The action will try to effectively address the needs, gaps, and challenges of the current Mental Health (MH) system in Georgia, focusing on development of the guiding framework - documents as Law and Policy, and fostering rights-based care in all domains as promotion, prevention, management and recovery.

Namely, the action will: Promote child and adolescent mental health (Goal N1 of the National Strategy on Mental Health 2022-2030) by scaling up transdiagnotic (TD) interventions for prevention and early intervention and capacity building of Mental Health specialists, working with this group; Promote human rights of service users and address stigma (Goal N2) by strengthening the movement of Persons with Lived Experience (PwLE) and conducting numerous Anti-stigma activities; Provide quality service in their communities (community-based care) (Goal N3) by introducing innovative, updated service as crisis intervention; Integrate addiction care into mental healthcare (Goal N4) by developing Action Plan, and relevant capacities; Develop human resources in MH (Goal N5) by building up the relevant training packages and involving MH personnel in on-line and off-line trainings, workshops, conferences; Improve regulations, management, overseeing and financial resources of the mental healthcare (Goal N6) by introducing new, updated MH Law and Policy, monitoring methodology of the HR practices in institutions.

The overall objective of the project is to systematically strengthen the mental healthcare system in Georgia through rights-based, evidence-informed policies and practices.
To achieve this global aim/objective, the action targets 3 specific objectives as follows:
1. To strenghten evidence-based policymaking in Mental Healthcare (MH), namely promote human rights standards compliance in adopted MH law and policy, resulting in stakeholders’ satisfaction;
2. To improve service delivery across the prevention-treatment-recovery chain, namely, the level of satisfaction with delivered mental health services, as perceived by service users, practitioners, and families; and increase the number of operational updated services that meet international MH and human rights standards;
3. To improve access to equal, accessible, and rights-based care - increased number of vulnerable individuals accessing MH services for the first time and Number of individuals using digital MH support tools.

1. Evidence-based policy making in Mental Health is strengthened

2. Service delivery is improved across the Mental Health prevention-treatment-recovery chain

3. Access improved to equal, accessible and rights-based care