Fundación INTRAS is a Spanish non-profit organisation dedicated to high quality research and intervention in the mental health field. Its main target group consists of people suffering from mental disorders, whereby the organisation also performs activities and offers services to the disabled, the elderly and people at risk of social exclusion in general.

Over 80 people (psychiatrists, psychologists and professionals in social and educational fields) are working in the eight centres of INTRAS carrying out research, training and clinical practice. Years of professional work have brought INTRAS solid experience and excellent referential background both in the field of European projects and in development of new technologies, programmes and applications for cognitive rehabilitation, training and mental health treatment. Besides being in charge of the SUVOT project coordination, INTRAS will perform pilot vocational training, providing the necessary infrastructure and staff to ensure excellence in teaching tools development. It will also be responsible for dissemination activities and will act as an editing intermediary structure due to their experience in publishing books, clinical and video documents.

More information: www.intras.es/

Ozara is a recognized Slovenian non-governmental humanitarian organization, working in the field of social and health care. It offers different forms of psychosocial rehabilitation and support to people with mental health problems. Their aim is to re-include this collective in the social and working environment and also to empower them for independent and better quality life. Ozara supports self-help and advocacy programmes for people with mental health problems and their relatives. This organisation is very active in publishing, education and the promotion of mental health so their value for SUVOT project is very high valuable. Ozara brings crucial resources to the consortium by transferring its knowledge with regard to mental health rehabilitation and occupational therapy. It will act as an internal revisioning entity by carrying out the pilot training in the residence groups as well as day centres, adjusting the direction taken with each of the teaching tools to fit the needs of the target group to an outmost extent.

More information: www.ozara.org/

CJD is a large, nationwide vocational institution, running about 150 centres in different locations, employing 8000 staff members and annually training around 150.000 young people and adults, who are in great majority also suffering from various disabilities. Vocational program in cooking, catering and nutrition is one of the strongest amongst the 25 vocational programs carried out by CJD, designed by staff with outstanding expertise and reputation in the field. CJD acts as an intermediary structure between vocational education, research, rehabilitation and labour market, closely working with the National agency of labour with local and regional departments, universities and high schools in the province and psychologists, hospitals and other important stakeholders in the public health system. Being one of the strongest and most recognized vocational institutions in Germany, CJD will ensure that the teaching tools developed and the pilot training carried out will respond to the highest standards of academic excellence in contemporary vocational training.

More information: www.cjd-bbw-frechen.de/

Since 1999 Grodzki Theatre has run educational and artistic programs (mainly involving drama and theatre) in Poland for vulnerable social groups, including disabled people, youth at risk and unemployed people, improving their educational and vocational opportunities. In the last five years this organisation has contracted and managed 15 projects financed by EU programmes, including two pilot initiatives focused on using psychodrama in adult education and drama and role playing techniques as a vehicle in education. Grodzki theatre is a highly recognized institution in practicing circles of theatre and education; they will be in charge of the truly innovative dimension of the project, investing teaching tools with its expertise for the purpose of facilitating occupational opportunities of people with mental illness. They will develop the simulation methodology, focused on application of role playing techniques in vocational training in close cooperation with CJD, as they are in charge of the curriculum development.

More information: www.teatrgrodzki.pl