Mental Health Matters
Objectives
During the project, national communities of practice from the partner countries, consisting of key experts from the health, labor and education sectors, will identify gaps in data, policy, and education related to psychosocial health. They will present and discuss good practices from their respective countries, including the potential for transferring these practices to other contexts. Additionally, these communities will identify and prioritize potential measures in occupational safety and health (OSH) policy and education at the national level, while exploring opportunities for future collaboration and synergies at the transnational level. A ‘first aid kit’ designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) address psychosocial risks in the workplace will also be launched.
Each project partner will focus on specific national themes. In Finland, the emphasis will be on exploring the potential of a new interprofessional approach to education about psychosocial factors in the workplace designed jointly for occupational health and safety personnel.
Results and impact
As a result of the project, a transnational roadmap with national chapters is developed, offering recommendations to enhance occupational safety and health policies and education. Additionally, an online ‘first aid kit’ platform is launched to assist small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with psychosocial risk assessment and prevention.
Contact us
Owe Österbacka
Head of Transnational Community of Practice
Partners
The Mental Health Matters project (Making Enterprises in the Baltic Sea Region more Resilient by Tackling Psychosocial Risks in the Workplace) is led by the Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being (NDPHS). The project partners from the Occupational Safety and Health Expert Group (OSH EG) include Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Poland. The OSH EG actively contributes to transnational cooperation and has invited Lithuania and Sweden to participate in the discussions as non-project partners.
Funded by
Mental Health Matters is funded by Interreg BSR's small-scale projects.
