We are happy to officially welcome Irish Doctors for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy (IDPAT) as PAREA’s newest Community Supporter!

PAREA has received a generous €50,000 grant from the Entheon Foundation, recognising our work to integrate psychedelic-assisted mental health treatments into Europe’s healthcare systems.

A new expert commentary is outlining five priorities to advance psychedelic therapies in mental health care. Published on The Mental Elf—an online resource on mental health research—the piece follows the 2024 IMHRF webinar “Making sense of psychedelics: Where is the field and where does it need to go?”

A second major EU-funded project in psychedelic science, following PsyPal, will start in the coming months. INTEGRATE will be a doctoral training network supported by €4.3 million in EU funding through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.

PAREA is delighted to welcome Nico Gusac as our new Communications Officer!

Today, the EU4Health Civil Society Alliance launched Health4Europe—a strategic blueprint for the next EU Health Programme. Its goal is to ensure that health remains a top political and financial priority in the upcoming Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), and to further strengthen the European Health Union.

On Wednesday, February 26th, 2025, a significant milestone was reached in the evolution of psychedelic science and medicine in the Nordic region. In Reykjavik, Iceland, during the conference Psychedelics as Medicine, representatives from all the Nordic psychedelic associations came together for an unprecedented moment of unity.

PAREA will be present next week at  Psychedelic Science 2025, in Denver, Colorado! 

PAREA has submitted a response to the European Commission’s open call for evidence on the EU Biotech Act: “Shaping the EU Biotech Act to Unlock Mental-Health Innovation”. We welcome this ambition, which has highlighted mental health as a critical priority.

The EU Drugs Agency (EUDA) has released its annual European Drug Report, focusing on emerging trends in the European drug market. It includes a chapter on the growing interest in psychedelics for therapeutic use.

The Czech Parliament has passed a significant law allowing psilocybin therapy for mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, and addiction.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a rapid communication on its forthcoming guideline on controlled medicines, designed to support national policies that strike a balance between access and safety. PAREA was honoured to be invited to join the External Review Group for this new guideline.

A new European research network focused on psychedelics has been approved for funding under the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) programme.

New PAREA Policy Paper: “Leading, not Lagging: Putting Mental Health at the Core of Europe’s Innovation and Competitiveness Agenda.”

On May 12, the Champalimaud Foundation hosted the official launch of Portugal’s Multidisciplinary Recommendations on the Clinical Use of Psychedelic Substances.

In April, PAREA Project Officer Francisca Silva took part in Breaking Convention - one of Europe’s largest and most diverse conferences on psychedelic research.

As part of the EU-funded PsyPal project, our Founder and Executive Director, Tadeusz Hawrot, recently participated in a two-day Design Thinking Workshop hosted by IESE Business School in Barcelona.

PAREA has provided feedback on the European Commission’s initiative for a new multidisciplinary life sciences strategy, emphasising a clear message: mental health innovation should be a strategic priority on the agenda.

In a joint open letter from the EU4Health Civil Society Alliance (CSA) to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, 35 organisations — including PAREA — urge the European Commission to take immediate action to secure stable and timely funding for health civil society organisations (CSOs).

PAREA’s annual Impact Report, compiling all our activities, contributions and achievements for the year of 2024, is now available!