Many schools develop programs dedicated to students' social skills, with tools and guides targeting children and young students, in order to improve their mental health and their insertion in adult life. Several training curricula on social skills and competencies have been released in favour of students, financed by European, national or regional funds, but at the present stage there is no evidence of specific curriculum for youth workers who support young people with mental health disorders.In this context, the project objectives are:1.Deepen knowledge about Youth Workers needs and competencies in their work with young people with mental health problems; 2.Valorising the relevance of social and emotional competencies among young people with mental health disease;3.Create a European Framework of Competences for Youth Workers, strengthening their capacity to support social and emotional competencies among young people with mental health disorders;4.Increase the quality of informal and non-formal learning in the caring relationships between youth workers and young people;5.Improve the competencies of professionals and non-professionals who operate in this field;6.Facilitate the access to training on social and emotional competences of young people by local communities (teachers, practitioners, etc.);7.Improve the well being of young people increasing awareness of social and emotional competencies in their life.The participating organizations read as follows:- The International Di Liegro Foundation (applicant organization) has a cultural proposal of education and orientation for families and volunteers and it has gradually developed interventions to prepare the volunteers to interact with and supporting person with mental disease. It has previous experiences in EU projects and organizes several informal and non-formal learning activities for young people and for adult citizen.-The Center for promoting lifelong learning – CPIP - is a non-governmental, non-profit institution active in the educational and social field, that realized projects on various social and educational topics in Romania;- IASIS NGO, born in 2005, is a NGO that provide therapeutic, counselling services and psychosocial support to people with problems of mental health. Beside offering housing and day center services, this NGO provides psychiatric care to adults with mental health problems and their families, also organizing the reintegration into the society, and it is a leading institution for the rehabilitation of people with severe mental disorders in Greece;-The ASL Rome 1 coordinates, implements and evaluates psychiatric de-institutionalization initiatives. It has key institutional role within the Consultative bodies of Mental Health Public Department, Citizens’ representatives and Regional Government regard to social policies, together with policy makers and other stakeholders. For young people aged 14 to 25, ASL Roma 1 offers integrated facilities and services through the “Prevention Center and Early Mental Health Intervention” which specifically targets young people between the ages of 14 and 25;- Merseyside Expanding Horizons is not-for-profit organization working with social inclusion in UK. The working areas of this NGO are numerous, at EU and local level, and MHE has a rich experience in supporting individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to fully participate in society through adult learning and helps people with mental health problems to develop their skills and competences.The results of YOU.PRO.ME. are as follows:-A European survey on Youth Workers needs about competencies and on needs of social and emotional competencies of young people with mental disorders;-A Competency Framework of Youth Workers, to define Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes and Values on developing social and emotional competencies of young people with mental health issues;-Handbook on the competencies of Youth Workers on mental health, for their empowerment in their work and personal life; -Friendly-Toolbox to involve young people with mental health problems to develop social and emotional Competencies; -An e-based Open Educational Resource (OER) addressed to Youth Workers and to a wider community of educators, trainers, youth practitioners whose aim is to share tools around the question of social and emotional competences when mental health of young people is concernedThe incorporation of social and emotional competencies in the new portfolio of competencies of the Youth Workers as a resource for assisting young people with mental health disorders can be one of the major impact at regional, national and even at a European level. We expect that YOU.PRO.ME will produce innovation, though the transfer of the outputs across organizations, services and into the wider community at a European level.

"The need to include mental health among the priorities of the public health agenda has been increasingly recognized by the European Union since the launch of the Commission's Green Paper on Improving Mental Health in 2005. This recognition is based on the growing evidence and awareness about the magnitude of mental health problems in European countries: mental disorders are highly prevalent in Europe and impose a heavy toll on individuals, society and the economy, representing a significant share of the EU’s burden of disability (European Framework for Action on Mental Health and Wellbeing, 2016). Creative art therapy activities, can be immensely valuable for persons living with or recovering from mental health problems as it helps to express and interpret their experience, rebuild confidence and develop new skills. Art therapy practices often define their practice with orientations such as: psychodynamic; humanistic (phenomenological, gestalt, person-centred); psycho-educational (behavioural, cognitive-behavioural, developmental); systemic (family and group therapy); as well as integrative and eclectic approaches (Jones, 2005). Mental health services in Europe have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the services stopped working while others adapted their operation via the internet or by phone.A long-range of new tools to tackle mental health is therefore needed. And while art and creative expression has been a core fixture of European culture for millennia, the use of art as a tool for mental health has been scarcely mapped and experiences often not shared. A creative approach to mental health enables a new type of language on mental health to emerge. And given the nature of art, this language is universal across borders, professions, sectors, and segments - and can therefore connect both citizens, informal and formal carers, academians and clinicians alike. A successful partnership on how to educate people about the importance of art in mental health will offer insight based on the experience that the partners from five different countries bring to the project. The ""Art4Me"" consortium consists of organisations covering sectors related to mental health. Noteworthy associated partners such as the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and the European Federation of Associations of families of people with Mental Illness (EUFAMI) will enhance the quality of the partnership and strengthen the cooperation and networking between the participating organisations. This project aims to share good practices in art therapy activities for adults with mental health problems. As the year of preparing the project is the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the project partners, in adapting to the current situation, have realized that they could share virtual interventions in the use of art for adults living with a psychiatric disorder.The main mission of the ""Art4Me"" project is to promote mental health through art therapy to adults with mental health problems and highlight the importance of mental health promotion through art with the ultimate goal of improving the lives of millions of Europeans living with psychiatric disorders. We aim to exchange good practices in managing successful mental health awareness campaigns such as the use of art in mental health festivals. We will conduct a kick-off meeting in Copenhagen (April 2021), a training in Zagreb entitled ""Reducing stigma and discrimination of adults with mental illness and facilitating their social inclusion with the use of art"" (July 2022), a meeting in Lisbon (October 2022) and a final meeting at the office of the European Parliament in Athens (February 2023). If COVID-19 conditions don't allow the project meetings to take place physically they will be held virtually. During the project, we will examine the situation in each partner country (Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Italy and Portugal) concerning the use of art therapy and the use of art in mental health promotion. Our partner Safe Space Associação Saúde Mental from Portugal will organize two festivals on the occasion of world mental health day in October 2021 and October 2022. We will involve people with mental health problems from Italy, Croatia, Portugal and Greece during the physical or virtual focus groups.At the end of the project, we will present a ""Compendium of good practices in art therapy and in promoting mental health via art"" in English, uploaded on the website of the project."

"Many parents experience mental illness over the course of their lives. In the United Kingdom, approximately 2.5 million children live in families affected by parental mental illness (Tunnard 2004). In the Netherlands 577.000 children grow up with a parent with a mental illness and/or addiction. In Greece, about 40% of people being admitted in psychiatric hospitals or clinics are parents. Overall, over 67% of women and over 75% of men with serious mental illness are parents (Nicholson et al. 2004).Serious mental illness (including schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, or severe borderline personality disorder) is associated with impaired parenting capacities. Children report experiences of child neglect and abuse, feeling scared or unsafe due to parents' psychiatric symptoms, or becoming caregivers to their parent (Duncan et al., 2009). The gene–environment interaction, in combination with high exposure to stress, render children in a high risk of having greater cognitive, emotional, and behavioral difficulties, potentially leading to diagnosable psychiatric problems in later life (Gladstone et al. 2014). Despite this, children in these situations are often overlooked in mental healthcare settings and have been described as being ‘invisible’ (Maybery & Reupert 2009). Therefore, a more comprehensive knowledge is needed for public health strategies to provide helpful services and psychoeducation in such a vulnerable population. The ‘’Share4Carers’’ aims to promote key solutions by uniting patients’ organization, academics, clinicians and carers from Belgium, Greece, Italy and Turkey at national level and providing them with the skills and knowledge necessary to promote psychoeducation and raise awareness about the societal impact of being children of parents with mental health problems in Europe. Representatives of the above groups will meet on multiple occasions during the lifecycle of the project in order to share good practices, exchange perspectives on effective advocacy strategies and learn how to engage with decision-makers at national and EU levels. We will foster cooperation between seven organisations from four different countries and other stakeholders by consistently promoting dialogue between patients, caregivers, scientists, and society.Our goal is to draw the attention of the academic and the general public, as well as relevant state institutions, to the importance of the development of basic and clinical psychoeducation as well as key solution in the prevention, early detection, intervention and support of children. The creation of a project website in WordPress platform, linking to the partners’ own websites, where all project outcomes will be uploaded and contact details will be made available.Focus Groups organized by representatives of the partners aimed at familiarizing the participants with their work will be facilitated during each event. Furthermore, a Webinar that will revolve around relevant EU policies impacting psychoeducation as well as how to engage with the European Institutions will be organized as part of the project. In addition, various round-table discussions will be held in order to enable the participants to share their perspectives on priorities. Lastly we will create a free of charge support group for people with parents mentally sufferers, 8-12 people, with the aim of sharing experiences, updating and supporting them in their core difficulties, and setting up a support network 8-10 people is proposed during the duration of the project.• The creation of a project website in WordPress platform, linking to the partners’ own websites, where all project outcomes will be uploaded and contact details will be made available in March 2020 from Dynami Zois.• Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts will be created for the project by the Italian partner ""CHILDREN OF MENTALLY ILL PARENTS"" and EPIONI. Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn posts from Partners' (Dynami Zois, EUFAMI, Fondazione di Liegro, COMIP, EPIONI & CNP St-Martin) social media accounts will also be utilized as a means of disseminating project results to a wider audience.All stakeholders, including the seven partners and the seven associated partners will be invited to share good practices and examples of psychoeducation of adults with a mentally ill parents. Dedicated sessions organized by representatives of academic institutions aimed at familiarizing the participants with their work will be facilitated during each meeting. Furthermore, various support groups and workshops will be conducted on relevant EU policies impacting people with mental health problems and their caregivers."

"According to WHO, 1 in 4 Europeans is affected by mental health problems during their lifetime. Mental health is one of the most pressing issues in their 2018 Health Overview: Europe Health in focus: Europe, the European Commission and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development caution against the economic and social consequences of unresolved mental health problems. People with severe and persistent mental disorders generally suffer from great isolation, a loss of capacity to cope, to live in independent housing, to hold a job and to perform the acts of daily life and often a experience a break-up of family and social ties. These effects, combined with stigma and, where appropriate, prolonged and repeated hospitalizations in psychiatry, themselves factors of social deterioration, frequently lead people to the loss of their housing, to wandering and social exclusion (strategic committee of mental health and psychiatry, June 2018).The general objective of the IncluPsy project is to promote the social inclusion of people living with mental disorders. It consists of meetings and different exchanges between 6 partners from 5 European countries (France, Croatia, Greece, Italy and Belgium), with complementary relevant perspectives and expertise, that will enhance their skills and define good practices in this area. Given these figures and the demonstrated interrelationships between mental health problems and social exclusion, it is not surprising that social inclusion is one of the European priorities. According to the European Commission, social inclusion is ""a process which ensures that people at risk of poverty and social exclusion obtain the opportunities and resources necessary to participate fully in economic, social and cultural life, and that they enjoy a standard of living and well-being considered normal for the society in which they live. Social inclusion guarantees them better participation in the decision-making processes that affect their lives and better access to their fundamental rights."" What practices are being implemented in Europe to promote the social inclusion of people living with mental disorders? This question will be addressed by the IncluPsy project.Training provided by UPH Vrapce will enable participants to develop their skills with the aim of reducing stigma and discrimination against people with mental health problems and promoting their social inclusion. An intervention by Professor Jean-François Pelletier of the University of Montreal at the kick-off meeting of the project in Paris in 2021 as well as a webinar in January 2022 in conjunction with the Yale psychiatry department in the United States will allow the consortium to benefit from scientific content around the issue of recovery and social inclusion in mental health. This will feed the think tanks and enrich the content of the guide of good practices which will be produced at the end of the project. Mutual Aid Group, an association of people living with mental disorders, will enrich the exchanges with their experience in terms, particularly, of peer support and will represent those directly affected by mental disorders. Relatives and caregivers, health professionals, social workers and volunteers will also be represented within the consortium and will bring their experiences and expertise to the project. Four project meetings will be held and will define the progress of the project. Think tanks will meet there and study visits to various partners and stakeholders will be made. These groups and visits will provide food for thought and co-produce the guide to good living practices to promote the social inclusion of people living with mental disorders.A European guide to good practice will be drawn up taking into account the specificities of the national contexts and may serve as a reference for all actors involved in the social inclusion of people living with mental disorders. This guide will be co-produced throughout the partnership thanks to the pooling of skills and perspectives of all partners, associated partners, and actors involved in the project. The website www.inclupsy.eu, social networks, EPALE and Erasmus+ project platforms, as well as events organized by each of the participants in the project will be employed for a wide dissemination of project results."

Mental illness affects around 27% (83m.) of Europeans annually (European Social Work, 2013). Studies comparing community-based services with other models of care show significant better outcomes on adherence to treatment, clinical symptoms, quality of life, housing stability, and vocational rehabilitation (Braun P. et al.1981; Conway M. et al.1994; Bond et al.2001)More specifically, community based mental health promotion has been highlighted in:-The European Mental Health Action Plan for 2010-2020, which interacts with inclusion policies at a national level-The Mental Health Pact (2009) encouraging policy makers to support the transition towards community-based settings in mental health careHousing is founded on the safeguard of rights (citizenship, stigma reduction, etc.), on the rationalisation of public budget and on the development of active and supportive citizenship. It is closely connected to the internationally well-known and widespread approach of Recovery. The right to housing, into the context of disability, offers an alternative to non-appropriate institutionalizationHERO Goals:1. Create a European curriculum, supported by/complete with international Housing Quality Indicators, to help local communities to develop skills and competences, and their validation, for an effective Housing process2. Facilitate the access to education on Housing of Local Communities3. Increase quality of informal learning (work, family, leisure time) and non-formal learning in the social inclusion field in relation to Housing pathways4. Widen the key competencies of professionals and non-professionals who work in the social inclusion field5. Reduce inequalities of learning results on behalf of people with severe mental disease but even those citizens who don’t usually pursue any form of lifelong learning on inclusion6. Valorise the housing competencies.Six organizations from 5 EU countries are part of the partnership, with long experience in mental health care, de-institutionalisation and social inclusion actions for people affected by severe mental diseases.IT ASL ROMA2 is responsible for programming, coordinating and implementing mental health interventions of adult population.IT FONDAZIONE DI LIEGRO has the mission to prevent and remove all forms of social exclusion and poverty by solidarity and mutual assistance.BE PEGODE, a non-profit association, provides support to people with disabilities and develops networks to encourage a collaborative approach with local agencies.GR PEPSAEE Scientific, a non-profit association established in 1997, is specialized in supporting, coordinating and empowering rehabilitation and work integration for people with mental health issues. HR_DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY OF UNIVERSITY PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL VRAPCE is the leading institution for the rehabilitation of people with mental disorders in Croatia, and collaborates with users organizations and social organisations for housingUK_MEH is an established voluntary and community sector organisation with focus on Social Inclusion. It supports disadvantaged individuals into employment, training and self-employment through adult learning methodologies. Main activities realized: Literature review and focus groups Educational needs surveyCurriculum: designing, content writing, learning tools, videos.Testing of the curriculum (during the C1); Piloting phase.Uploading of the Curriculum on website and/or learning platforms. Learning and training methodology based on co-production, resources valorisation, empowerment and recovery approach led the partnership to the achievement of the following results:HOUSING AND MENTAL HEALTH. QUALITY INDICATORS TOOLKIT FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES-eBook-O1; EDUCATIONAL NEEDS SURVEY;TRAINING CURRICULUM ON HOUSING O2 and its Guideline; RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE.Out of these, HERO produced tangible outputs for the purpose of management as well as for the dissemination and valorisation activities.It also produced intangible results relating to knowledge, skills, attitudes and experience gained by the participants: Development of transversal and communication skills. Promotion of behaviors attitude and values relating to the EU citizenship and fundamental rights; new working methods within EU teams; new expertise to improve Housing; management experiences in intercultural dialogue and cooperation.All the documents are available in the five partners’ languages on www.housing-project.euImproving housing services through educational pathways met both ethical and cultural interests and economical sustainability: more inclusive communities, more housing projects developed by a network of local resources, reduction in mental health expenditure, reduction of hospitalization for Mental health patients.