Updates
Presenting: The BOOST Approach
The main result of the BOOST project is the BOOST Approach: a systematic, whole school approach to help schools organize and promote their work with Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). Throughout the project, it was hinted at several times and now the end result is...
BOOST Final Conference in Brussels (23 May)
Five years and a half after its start, on 23rd May 2023, the BOOST project reached its final act with the Final Conference, organised in Brussels during the European Mental Health Awareness Week. With 100+ attendees between onsite and online, this high-level event was...
A goodbye from the BOOST project coordinator
The BOOST project has come to an end. It is with a combination of sadness, gratitude and relief that I close the last chapter of what has become a much longer book and journey than I anticipated when the project started back in 2018. A four-year project turned into...
Event – BOOST Final Conference
School-based Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) programs have proven effective in increasing social well-being and academic achievement in children. At the beginning of 2018, the BOOST project set out to develop, implement, and test a new, systematic SEL-based...
BOOST participated in the European Commission’s Stakeholder event “A comprehensive approach to mental health”
On the 21st of April, BOOST had the pleasure of attending and actively contributing to the Stakeholder webinar “A comprehensive approach to mental health” organised by the European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE). Opened by a...
BOOST feedback towards an EU comprehensive approach to Mental Health
The BOOST consortium applauds the European Commission’s initiative to develop and promote a comprehensive EU-wide approach to mental health and agrees integrating mental health into relevant EU policies is needed to maximize efforts to address this complex issue....
Highlights – BOOST Webinar “Building mental health resilience in children from school: lessons learnt from COVID-19 and innovative approaches”
On 14 September 2022, the BOOST project organized a webinar entitled “Building mental health resilience in children from school: lessons learnt from COVID-19 and innovative approaches”. This virtual event was an occasion to present the state of the art, the latest...
Event – Building mental health resilience in children from school: lessons learnt from COVID-19 and innovative approaches
Building mental health resilience in children from school: Lessons learnt from COVID-19 and innovative approaches Online webinar - 14 September 2022 - 14:00/15:30 Mental well-being is an essential component for leading healthy and productive lives. Over the...
Third BOOST Project Meeting in Córdoba, Spain
After two long years of virtual interactions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the BOOST consortium partners and the members of the Advisory Board finally met in Córdoba from 10 to 12 May to take stock of the implementation status and plan together the next steps from...
BOOST in a snapshot #1: Implementation status in Poland
Following the developments of the BOOST project, a series of interviews was launched to photograph the situation in early 2022. To open the round were Prof. Agata Wiza and Dr. Robert Florkowski from the the University School of Physical Education in Poznań, which is...
BOOST in a snapshot #2: Implementation status in Spain
Following the developments of the BOOST project, a series of interviews was launched to photograph the situation in early 2022. The second appointment saw as interviewees Prof. Eva Romera, Dr. Antonio Camacho, and Prof. Rocío Luque González from the University of...
BOOST in a snapshot #3: Implementation status in Norway
The third and last appointment of “BOOST in a snapshot” hosted Mr. Kjetil Gulsrud Lundemoen from Modum Kommune, a Norwegian municipality in Viken County, responsible for implementing BOOST in schools in Norway. The interview aimed at having an overview of the current...
Presenting: The BOOST Approach
The main result of the BOOST project is the BOOST Approach: a systematic, whole school approach to help schools organize and promote their work with Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). Throughout the project, it was hinted at several times and now the end result is...
BOOST Final Conference in Brussels (23 May)
Five years and a half after its start, on 23rd May 2023, the BOOST project reached its final act with the Final Conference, organised in Brussels during the European Mental Health Awareness Week. With 100+ attendees between onsite and online, this high-level event was...
A goodbye from the BOOST project coordinator
The BOOST project has come to an end. It is with a combination of sadness, gratitude and relief that I close the last chapter of what has become a much longer book and journey than I anticipated when the project started back in 2018. A four-year project turned into...
Event – BOOST Final Conference
School-based Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) programs have proven effective in increasing social well-being and academic achievement in children. At the beginning of 2018, the BOOST project set out to develop, implement, and test a new, systematic SEL-based...
BOOST participated in the European Commission’s Stakeholder event “A comprehensive approach to mental health”
On the 21st of April, BOOST had the pleasure of attending and actively contributing to the Stakeholder webinar “A comprehensive approach to mental health” organised by the European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE). Opened by a...
BOOST feedback towards an EU comprehensive approach to Mental Health
The BOOST consortium applauds the European Commission’s initiative to develop and promote a comprehensive EU-wide approach to mental health and agrees integrating mental health into relevant EU policies is needed to maximize efforts to address this complex issue....
Highlights – BOOST Webinar “Building mental health resilience in children from school: lessons learnt from COVID-19 and innovative approaches”
On 14 September 2022, the BOOST project organized a webinar entitled “Building mental health resilience in children from school: lessons learnt from COVID-19 and innovative approaches”. This virtual event was an occasion to present the state of the art, the latest...
Event – Building mental health resilience in children from school: lessons learnt from COVID-19 and innovative approaches
Building mental health resilience in children from school: Lessons learnt from COVID-19 and innovative approaches Online webinar - 14 September 2022 - 14:00/15:30 Mental well-being is an essential component for leading healthy and productive lives. Over the...
Third BOOST Project Meeting in Córdoba, Spain
After two long years of virtual interactions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the BOOST consortium partners and the members of the Advisory Board finally met in Córdoba from 10 to 12 May to take stock of the implementation status and plan together the next steps from...
BOOST in a snapshot #1: Implementation status in Poland
Following the developments of the BOOST project, a series of interviews was launched to photograph the situation in early 2022. To open the round were Prof. Agata Wiza and Dr. Robert Florkowski from the the University School of Physical Education in Poznań, which is...
BOOST in a snapshot #2: Implementation status in Spain
Following the developments of the BOOST project, a series of interviews was launched to photograph the situation in early 2022. The second appointment saw as interviewees Prof. Eva Romera, Dr. Antonio Camacho, and Prof. Rocío Luque González from the University of...
BOOST in a snapshot #3: Implementation status in Norway
The third and last appointment of “BOOST in a snapshot” hosted Mr. Kjetil Gulsrud Lundemoen from Modum Kommune, a Norwegian municipality in Viken County, responsible for implementing BOOST in schools in Norway. The interview aimed at having an overview of the current...
Event – BOOST Final Conference
School-based Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) programs have proven effective in increasing social well-being and academic achievement in children. At the beginning of 2018, the BOOST project set out to develop, implement, and test a new, systematic SEL-based...
Event – Building mental health resilience in children from school: lessons learnt from COVID-19 and innovative approaches
Building mental health resilience in children from school: Lessons learnt from COVID-19 and innovative approaches Online webinar - 14 September 2022 - 14:00/15:30 Mental well-being is an essential component for leading healthy and productive lives. Over the...
Event: Promoting mental wellbeing amongst children in schools: paving the way towards a more systematic approach.
Promoting mental wellbeing amongst children in schools: paving the way towards a more systematic approach Online webinar - 18 November 2020 - 10:00/11:30Mental wellbeing is essential for the overall health and development of young children. Not ensuring mental health...
First BOOST Dissemination event, Brussels 24 October 2019
Dissemination event of the BOOST EU-funded project – Building social and emotional skills to BOOST mental health resilience in children and young people in Europe. BOOST engages with teachers and schools.
BOOST Webinar and Policy Brief
On 18 November 2020, we met online for the webinar “Promoting mental wellbeing amongst children in schools: paving the way towards a more systematic approach”, coordinated by the BOOST consortium. The event was organized to discuss the developments of the project and...
First BOOST dissemination event
On 24 October 2019, a house-full of enthusiastic stakeholders of the BOOST project gathered at the EUREGHA Office in Brussels for the first dissemination event. The workshop was organized to debate on how to contribute to the “Economy of well-being” by building social...
Second BOOST Project Meeting in Poznan
From 6 to 8 May 2019 the BOOST consortium partners gathered in Poznan, Poland, for a 3-day project meeting together with members of the Advisory Board.
BOOST Project Meeting in Oslo, Norway
From 24 to 26 September 2018 the first BOOST project meeting gathered all consortium partners coming from four European countries as well as the members of the Advisory Board.