Tools & Frameworks
EU policy framework
Relevant actions
Scope: EU
Use it to…
to anchor for mental health promotion for children with high-level EU policy, since it explicitly names mental health and psychosocial support as a priority and calls for cross-sector networks (families, schools, youth services). Good for framing a mental health initiative as aligned with a recognized EU strategic priority.
Where to look in this resource
Thematic area 2 ("Socio-economic inclusion, health and education") is the most directly relevant, plus the specific health/mental-health action points (building networks with families, schools, and youth on mental health; actions on child and adolescent health including mental health and psychosocial support).
Description
The strategy tackles six thematic areas and proposes a series of targeted actions across each, defining EU priorities for the coming years, mainstreamed across all relevant EU policies. On child protection specifically, the EU commits to addressing all types of violence against children as well as providing mental health and psychosocial support. Concrete actions include building networks with families, schools, youth, and other stakeholders and institutions involved in mental health, and calling for actions on newborn, child and adolescent health, including mental health and psychosocial support.
Brief description
A comprehensive 2021 EU policy framework covering six thematic areas for children's rights, including socio-economic inclusion, health and education, developed with substantial input from children themselves.
Keywords
EU priorities, child protection, violence, mental health and psychosocial support, families, schools, youth
Resource Title
EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child