The IASC MHPSS Reference Group
History and how it works
After the tsunami in South-East Asia-reflection
Humanitarian Coordinators to ensure effective leadership, coordination and partnerships
Humanitarian Financing: adequate, timely and flexible
In support of local government
Cluster approach
Humanitarian Reform (2005)
Core Principles
Setting inter-agency standards in MHPSS operations
Focused psychosocial supports
Strengthening community and family supports
Social considerations in basic services and security
Clinical
services
Examples:
Clinical mental health care (whether by PHC staff or by mental health professionals)
Basic emotional and practical support to selected individuals or families
Activating social networks
Supportive child-friendly �spaces
Advocacy for good humanitarian practice: basic services that are safe, socially appropriate�and that protect dignity
Intervention pyramid
(Adapted from IASC 2007)
IASC MHPSS Guidelines and guidance for the field
and/or
MH
PS
Composite term and definition
IASC MHPSS RG Priorities �
1. Support country-level MHPSS Technical Working Groups and RG Member Agencies
Coordination: Quality and Accountability�
It brings together diverse actors, with local humanitarian leadership and knowledge at the centre�
Ensures a coherent, principled and sustainable response�
Greater predictability, completeness and success in response�
Accountability to affected individuals and communities�
Equitable and effective collaboration to meet needs�
General objective MHPSS�
Clusters
Basic services and security
Community and family supports
Clinical
services
Focused (person-to-person) non-specialised supports
Strengthening community and family supports
Social considerations in basic services and security
MHPSS sits uncomfortably in between various sectors.
COORDINATION is important
GBV
Child Protection
Health care & Nutrition
Mine Action & community based protection
country-level coordination of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)
in humanitarian crisis in line with the
IASC MHPSS Guidelines
Humanitarian Coordinator / Government leader
Inter-sector Coordination Group
Health sector
Protection sector
(with Child Protection, Gender Based Violence and Mine Action AoRs)
Education, Nutrition, CCCM and other sectors
MHPSS Cross-sectoral Working Group
(with focal points in each of the sectors and with accountability in sectors. MHPSS activities to appear as relevant within Appeal chapters, rather than in a separate stand-alone Appeal chapter)
country-level coordination of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)
Support country-level coordination of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)
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Main actions of MHPSS�
(re) establish and maintain TWG�
Information management�
Networks and links between stakeholders�
Capacity Strengthening�
Monitoring and evaluation�
Promoting sustainability�
Advocacy�
Support country-level MHPSS Technical Working Groups and RG Member Agencies
Resource development�
Support for coordination in the early stages of emergency�
Mainstream MHPSS in global humanitarian structures
Develop and implement consensus-based interagency MHPSS resources�
Develop and implement consensus-based interagency MHPSS resources�
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Develop and implement consensus-based interagency MHPSS resources�
current deployments
MHPSS Technical Advisor hosted by one RG agency but deployed to support the work of the MHPSS WG
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
DUTCH ENTERPRISE AGENCY
(Dutch Surge Support)
contracts, deployments, finances, insurance, MoUs
Co-Chairs of the IASC RG on MHPSS
Building & maintenance of roster, identification of persons, capacity building component, ToR development. Working on behalf of IASC MHPSS RG.
Steering Committee
IASC MHPSS RG member agencies
Request made by MHPSS RG Member Agency who has signed an MoU with DSS/NEA
deployments in preparation
Inter-agency MHPSS surge support
past deployments
35 deployment�2020-now, incl.:
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