Programme

Hearing on "Mental Health Community Services"

(SOC/799)

Via Interactio, online platform, EESC, VMA23, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 from 09:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

In the framework of its work on the own-initiative opinion "Mental Health Community Services", the EESC is organising a public hearing, with the objective of gathering contributions from policy makers, civil society organisations and social partners, on the importance of affordable community -based services and of a human rights approach to mental health care.

The outcomes of the hearing will feed into the EESC's opinion.

09.30 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. | Testing connection

10.00 a.m. - 10.15 a.m. | Opening

  • Welcome by Marie Pierre Le Breton, Study group President
  • Introduction on the opinion by Pietro Barbieri, Rapporteur

10.15 a.m. - 12.15 p.m. | Panel 1 - Views and approaches by international organisations and Lived-experiences and Innovative Practices in MH community services 

Moderator: Marie Pierre Le Breton, Study group President, EESC

  • Ledia Lazeri, Programme Coordinator on Mental Health, World Health Organisation (WHO)
  • Fabrizio Starace, Director of the Mental Health Department of the Local health Unit of Modena, Italy
  • Camille Roux, Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer, Mental Health Europe
  • Olga Kalina, Chair, European Network of (Ex-)Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (ENUSP)
  • Cristiano Zagatti, Confederazione Generale del Lavoro (CGIL)
  • Denis Mathieu, Psychiatrist and Director of the Mental Health Institute MGEN of Paris Ivry
  • Maria Grazie Giannichedda, sociologist and president of the Basaglia Foundation
  • Martin Lichte, Senior Policy Officer, European Social Network (ESN)

Q&A

12.15 p.m. - 12.25 p.m. | Conclusions

  • Pietro Barbieri, Study group Rapporteur, EESC

12.25 p.m. - 12.30 p.m. | Closing remarks

  • Marie Pierre Le Breton, Study group President

Interpretation requested from French, English and Italian into French, English and Italian