During the Madness and Arts Festival in Haarlem (Sept 24th - Oct 3rd 2010) GIP will organize two events:
September 29th 12.30 – 14.00 Roundtable Meeting | Exporting Western Psychiatry to LAMIC
Can you practise Western Psychiatry in LAMIC countries, what can we learn from psychiatry as it is practiced in LAMIC countries, and why is Mental Health an unpopular theme in development aid programs?   A psychiatrist, a journalist and a behavioural scientist discuss their recent experiences in Burundi and other low-income counties. The public is welcome to join in the discussion!
October 1st 13.30 - 17.30 Public Meeting | International Perspective
Like anywhere else in the World, in low and middle-income countries people with a mental illness are severely stigmatized and excluded from society. Rob Keukens (Mental Health Consultant GIP) and Douwe van der Heide (Transcultural Psychiatrist) will speak about their work in countries in the former Soviet Union, in Sri Lanka, Curacao and South Africa. Nino Agdgomelashvili (project manager GIP - Tbilisi) will talk about fighting stigma in Georgia and how art can contribute to effective anti-stigma campaigns.
For details about the location, and to read more about the program see: www.mafhaarlem.nl

On October 14th 2010, World Mental Health Day, GIP will organize a conference at the European Parliament in Brussels. The conference will be the final activity of a two year EU project titled: Increasing Recognition of Mental Heath as an Integral Part of European Development Assistance in Four EU Countries. The goal of the project is to raise awareness in four countries of the European Union (as well as at the EU-level and among other development actors) about mental health as a developmental aid issue.
GIP will also be celebrating her 30th anniversary at this event!

Program
11.30 - 12.30 Book Presentation Cold War in Psychiatry by Robert van Voren

14.00 - 17.00 International Conference on Mental Heath as an Integral Part of European Development Assistance
GIP 30 years of Global Action for Mental Health!
Speakers:
Leonidas Donskis - Member of the European Parliament
Robert van Voren - Chief Executive GIP 
Mahesan Ganesan - Psychiatrist, Sri Lanka
Joseph Mbatia - Ministry of Health, Tanzania
Melvyn Freeman - Ministry of Health, South Africa
John Bowis - Former UK Minister of Health and former MEP
Benedetto Saraceno - Former director mental health World Health Organization and Chair GIP board

Closing Conference of the Mental Health Battle - On April 7th 2010 in Amersfoort
On World Health Day the winners of the Mental Health Battle will be announced!  For more information about the Mental Health Battle click here. 

Program 13.30 – 16.00 hours:
The key speaker Florence Baingana (psychiatrist and public health specialist from Uganda) will talk about mental health projects in low-income countries. Robert van Voren (director GIP) will share the successes and failures of 30 years development aid and Willem van der Put (director HealthNet TPO) will present his complete film 'Psychiatry unchained'. Finally the outcome of the essays will be presented and the winners will be announced! The winning team will visit a mental health project in Burundi.  
Where: Symfora/Zon & Schild, Utrechtseweg 266 in Amersfoort. 

On October 14th 2009 GIP and HealthNet TPO organized a Conference on Mental Health and Development Aid in Amersfoort. It was a great succes and there where 90 to 100 people, read more

ARCHIVE 2007

A GIP conference entitled "Double Stigma - Double Challenge": Putting Mental Health and HIV/AIDS on the International Agenda, was held on 9 November 2007 in The Hague. The conference served as a venue for a lively discussion about the inter-linkages between HIV/AIDS and mental health in Africa, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Southeastern Europe.

To view the presentations made at the conference, please select from the links below:

Presentation by Robert van Voren, Chief Executive, GIP

Presentation by Dr Vladimir Poznyak, Coordinator of Management of Substance Abuse Team, Dept of Mental Health & Substance Abuse, WHO 

Presentation by Prof. Melvyn Freeman, WHO Expert on Mental Health & HIV/AIDS, South Africa

Presentation by Jana Javakhishvili, Regional Coordinator of Mental Health & HIV/AIDS (MAIDS) Program in Caucasus & Central Asia

Presentation by Marina Stojanovic, Director, MAIDS Expert Center-Serbia

Presentation by David Kazaishvili, Director, MAIDS Expert Center-Georgia

Presentation by Maratbek Bozgunchiev, Director, MAIDS Expert Center-Kyrgyzstan

Presentation by Godfrey Mabiriizi, Kamwokya Christian Caring Community,  Uganda

Presentation by Sergej Koren, AIDS Foundation EastWest, Russia

Presentation by Dragan Sormaz, Director, AID+, Serbia

Presentation by Annemiek Schade, Psychiatrist, GGZ BuitenAmstel, Amsterdam

For information on further conferences and events please check this page regularly.