ICSW Europe Scientific Seminar - “Mental Health – Human Rights and Participation“

ICSW Europe 2024 Scientific Seminar named “Mental Health – Human Rights and Participation“ organised in cooperation with ICSW Sweden took place on Friday, 29 November 2024 in Ersta Institution located in Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden.
Speakers who presented their contributions were Karl Lavò (Senior Policy, Projects and EU Liaison Officer), Kristian Wahlbeck (Senior Advisor, MIELI Mental Health Finland), Loes Vollenbroek (Peer Support, Sweden), Jeroen de Haan-Rissmann (Peer support, Movisie, Holland), Mårten Jansson (Researcher NSPH, Sweden), Nicola Byrne, CEO of Shine and Dr Gloria Kirwan (Senior Lecturer in the Graduate School of Healthcare Management in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland).
Introductory words and opening belonged to Eva Holmberg-Herrström (ICSW Sweden, former Global President) and Max Rubisch (President of ICSW Europe). Axel Ågren (President of ICSW Sweden) was a moderator of the Seminar.
After the first part of the Seminar, small discussing groups were formed from the present participants and they were debating the following questions:
- What are the challenges from what you have heard today?
- Proposals for the future? Who should they be addressed to (UN, EU, Governments, NGOs, Regional/Local Authorities, others)?
The outcomes of the discussions were presented at the end of the Seminar.