latest achievements in this field.
The congress also intends to comprehensively cover all various aspects of modern psychiatry and to favour meetings of psychiatrists with different backgrounds and orientations. This fruitful exchange of knowledge and experience aims at further developing a feeling of identity of European psychiatry. Deadline for submission of abstracts : November 22, 2006.
For more information: the congress website, http://www.kenes.com/aep2007/welcome.asp, or send an e-mail at aep2007@kenes.com.
From Friday 9 March 2007 to Sunday 11 March 2007
Conference ""Investing in Mental Health Policy and Economics Research" - Venice(Italy)
The 8th International Workshop on costs and assessment in psychiatry "Investing in Mental Health Policy and Economics Research" is taking place in Venice on 9 - 11 March 2007. The event is organised by the International Center of Mental Health Policy and Economics (ICMPE) with the support of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) - Section on Mental Health Economics.
http://www.icmpe.org/test1/events/events.htm.
From Friday 23 February 2007 to Saturday 24 February 2007
FROM FRIDAY 23 TO SATURDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2007 - Clermont de l'Oise (France)
Conference of the Picardie Region, in collaboration with the CEMEAs, "Evolution of practices in the mental health field. Experiences in Europe", Clermont de l'Oise (France)
In the framework of its cooperation with the regions of Trenčín (Slovakia) and Thuringia (Germany) , the region of Picardie (France), together with the CEMEAs (training centres on educational methods) aims at bringing together mental health professionals to debate on practices and experiences in the field of mental health in Europe.
Practioners, nurses and other professionals from France, Germany and Slovakia will participate in conferences and thematic workshops.
E-mail achardonnet@cr-picardie.fr and esoufflay@cr-picardie.fr,
Tel +33 3 22 97 27 85
Friday 16 February 2007
EAP-SFU European Symposium “PSYCHIATRY - PSYCHOLOGY – PSYCHOTHERAPY: Similarities and Differences” - Vienna, Austria
The European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP), in collaboration with the Sigmund Freud University (SFU), organises a European Symposium on the theme “PSYCHIATRY - PSYCHOLOGY – PSYCHOTHERAPY: Similarities and Differences” at the Sigmund Freud University in Vienna.
The EAP represents 128 organisations from 41 European countries and more than 120.000 psychotherapists. Based on the “Strasbourg Declaration on Psychotherapy of 1990” the EAP represents high training standards for a scientifically based and stands for a free and independent practice of psychotherapy.
eap.headoffice@europsyche.org
http://www.europsyche.org
From Tuesday 30 January 2007 to Wednesday 31 January 2007
1st Equality Summit and Opening Conference of the 2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities for All - Berlin(Germany)
Increased diversity in a changing, multicultural society is one of the greatest challenges facing the European Union (EU). In recognition of this diversity and in order to highlight its positive value in society, the EU has declared 2007 the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All and hopes through this initiative to contribute to a just society.
In order to help achieve this goal, an Equality Summit at ministerial level will be held every year, bringing together high-ranking representatives at EU and national levels. The first Equality Summit is to be held by the German Presidency of the European Council in Berlin on 30 and 31 January 2007. At the same time, the 2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities for All will be inaugurated in collaboration with the European Commission.
This will be the first time that high-ranking representatives from the Member States, the social partners, civil society and European anti-discrimination bodies come together to discuss the promotion of equal opportunities in Europe.
Steinrücke+ich, Tel +49-30-400 44 590, E-mail berlin@steinrueckeundich.de
From Sunday 10 December 2006 to Thursday 14 December 2006
5th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, "Living in Harmony: Promoting creative synergy in a stressful world" - Hong Kong(China)
With internationalisation and advancement in medical technology, global citizens live under increasing stress due to growing poverty, health inequalities and uncertainties resulted from emergence of new diseases, natural disasters, human tragedies and pain caused by social problems and conflicts. Social workers all look for creative solutions and long for pragmatic interventions leading to harmony and bliss for all. The Fifth International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health will provide a platform to share evidence-based practices among social workers from diverse cultures and societies.
Within the five-day programme, there will be physical exercises, tai-chi, hands-on techniques of Asian origin, Satellite Symposia in social service organisations, field visits as well as social programme and local hospitality with "Hong Kong style". Study Tours and Post-Conference Tours will also be organised to give the participants a first-hand experience of the cultural heritage of the East.
http://www.swh2006.com/en/welcome.html
From Thursday 7 December 2006 to Friday 8 December 2006
EASPD 10th Anniversary Colloquium and Seminar on the Right to Education for All - Brussels, Belgium
On 7 December, EASPD (the European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities) will celebrate 10 years of very fruitful networking between service providers and cooperation with stakeholders towards true equalisation of opportunities for people with disabilities through effective and high quality services. The anniversary-colloquium will be on social service provision for people with a disability in Europe.
On 8 December, EASPD organises a seminar on the right to education for all in order to examine the state of play of implementation of the Salamanca declaration (1994) and to discuss the proceedings with all stakeholders.
info@easpd.be
From Sunday 26 November 2006 to Tuesday 28 November 2006
6th International Conference “Public benefit for the Disabled” - Cracow, Poland
The conference will take place in connection with ceremonial inauguration of 2007 – European Year of Equal Opportunities for All.
Debates will proceed about oncoming matters:
• obtaining the status of organisation of public benefit and organisational and administrative service;
• cooperation of national and local governments with non-governmental organisations on the base of legislative regulations and disability laws;
• impact of laws, concerning non-governmental organisations, on: rehabilitation, accessibility, transport, education, etc… of disabled people; anti-discrimination activities and equal opportunities for all; mass media as instruments exposing activities of non-governmental organisations…
• practices of non-governmental organisations of public benefit (or their counterparts in other European countries) and their influence on activities for equal opportunities for all.
There will be also an artistic show of disabled children and youth, and an exhibition of artworks prepared by disabled children and youth in the frame of European Year of Equal Opportunities for All entitled: “Inequality in my Imagination”.
http://www.pson.ip.krakow.pl
Saturday 25 November 2006
MDAC (Mental Disability Advocacy Centre) Conference on inspectorates of mental health and social care institutions in the European Union, - Budapest(Hungary)
Inspectorates, or monitoring bodies, are a crucial element in protecting the human rights of people with disabilities, yet few countries in the European Union (UE) have effective systems. The conference aims to share best practices from "old" and "new" Member States, and will encourage all EU countries to ratify and implement the Optional Protocol to the Uited Nations Convention Against Torture.
The conference is funded by the EU. It focuses on governments' obligation to establish independent inspecting/monitoring systems of mental health and social care institutions. The conference brings together non governmental organisations, ombudspeople and governments from a number of different countries in "old" and "new" member states of the EU.
http://www.mdac.info/conference.
From Saturday 18 November 2006 to Tuesday 21 November 2006
SMES-EUROPA 10th Conference, “After 15 years…” - Rome, Italy
15 years ago (1992), in Rome, a 1st seminar was organized to mark the beginning of the SMES’ movement.
Today discrimination and stigmatisation, marginalization and poverty touch more and more people, extreme exclusion makes more and more victims… Why?
From 1992 to now on all the efforts against exclusion and discrimination, in order to promote citizenship do not have given the expected results. Why?
The aim of the conference is:
1. A retrospective evaluation: “…what is the situation after 15 years?,” what has been changed in a positive or a negative way?
2. Perspectives and proposals for the future, for absolute priorities in right and access to health and social services for homeless people.
the SMES-EUROPA website, http://www.smes-europa.org/ROME2007_10CONF_SMES-EUROPA.htm
Friday 10 November 2006
Colloquium of the ASBL L'Autre « lieu » - RAPA - Brussels, belgium
To celebrate its 25th birthday, the ASBL L'Autre « lieu » - RAPA is organising a colloquium around the question: “What are psychiatry and mental health in a context of globalization and bio-politics?”.
Debates and workshops will take place, with participants such as Mario Collucci (psychiatrist, Trieste Department of Mental Health, - Italy), Pierangelo Di Vittorio (philosopher, University of Bari - Italy), Patrick Coupechoux (journalist, Le Monde Diplomatique), as well as other people coming from various backgrounds.
yvesluc.autrelieu@tiscali.be
laurence@autrelieu.be,
http://www.autrelieu.be/
From Thursday 9 November 2006 to Friday 10 November 2006
"Empower", a European Civil Society Forum - Bergamo(Italy)
This forum, organised by the European Commission, will be based on the EU White Paper on Communication Policy which was presented last February (COM(2006)35 final).
The "Empower" Civil Society Forum is an event designed to provide the European Commission with specific opinions and recommendations on how to improve the EU communication and information, empowering citizens and participatory democracy.
The "Empower" forum's aim is to explore how we might begin to fill the still existing gap between European Citizens and Institutions. In order to do so, the Forum is expected to adopt some concrete suggestions related to a set of priorities recalled by the White Paper: the European Public Sphere; improving civic education; connecting citizens with each other; connecting the citizens and the public institutions; the digital divide.
The forum will be divided into two half-day plenary sessions (openings and conclusions) and one day of parallel workshops.
paolo.alberti@ec.europa.eu
http://ec.europa.eu./italia
From Tuesday 7 November 2006 to Thursday 9 November 2006
2nd belgo-senegalese conference on mental health, “Désarrois et Constructions – Les intervenants face aux nouveaux contextes” (“Helplessness and Building – Players facing new backgrounds”) - Dakar, Senegal
In Africa as in Europe, ways of life are changing. Economic constraints, social contingencies and new emerging cultural references are giving rise to these changes, which act on the people’s physical and mental health, especially on the most vulnerable.
This second belgo-senegalese meeting will be an opportunity to discuss these phenomena with sociologists and anthropologists. It will also be an occasion to highlight some innovative and inventive projects of care made up by practitioners.
Five workshops will be organised on the themes: “Expression of pain and new frameworks of intervention”, “Coercion and institutional incoherencies: impact on professionals and recipients”, “New cultural references and changes of the social link”, “Family and couple’s alterations” and “Migrations and breakings”.
+32.2.511.55.43
emessens@skynet.be
From Tuesday 7 November 2006 to Friday 10 November 2006
XIV World Congress of Inclusion International, “Inclusion for All” - Acapulco, Mexico
The goal of the congress is to add voices to the growing global movement demanding changes to social, economic and political conditions which create inequity and social exclusion.
It will be an occasion to:
• exchange experiences, knowledge and visions among people from all over the world to promote inclusion;
• strengthen the capacity of families and family organizations to impact on decisiosn made by governments and multilateral agencies;
• strengthen the voices of people with intellectual disabilities and improve the visibility of their issues locally, regionally and globally;
• build a global plan of action to promote inclusion and address poverty and exclusion and a strategy for implementing the new UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
http://www.inclusion-mexico.org.mx/english/index.htm
From Thursday 2 November 2006 to Sunday 5 November 2006
EAEA’s Seminars on citizenship education - Florence, Italy
In this series of two seminars, organized on the theme “Citizenship Education: A Bridge to European Citizenship?”, the European association for Education of Adults (EAEA) plans to tackle the issue of European Citizenship as a possible bridge to increased European understanding among the people of Europe (Course 1) and ask, whether citizenship education can be a means to further this understanding (Course 2).
eaea-main@eaea.org
http://www.eaea.org/fr/
From Friday 27 October 2006 to Saturday 28 October 2006
Inclusion Europe’s Conference, “Fighting for our Rights!” - Brussels, Belgium
The conference, entitled “Fighting for our Rights! The use of anti-discrimination laws to protect people with intellectual disabilities”, will be a unique opportunity to discuss in depth disability-based discrimination with the partners who have worked in their country to promote the non-discrimination legislation, and can report about real cases of discrimination.
Participants will debate on the following issues:
• achievement of non-discrimination policy at European level, including case law regarding disability- based discrimination;
• cases of discrimination in employment and occupation in concrete terms;
• challenges, policy orientations and lobbying strategies for the following years in order to complete and achieve a comprehensive legislation and good practices against discrimination.
http://www.inclusion-europe.org
From Wednesday 25 October 2006 to Friday 27 October 2006
e4p Final conference - Ghent(Belgium)
By presenting research findings and recommendations from the Europe for Patients (e4p) project, the conference will provide a platform for patient mobility stakeholders to discuss options addressing challenges and realising opportunities for the benefits of European health systems.
The e4p Final Conference in Ghent is the most recent piece in this process and an essential element in the consultation on the future of health services in Europe with the experts, delegates from the European Commission (DG Research., DG Sanco among others), the European Parliament, the Member States, funding institutions, non governmental organisations, and other stakeholders.
http://www.iese.edu/en/events/Projects/conference/Home/e4pFinalConference.asp
From Sunday 22 October 2006 to Wednesday 25 October 2006
ISQua’s 23rd International Conference, “Improving Healthcare: The Challenge of Continuous Change” - London, UK
The international society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) invites abstract proposals for brief paper and poster presentations for ISQua’s 23rd International Conference on Quality in Health Care.
With the theme of “Improving Healthcare: the Challenge of Continuous Change”, this multi-disciplinary quality healthcare program will be of value to all health policy makers, planners, professionals, providers, patients and their representatives.
The focus is to learn together with strong emphasis on delegate exchange and debate, and also on networking together.
Four focal areas have been identified as tracks for the scientific program:
1. Patients
2. Healthcare workforce
3. Improving healthcare
4. Systems.
The Conference language will be English and all abstracts papers are to be provided and presented in English.
Info: http://www.isqua.org
From Thursday 19 October 2006 to Friday 20 October 2006
3rd Three-Country Convention Care in Psychiatry – “Wissen schafft Pflege – Pflege schafft Wissen: Psychiatrische Pflege als Praxis und Wissenschaft“ - Vienna (Austria)
This convention is the third one in a series of joint conventions for psychiatric care in the German speaking countries: Germany, Switzerland and Austria. After two successful annual conventions, 2004 in Bielefeld (Germany) and 2005 in Bern (Switzerland), this year’s event is going to take place in Vienna.
Psychiatric care is subject to dynamic change. Closely connected to the health and psychiatry reforms in the different countries, psychiatric carers are discussing values, concepts and standards of practice. The aim of this convention is to impart and promote current knowledge with regard to psychiatric healthcare and nursing: contributions on the application of theory and research, on research about problems in practice and interventions, innovative practices and other contributions.
You are welcome to send abstracts for own contributions and to register for this event.
Contact person: Nico Oud, nico.oud@freeler.nl, Tel +31 (0)20 409 0368
http://www.oudconsultancy.nl/dreilander/index.html?1140446978484
From Thursday 19 October 2006 to Saturday 21 October 2006
19th CEFEC Conference, “The social economy and employment of people with mental health problems” - Seville, Spain
Each year the CEFEC (Confederation of European Social Firms) conference is organised by a different European city. This year it is organized in Seville, in cooperation with FAISEM (Andalusian Foundation for the Social Integration of the Mentally Ill). The conference brings together employees (users of mental health services), members, mental health professionals and managers to exchange views and practices on social issues, the promotion of community awareness, the employment of people with psychosocial problems, and the organisation, management and financial issues of Social Firms and social co-operatives.
Its programme includes housing, occupational and recreational facilities and employment initiatives: vocational orientation and training, Social Firms and supported employment programmes.
CEFEC website, http://www.cefec.org
FAISEM website, http://www.faisem.es
From Wednesday 18 October 2006 to Saturday 21 October 2006
7th IUHPE European Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education, “Globalisation and Equity: Consequences for Health Promotion Policies and Practices” - (Budapest, Hungary)
This conference will focus on different aspects of globalisation and of inequalities in health. A major goal of the conference is to provide a platform for review, analysis and discussion of tackling health inequalities at the global and community levels to key players in health promotion and health education from across Europe. Over the course of four days, participants and attendees will have the chance to share information about health promotion policy issues, on-going research, existing evidence and practical experience.
It wishes to strengthen the global, professional network of people and institutions coordinated/operated under the auspices of IUPHE (International Union for health Promotion and Education) and thus encourage the free exchange of ideas, knowledge, know-how, experiences, and the development of relevant collaborative projects.
Its aim is to contribute to the achievement of equity in health between and within countries of the world and to initiate new actions for the most important issues that will face the community over the next few decades.
le secrétariat de la conférence, Tél. +36 1 311 66 87, E-mail congress@motesz.hu, ou visitez le site web de la conférence http://www.motesz.hu
From Wednesday 18 October 2006 to Friday 20 October 2006
CEES-ENA International Colloquium, “The right to employment of disabled workers in Europe: Some worthy examples for the public services?” - Strasbourg, France
The treaty on the European Union lays down as a principle in Article 13 the fight against any discrimination, based among other things on “disability”. A Council Resolution of 15 July 2003 on promoting the employment and social integration of people with disabilities invites the Member States and the Commission, within their respective competences, to undertake new concrete measures to promote the employment and social integration of people that are said to be “disabled”.
What do the policies of fight against discriminations in the professional sector provide for at the international and European level?
How do governments and public administrations in Europe tackle these new obligations and what provisions do they provide for?
What experiences and good practices are found in the EU member States?
How can public institutions encourage the whole of society to better interact with all its citizens?
What coordinated action plans can be established by the States and the European institutions to encourage employment in the public sector of people recognised as disabled?
The colloquium, organised by the CEES-ENA(Centre des Etudes Européennes de Strasbourg – Ecole Nationale d’Administration), will attempt to take stock of these questions by inviting to Strasbourg national and international experts coming from the research field and administrative practice as well as from the civil society.
The objectives of the colloquium are information and exchange of innovative practices but also the creation of new inter-administration and multidisciplinary networks aiming at harmonising the efforts in this field and at thinking about an approach that would target the challenges of a society evolving with diversity
http://www.cees-europe.fr/fr/formations/agenda.php#handicap
Agnès Bucaille-Euler, Tel +33 3 88 21 45 31, Fax +33 3 88 21 45 41
From Monday 16 October 2006 to Friday 20 October 2006
Forensic Mental Health Lectures - Kings College London(United Kingdom)
The Forensic Mental Health Teaching Unit / Department of Forensic Mental Health Science at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, is organising a series of lectures by guest speaker Professor Christopher Patrick, University of Minnesota (USA).
These lectures will be dedicated to:
• antisocial and addictive behaviours;
• processes underlying aggression and related impulse control problems
• psychopathy in criminals and non-criminals;
• implications for treatment of recent findings on the neurobiology of psychopathy and externalizing disorders.
Dinah Konadu, Tél +44 20 7848 0123
dinah.konadu@iop.kcl.ac.uk
From Thursday 12 October 2006 to Sunday 15 October 2006
WARP IX World Congress of Psychosocial Rehabilitation - Athens, Greece
WAPR (World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation) was established in 1986 in Lyon from a group of inspired mental health experts of the international psychosocial rehabilitation community and soon expanded. Today there are over 40 Branches in 40 countries. The main goals of WAPR are the promotion of rehabilitation services and staff training in Africa, Asia, Europe, America and the Pacific region through regional seminars and conferences as well as the improvement of the quality of life of individuals and families suffering from mental disorders throughout the world.
In Athens will be celebrated WARP’s 20th anniversary, in a country serving as a paradigm of the rapid reform of its traditional mental health care system to a modern community based one.
The main theme of the conference is the globalisation phenomena and its impact on the implementation of rehabilitation programs in the various geopolitical areas of the planet.
http://www.wapr.2006athens.gr/en/
From Thursday 12 October 2006 to Friday 13 October 2006
FEANTSA conference on ensuring access to health for homeless people - Warsaw, Poland
FEANTSA, the European Federation of National Organisations working with the Homeless organises a conference entitled “The right to health is a human right: ensuring access to health for homeless people”.
The conference aims to point out the difficulties and issues with which homeless people are faced - ranging from the type of health problems faced by homeless people and the issue of complex and multiple needs; barriers to care faced by homeless people and finding solutions to overcome them; policy solutions to tackle the health needs of homeless people; and the right to health for homeless people.
The conference will feature 5 workshops: Ensuring access to health for homeless people, Mental Health and Dual Diagnosis, The Right to Health, Information and Training for Health and Health Promotion.
christine.lambert@feantsa.org
http://www.feantsa.org/code/en/hp.asp
From Wednesday 11 October 2006 to Friday 13 October 2006
Fourth World Conference on the promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders, “Developing Resilience and Strength across the Life Span” - Oslo (Norway)
The aim of this conference is to support professionals, scientists, advocates, user organizations and policy makers worldwide, in their collective effort to promote mental health and to prevent mental disorders in their communities and countries. Effective promotion and prevention in mental health requires the bringing together of good science, good policy, good practice and learning experience.
The conference is designed to incorporate contributions from a wide series of disciplines, cultures and backgrounds. Its success depends upon multi-dimensional presentation and debate.
Potential presenters at the conference are invited to submit abstracts of their proposed papers for consideration by the Program Committee. The length should be no more than 400 words and the abstracts must arrive no later than the 31st March 2006.
Info: http://www.worldconference2006.no/
From Friday 6 October 2006 to Saturday 7 October 2006
European Conference in the framework of the project “Mainstreaming Mental Disability Policies” - Brussels(Belgium)
Inclusion Europe, The Open Society Mental Health Initiative and the Global Initiative on Psychiatry are organising a conference in the field of mainstreaming, intellectual disabilities and mental health problems.
The term “mainstreaming” describes the process of ensuring that all policies and measures of governments and other decision-makers take account of and are responsive to the needs of all citizens.
The conference will present the findings of the project “Mainstreaming Mental Disability Policies” and will seek answers to the questions that are arising in this respect.
secretariat@inclusion-europe.org
http://www.inclusion-europe.org/
From Thursday 5 October 2006 to Saturday 7 October 2006
9th Conference on Drugs and Infection Prevention in Prison, “From the Principle of Equivalence to the Practice of Care: Bridging the Gap” - (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Since 1995, ENDIPP (European Network on Drugs and Infections Prevention in Prison) has organised a series of successful conferences and events which have provided the opportunity to assess progress, exchange ideas and discuss new developments in the field of drug and infections prevention in prison.
This year’s conference is structured to provide opportunities for dialogue on the development and implementation of effective drug prevention and health promotion policies and services for those who come in contact with the criminal justice system.
Participants will include practitioners, policy makers, prison managers, researchers and academics, lawyers, judges, police, NGOs and representatives of service users’ organisations.
The conference is designed to:
· promote the notion of prisons as part of the wider community and highlight the positive contributions each can make to the others;
· exchange and review information and good practice in the field;
· promote co-operation between different professions, disciplines, interests and countries;
· continue to exploit the opportunities for co-operation provided by the European Union enlargement;
· consolidate learning from experience in related fields;
· identify issues for further discussion, review and research in the field;
· promote pragmatic, realistic, effective and cost saving interventions with problematic drug users in the criminal justice system.
le secrétariat de la conférence, Tél. +48 (0) 22 640 82 71, E-mail info@endipp.net, ou visitez le site web de la conférence http://endipp.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=26&Itemid=55
From Wednesday 4 October 2006 to Saturday 7 October 2006
9th European Health Forum - Austria,Gastein
The 2006 Gastein Forum, “Creating a better future for health in Europe”, will be held under the general theme “Health without barriers”. In various fields, challenges will be assessed and potential solutions developed in discussion with delegates.
In addition to following the traditional Gastein approach of engaging a broad range of stakeholders, a particular focus will be given to involving and serving citizens in Europe.
Those participating in the event include senior policy and decision-makers representing politics and government at EU, national and regional levels; business and industry; health care funders and service providers; civil society; as well as experts and researchers in health care and public health.
http://www.ehfg.org/typo3/index.php?id=69&L=2
From Wednesday 4 October 2006 to Sunday 8 October 2006
International Symposium for the History of Psychoanalysis - Athens(Greece)
The theme of this symposium will be: “History and Function of Myth in Psychoanalysis: Relations between mythology, tragedy and clinical practice”. The papers to be presented will focus on the common ground that exists between the daily clinical work and the ancient Greek myths, or on themes found in ancient Greek tragedy.
The International Symposium has the ambition to provide a space for dialogue and exchange of ideas in the above areas.
ekpsath@otenet.gr
http://www.myth-psaathens2006.gr/indexFR.htm
+30 210 922 1739
Sunday 1 October 2006
European Symposium “Improving the Lives of Young People with Intellectual Disabilities in the areas of Health, Social Inclusion and Sport”, in conjunction with the Special Olympics European Youth Games - (Rome, Italy)
Current evidence suggests that most young people with intellectual disability grow up without the same level of services and support as their peers without disabilities and, as such, reach adulthood without the skills needed to become productive and fulfilled members of society.
At worst young people with intellectual disability are misunderstood and often picked on by their peers, lacking in self-esteem and, in general, socially isolated.
In conjunction with the Special Olympics European Youth Games – Rome 2006, a European Symposium is being organized to present and discuss the key issues facing young people with intellectual disabilities in the areas of health, social inclusion (with an emphasis on inclusive education) as well as sport and physical education.
Invitees will include ministers and government representatives from the areas of health, social services, education, youth and sports; members of the European Parliament and Commission; leaders of family associations for people with intellectual disability; University departments; European and national NGOs; corporate CSR representatives.
Michel Deurinck, Tél. +32 2 538 80 68, E-mail MDeurinck@specialolympics.org, ou visitez le site internet des Jeux Olympiques Spéciaux, http://www.specialolympicseyg.org/indexeyg.php
From Monday 18 September 2006 to Sunday 24 September 2006
«Voile en tête 2006», between Marseille, La Ciotat, Les îles du Frioul, Martigues, Les Calanques… - (France)
“Voile en tête” is a water sporting event of European standing, organised under the aegis of “Sport en tête”, the Union of Mental Health Sport group. The purpose of this event is to bring between twenty to twenty five sailing boats together each one representing a psychiatric hospital or social-medical institution. The crew members selected amongst patients, nursing teams, and instructors, will be brought round to exchange and meet during the sporting events stretching along the week long cruise.
Even if the sporting vocation of the event is obvious, the regatta is only a pretext for a human adventure opened to the sea world, a new space likely to have a therapeutic interest.
Nowadays Marseille displays a well known image of a city opened to the sailing world and the mediterranean sea so it’s quite natural that an important establishment specializing in mental health like Edouard Toulouse Hospital should organize the 15th edition of “Voile en tête” in 2006.
If interested, application forms will be available from 15 January 2006.
Info: http://www.sportez-vous-bien.com/v06_gb.html
Friday 8 September 2006
1st International Suicide Postvention Seminar - Portoroz (Slovenia)
This seminar that will be held as a one-day pre-event of the 11th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour, 9-12 September.
It will bring together survivors, caregivers and researchers, and will offer a platform for dialogue. Participants will have the opportunity to meet people with similar interests.
The program will offer a state of the art review of the postvention field, including research, practice, and plans for future developments.
Selected experts will introduce specific topics, followed by subgroup discussions, thus allowing participants to fully engage in the discussion and to bring in their expertise and experiences.
Info: http://www.esssb11-slo.org
From Thursday 13 July 2006 to Friday 14 July 2006
International Seminar “Part-Time Work and New Forms of Employment – Ways to Bring Employment to More People?” - Milan,Italy
Europe's employment structure has changed: one of the most important changes over the last 10 years is the increasing diversification of forms of employment. Around 18% of the total EU working population work part-time. The trend towards temporary agency work, fixed-term work, etc., is also increasing.
The seminar, organised by The European Training Centre for Social Affairs and Public Health (EIPA-CEFASS), will be divided in three sessions. It will first provide an analysis of all relevant social, economic and legal aspects. Practitioners will then give examples of specific country experiences. On the second day, future perspectives will be discussed. The focus will be on the question of whether the new employment trends have potential to increase employment rates and thus economic growth.
Roger Hessel Tél. +39 02 67 100 600, r.hessel@eipa-it.com
http://www.eipa.nl
Wednesday 12 July 2006
Civil Society Contact Group’s Conference, “NGO and the EU: Making civil dialogue work better” - Brussels
Did non governmental organisations (NGOs) fail to take citizens on board of the European project? Should they be part of the dialogue with European Union (EU) institutions or of the contestation? What does "participatory democracy" really mean in the EU and how to link “Brussels” to the grassroots?
These questions have been high on the agenda over the last years and will increasingly be in the coming weeks, as the debate over the European Commission’s Communication White Paper and the Transparency Initiative heats up.
The conference will provide space for common discussion over some of these key challenges. On this occasion, the Civil Society Contact Group will present the study “Civil Dialogue: making it work better", which assesses dialogue and consultations between NGOs and EU institutions in seven different policy areas, at EU and national level.
The aim of the conference is to bring together EU and national level NGO activists, giving them the opportunity to discuss the study’s main outcomes and recommendations, based on their daily experience and difficulties. It will thus put a particular focus on participation through interactive workshops focusing on key aspects of the study: improving the way EU institutions consult, transparency and representativity, and linking “Brussels” to the grassroots.
Raluca Petrescu, E-mail assistant@act4europe.org
http://www.act4europe.org/code/en/hp.asp
From Monday 10 July 2006 to Thursday 13 July 2006
2nd World Forum on Human rights, Nantes - Nantes (France)
The 2nd World Forum on Human Rights will be held in Nantes, with an official opening on Monday 10 July, followed by three working days (from Tuesday 11 to Thursday 13 July). This second edition of Nantes Forum will be organised by the International Convention Centre of Nantes, under the leading responsibility and with the financial support of Nantes Metropole, the urban area of Nantes.
Three main topics will be discussed:
1. Discriminations and diversity in a worldwide context of diversity of cultures;
2. Economic Globalisation and Human Rights;
3. Responsibilities and solidarities.
http://www.forum-humanrights.org/index_e_2006.php
From Friday 7 July 2006 to Saturday 8 July 2006
UK National Conference, “Challenging Myths - Building Partnerships” - Coventry,West Midlands(U.K.)
The Survivors Trust’s 2006 Inaugural Conference aims to bring together Government, Voluntary and Statutory services to explore and understand the social and health support needs of sexual violence/abuse survivors in an increasing climate of change for abuse service provision.
The objectives of the conference are:
• to challenge society’s myths about victims and survivors;
• to present up-to-date research on practice and policy issues for working with victims and survivors of sexual violence;
• to bring together specialist voluntary sector and statutory sector services working with survivors and victims (included in the field of mental health) to explore working in partnership to meet victims’ and survivors’ needs.
the Survivors Trust, Tel +44 1788 550554, E-mail survivorstrust@btconnect.com
From Monday 26 June 2006 to Wednesday 28 June 2006
Annual Social Firms UK Conference 2006, “Shaping the future: Supportive Employment - Successful Businesses” - University of Warwick, United Kingdom
The annual Social Firms UK conference is an opportunity for those interested in good quality job creation through enterprise for disabled people and those disadvantaged through mental ill health to come together and to pool ideas and initiatives on Social Firm development. The 2006 conference offers an opportunity for a wide ranging discussion about Social Firms and other social enterprises within the broader provision of employment services for disabled people.
Although the majority of the programme will focus on the future, there will be an opportunity for delegates to review and learn from the growth of the Social Firm sector with stories from successful and not so successful businesses. Amongst other relevant topics we will share the findings of the franchising and replication programme that Social Firms UK has been operating as well as ideas for future growth initiatives.
The programme is diverse and comprehensive and will attract a number of audiences: Social Firms UK members, social enterprises, employment service providers (supported employment agencies, supportive businesses, Jobcentre Plus) and entrepreneurs.
http://www.socialfirms.co.uk/events/index.php/Event21.html
From Sunday 25 June 2006 to Tuesday 27 June 2006
1st European Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, “Challenges and Solutions for a Safer Europe” - Vienna(Austria)
The event is organized by EuroSafe (European Association for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion) and supported by the European union, the World Health Organization, BMGF (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit und Frauen), Sicher Leben and the Consumer Safety Institute.
The conference is a response to the European Commission’s initiative to have a Communication and Council Recommendation on this issue being adopted in 2006.
The conference will also contribute to the follow up of the Resolution (EUR/RC55/R9) on “Prevention of injuries in the WHO Euro region”, adopted by the European Ministers of Health in the Regional Committee meeting of the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe. Both the draft EC-Recommendation and the WHO Resolution call on member states, and in particular their Ministries of Health, to ensure proper national plans and infrastructure for injury prevention are established.
Some of the issues that will be addressed are: safety of children and adolescents; safety for seniors; sport injuries; work safety; family violence; youth violence; and suicide prevention.
The conference will also look into issues such as understanding common risk factors such as alcohol abuse and deprivation, developing a knowledge base for good practices in injury prevention and networking and national plan development.
secretariat@eurosafe.eu.com
http://www.eurosafe.eu.com
From Monday 19 June 2006 to Wednesday 21 June 2006
14th European Social Services Conference - Vienna (Austria)
The overall theme of the conference, prepared by the European Social Network, will be “Young and Old in a Changing Europe: the Demographic Challenge to Social Care and Health”.
Workshops will be an important part of the meeting, which will emphasize practical, “hands-on” work and research projects that will be of direct interest to others employed in delivering services.
There will be four workshop sessions with six workshops running concurrently in each session.
The stress will be put on workshops that highlight differences between countries and that involve cross-country research or collaboration.
Contact: sarah.wellburn-@-socialeurope.com
From Monday 19 June 2006 to Tuesday 20 June 2006
5th ENWHP conference on promoting workplace health - Linz(Austria)
The 5th ENWHP (European Network for Workplace Health Promotion) conference will focus on new strategies for maintaining and improving the health and employability of ageing workers. These strategies integrate different lines of action which concentrate on individual lifestyles, individual professional competence as well as on work organisation and work design.
Three specific issues will be addressed at the conference:
• Lifestyle Management: Supporting “active ageing”;
• Improving lifelong learning and Employabililty;
• Work Organisation and Design to suit the Needs of Ageing Workers.
Two plenary presentations will take place for each of the three topics and will be followed by more in-depth discussions and presentations of models of good practice in four parallel discussion groups.
http://www.enwhp.org
http://www.pegasus.at/enwhp2006.html
From Monday 12 June 2006 to Friday 16 June 2006
15th International Congress for the Psychotherapy of the Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses - (Madrid, Spain)
The 15th ISPS (International Society for the Psychological Treatments of Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses) International Congress will be hold on the theme “Improving services and helping persons and families with psychotic problems”. This will be the occasion to both celebrate the ISPS 50th Anniversary and the 100 years of schizophrenia psychotherapy.
In this forum participants will be able to explain, make known and report the great variety and growing interest and enthusiasm for more global views of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, and for the creation and development of more extensive, complete and effective psychotherapeutic and psychosocial programs.
Mental health professionals and members of involved and interested associations are welcome.
le Secrétariat de la Conférence, Tél. +34 91 531 94 49, E-mail congresos.mad@viajesiberia.com, ou visitez le site internet de la conférence http://www.ispsmadrid2006.com
From Friday 9 June 2006 to Sunday 11 June 2006
7th International ENMESH Conference “Mental Health Services Research: Challenges for the Future” - Lund(Sweden)
The event, organised by the Department of Health Sciences and the Department of Clinical Sciences of Lund University, in collaboration with the Vårdal Institute and Malmö University, will provide the framework to discuss some key mental health issues:
• Stigma and mental illness;
• Mental illness and issues of comorbidity;
• Occupation and rehabilitation;
• Implementation of evidence based services;
• Balanced care.
http://portal.omv.lu.se/Portal/forskning/research_areas/04_area/0401_area/conferences/enmesh2006
From Thursday 8 June 2006 to Friday 9 June 2006
European Conference on Ageing and Disability - Graz, Austria
In the framework of the Austrian EU Presidency, major European networks have come together with Austrian Umbrella Organisations to organise a European conference.
The number of ageing people and disabled ageing people in Europe is increasing rapidly. The European Commission is, therefore, devoting more and more attention to this topic and has recently published a Green Paper on demographic change. One thing becomes particularly clear: the efforts of all European Member States need to be stepped up if we are to meet the challenges posed by our increasingly ageing population. This is especially the case for people with disabilities whose needs are not always met by existing services.
The conference “Ageing and Disability - disabled people are ageing, ageing people are getting disabled” is targeted at representatives of persons with a disability and their families, to service providers and qualified personnel, concerned authorities at all levels, researchers and politicians.
The aim is to give an overview of the state of play in Europe on the topic, to point the way forward, to exchange models of good practice and to launch a declaration of Graz.
The conference will start from a global perspective of ageing and disability and then go more in depth of the situation of people with intellectual disability.
http://www.ageing-and-disability.com/aad/index.php?&lang=en
From Wednesday 7 June 2006 to Friday 9 June 2006
1st International Conference of Asklepios Foundation - Athens (Greece)
The first International Conference of Askepios Foundation will be held in Athens on the theme “Social Inclusion in Europe: Perspectives and Developments in Social Psychiatry”, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Hellenic Society of Social Psychiatry and Mental Health.
The Asklepios Foundation is a European Partnership committed to the improvement, reform and promotion of quality health care in Mental Health and Disability. It supports the rights of all citizens to full social inclusion, and to be treated with dignity as an independent person within their Society.
For more information: contact person, Maria Margeti, Tel +30 210 7665822, E-mail maria@invgolf.com
Pour de plus amples informations: personne de contact, Maria Margeti, Tel +30 210 7665822, E-mail maria@invgolf.com
From Tuesday 6 June 2006 to Thursday 8 June 2006
WPA Thematic Conference on Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry - Dresden (Germany)
The WPA (World Psychiatric Association) co-sponsored Thematic Conference on “Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Review” will take place in Dresden (Germany) on 6-8 June 2006.
The theme of the conference is not only essential to psychiatry, but also ethically and historically sensitive, hotly debated and highly criticized by patients and relatives as well. Furthermore, it is under-researched and lacks clear definitions of best practice.
The main objective of this Conference is to provide the state-of-the-art in the different parts of this theme, and this will be done by plenary lectures, symposia, workshops, courses, and poster sessions.
The main thematic issues of the conference are:
1. Epidemiology of different methods of coercive treatment;
2. Clinical issues of different coercive measure;
3. Use of coercive treatment measures in special (mental) health care settings;
4. Outcomes of coercive treatment measures;
5. Patients’, family members’ and providers’ views on coercive treatment;
6. Mental health legislation regarding coercive treatment;
7. Involuntary treatment in the criminal justice system;
8. Ethical aspects of coercive treatment;
9. Cultural issues in coercive treatment;
10. Research methodology in the field of involuntary treatment;
http://www.wpa2007dresden.org/frs_index.asp
From Tuesday 6 June 2006 to Friday 16 June 2006
Disability Discrimination Summer School 2006 - Galway, Ireland
The second Annual Summer School on Disability Discrimination law will take place in the National University of Ireland, Galway, from 6-16 June 2006. It will be hosted by the Faculty of Law at the National University of Ireland, and co-financed by the European Commission.
The main focus of the Summer School is the European Union Framework Directive on Employment which prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities (among others) in the broad employment sphere. The Summer School appeals to lawyers and legal advisers to non governmental organisations (NGOs) interested in crafting test case strategies under the Directive on the ground of disability. It also makes the information accessible to non-legal audiences and has been successful in attracting NGOs interested in using the law to advance the rights of persons with disabilities.
The course itself will be taught by leading practitioners in disability law who have experience in litigating the issues before a variety of courts, at international, European and national levels.
http://www.eusummerschool.info
From Wednesday 31 May 2006 to Saturday 3 June 2006
Conference “Mental Health in Civil Society” - Kaliningrad, Russia
The aim of the Conference is to initiate a discussion regarding the conditions, history and future for psychiatry in different countries. One important item to work around is the document and the Action Plan approved at the World Health Organization (WHO) Ministerial conference in Helsinki in January 2005.
The Conference should be of interest to psychiatrists, other professionals and also to health care decision makers and journalists, especially in countries that presently undergo transition.
Plenary lectures will be translated into English and Russian. Group discussions will be simultaneously translated consecutively. Documentation shall also be available on the web.
http://www.phil.gu.se/sffp/kaliningrad.pdf
mhconference2006@mail.ru
From Sunday 28 May 2006 to Friday 2 June 2006
4th International Congress of the French-speaking world on the prevention of suicide - Montreal (Canada)
This congress, mainly organised by the Canadian Association for the Prevention of suicide (AQSP), will be held under the theme “Suicide and Trauma: new prospectives”.
Contributors in the field of suicide prevention should create privileged work alliances with other specialists from various disciplines, particularly these working in psycho-traumas.
The morning plenary sessions will be reserved to speakers coming from different disciplines, such as philosophy, psychology, anthropology…During the afternoons parallel sessions with suicide and trauma specialists, researchers on that area, contributors and clinicians will take the floor.
Info: http://www.aqps.info/
From Thursday 18 May 2006 to Saturday 20 May 2006
Inclusion Europe Congress “Europe in Action 2006” - (Brussels, Belgium)
This congress will allow the participants to share their ideas on continuing learning opportunities for adults with intellectual disabilities.
The conference aims at identifying the objectives and needs of life-long learning for adults. Several models of adult’s education will be presented in order to get some inspiration and to give examples of good practices.
In particular, the conference will focus on the needs and situation of people with mental disabilities in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, where these citizens are often excluded from education. In such a context, adult’s learning makes specially sense as it replaces the missing primary education.
The main themes of both the plenary sessions and the workshops will be:
· objectives and quality of continuing learning opportunities for adults with intellectual disabilities;
· vocational training for a successful working life;
· opportunities for life-long learning.
http://www.inclusion-europe.org/europeinaction/index.htm
secretariat@inclusion-europe.org
Wednesday 17 May 2006
ECCL Seminar “The Right to live in the Community” - Brussels (Belgium)
The seminar will provide an opportunity for participants to consider and discuss the key issues and challenges in the development of comprehensive, quality community-based services for people with disabilities in Europe. It will be an occasion for those involved in the promotion, development or provision of community-based services to share experiences and models of good practice, identify existing obstacles and develop recommendations for the future strategy on de-institutionalisation.
The Right to Live in the Community seminar is the first event organised by the European Coalition for Community Living (ECCL), a new Europe-wide initiative working towards the social inclusion of people with disabilities.
The seminar will bring together key stakeholders, including self-advocates and users/survivors of psychiatry, representatives of disability organisations and de-institutionalisation initiatives, representatives of service providers, academic institutions and the European Commission.
Ines Bulic, E-mail coordinator@community-living.info, Tél + 36 1 235 6184.
From Monday 15 May 2006 to Tuesday 16 May 2006
EU Austrian Presidency Conference “The challenges facing participatory democracy in an enlarged Europe” - Vienna, Ausrtria
The Austrian Advisory Council for Economic and Social Affairs, in cooperation with the European Economic and Social Committee, organises an international conference during the Austrian Council Presidency to debate around the notion of participatory democracy, the European Social model, and the role of social partners and representative organisations in this respect.
The Conference language will be German, English, and French.
http://www.esc.eu.int/documents/programme_Vienne_15_05_06_fr.pdf
http://www.esc.eu.int/index_fr.asp
From Friday 12 May 2006 to Saturday 13 May 2006
Conference “Europe with no Lunatic Asylums” - Hrastovec,Slovenia
Danger has been associated with mental distress only from mid 19th century (monomania). Closing mad people in the lunatic asylums was a way of restoring or guaranteeing certainties – both in public realm as in private domain.
Deinstitutionalisation, a move from closing people toward care in the community, coincides with the coming of the risk society where certainties are replaced by the risk and opportunities. This opens possibilities of seeking what we want rather just preventing what we dislike.
In such a context, the Alpe Adria Association for Promotion of Mental Health, the International Mental Health Collaborative Network, the European Democratic Psychiatry, the Social Care Home of Hrastovec and the University of Ljubljana (Faculty for Social Work) are organising a conference on the theme “Europe with no lunatic asylums, Risk – an opportunity not a threat: Enhancing the risk taking capacities in community mental health”. The event will take place in Hrastovec (Slovenia) on 12 and 13 May 2006.
The issues to be discussed are:
· Risk assessment: understanding the risk taking situations, risk as part of everyday life…;
· Risk taking: enhancing risk tolerance and risk minimisation techniques;
· Responsibilities: legal issues associated with risk, guardianship and advocacy, risk in crisis situations…
Petra Hameršak (petra.hamersak@hrastovec.org ) et Vito Flaker (vito.flaker@fsd.uni-lj.si )
From Wednesday 10 May 2006 to Saturday 13 May 2006
XXIII Congress of the Spanish Association of Neuropsychiatry, - Bilbao,Spain
This triennial congress will gather several multidisciplinary groups, in order to make them work on three papers related to:
• psychopathology of the psychotic symptoms
• continuity of mental health care
• consequences of the psychiatric reform in Spain.
The aim is to cover a broad range of current academic and scientific contents, as well as various orientations and professional interests.
Since the scientific committee of the congress has not finalized the program, people interested in presenting an activity (debate, conference…) can fulfil an online reply form.
Info: http://www.ome-aen.org/23CongresoAEN/
From Wednesday 29 March 2006 to Friday 31 March 2006
World Health Care Congress-Europe - Chantilly (France)
Following the remarkable success of the first annual World Health Care Congress -Europe, the event reconvenes in 2006 over 400 health care leaders from key organisations in Europe including providers, payers, suppliers, customers, policy-makers and health officials.
The Congress will be held on 30-31 March 2006 at Château Les Fontaines in Chantilly (near Paris), France with a welcoming dinner and special evening session dedicated to Chronic Disease Management on Wednesday 29th March 2006.
A two-day networking opportunity, the event features visionary keynote addresses, controversial debates, dynamic panel discussions, case studies, tutorials and informal roundtable discussions.
Four summits (Chronic Disease and Long-Term Condition Management, Patient Safety, Electronic Health Records and IT Innovation, Performance Improvement) give attendees a unique opportunity to discuss pertinent issues in depth and to determine actionable plans with their colleagues.
Info: http://www.worldcongress.com/europe
From Friday 24 March 2006 to Sunday 26 March 2006
14th International Conference on HPH, “Integrating health promotion, prevention, treatment and care for chronic diseases across the health system” - Palanga (Lithuania)
The conference will be hosted by the Lithuanian Network of Health Promoting Hospitals (HPH).
The main topics of the conference will be:
1. the need for action on chronic diseases
2. integrating treatment, care, prevention and health promotion for chronic diseases within hospital services in order to achieve an optimum outcome
3. integrating health care interventions on chronic diseases across levels of services
4. integrating action on wider determinants of chronic diseases across settings.
The Scientific Committee invites abstracts for parallel paper and poster sessions on all topics named above, but also on:
• health promoting psychiatric health care services
• health promotion for children and adolescents in hospitals
• migrant friendly and culturally competent hospitals
• health promotion for staff suffering from chronic diseases
• mental health promotion in the health care system
• monitoring, evaluation and reporting on HPH interventions
• smoke-free Hospitals.
Abstracts can be submitted online at http://www.univie.ac.at/hph/palanga2006; the deadline for submission is January 31, 2006.
From Monday 13 March 2006 to Saturday 18 March 2006
7th International health film festival - Liège,Belgium
The main objective of Imagé Santé – the International Health Film Festival of Liège is to promote health education and information through any audiovisual means and to present current developments in the field of new media, medical informatics (CD-ROM, Internet, Telemedicine and imagery in general).
The organisers are launching a call for films, CD-ROMs and websites. The deadline is 1 November 2005. The following audiovisual production is eligible to compete:
1. Videograms intended for a medical or paramedical audience
2. Videograms dealing with health or health education
3. Films produced with the support of commercial companies
All should be produced after 1 January 2001.
For further information and technical specificities:
Info: http://www.imagesante.org
Friday 3 March 2006
EASPD Conference, “Together against abuse” - Brussels (Belgium)
The European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD) is organising the final conference of the project "Safeguarding people with learning disabilities against sexual abuse - with particular reference to the experiences and insights of the families", supported by the Daphne programme of the European Commission, DG Justice and Home Affairs. The conference will be held in Brussels on 3rd March 2006.
The conference will share the findings from partners in Denmark, Germany, Hungary and UK from their work with families, professionals and policy makers about how to increase awareness and prevent sexual abuse of persons with learning disabilities.
Deadline for registration is 17th February 2006.
Info: http://www.easpd.org/
From Thursday 2 March 2006 to Friday 3 March 2006
2nd International Conference on Prison Healthcare, “Principles and Practice to meet current needs” - London (UK)
This conference, organised by MA Healthcare Limited, is coming at a time when governments worldwide are becoming increasingly aware of the need to address the health of prisoners, both from the point of view of human rights, and also of the impact of the health of prisoners on the health of the public.
The aims of the conference are:
• to provide an opportunity for those engaged in prison health care to meet together and learn from their mutual experiences;
• to examine reform processes taking place across the world;
• to examine some of the more prevalent health problems encountered in prison populations and their management;
• to examine the problem of maintaining high ethical standards within the prison setting, particularly equivalence of care.
Info: http://www.mahealthcareevents.co.uk
From Thursday 23 February 2006 to Saturday 25 February 2006
Catalan Congress on Mental Health : Needs and responses in mental health : the construction of treatment - Bercelona,Spain
The Congress will promote the value of the human being and the integrity of the person who is assisted. The therapeutic practice is not a professionals’ exclusive property, it must be a multidisciplinary cooperation between carers and patients.
Info: http://www.fccsm.net/3ccsm.html
From Wednesday 22 February 2006 to Friday 24 February 2006
Global Patients Congress - Barcelona (Spain)
The Global Patients Congress will bring together patients organizations across the world along with other high level stakeholders. It is open exclusively to patient organizations who are IAPO (International Alliance of Patients Organizations) members.
The theme of this year’s congress is “Together we can…”, reflecting the strong feeling at the inaugural Congress in February 2005 that together we can more effectively work for patients worldwide.
This year’s programme includes:
• high quality training in two broad areas: “Advocacy & Communication”, and “Maximizing your Resources” (led by professionals trainers and experienced staff from IAPO members and partner organization);
• high level multidisciplinary panel presentations and roundtable discussions to explore key issues on this year’s policy focus on Patient safety;
• new ways to tackle the challenges you face to implementing patient-centred healthcare in your country or disease area as part of global community;
• networking training to maximize the benefit of exchange of skills, knowledge and expertise embodied within IAPO’s membership.
Info: http://www.patientsorganizations.org/congress
From Thursday 9 February 2006 to Saturday 11 February 2006
Digital Inequality and New Spaces of Informal Education for Young People International Conference - Bielefeld (Germany)
Today, the internet is regarded as a central resource for knowledge and information. Associated with this, the idea is that everyone is able and even expected to serve himself or herself according to his or her own needs via this medium. Nevertheless internet use for everyone is not as easy as assumed. New results of empirical and theorical research indicate the rise of a social divide in this context.
Due to that inequality in use, the international conference focuses the capacity of the virtual space in terms of participatory opportunities and democratic potentials and raises concerns of major relevance with respect to social and educational policy. New ways for a future-oriented practice are requested thereby and are discussed in empirical as well as in theoretical ways from the perspective of different disciplines. The main focus of the conference is the question: “What implications does unequal internet use according to social inequalities have in terms of education and participation in society and which challenges are politics, science and practical work facing in this context?”
Info: http://www.kib-bielefeld.de
From Thursday 2 February 2006 to Friday 3 February 2006
Eucomed Homecare Conference - Brussels (Belgium)
In view of the increasing importance of the homecare sector, Eucomed is organising a 2-day conference, the main aim of which will be to put forward the debate surrounding homecare: how much of it is needed considering demographics and the general trend towards de-hospitalisation; and how much of it is affordable given the scarcity of resources. This will open the discussion on the future of homecare in Europe and on how investing in homecare can be made worthwhile bearing in mind that resources are limited and we would need to make the most of them.
Speakers include experts as well as representatives of some major stakeholders in healthcare, including patients, healthcare professionals, insurance companies and industry.
Info: http://www.eucomed.org
Monday 12 December 2005
"Life,Autism and Dignity" - Paris,France
The colloquium, organised by Mutualité Fonction Publique and Mutualité Générale de l’Education Nationale, will gather several participants from various horizons (politicians, practitioners, autists’ relatives...) to foster a discussion on autism. 4 roundtables will be dedicated respectively to: “What is autism?”, “Actions of the authorities”, “Families’ Experience”, “Achievements and Networks”.
From Thursday 8 December 2005 to Friday 9 December 2005
EuroHealthNet conference - Edinburgh,Scotland
The conference, organised by NHS Health Scotland and EuroHealthNet, is for practitioners and policy makers in the health and social field and is an associated event for the UK Presidency of the EU 2005.
It has three main aims:
1. highlighting the strong correlation that exists between social exclusion and poor health;
2. summarizing and disseminating the results of the EuroHealthNet project “Tackling Health Inequalities and Social Exclusion in Europe”;
3. focussing on issues relating to ‘practice-based policy’
The conference will also provide practitioners and policy makers from across Europe with further networking opportunities. This is designed to stimulate the exchange of good practice, improve understanding between practitioners and decision makers, and encourage better interaction between professionals from the social and the health field.
http://www.eurohealthnet.org
From Thursday 1 December 2005 to Friday 2 December 2005
The European Medical Law Conference 2005 - Luxemburg City
The conference will focus on cross border health care and the consequences and possibilities that EC health policies have for health care providers, patients and national legislators. Lectures will concern EC law and its impact on national legislation and policy, both in general and health care in particular, case law and procedures of the Court of Justice of the European Communities; a closer look at the future of cross border health care and business possibilities.
http://www.imrab.se
From Thursday 1 December 2005 to Friday 2 December 2005
The European Day of Disabled People Conference - Brussels, Belgium
The conference is organised by the European Disability Forum and the European Commission. The theme of this year will be “Living together in a common society”. Topics on the agenda:
• Living together - fundamental rights and keys principles (definition of community living; a human rights- based approach; identification of the necessary services)
• Community living – practical aspects (role and responsibility of public authorities; role of services providers, disabled people and families; delivery mechanisms; towards de-institutionalisation)
• Futures challenges - The EU contributions (The Commission policy impulse; the Commission practical contributions)
Info : http://www.edf-feph.org/
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