The goal of the project was to increase the capacity of mental health organizations to provide recovery education. Its specific objectives were: Objective 1: To develop innovative tools to enhance mental health recovery education for adults. These tools included: a visual guide, educational videos, a workbook.The tools were to be made available in both digital and printable formats (for the visual guide and workbook) and designed for individual use or facilitated group sessions. They were meant to serve both individuals in recovery and their supporters. Objective 2: To support the active participation of adults with mental health challenges in creating and using recovery education tools. Objective 3: To promote the recovery model and tools among people with mental health challenges and their supporters.
The project addressed a range of individual, organizational, local, and European needs. At the individual level, people facing mental health challenges need to understand the various paths to recovery with the necessary support and to build confidence in their recovery, which should be self-led. Organizationally, the four partners needed a comprehensive collection of tools and methods validated by both science and experience, tailored to the diverse needs of their users, especially in less recovery-oriented settings. Minte Forte, with a less developed recovery focus, needed a clear recovery model to integrate users into a larger recovery framework. Partners also shared the need for recovery training for staff, volunteers, and peers, so that the recovery efforts would be more unified. At the local level, recovery education for the general public and for various organizations and institutions was crucial, because the model is still not in the mainstream of mental health care, especially in Romania and Italy, where it is even less prominent. At a European level, the project aimed to broaden and solidify the recovery paradigm in mental health support services.