Nordic and Baltic Network for Peer-Support Workers

Project duration

May 2023 – April 2024

Donor

Nordplus Adult 2023, Nordic Counsil of Ministers

Project goals

  • To have more insight into strategies on how to best develop training and labour market for peer-support workers
  • Develop an international network in this field
  • Project partners using their specific knowledge and expertise to collaborate on issues like research on peer-support, improving peer-support education and training
  • To find out the status of the research on peer-support in each partner country
  • Expanding the understanding and possibilities for peer-support in education and health services from the Nordic and Baltic perspective
  • Development of proposals for regulation and rules for peer-support in project countries

Expected results

  • More knowledge about training and education from a Nordic and Baltic perspective
  • Insight into different strategies used in education of peer-support workers
  • An international network for further work in this field
  • A shared understanding of education for peer-support workers
  • A better education of peer-support workers
  • Knowledge of the status of the current research in the Nordic and Baltic countries
  • A better understanding of the situation for peer-support workers and their employment in the Baltic and Nordic countries
  • New perspective on the possibilities for peer-support workers resources in the field of health and education
  • An overview of changes and challenges in each project country
  • A new perspective on the quality of education/certification for peer-support workers
  • A common understanding of possible regulation and rules for peer-support workers in project countries

Partner organisations:

Coordinating partner – KBT Fagskole (Norway), Nationell Samverkan för Psykisk Hälsa (Sweden), Kogemusnöustajad MTÜ (Estonia), Hlutverkasetur (Iceland), ZELDA (Latvia)

Project budget: 27 920 Eur

Our part of the budget: 4 520 Eur

Reference number: NPAD-2023/10021