The FYEG LAB will last 3 days. The first two days will bring together 40 Young Greens and activists from all over Europe with elements of a seminar and training to look back at the knowledge acquired on the politics of mental health during the previous two activities of this project. The final day will be organised as a public conference where FYEG will invite representatives of youth NGOs, party political youth organisations and movements based in Brussels to discuss how to join forces in lobbying for better mental health at various levels and establish an international network of mental health policy supporters at the European level.

More precisely, the objectives of the FYEG LAB are:

Create a platform through which to present and debate the “Mental Health In Progress” strategy among member and partner organisations and a wider network, and establish partnerships among them;

Train young people on how to approach the topic of mental health internally within their member organisations, movements and groups, and especially how to push the mental health narrative in a variety of policy fields;

Develop young people’s skills to lobby for improved legislation on mental health at local, national and international level.

The programme will be based on the principles of non-formal education and intercultural learning. The sessions will be balanced between theoretical inputs, work in small groups, workshops, discussions, training and other interactive methods. The active participation of the participants is essential to the success of the event.