Leadership Exchange
IIMHL was created with the belief that effective leadership will promote the best possible outcomes for people who use mental health and addiction services, and their families. IIMHL is focussed on developing mental health leaders, by providing opportunities for them to build their networks for rapid knowledge exchange.
IIMHL’s signature initiative is the International Leadership Exchange, a week-long learning event which is held every 16 months, in a different region of the world.
Knowledge Transfer
While the Leadership Exchanges are the key process to share innovation and best practice, through all its activities, IIMHL aims to share best and promising practices and facilitate the rapid transfer of knowledge between countries. As a result, IIMHL supports knowledge transfer through the promotion of workshops/training/education/webinars, support of learning collaboratives, and information dissemination between Exchanges.
Best and promising practices can then be applied through changing practice (service delivery) and strengthening leadership capacity. IIMHL’s activities during 2016 (in addition to supporting ongoing partnerships and collaborations among members) include:
- Update - a twice-monthly email that includes information on the latest News; Research; Policy documents; and Webinars on best practice
- Make it So Newsletters
- Meetings and Presentations
- Provision of Requested Information from members.
International Initiative for Disability Leadership
IIMHL is supporting a sister organization, IIDL - International Initiative for Disability Leadership, which works to achieve the best possible outcomes for people with a disability. IIDL is a collaboration of four countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Republic of Ireland. IIDL organises systems for international networking, innovation sharing and problem solving across countries and agencies.