Queen Fabiola Fund for Mental Health
The Queen Fabiola Fund for Mental Health was founded on 10 October 2004 - mental health day - within the framework of the King Baudouin Foundation and it continues with the activities of the former Queen Fabiola Foundation.
The main objective of the fund is to organise activities in the field of mental health and to stimulate the exchange of ideas and good practice between the various organisations and association which are active in this area.
These five objectives are as follows:
- to stress the importance of mental health in our society
- to obtain the involvement of the users and their families in the content and organisation of mental healthcare
- to support the work of healthcare providers who are active in the various forms of mental healthcare
- to encourage the sectors and actors concerned to participate actively in the optimisation of mental health
- to support the reflection on the various issues of mental health
Chosen topic for 2007-2008: Work and mental health
Inspired by the work entitled Au plus près des gens (Getting close to people, published by the King Baudouin Foundation in 2005), starting in 2007, the Fund's work will be based on a two-year cycle focussing on one of the topics raised by the book.
The topic selected for the first cycle (2007-2008) is Fou du travail - Travail de fou. Travail et Santé Mentale : intégration ou dualité ? (Work drives people crazy - Crazy people at work. Work and mental health: integration or duality?). Problems that arise when people lose their jobs and also issues like the (re)integration at work of persons suffering from psychological problems will be handled.
Consequently, the Queen Fabiola Fund for Mental Health is organising a consultation process on this topic, for actors in the field. Two round tables held in 2007, one on 5 June, the other on 20 September, will explore the issue, serve as forums for exchanging experiences and spotlight a few 'good practices'.
The results of the round tables will be applied by launching a call for projects designed to support innovative initiatives in this domain. They will be presented at the Museum Dr Guislain in Ghent on 9 November 2007 to celebrate 'Queen Fabiola: 40 years spent focussing on mental health'.
The aim of the call for projects "Encountering the 'other' at work. Highlighting the importance of experience-based expertise in the process for the occupational (re) integration of people with mental problems or a mental disability.
The ten projects selected in 2008 are set to be reviewed in 2009.
The theme of the next three-year cycle (2010-2013) will be announced in the autumn of 2009. For further details pay a visit to www.kbs-frb.be.
Contact:
Edith Carbonez, Policy Officer
King Baudouin Foundation
Rue Bréderode 21
1000 Brussels
Tel. : +32 (0)2-549.61.86
Fax : +32 (0)2-511.52.21
carbonez.e@kbs-frb.be
www.kbs-frb.be