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Sharing our experience
The main focus of the EAAD project is to initiate community-based intervention programs using the 4-level approach on a regional and national level in 17 European countries. Therefore the concept is complemented with existing materials and experiences of the EAAD project partners. In a first step of the project available information material and training concepts have been collected on international level and examples of best practice have been evaluated by an expert group. A catalogue of EAAD campaign material has been compiled, listing posters, leaflets, video tapes, cinema spot, evaluation instruments and training packages for use on international level. For this purpose they have been translated and adapted to national specifics. Special emphasis has been put on a common optical characteristic in order to keep the common public face of the EAAD project as a Europe-wide initiative. All EAAD project partners get together in regular meetings in order to coordinate the activities in the different countries, to exchange the practical experiences in a “knowledge pool” and to combine forces Europe-wide.
Building up the Alliance
During the first phase of the EAAD project (April 2004 – December 2005) an international network of cooperating partners representing 15 European regions has been established. In 2004 this network started to implement regional interventions following a common strategic approach and using comparable material. In 2006, two further partners joined the EAAD network (from Luxembourg and the Netherlands). Up to now educational sessions and public information campaigns are running in model regions in 17 different EU member states participating in EAAD. Further regions in the different countries being interested in implementing the 4-level-approach are in an early stage of preparation. Information on regional offers and events can be found on the regional websites of the EAAD partners.
The establishment of the intervention programme on regional level comprises the following steps:
Fig.: Overview of tasks to establish a regional intervention programme
To account for the different stages of preparation and experiences on regional level different participation models have been defined for EAAD. These different participation models open the project for regions at the very beginning of conceptualising a 4-level intervention programme as well as for regions which are already prepared to run the complete programme. This gives EAAD a highly flexible character able to respond to changing needs of the partners.
Within the second project phase (January 2006 – June 2008), it is intended to expand the regional interventions to nation-wide initiatives in the participating countries, to include further European partners into the Alliance and to establish an umbrella organisation in order to obtain a sustainable improvement of the care of depressed patients in Europe.
Funded by the European Commission
In 2003 the EAAD project has been awarded a grant by the European Commission, Directorate General Health and Consumer Protection. Since April 2004, it is funded under the EC’s Public Health Action Programme. In July 2005, the EAAD project has been approved once again by the European Commission to be co-financed further on for the implementation of the second project step until 2008.
Last update: 19.03.2010