WP4 – Sustainability

Work Package Summary

The main objective of the WP4 is to enable and support the uptake, uphold, reinforcement and scale-up of pilot implementations, outputs and results of the project in addressing mental health challenges in participating countries and beyond. MENTOR standardized methodological framework for sustainability activities consists of 4 tasks that cover all phases of situation analysis, the sustainability of pilot implementations, and the development of final sustainability plan with planned activities for the time after MENTOR. The application of the standardized methodological framework, adjusted to the needs of the technical work packages (WP5, WP6), will be supported by a systematic stepwise capacity building approach.

Two overarching principles are applied in MENTOR pilot implementation:

  • (1) Equity and diversity perspective, with and aim to design and implement targeted interventions specifically tailored to address the needs of disadvantaged and vulnerable population groups. This includes initiatives focusing on migrants, refugees, Roma people, people displaced from Ukraine, children, adolescents, and youth within these communities. These interventions will aim to reduce disparities in mental health outcomes and ensure equitable access to support services and resources.
  • (2) Sustainability principle, that in all steps of design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting include essential elements, that will increase the ability of MENTOR pilots to have sustainable impact after MENTOR ends in the sense of further exploitation of the results. Elements of sustainability are policy environment, ownership of sustainability and culture of communication and consensus seeking.

The specific objectives of this task are:

  1. Facilitate the sustainability of pilot implementations beyond the conclusion of MENTOR.
  2. To pinpoint governance opportunities for sustained interventions by training consortium members in effective communication with policymakers.
  3. Contribute to EU added value of MENTOR by building on the knowledge and skills within the MENTOR consortium concerning how sustainability is achieved in varied settings and circumstances.
  4. Integrate active EU mental health project processes and outcomes to ensure high-level policy sustainability through identifying and promote synergistic actions.

Tasks