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Psychosocial Aid Coordination Meeting |
PSYCHOSOCIAL WORKING GROUP
25 September 2001
Participants:
Ms. Mayke Huijbregts, UNICEF (Chair)
Mr. Turgaj Mazlami, CARE
Mr. Goko Hadzi Angelkov, Doctors in action
Mr. Kiril Tasevski, MICS
Ms. Aleksandar Marcikic, Doctors in action
Ms. Gordana Veljanovska, ARC
Mr. John Gelissen, ICRC
Mr. Kerry Neal, ARC
Ms. Lejla Fejzula, El Hilal
Mr. Antoni Novotni, Safe Childhood
Ms. Alija Nehal, El Hilal
Ms. Marija Raleva, Safe Childhood
Ms. Vladanka Andreeva
Ms. Suzana Peseva, CPCA
Mr. Stojan Bajraktarov, WHO
Ms. Nadica Gjozeva, UNHCR
Mr. Radomir Gelevski, SOS Kumanovo
Mr. Ioannis Diangelakis, European Perspective
Ms. Slododanka Pendarovska, IOMH
Mr. George Laskaris, European Perspective
Mr. Harrald Happel, German Caritas
Ms. Maja Suslevska, Save the Children UK
Ms. Silvana Boskovska, UNICEF
Ms. Aleksandra Arsovska, Macedonian Caritas
Ms. Tatjana Seyppel, IOM
AGENDA
- Introduction of new participants/adoption of minutes
- Discussion on emergency response phase/strengthening
of coordination among outreach mobile teams/psychosocial services
- Training for the assessment teams
- Setting guidelines of qualitative standards for
psychosocial support services and on "vulnerability"
- AOB
1. Introduction of new participants/adoption
of minutes.
Minutes of the last meeting were adopted.
2. Discussion on emergency response
phase/strengthening of coordination among outreach mobile teams/ psychosocial
services
Psychosocial assessment of the
situation of IDPs and host families
The continuation of the vulnerability assessment in conflict affected
areas on the level of vulnerability among remainees: El Hilal is interested
in participating in such an assessment. Other organisations are invited
to show their interest by next week's meeting. El Hilal and ICRC are willing
to provide more accurate data on the location and numbers of IDPs and
returnees.
Preparation and printing of information for IDPs
and host families
ARC will share a draft English version of the leaflet (that will provide
information to IDPs) with participants by the end of this week for comments
and inputs and would appreciate to use the network of MRC, Centres of
Social Work, El Hilal and mobile teams for distribution to IDPs and host
families.
Organising mobile teams for psychosocial
first aid interventions
A smaller group meeting was held after the general Psychosocial Working
Group to discuss closer coordination of outreach psychosocial support
through mobile teams between WHO, ARC, SOS Kumanovo, Safe Childhood and
UNICEF.
Mapping of teams and the number of beneficiaries reached with psychosocial
outreach support would be confirmed by next week as well as the areas
and locations where outreach services are being organised and provided.
So far there are 12 teams in Kumanovo, 12 teams in Skopje, 3 teams in
Tetovo, 2 teams in Bitola and 1 team in Brnjanci.
3. Training for the assessment
teams
Training of assessment teams will take place from 28-30 September at Hotel
Molika in Bitola. The content of the training is Secondary traumatisation
and Burnout prevention. The training is being organised by UNICEF and
facilitated by SOS Kumanovo. UNICEF will send official invitations and
the training programme to all participants by the end of the day. The
training will be provided by Suzana Peseva and Julijana Stojanova.
UNICEF will fund and facilitate the training of field workers from local
NGOs as per the request of European Perspective; official invitations,
instructions and dates will follow.
4. Setting guidelines of qualitative
standards for psychosocial support services and on "vulnerability"
UNICEF called upon professional representatives from participating
agencies to establish qualitative standards for psychosocial interventions.
Action: inputs for the
guidelines to be provided by agencies at next week's meeting.
5. AOB
UNICEF clarified that the role of the Working Group is to tighten the
coordination of activities and that hard copies of the matrix of agencies
and activities will be shared; however, input from some agencies is still
required.
UNICEF also clarified that it cannot fund all project proposals related
to psychosocial support that have been received, but that they will be
reviewed and shared with other donors.
Please contact Mayke Huijbregts,
Child Protection Project Officer and Silvana Boskovska, Child Protection
Programme Assistant for any further information.
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