Correlation European Network

Co-financed by the European Commission
DG Health

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Participation of East European members is financed by

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The Correlation network will link different initiatives, it will not focus on groups or particular situations, but on the overriding element: marginalisation and exclusion. The overall goal of the project is simple as well as complex: improve the access to services. The partners of the network cover a wide range of backgrounds and activities: National Health Institutes, Research Institutes, grass root organisations, service providers and self organisations of service users. Correlation cooperates with other European networks, transnational bodies, organisations from East Europe and the US. In general terms, the network supports the harm reduction approach as an humanistic, evidence-based, cost effective strategy to improve the health and social situation of marginalized people. The project contributes to the European action plan 2003 – 2008 and responds to the enlargement process by full integrating all member states and a balanced selection of main partners. It takes into account new threats and problems by focusing on recent mobility streams (migration, Russian speaking clients) and developing advanced communication methods (internet outreach tools ). It has a multi-disciplinary character by combining practical work in the field with medical and research instances and a great variation of experts. Main target is to improve the access to social and health services for the target groups and gives so a contribution to the inequality agenda. It carries out activities on recreational places (rave scene) and implements, develops and analyses models of good practice (outreach/snowball system under hidden populations/minorities). The network will provide a forum for service providers, service users, researchers and decision makers in order to identify the most effective health strategies on different levels and to disseminate the outcomes on trans-national level. It will implement innovative projects, carry out scientific research and accompany running projects. The Correlation network is divided into four different streams and related expert groups. All streams and expert groups should attempt to have an optimal involvement of service users, as the overall goal: ‘making services accessible’ cannot be achieved without consultation and participation of the target group in question.

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