ProMenPol Project First Conference Report

The ProMenPol project has just completed its first annual conference in Berlin at the offices of the BAUA on the 11th and 12th of October 2007. The first report, now available, is an initial account of the proceedings and discussions which took place there.

Almost 60 people attended the conference who came from a range of professional backgrounds across Europe. In addition, a large number of people who has expressed an interest in attending the conference were unable to do so for a range of reasons.

The aims of the conference were to:

• Introduce participants to the project and its aims
• Provide an overview of developments in mental health policy in recent years
• Outline the situation of mental health promotion in the three settings of interest
• Obtain feedback from participants on the ProMenPol framework, the proposed field trials and the database that are being developed as part of the project
• To encourage the participation and support of participants for future project activities.

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