WHO European Ministerial Conference on Mental Health

WHO European Ministerial Conference on Mental HealthFacing the Challenges, Building Solutions
Helsinki, Finland, 12–15 January 2005
Questions and answers, some facts and figures
What is the Helsinki Conference?
It is the first ministerial conference on mental health to be held by the WHO Regional Office for Europe. Ministers and other high-level decision-makers from the 52 Member States of the WHO European Region are invited to meet in Helsinki, Finland, from 12 to 15 January 2005 to make decisions about future policies on mental health across the Region. The delegations will also include medical and technical experts, and some user-group representatives. Some observers may also be invited to attend. Both plenary and parallel sessions will be open to the press.
What will come out of it?
Ministers will agree on an action plan and declaration, which will have been negotiated with all Member States. These are likely to drive policy on mental health in the WHO European Region for at least the next five years.