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is an European
Network of
professional and
voluntary people working
at interface of health
and social field, for
people living in
conditions of poverty /
extreme poverty,
connected with health
and mental health
problems.
The
European SMES project began in 1992 in Rome as a result of the 1st European
seminar (Dec. 1992) on the appalling neglect and abandonment
mentally ill people living as homeless in extremely poor health
and social conditions.
SMES
was constituted in 2001 as International non profit Association (AISBL
Belgian law 1919)
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The person, who is at the
centre, his dignity, his fundamental rights, his
voice, his needs, his life.
People
living in extreme poverty condition
on the streets, shelters, squats,
with specific attention to :
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mentally ill people without adequate assistance,
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young
people at risk losing their profitability,
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elderly people who have been abandoned: as homeless at home
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undocumented migrants, asylum seekers and
refugees at
risk of rejection and exclusion.
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SMES
from daily experience of
front-line workers
and service users in
different European country :
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Promote
respect of human rights, dignity
and
wellbeing for people living in extreme
social
and health poverty
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Facilitate access
to citizenship rights, to social &
health
services improving physical, mental
and
social well-being
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Promote inclusion,
participation and solidarity
with a special
attention for homeless people
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Raise
awareness
of best practices networking
with other European bodies in related areas
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Main Focus
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Improve conditions
the physical, mental and
social conditions / wellbeing of
homeless and socially excluded
people and so to promote the
respect of their human rights,
individual dignity and social
inclusion.
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Networking
: improving synergies
and opportunities of
working together,
workers of health and
social sector, public
and private
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Education and training:
permanent & continuum,
promoting exchanges and
evaluation
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Exchanges and
study visits between projects in
different European
countries
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European seminars
where professionals,
volunteers and
service users from
across Europe meet
together with local
policy makers and
administrators
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Europe-wide
programme of service
improvement
concerning accessibility
- integration health
& social
sustainability -
prevention
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Heightening of awareness
for all civic society
trough adequate
information with media
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Lobbying and advocacy
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imagine our society
without homeless...
will be possible
?..
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