DIGNITY  and  WELL-BEING   1^st   EXCHANGE  and  INTER-VISION  PROGRAM

concerning the interventions and the pathways for Homeless  in  extreme  poverty  situation  with  mental  health  problems

 WARSZAWA 1 - 2 - 3  October   2015

Dear  Colleague,

                              SMES-Europa have the pleasure to invites you and your Institution to participate in the project ‘Dignity and Well-being’, which is going to take place in Warsaw on  1°-2°-3° October 2015.

The purpose of this project is to bring attention to the voice expressed or not of these persons, living in chronically way without own habitation, in the street or in emergency shelters, in condition of absolute social exclusion. General object of this D-&-WB project is: to deepen listen and understand their voice & needs; to identify some innovative and effective practices; to recommend some priorities in social & health policy.
The project will develops through three programs of study/exchange:

*   1^st in Warsaw: 1-3 October ;      remember the 10/10 is the World Mental Health Day

*   2^nd in Athens :  Mai 2016 

*   3^rd  in Florence   June 2016,

*   4^rd  in Copenhagen  October 2016  and will concludes with
 

XIV European SMES conference in Brussels in December 2016.

      1^er Exchange program - Warsaw  2  October 2015, between 09:00  to 17.00.

This 1^st workshops will be based on case studies of individual persons describing their health and mental health status, social situation and interventions made on their behalf by help agents.
The participants who manage to arrive the 1^st October  before 14:00, will have an opportunity to visit  in the afternoon some of the centres assisting the homeless and mentally ill people in Warsaw.  The analysis of the life situations of this people, will be introduced by the local responsible of each of these fourth sectors:

a)    Mental health institutions & community services; 

b)    Emergency shelters;

c)     Monitored housing; 

d)    Outreach team,

in order  to  animate the  specific  network on 2^nd October.  

The results of these workshops will be at the basis of the 14^th European seminar, where the participants will prepare the priorities and recommendations to present both to local policy makers and administrators, as to Europeans, through a hearing in the European Parliament.

Additional meeting on the morning of Saturday, 3^rd October , will be dedicated to the situation, possible solutions and potential cooperation between Western and Polish partners in assisting the Polish Euro-migrants finding themselves in the street in difficult health condition..

Dignity and well-being are the keywords, which were oriented - from le1992 - the social mission and initiatives of

SMES Europa. We count - with your active collaboration - to continue to perform at best this initiative in favour of people living in situations of extreme social and health conditions.

Thank you pour your collaboration.  For further information, please contact us.

Sincerely

Luigi Leonori
President