This is a web-based resource.
Although it focuses on peers working in the field of drugs, health promotion and harm reduction, the information, examples and experiences can be applied to peer work in other health and social service fields, such as mental and physical health, housing, education, employment and immigration.
The website consists of the following:
- What is the current state of affairs regarding peer work in Europe? Peer involvement in 2014
- Lessons learned from 25 years of experience. Success factors and what doesn’t work? Challenges
- How can we stimulate meaningful peer involvement in health and social service delivery and advocacy? Meaningful involvement
- How can we involve peers in services and how can policymakers and service providers support peer involvement? WHO can be involved?
- How to start up, prepare and sustain peer work. How to develop peer involvement
- How can we track and document progress? The website contains a special section on monitoring and evaluation. Prepare for monitoring and evaluation
- How can we communicate the results of peer projects? Public relations and networking
- How can we build strong collaborations between communities, peers and other stakeholders such as service providers and policymakers? External relations
- How to improve advocacy skills in dealing with policymakers and the media. Continuation/ public relation