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 INVITATION
We invite all those who work for the mental health and social
rehabilitation of mentally ill homeless and socially excluded people
to the 10th SMES conference in Rome 2008. Together we will review the
ideas and experiences developed over the last 15 years, especially about
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 community
care and outreach
work
and social inclusion
migration
and citizenship
We want to help build a European community for all !
OBJECTIVES
SMES
began in 1992, with a small conference in Rome.
Since
then, 9 further European conferences have been held to promote the
critical exchange of ideas and experiences between professional and
voluntary workers in the following areas:
'Model' of society and
health/mental health
system';
Practical
skills and procedures
Proposals
for future projects and interventions
Highlighting
the disgraceful plight of the homeless mentally ill in Europe.
FOCUS
The 10th SMES Conference intends to focus critically on
the following areas:
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MENTAL HEALTH : Care and cure, inside and outside; the
dialog and interaction
between the various sectors supporting health and mental health in
the community
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WORK : The problem of participation and work for the socially
excluded people.
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MIGRATION : The access of migrants to health and social
services and the rights of citizenship.
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Wednesday 23rd
January
WELCOME - REGISTRATION -
INTRODUCTION |
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14 :00-19:00
REGISTRATION
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14:30 – 15:00 |
WELCOME and
OFFICIAL INAUGURATION
• Welcome by local
authority
• Presentation of the Conference
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15:00 - 15:45 |
INTRODUCTION : “Closeness - 'proximité' -
and solitude…”
Reflection proposed as general introduction by
Lambros Couloubaritsis,
Professor of philosophy in Université Libre de Bruxelles ULB (Belgium)
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15:45 ‐ 16:45 |
Complementary contributions
and discussions will be proposed by discussants,
practitioners experts in
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Mental health:
what means well being for people,
who psychical & social
suffers discrimination &
stigmatisation because of their mental disease ?
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Work: what means empowerment for people
'absolutely' excluded by
active participation ?
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Housing:
what
do 'home' - privacy - identity mean
for people excluded from the 'right to a
home ? .
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Migration:
what means integration for people who are not welcome and who suffer of
suspicion in reason of their diversity ?.
(Each of these 4 contributions will be illustrated by a short video). |
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17:00 – 18:00 |
QUESTION TIME and DISCUSSION between:
Association delegates of ex/users and their families -
Providers of services - Participants :
“What, if anything, has changed in the last 15 years ?... |
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18 :00 |
WELCOME COCKTAIL |
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Thursday 24th
January
THEME 1
: MENTAL
HEALTH
and Social Exclusion 15 years on…:
a) What kind of dialog
and
interaction exists between the Mental Health Institutions and
Social Organization ?
b)
What about
severity of poverty and exclusion in reason of mental
illness and homelessness ?
between resignation
and challenge ?...
c) What kind of
participation and involvement exists between users, customers,
families and
their representative
associations? |
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09:00 - 09:30
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Welcome and
introduction :
Welcome by
local authorities
Presentation of the 1st Theme of the Conference.
CARING: Who takes the initiative and how do they continue?
How do
diagnosis and treatment work in homeless settings – the street,
abandoned
building or shelter?
Key
words: prevention - bridging – rehabilitation –
de-institutionalisation –
'community' care - outreach.
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09:30-10:30 |
ROUND TABLE 1 :
15
years on...,
What kind of mental health in Europe are we talking about ?
Ambivalence between : inside
and outside, in-patient and community services, rehabilitation
and social ostracism.
What kind of dialog and interaction between the Mental Health
Institutions and Social
Organization ? offering public & private services and
supporting in community people suffering
of double exclusion: mental illness and
a condition of serious poverty.
In these 1st Round Table
the experts from different European countries, exchanging
knowledge
and competence, will focus critically on the following topics : models of society
and of
health/mental health divers systems and practices,
evaluate progress, denounce failings
and underline any absolute priorities. |
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10:30-11:00 |
Discussion |
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11:00-11:30 |
break |
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11:30-12:45 |
ROUND TABLE 2 : Outreach
and bridging
In this 2nd Round Table
the
team leaders from various European capitals: Lisbon, London,
Madrid, Rome,
Oslo, Paris are invited for an
exchange about "outreach divers practices".
What
kind of dialog and co-working between private and public sector in preparing
and
discuss
program and projects, aim and objectives, instruments and resources and -
finally
- in serious and scientific evaluation of action and results for
abandoned people. |
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12,45-13:30 |
Discussion |
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13:30-14:30 |
lunch |
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THEME 2 : MIGRANTS:
HEALTH AND DIGNITY
Welcoming the
differences:
those without housing – work – health….. |
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14:30-15:30 |
Migrants : Existent or Inexistent, an uncomfortable presence.
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What means 'intercultural mediator ? what kind of attention is necessary to
understand
and
answer in 'other ways' than 'charitable assistance' ?
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Understand
differences; integration is subsequent to of good 'first welcome' .
The mental and physical health of immigrants is at risk in the same way as that
of the
homeless.
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Since 1992 what has changed and what needs to be changed at the legislative
level in
Europe?
Key words: rights and duties – health and service quality –
access and barriers – respect
and rejection – identity and
integration. |
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15:30-16:00 |
break |
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16:00-18:00 |
1st
WORKSHOP SESSION :
Mental health: intermediation, outreach.
Some suggestions about this session:
1.1 Community
services :
precocious diagnosis and
careful support and
accompaniment could often prevent crises and chronic situation.
How , where and with whom
does this happen.
1.2 Interdisciplinary working :
Co-working in holistic view.
What kind of partnership is
possible and effective between psychiatry
(diagnosis and treatment) and social
service (care and assistance providing) ?
1.3
Methods of service provision : how does one make outreach
effective so that
the service is truly accessible
in the community ?
1.4 Migrants : the effect of culture on
health and illness.
The rights of migrants to
health and social services
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Friday 25th
January
THEME 3:
WORK & PARTICIPATION, work which excludes and work which includes.
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The meaning of work in our society
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Possible alternatives to
the work market
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Working for the market, social enterprises and co-operatives.
* What has changed in relation to
people with social and mental health problems? |
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09:00 - 09:30 |
Introduction to the 3rd day |
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09:30-10:30 |
ROUND TABLE 3
WORK :
Presentation
and discussion with the experts :
1. Re-invent work
- the
pressures of training, adapting work to the person.
2. Social co-operatives:
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alternatives to productivity
- participation and democracy.
3. Black market work:
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facilitate participation in order to prevent exploitation.
4. Comparative practices and legislation:
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discussion between various European cities.
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10:30 - 11:00 |
break |
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11:00 - 13:00 |
2nd
WORKSHOP SESSION
“Work:
social enterprises – rights – solidarity”
2.1 Health and dignity are also expressed through work as a form
of realisation of the
person.
2.2 Social co-operatives and job rehabilitation for those who are
non-competitive and
non-productive but who wish to participate and contribute as active citizens.
2.3
Migrants: exploitation and participation, innovatory methods of integration,
closeness
'proximité' and participation.
Key
words: production, competitiveness, consumption, job rehabilitation, social
co-operatives,
wages.
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ROUND
TABLE:
Synthesis and proposals
for
an inclusive and supportive Europe. |
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14:30-16:00 |
What has not been changed
but needs to be changed so we can go from words to actions
and help “reduce
poverty and eradicate exclusion and discrimination, offering equal
opportunities”
at the level of
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Legislation and administration concerning rights and access to health,
housing, work, migration
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Interdisciplinary working between health and social workers,
partnerships between public and private.
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Daily practices and quality of life and services.
Lasting involvement of
the whole of society and the mass media.
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Lasting involvement of the whole of society and the mass media.
With the participation of
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Conference speakers and workshop co-ordinators
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Director for Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission
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Delegates from Italian and foreign local authorities.
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16:00 - 16:30 |
pausa |
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16:30 – 17:30 |
Proposte e raccomandazioni |
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17:30 – 18:00 |
Conclusione e chiusura |
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COMMITTEE
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 PROMOTOR :
SMES-EUROPA Santé Mentale Exclusion Sociale Europa
Coordinatore : Luigi LEONORI
SEGRETARIAT : SMES-EUROPA – Bruxelles : +32.2.5385887
ITALIAN STEERING COMMITTEE :
invited to take
part :
European Committee: invited to
take part :
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BE – Ligue Bruxel Francophone Santé Mentale, Eric
Messens
BE - Interstice : Serge
Zombek
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DE - PARITAETISCHE Patrizia Di Tolla
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DK – UDENFOR,
Preben
Brandt
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ES - AEN + SMES MariFe Bravo
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FR -
EMMAUS Xavier Vandromme
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GR - Soc. Sociale
Psychiatrie, Athena Frangouli
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UK – Consultant Philip Timms
PATRONAGE REQUESTED
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