"In a recent publication, the Minister Eliane Tillieux, highlighted the importance of mental health and its management in a government policy. Following the Green Paper dedicated to mental health and drafted by the European Commission, many action plans were enacted with the current Belgian reform called ""107"",which is an outcome.Some alarming facts: stress and burnout become a leading cause of absenteeism at work, the behavior addictions reduce business productivity, suicide is one of the main mortality factors in our society which has a growing impact on life expectancy. 25% of the population claims to have fought against a psychic malaise.Facing these problems that are highly threatening the social cohesion and productivity, public policies and mental health actors are mobilized to solve these problems. In contrast to somatic medicine whose aspects are dominant technologies, working in mental health is based on the skills acquired by professional care and support.Facing these challenges, it is clear that academic training does not correspond to the fast changing evolution in the needs of the institutions. In that way, nurses, caregivers who are involved in the health sector, require additional training and one of the institution mission is to contribute at the development of its staff.The project aims to acquire a complementary European curriculum to the freshly engaged personnel in the partners That curriculum will allow them to have a better understand of their tasks in the institution.We wish to perform a test of this device for three years. We have established a network of European expertise composed of excellence centers in which the workers will go complete their training on formal and informal learning that cannot be learned from the academic training curriculum.In return, the professional form the Neuropsychiatric Centre St-Martin will be able to disseminate their knowledge to the different partners. The staff tends to hastily leave the career, which is a major cause of scarcity, by this device, we want to increase the attractiveness of the profession and support the retention of the staff in de health care institutionsAfter different round of testing, different contact are already initiated in this direction, it will be a specialized year in psychiatry and health care that is going to be built.We will suggest a European tutoring with a European tour through three centers of excellence to new workers from 2015.During these three years of experimentation, an evaluation of the device through the center of health research located in Luxembourg, which has a great expertise on the subject, will be lead.Throughout these three years, the device will be adjusted and corrections will be implemented.This project contributes to the recommendations made by the European Commission in Belgium about the employability of employees and its cross-border mobility.A long-term ambition is in addition to the initial training to provide to the professional, skills in innovative expertise that would be integrated into a flexible and specialty adapted to technological developments and mindset to ensure an optimal quality of care.The diffusion of these innovations in mental health facilities will be organized so that all can benefit from this expertise and these feedbacks."

Mental illness affects around 27% (83m.) of Europeans annually (European Social Work, 2013). Studies comparing community-based services with other models of care show significant better outcomes on adherence to treatment, clinical symptoms, quality of life, housing stability, and vocational rehabilitation (Braun P. et al.1981; Conway M. et al.1994; Bond et al.2001)More specifically, community based mental health promotion has been highlighted in:-The European Mental Health Action Plan for 2010-2020, which interacts with inclusion policies at a national level-The Mental Health Pact (2009) encouraging policy makers to support the transition towards community-based settings in mental health careHousing is founded on the safeguard of rights (citizenship, stigma reduction, etc.), on the rationalisation of public budget and on the development of active and supportive citizenship. It is closely connected to the internationally well-known and widespread approach of Recovery. The right to housing, into the context of disability, offers an alternative to non-appropriate institutionalizationHERO Goals:1. Create a European curriculum, supported by/complete with international Housing Quality Indicators, to help local communities to develop skills and competences, and their validation, for an effective Housing process2. Facilitate the access to education on Housing of Local Communities3. Increase quality of informal learning (work, family, leisure time) and non-formal learning in the social inclusion field in relation to Housing pathways4. Widen the key competencies of professionals and non-professionals who work in the social inclusion field5. Reduce inequalities of learning results on behalf of people with severe mental disease but even those citizens who don’t usually pursue any form of lifelong learning on inclusion6. Valorise the housing competencies.Six organizations from 5 EU countries are part of the partnership, with long experience in mental health care, de-institutionalisation and social inclusion actions for people affected by severe mental diseases.IT ASL ROMA2 is responsible for programming, coordinating and implementing mental health interventions of adult population.IT FONDAZIONE DI LIEGRO has the mission to prevent and remove all forms of social exclusion and poverty by solidarity and mutual assistance.BE PEGODE, a non-profit association, provides support to people with disabilities and develops networks to encourage a collaborative approach with local agencies.GR PEPSAEE Scientific, a non-profit association established in 1997, is specialized in supporting, coordinating and empowering rehabilitation and work integration for people with mental health issues. HR_DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY OF UNIVERSITY PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL VRAPCE is the leading institution for the rehabilitation of people with mental disorders in Croatia, and collaborates with users organizations and social organisations for housingUK_MEH is an established voluntary and community sector organisation with focus on Social Inclusion. It supports disadvantaged individuals into employment, training and self-employment through adult learning methodologies. Main activities realized: Literature review and focus groups Educational needs surveyCurriculum: designing, content writing, learning tools, videos.Testing of the curriculum (during the C1); Piloting phase.Uploading of the Curriculum on website and/or learning platforms. Learning and training methodology based on co-production, resources valorisation, empowerment and recovery approach led the partnership to the achievement of the following results:HOUSING AND MENTAL HEALTH. QUALITY INDICATORS TOOLKIT FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES-eBook-O1; EDUCATIONAL NEEDS SURVEY;TRAINING CURRICULUM ON HOUSING O2 and its Guideline; RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE.Out of these, HERO produced tangible outputs for the purpose of management as well as for the dissemination and valorisation activities.It also produced intangible results relating to knowledge, skills, attitudes and experience gained by the participants: Development of transversal and communication skills. Promotion of behaviors attitude and values relating to the EU citizenship and fundamental rights; new working methods within EU teams; new expertise to improve Housing; management experiences in intercultural dialogue and cooperation.All the documents are available in the five partners’ languages on www.housing-project.euImproving housing services through educational pathways met both ethical and cultural interests and economical sustainability: more inclusive communities, more housing projects developed by a network of local resources, reduction in mental health expenditure, reduction of hospitalization for Mental health patients.