Report on – 33rd IC Resolution 2: Addressing mental health and psychosocial needs of people affected by armed conflicts, natural disasters and other emergencies (33IC/19/R2) – Swiss Red Cross

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Stratégie
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Plan opérationnel

Au Régional, National niveau

Précisions :

A new MHPSS Focal Point has been established at the SRC HQ since 2022 /2023. This Focal Point serve as a hub for coordinating the implementation of the following six Priority Action Areas within the SRC HQ and with the cooperation system:

1. Guarantee a basic level of psychosocial support and integrate MHPSS across sectors
2. Develop a holistic MHPSS approach between the different components of the cooperation system
3. Protect and promote the mental health and psychosocial well-being of staff and volunteers
4. Demonstrate the impact of MHPSS interventions through research, evidence, monitoring and evaluation
5. Strengthen resource mobilization for MHPSS in humanitarian response
6. Mobilize political support for MHPSS (humanitarian diplomacy and advocacy

Votre État/Société nationale/institution a-t-il/elle coopéré avec d’autres partenaires aux fins de la mise en œuvre des engagements contenus dans cette résolution ?

Partenariats avec :
Société nationale de la Croix-Rouge ou du Croissant-Rouge de votre pays
Gouvernement et/ou autorités publiques
CICR/Fédération internationale
Autres Sociétés nationales de la Croix-Rouge ou du Croissant-Rouge
Universités

Exemples de coopération :

With the support of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health and the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration, the SRC is implementing a new, low-threshold care solution with digital psychological and psychosocial support for refugees and various peer-to-peer projects.

Together with representatives from various National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the ICRC and the IFRC PS Centre, the SRC is co-leading the implementation of the MHPSS Roadmap. The SRC coordinates the working group on Priority Action Area 4 “Demonstrate the impact of MHPSS interventions through research, evidence, monitoring and evaluation” and leads the Digital MHPSS working group with the aim to develop, test and document the impact of innovative approaches, including digital MHPSS interventions.

The digital service with psychological and psychosocial support for refugees was developed together with four universities (Bern, Lausanne, Zurich and FU Berlin) and is being evaluated by the University of Bern in an extensive RCT.

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Les engagements contenus dans cette résolution ont-ils eu une ou des incidences sur l’action et les orientations de votre État/Société nationale/institution ?

Type d’incidence :
La coopération entre le gouvernement/les autorités publiques et la Société nationale a été renforcée.
Les programmes et les opérations sont devenus plus efficaces et plus efficients.
Des outils/méthodes innovateurs ont été élaborés et sont utilisés.
Des partenariats avec d’autres acteurs humanitaires ont été noués ou renforcés
La mobilisation de ressources a été renforcée
La formation et les capacités du personnel et des volontaires ont été renforcées (pour les Sociétés nationales).

Précisions au sujet des incidences :

To enable the implementation of the resolution in the SRC, a MHPSS Focal Point has been set up 2023. This with the aim to coordinate the various efforts at the HQ and in the cooperation system around the topic of MHPSS.

Thanks to intensive discussions with various federal agencies and authorities different MHPSS projects could be set up and co-financed with federal funds (eg PM+).

The MHPSS Focal Point also launched an impulse program to finance the multiplication of low-threshold MHPSS services, quality assurance measures and the development of trainings for staff and volunteers. Thanks to the coordination and harmonization of projects via the Focal Point, synergies could be made more visible and utilized efficiently.

Moreover, to address the gap in MHPSS services in Switzerland, the SRC has developed a low-threshold, digital service with psychological and psychosocial support for refugees. The guided self-help app was developed with the involvement of the target group and in collaboration with various humanitarian actors in Switzerland.

Les engagements contenus dans cette résolution ont-ils eu des incidences sur les communautés auxquelles votre État/Société nationale/institution vient en aide ?

Description des incidences :

In the course of the implementation of the respective resolution, numerous new low-threshold services for vulnerable target groups – especially refugees – were developed within the SRC and its cooperation system to guarantee the basic level of psychosocial support.

Further, more staff and volunteers across sectors were trained in basic PS and PFA skills so that more communities can be reached and served with basic or focused PSS or PFA and persons in need of more specialized MHPSS services can be identified and properly referred.

In addition, more emphasis was placed on the well-being of staff and volunteers. Trainings focusing on the factors that protect and promote their mental health and psychosocial well-being are being developed and/or promoted. The protection of the mental health and psychosocial well-being of staff and volunteers is vital to the provision of sustainable quality humanitarian services to the communities.

Moreover, thanks in part to the close cooperation with academia, the capacity in building evidence and learning related to MHPSS interventions was strengthened, which improved the efficiency and effectiveness of MHPSS with a view to reaching more people with appropriate mental health and psychosocial support.

Finally, the SRC repeatedly influenced national policy by advocating for the provision of a basic level of psychosocial support to the most vulnerable (e.g. unaccompanied refugee children) and people who are facing discrimination and exclusion.