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26/10/2010 - Submitted by: Argyro Kazaki

The Edinburgh Declaration on Mental Health Promotion has been produced by the European Network for Workplace Health Promotion in October 2010.  It aims to draw attention to the need to promote mental health and wellbeing at work by the Social Partners and other stakeholders.  It envisages that 10 actions can be taken to promote workplace mental health and wellbeing.  These include: 

1. Providing meaningful and stimulating work and supportive work organisation
2. Providing opportunities for employee skill development
3. Promoting greater employee participation in decision making.
4. Recognising the key role of managers in supporting staff.
5. Creating a positive working environment with clear job roles and expectations
6. Reducing stress at work and promoting coping strategies
7. Encouraging a culture of enterprise, participation, equity and fairness, and challenging stigma and discrimination in the workplace.
8. Supporting, retaining and employing people with mental health problems.
9. Developing strong policies on mental health and wellbeing
10. Monitoring the impact

Information

Author(s):

ENWHP

Languages:

English

Reference

Publisher:

European Network for Workplace Health Promotion

URL:

www.enwhp.org

Download(s)

• Edinburgh Declaration - 40 KB

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