Project Diary
November 1st 2012
Start of the Emerald project
November 8th - 9th 2012
Kick-Off Meeting at Mary Ward House, London, UK
May 13th 2013
Launch of Emerald website
September 29th – October 1st 2013
Project Coordination Group (PCG) Meeting at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK
October 24th 2013
Launch of Emerald Twitter channel
October 28th 2013
Launch of Emerald Facebook channel
December 2013
Emerald is included on website of Mental Health Innovation Network
December 10th – 12th 2013
OneHealth tool workshop in Ibadan, Nigeria, facilitated by Dr Dan Chisholm and Prof Oye Gureje
January 28th to February 1st 2014
OneHealth Tool Workshop in New Delhi, India, facilitated by Dr Dan Chisholm
January 22nd 2014
- European Parliament's Workshop on “Discrimination in access to healthcare” in Brussels
Presentation on "Discrimination in health care against people with mental illness" by the Emerald Coordinator Professor Graham Thornicroft
- European Commission's workshop on "Public Mental Health Research - Bridging the gap between evidence and policy" in Brussels
Attendence of Professor Graham Thornicroft and Dr Maya Semrau
February 6th 2014
Emerald Symposium at World Psychiatry Association Conference, Kampala, Uganda
February 10th – 14th 2014
Project Coordination Group (PCG) Meeting in Kampala, Uganda
February 11th 2014
Press conference in Kampala
March 27th 2014
OneHealth tool workshop in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, facilitated by Dr Dan Chisholm
April 18th 2014
National Level Stakeholder Consultation Workshop in Nepal
May 20th 2014
Implementation of the electronic signature (FSIGN) in Emerald
June 27th 2014
Successful reporting of the first project period (November 2012 – April 2014) to the European Commission
June 2014
Emerald studentship “Global Mental Health” is awarded to Tunde Ojo Massey Ferguson from Nigeria
September 18th 2014
Emerald partners present the project at the XVI World Congress of Psychiatry in Madrid, Spain
November 10th 2014
PRIME/Emerald Interface Meeting in Madrid, Spain
November 11th – 12th 2014
General Assembly Meeting (GA) Meeting in Madrid, Spain
November 13th – 14th 2014
Emerald Training of Trainers in Madrid, Spain
April 10th 2015
Publication of the Emerald introductory paper
Semrau M, Evans-Lacko S, Alem A, Ayuso-Mateos JL, Chisholm D, Gureje O, Hanlon C, Jordans M, Kigozi F, Lempp H, Lund C, Petersen I, Shidhaye R & Thornicroft G. Strengthening mental health systems in low and middle-income countries: the Emerald programme. BMC Medicine
Almost every month, new Emerald papers or policy briefs are published. Check out the publications page to find out more.
April 29th 2015
Short course for researchers facilitated at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
More short courses have been facilitated at the different partner sites. To find out more, go to Agenda/Short courses and Workshops.
September 2nd to 9th 2015
Emerald Meetings in Cape Town: WP3 writing workshop, leadership course for young researchers, policy makers symposium and 3rd PCG meeting including a Press areapress conference.
December 27th 2015
Successful reporting of the second project period (May 2014 – October 2015) to the European Commission
June 12th - 14th 2016
Mental Health Leadership course facilitated at Addis Ababa University
September 11th - 15th 2016
Emerald Meetings in Kathmandu: Meeting with policy makers, meeting with journalists including a press conference, PCG meeting and WP3, WP4 and WP5 writing workshop.
October 10th 2016
World Mental Health Day 2016 – Emerald feature on the Global Health, Epodemiology and Genomics Blog
November 14th 2016
Emerald symposium at the WPA Meeting in Cape Town