EU-PROMENS

EU-PROMENS is a capacity-building programme on mental health financed by the EU4Health programme and will be implemented by the project consortium (GFA Consulting Group GmbH, Trimbos Institute, and Mental Health Europe) between January 2024 and December 2026.

The Project will enhance and improve the capacity of health professionals across Europe in the field of mental health. The programme implements flagship 15 ‘Initiative For More And Better Trained Professionals in the EU’ of the Commission’s Communication on a comprehensive approach to mental health.

It targets different groups of professionals, including: Health professionals working in mental health sector; Teachers and educators working in the educational setting; Social workers working in various community settings; Professionals working in prisons and juvenile detention centres; Mental health policy makers and experts/advisors; Members of the service users/people with lived experience organisations; Trainers and mentors of students, apprentices, and the workforce of the above-mentioned professions.

The capacity-building programme is made up of two parts:

Part 1
Development and Implementation of a Multidisciplinary Training Programme on Mental Health for Health and Other Professionals Working in Community Settings and Developing a European blueprint for a comprehensive approach to mental health capacity-building

Part 2
Organisation of an Exchange Programme for Health Professionals in the Field of Mental Health
Identifying exchange participants' needs, host institutions' capabilities, and matching both
Designing and implementing the exchange programme, ensuring it aligns with the overall goals of the multidisciplinary training programme on mental health

Heiko Koenigstein serves as Deputy Project Leader, Vitalii Klymchuk - as a Mental Health Specialist. Both were the part of the Project Development Team.