Partners for Better Policies: A Manual for Mainstreaming
August 2006
This manual, cosponsored by the Mental Health Initiative, provides materials relevant to people with mental health problems and/or intellectual disabilities, and can be used in training events on influencing policy.

Access to Education and Employment for People with Intellectual Disabilities: An Overview of the Situation in Central and Eastern Europe
October 2006
This Mental Health Initiative publication includes data from monitoring reports on access to education and employment for people with intellectual disabilities.

OSI-Supported Disability Rights Video Screened at UN
May 12, 2008
 VIDEO  
In recognition of the enforcement of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, WITNESS and the UN screened an OSI-supported video documenting the rights of people with mental disabilities to live as part of the community in Croatia.

Step Up: Sharing Successes and Challenges in Deinstitutionalization
Budapest, Hungary
April 24, 2008
OSI's Mental Health Initiative co-hosted a regional seminar in Budapest to share successes and challenges in ending the institutionalization of people with mental disabilities.

Macedonia Establishes First Community Home for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Press Release
December 3, 2008
This first-ever community-based home, supported by OSI, constitutes a major step toward ending social exclusion of people with disabilities in Macedonia.

OSI Grantee Wins the European Union's Handinnov Europe 2008 Award
October 15, 2008
A groundbreaking employment program for people with intellectual disabilities, funded by the Open Society Mental Health Initiative, has won a high-profile award for introducing exemplary practices in the European Union that enhance social inclusion.

Moldova Moves to Protect the Rights of People with Mental Disabilities
Press Release
May 27, 2008
The government of Moldova joined with OSI and other NGOs in paving the way to end an era of isolating people with mental disabilities in institutions.

Unprecedented Project Will Help Families Survive Poverty, Mental Disability
Press Release
August 6, 2007
Habitat for Humanity Kyrgyzstan and OSI's Mental Health Initiative have entered into a partnership to provide decent housing and support services to help Kyrgyz families stay together as they face the challenges of mental disabilities.