Current deliverable presents findings from a literature review and a Pan-European Delphi expert survey, drawing on scientific evidence and a two-round Delphi process with EU-level experts to examine macro-level megatrends undermining equitable access to mental healthcare for people in vulnerable situations across the EU.

The deliverable falls under Work Package 6 Dissemination and Communication and Task 6.2 developed by the European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD). The EQUICARES Network of Interest (NoI) was created as part of the project’s sustainability and exploitation activities.

This deliverable (D2.1) responds to Task 2.1 under Work Package 2 (Innovative Solutions), which requires desk research-based mapping of existing services, policies, programmes, and initiatives that address mental health access barriers for people in vulnerable situations across the WHO European Region.

This deliverable brought two scoping umbrella reviews on mental health in people in vulnerable situations across the WHO European Region together: one on the prevalence of common mental health conditions, and one on barriers and facilitators to accessing care. Together, these reviews provide a consolidated overview of the current state of evidence and identify priority areas for policy and research.

The present report introduces the EQUICARES project website and briefly presents the associated social media channels, as they were created and developed within the first months of the project.

The document describes the overall communication activities and awareness-raising, dissemination of project results, management of all relevant activities, and partners’ responsibilities in this respect.

This version of the Data Management Plan describes the data management processes to be followed during the lifecycle of the project, along with the methodology employed in order to ensure the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) provisions for data management in line with the EC Guidelines on FAIR Data Management.

The Management and Quality Plan provides an overview of the management structure, as well as the roles and responsibilities of the partners, and defines the procedures for progress monitoring, quality assurance and project management.