Sectors	Regional and territorial cooperation
EU Acquis Chapters	Other issues
EU funds	43 809 €
Implementation period	2013 - 2024
Categories	Climate action ;  Civil society;  Gender ;  Digital (Mouse hover to see significance)

The project is set to address the identified lack or low level of mental health prevention services in local communities in the project area, Sisak-Moslavina County in Croatia and North-West BiH. Through a set of activities aiming at improving capacities, prevention of substance abuse and establishing cross-border exchanges, the project seeks to contribute to accessibility of mental health prevention services to beneficiaries in mostly rural border area, to whom centralized mental health services are hardly accessible and who are not accustomed to seek help for mental health problems. More specifically, the project plans to contribute to early identification and intervention in protecting and improving mental health of vulnerable categories, such as children, youth, marginalized and socially deprived families and elderly. Furthermore, the project envisages cross-border and cross-disciplinary cooperation and exchange of best practices in bringing mental health prevention closer to the beneficiaries.

1. To improve capacities of providers of mental health prevention services in local communities in the border region. The aim is to build capacities of community-based providers for organizing and carrying out activities in order to promote and prevent mental health as well as for early identification and intervention in area of mental health. Capacity improvement will be based on resources from both sides of the border and on participative approach and open coordination method. Capacities of 10 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools, 10 kindergartens, 10 communal health centres, 8 social welfare centres, 10 police stations and 10 local governments improved for preventive mental health activities 2. To improve prevention of substance abuse and behavioural problems by youth through development of cross-border joint preventive action protocols. Cross-border cooperation in prevention of substance abuse and behaviour problems in youth is aimed at alleviating the risks implied in border proximity and to foster protective and preventive factors and initiatives. The project will develope cross-border joint preventive action protocols for substance abuse and youth behaviour problems prevention. 3. To improve cross-border exchange of knowledge, experiences and good practices in mental health prevention and promotion, the project will develop ten mental health prevention plans of activities. A specialized internet forum for mental health prevention providers will be established.