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|acronym=Psycho-Social Support to Asylum Seekers | |acronym=Psycho-Social Support to Asylum Seekers | ||
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|project_title=Παροχή δωρεάν κοινωνικής αρωγής και ψυχολογικής στήριξης σε αιτητές ασύλου | |project_title=[[Psycho-Social Support to Asylum Seekers (GR: Παροχή δωρεάν κοινωνικής αρωγής και ψυχολογικής στήριξης σε αιτητές ασύλου)]] | ||
|contract_number=YA/ΕΤΠ/2007/01 | |contract_number=YA/ΕΤΠ/2007/01 | ||
|funding_period=01/02/2008 to 31/12/2008 | |funding_period=01/02/2008 to 31/12/2008 | ||
|coordinator= | |coordinator=Christos Panayiotopoulos<br>[[Kerstin Wittig]] | ||
|funding_agency=[[European Refugee Fund]] | |funding_agency=[[European Refugee Fund]] | ||
|total_cost=€86,284.00 | |total_cost=€86,284.00 | ||
|partners=[[Future Worlds Center]]<br>[[Centre for Training Therapy & Research]]<br>[[ | |partners=[[Future Worlds Center]]<br>[[Centre for Training, Therapy & Research]]<br>[[Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies]] | ||
|website= | |website= | ||
}} | }} | ||
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==Implementation== | |||
The project was implemented by the [[Humanitarian Affairs Unit]] of [[Future Worlds Center]]. The project was complementary to the core [[Asylum Seakers]] project, which runs for over 6 years under the umbrella of [[Future Worlds Center]]. It has been implemented in collaboration with the Social Work and Psychology Unit of the [[University of Nicosia]] with funding from the Cyprus Agency of the [[European Refugee Fund]]. | |||
==Project Objectives== | ==Project Objectives== | ||
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==Our Involvement== | ==Our Involvement== | ||
To Future Worlds | To Future Worlds Center will provided the space for psychosocial support, covering all of Cyprus, with particular focus in the province of Nicosia. In this context it hosted in its premises a professional social worker employed by the project, and two trainees that gave additional support to the program's running. Due to our expertise we coordinated the whole project and we chaired the meetings of the project's panel. | ||
== | ==Deliverables for benefiting groups== | ||
*Asylum seekers and their families are the ultimate beneficiaries of the | *Asylum seekers and their families are the ultimate beneficiaries of the project. The aim is a qualitative upgrading of their accommodation and living conditions during their stay in Cyprus. | ||
*The officers of government departments and the police dealing with asylum seekers. While they are responsible to run a range of support services they can often feel drained by their work overload and the hardships they come across on a daily basis. | *The officers of government departments and the police dealing with asylum seekers. While they are responsible to run a range of support services they can often feel drained by their work overload and the hardships they come across on a daily basis. | ||
* | *Raise awareness amongst government bodies and non-governmental organisations working with asylum seekers and eventually achieve the positive development of such bodies so that they are able to address the socio-psychosocial problems of asylum seekers. | ||
[[Category:Future Worlds Center Projects]] | [[Category:Future Worlds Center Projects]], [[Category:Humanitarian Affairs Unit Projects]] |
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