From 7.4. until 8.4. 2019 a member of our Association, Mr. Daniel Černík, took part in the Psychiatric Congress in Warsaw held by the organisation EPA. He represented here GAMIAN and the Association KOLUMBUS. He spoke out in the symposium organized by the pharmaceutical company Janssen where he together with the psychiatrist, Mr. Olivares, was talking about his illness. He responded his questions and revealed hidden aspects of his illness. Speech of Mr. Daniel Černík was a success. We thank him for it.
On 29. 3. 2019 – 31. 3. 2019 a conference Gamian Europe 2019 in Bucharest took place. The subject matter of the meeting were the elections into the new Committee Gamian and approval of the budget. New organizations were introducing themselves. Furthermore, a contest among various organisations for the gaining of the prize for the best Project which they had been carrying in the previous year took place. Our goal was to introduce the project „Cell“. To see were also presentations concerning the research of practicioners and researchers in the field of depression and the projects carried out by the members of Gamian. Interesting was a meeting with Mr. Matt Muijen who held a conference in Prague at the start of the Reform of the psychiatric care in Czech Republic.
On 4. 12. 2018 took place already 5th year of Alumni which was realized in the residence of the Ambassador of the USA in Prague. The invitation accepted many representatives of patient organizations, such as of Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Czech Medical Chamber J.E.Purkyně, State Regulatory Agency and others.
On 27. 11. – 28. 11. 2018 two female members of our Association KOLUMBUS took part in the specialized "Conference of the Effective Hospital 20018" which was organized by the organization Health Care with the following programme:
On 30.-31.October 2018 we took part on the Conference Co-Operation in Psychiatry in the hotel Myslivna in Brno.
On 27.10.2018, our KOLUMBUS Association took part in the Open Doors Day event at the Ministry of Health.