On 24th and 25th of October, EurofamNet participated in the COST Connect meeting "Advancing mental health research through networking and collaboration in Europe". The event was organised by COST with the aim to bring together COST Actions that are directly or indirectly related to mental health. Throughout the two meeting days, the COST Actions, as well as several stakeholder organisations were introduced and participants were given the opportunity to network. In addition, several small-group discussion rounds provided the opportunity to debate and share about topics such as the sustainability and funding of projects, influencing policy makers and the possibility of a joint policy proposal from the participating Actions.