The Regional Youth Meeting in June 2021 gathered 17 leadership representatives of National Youth Council and Youth Umbrella Organisation from WB6 who decided that the topic of the Second Youth Policy Lab is to be mental health.
The Regional Pool of Experts dealing with the issue of mental health made 13 regional recommendations envisaging the ways to raise mental health awareness, support measures and communicate importance of prevention of mental health of young people.
As per developed Methodology, the Kick-off Conference in Tirana created a basis for tackling mental health issues in a more systematic and intentional way in economies of the region and its development was presented by co-chairs of Working Groups at the Midterm Conference in Pristina.
Tangible results focused on Youth Mental Health strategies, Youth Component within Mental Health Action Plan, Coordination Bodies, Framework for development and implementation of promotional and preventive activities, and amendments were presented at the Final Conference on Mental Health in Belgrade in June 2023.