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A need to establish a non-institutional counseling center for youth mental health has been identified in the local youth Program of the city of Karlovac 2020-2023. A counseling center has not yet been established, existing services are indequate, mental health of youth is in risk (based on local and national research). Services for the mental health of youth has to be improved and adapted to the real needs. We will conduct research on the mental health of youth and their needs. Working group (all partners) which promotes and advocates youth mental health will empower the NGOs in the field of mental health and advocacy. We intend to address these limitations through:
1: Strengthen and improve the capacities of the civil society in Karlovac (advocacy and mental health through education).
2: Research the needs of youth in the field of mental health (advocate and create appropriate, and accessible services).
3: Raising community awareness on youth mental health.
The changes in relation to the partner organizations are: networking strengthened through a working group for promotion and adcocacy; to work together in the future on youth mental health and be able to create projects based on real needs of youth.
The decision-makers will be approached with advocacy document with insight into the needs of youth and will be invited to participate in the working group which promotes youth mental health.
Youth in Karlovac will be informed, their awareness of mental health and destigmatization of mental health will be increased and their mental health needs will be mapped so that in the future the local community can develop services in accordance with the needs of young people.
The added value of the project is better advocacy capacities of NGO’s the work of the working group for the promotion of mental health after the end of the project, and the possibility of creating services in the field of youth mental health based on the needs identified by the research.