Dozens of projects focused on an improvement of care for mentally ill patients were realized by NGOs and medical institutions throughout the Czech Republic during the last three years. These projects supported by Norway grants enabled a lot of meaningful activities to be carried out in the field of mental health such as the development of multidisciplinary teams taking care of mentally ill patients or informational campaigns raising awareness about mental health issues. There was also established cooperation among the hospital services and follow-up care provided mostly by NGOs such as FOKUS Opava. Norway grants thus prepared the ground for the psychiatric care reform, which followed and is currently being implemented.

Match-making seminar for potential project promoters and donor project partners under the Health Programme

The Ministry of Finance (Programme Operator) and the Ministry of Health (Programme Partner) in cooperation with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Donor Programme Partner), designated as the responsible authorities for the Health Programme under the EEA Grants 2014-2021, are pleased to announce they will be launching Calls for project proposals in 2019.

On 25 July 2018, in the framework of the Congress of the International Organization for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP), the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance organised a seminar focusing on the presentation of the forthcoming Health Programme funded by the EEA Grants 2014-2021.