Looking for experience with child-friendly spaces
Do you know about child-friendly spaces? The IFRC is aiming to develop a lessons learned report on the use of…
Staff updates
PS Centre staff One 1 June 2016 the PS Centre welcomed its newest team member, Martin Rosenkilde Pedersen who has…
Co-chair for the IASC Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support 2016 to 2017
On 1 January 2016, the IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support took up the position as Co-chair for the Inter-Agency…
Talking body to body
Talking Body to Body Nonverbal skills for supporting refugees arriving in Europe By Jonathan Nattel It is a sunny morning…
Testing new training methods
People who are affected by both small and large scale crises and disasters are often exposed to very distressing experiences,…
Psychosocial Monitoring and Evaluation Framework – new tool
Monitoring and evaluation is one of the most difficult aspects of psychosocial support programming. The IFRC Psychosocial Monitoring and Evaluation…
The Ghosts of Ebola
“Treatment is only part of survival. It makes the body strong but with a weak mind, the person won’t survive. Now, when I make the mind strong, the body becomes stronger and people survive.”
Planning and M&E training
Finding out which interventions and activities work, how they work and why they work (or not) is a major challenge in psychosocial programming. But meeting the challenge is critical to accountability, learning and capacity building. In May 2016 The PS Centre offers a three day training in “Programming and M&E for psychosocial interventions” in Copenhagen for experienced psychosocial support programme managers
New training material: Sexual and gender-based violence
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is one of the greatest humanitarian challenges today. It takes various forms and occurs in diverse situations and contexts across the world. Acts of SGBV have serious impacts on individuals, their families and society as a whole. In the course of their work, staff and volunteers are often confronted with SGBV. However staff and volunteers often feel anxious about the appropriate way to handle these disclosures.