Deliver on promises and honour commitments on mental health – Joint statement for World Mental Health Day 2024
The overall objective of World Mental Health Day, which is held each year on 10 October, is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilise efforts in support of mental health.
On World Mental Health Day 2024, EuroHealthNet joins 32 other European organisations in a joint call for substantive actions to shape a Europe where everyone’s mental health thrives across their life course. In a Joint Statement drafted by the European Mental Health Advocacy Platform, the organisations ask EU institutions and Member States to step up for mental health in Europe by delivering on promises and honouring previous commitments.
The Joint Statement calls on
- the European Commission to develop a comprehensive European strategy on mental health, with a clear timeline and adequate budget, as well as indicators to monitor and coordinate progress at the European and Member State levels.
- EU Member States to (1) elaborate action plans or strategies in coordination with the EU level action, with a cross-sectoral approach to mental health, and to (2) develop community-based, recovery-oriented mental health services in line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the European Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
- the European Parliament to establish an Intergroup on mental health, ensuring a formal structure to foster exchanges on mental health across different political groups and to strengthen collaboration between Members and civil society.
The Joint Statement is open for endorsement by stakeholders until 10 December 2024.
