Developing a tool to assess the need for psychological first aid to adolescent school pupils

The OP.E.N project aims to create a modernised and adapted mental health first aid tool and guide for education professionals (teachers, school administrative and support staff) and parents-representatives of parents’ associations to identify and respond immediately to mental health emergencies. The overall objective of the project is to promote a framework for a healthier and safer school environment.

The project is implemented by 4 organisations in 3 countries of the European Union: Doctors of the World-Greece (Greece), Cyprus University of Technology (Cyprus), Citizens in Power (Cyprus), Syncnify (France). Within the framework of the above partnership, Doctors of the World-Greece, in the capacity of the project leader, aims through this project’s implementation to create a Blueprint for an institutionalized MHPSS early warning mechanism in schools, increase awareness for community-based MHPSS interventions, as integrated parts of a healthy school environment and cultivate resilience & strengthen bonds between different actors within the school community.
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The OP.E.N project “Developing a Tool to assess the need for Psychological First Aid to adolescents school pupils” is funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union under action KA210-SCH – Small-scale partnerships in school education and supervised by the State Scholarship Foundation (IKY), which has the role of National Coordination Unit for the Education and Training sectors of the Erasmus+ 2021-2027 European Programme. The project is implemented by a consortium of four civil society organisations from Greece (Doctors of the World – Project Coordinator), France (Syncnify) and Cyprus (Cyprus University of Technology and Citizens In Power).