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MENTOR Consortium Holds 2026 Meeting in Bilbao to Discuss Progress and Next Steps
Bilbao, Spain | September 29–30, 2026 Partners and stakeholders involved in the Joint Action Mental Health Together (JA MENTOR) gathered at the Palacio Euskalduna in Bilbao for their 2026 consortium meeting, hosted by Biosistemak. Marking two years of the initiative, the two-day meeting provided an opportunity to review progress, exchange practical knowledge, and plan the next stages of the project. Day 1: Project Updates and Discussion The meeting began with opening remarks from regional authorities and the Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA). The first day focused on work package updates, interactive learning labs, and open discussion across key project areas: Two Years of MENTOR: The project coordination team presented…
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Joint Action Mental Health Together – MENTOR Consortium Forum 2025
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Reflecting on Bologna Conference: A Shared Vision for Mental Health
The JA MENTOR project recently brought together over 80 advocates, professionals, and pioneers in Bologna for a conference that felt less like a standard meeting and more like a movement. Under the banner of Transforming Mental Health Through Lived Experience, our purpose was clear: to recognize, validate, and elevate the expertise of personal experience. Key Takeaways from the Conference: True Collaboration: Traditional experts and experts by experience collaborated on an equal footing, sparking vital conversations about rethinking psychiatric recovery pathways and promoting holistic, human rights-based, and recovery-oriented mental health care. Policy & Action: We explored how to seamlessly integrate peer practitioners into mainstream mental health policies and advance survivor-led…
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Bologna Conference
As part of the EU4Health-funded JA MENTOR project, the “Transforming Mental Health Through Lived Experience” conference will take place in Bologna, Italy, on May 7–8, 2026, aiming to bring lived reality into policy and practice. The event will convene European experts to implement a roadmap for integrating lived experience practitioners into mental health systems, strengthening recovery-oriented care and reducing stigma. You can find the detailed program below: Program of the Transforming Mental Health Through Lived Experience Conference
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Call for Submissions: MENTOR Catalogue Inventory
The Joint Action Mental Health Together – MENTOR, funded under the EU4Health Programme, has launched a Call for Submissions to identify and document community-based mental health practices across Europe through the MENTOR Catalogue Inventory. The Catalogue Inventory aims to create a European overview of non-clinical mental health and well-being initiatives that support prevention and early intervention, strengthen community resilience, and contribute to reducing mental health inequalities. It focuses on practices implemented outside the healthcare system, including actions in social, educational, and community settings. Organisations, public authorities, and community stakeholders are invited to submit evidence-based or promising practices addressing areas such as mental health literacy, community-based support (including social prescribing), and…
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Help Map Youth Mental Health Training Across Europe
🔗 Take the survey here: https://lnkd.in/d2fVJgbd The Joint Action Mental Health Together – MENTOR is launching a European survey to map existing training initiatives for community-based professionals working with young people. This survey is a key milestone in developing the upcoming MENTOR “train-the-trainers” programme on youth mental health. We invite organisations and networks across Member States to share information about their training programmes for: 💬 The survey platform allows participants to change the language directly on the survey page, making it accessible across Europe. Why participate? By submitting your training initiative, you will: ⭐ Showcase your good practices at EU level 📘 Be acknowledged in project reports and in the final…
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JA MENTOR External Stakeholder Board holds its first meeting
The Joint Action MENTOR – Mental Health Together held the first meeting of its External Stakeholder Board on 30 January 2025. The meeting marked the formal launch of the Board as a consultative body supporting the strategic direction, relevance and long-term usability of the Joint Action’s outputs.
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JA MENTOR at Health in Europe: Joint Actions, Joint Future — Advancing Sustainability and Synergies Across European Health Initiatives
On 28 October 2025, JA MENTOR participated in the international conference “Health in Europe: Joint Actions, Joint Future”, held in Odense, Denmark. The event, organised by the Region of Southern Denmark in partnership with JA PreventNCD under the EU4Health programme, brought together representatives from multiple EU Joint Actions, policymakers, researchers, and health leaders to strengthen cooperation and address shared health challenges. JA MENTOR Contributions As the coordinating institution of JA MENTOR, the National Centre of Mental Health (Latvia) contributed to two key conference sessions: Strengthening Sustainability and Cross-Action Synergies The Odense event underscored a core message shared across all Joint Actions: sustainability is not achieved in isolation. Meaningful, long-term impact…
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JA MENTOR Consortium Forum 2025: Collecting Knowledge Across Europe
On 9–10 October 2025, partners and stakeholders of the EU4Health Joint Action Mental Health Together (JA MENTOR) gathered in Warsaw, Poland, for the project’s first Consortium Forum, hosted by the National Health Fund (NFZ). The two-day event, held under the theme “Collecting Knowledge Across Europe,” marked an important milestone at the close of the project’s first year — a time to reflect on progress, exchange insights, and plan the next phase of joint action to promote mental health equity across Europe. Day 1 – Learning, Sharing, and Co-Creating Their messages collectively underscored a shared conviction: mental health is everyone’s responsibility, and collaborative learning is fundamental to progress. Throughout the first…
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Joint Action Mental Health Together – MENTOR Consortium Forum 2025
We are pleased to announce that the MENTOR Consortium Forum 2025 will take place on 9–10 October 2025 in Warsaw, Poland, at the headquarters of the National Health Fund
