GEO
 

 

Coalition Members

Name: Georgian Association for Psychosocial Aid Ndoba

Mission:
To provide psychosocial aid to people in crisis and with mental health problems; To develop the infrastructures for the systematic change, distribution of knowledge and expertise through training, consultations, internships in services and multiplication of services for relevant organizations (including gatekeepers- Family Medicine Centres, GPs, schools, relevant NGOs) in Tbilisi and regions and replication of psychosocial and crisis aid services in regions. Participation in Mental Health Policy development;

Projects:

  • “Psychosocial Aid System Development in Georgia” 
  • “Promoting psycho social aspects of child rearing in kindergartens”

Services: 

  • Crisis intervention and mental health center; 
  • Hotline; 
  • Personality development Club; 
  • Training center

Name: CENTRE FOR PROTECTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

Mission:
Protection of constitutional rights, human rights and fundamental freedoms by advocacy, education and support to democratic development is a mission of the organization.

Projects:

  • „Legal Aid For Women“ 
  • “Monitoring and advocacy of rights of drug users” 
  • „Police and Domestic Violence“ 
  • „Freedom of information“

Services:

  • Free of charge law assistance
  • Information services;

Name: Association “Rights to Health”

Mission:
To support spread and implementation of knowledge in civil society on issues of human rights with special focus on right to health;

Projects:

  • “Tansferency of budget of Health Care Programs “ OSGF coalition project 2008.

Services: 

  • Consulattaion on medical and legal issues;
  • Education; 
  • Research;

Name: Partnership for Equal Rights (PER)

Mission:
To ensure of service users involvement in mental health care system; To protect rights of mentally ill and fight stigma associated with mental illness;

Projects:
  • “Users Participation in Mental Health Policy”
  • “Advocacy in Mental Health Care”
    “Human Rights Monitoring in Closed Institutions of Georgia”
    „Promotion Human Rights of Mentally Disabled through Developing Self-Help Groups“

Services:

  • Legal consultation of people with mental health problem;
  • Self - and peer -advocacy of mentally ill;
  • Development of self-help groups;
  • Training

Name: Foundation “Global Initiative on Psychiatry (GIP)-Tbilisi”

Mission:

Global Initiative on Psychiatry-Tbilisi aims to:
  • Support Mental Health Reforms. 
  • Promote humane, ethical and effective mental health care

Global Initiative on Psychiatry-Tbilisi is a support organization, it assists governments, international agencies, NGOs, universities and other development institutions in Caucasus and Central Asia to execute projects across the whole spectrum of mental health care, and well as follows:

Projects: 

  • “Better Mental Health For Vulnerable Population” 
  • “Human Rights Monitoring in Closed Institutions of Georgia” 
  • “ Forensic Psychiatry and Support to Mental Health in Penitential System” 
  • “Support Mental Health for Adults and Children” 
  • “Improvement Of State Of Human Rights In Georgia By Supporting Mental Health And Inclusive Education”

Services: 

  • Providing information on latest development in mental health via its resource centre;
  • Provide advise on planned/ongoing activities and projects, or conduct full-scale assessment studies; 
  • Function of a facilitation center for training programs in different aspects of mental health; 
  • Facilitates and coordinate establishment and functioning of local mental health networks and coalitions; 
  • Promote cooperation between governmental and non-governmental actors in mental health; 
  • Provide lectures, conduct workshops and organize conferences on a wide range of subjects; 
  • Training; 
  • Consulting; 
  • Research;

Name: Union "New vector"

Mission:
To support reintegration and recovery of drug users in the society.

Projects:
  • “Prevention of Drug use by Education and Advocacy” 
  • “Policy Development Against Drug Use”

Services: 

  • Rehabilitation services for social adaptation and integration; 
  • Consulting 
  • Research 
  • Training

Name: Georgian Health Law and Bioethics Society (GHLBS)

Mission:
Protection and promotion of human rights in the field of health care and biomedicine;
Legal reforms;

Projects:
  • “Improvement Of State Of Human Rights In Georgia By Supporting Mental Health And Inclusive Education”
  • “Recommendations for Clinical Guidelines”

Services:

  • Education / awareness-rising among health service users / patients; 
  • Education / awareness-rising among health care professionals; 
  • Development of institutions for human rights advocacy (including patients/healthcare ombudsmen).
Name: Georgian Allienace For Patient Safety

Mission:
To contribute to the improvement of the quality of health services, to assist in development of patient centered health care system in Georgia, to prevent, detect and mitigate  side effects of adverse events in medicine,
to support creation of safe environment and optimal conditions in health services, to establishm  the system for anonimous registration of errors made by medical personnel in their professional activities, to establishm the system for anonimous registration of cases of violation of individual and social rights of citizens in the field of health care, to establishm the system for prediction and prevention of medical errors, to train in medical errors or risk management, to promote the necessary legislative initiatives in this field and to raise public awareness.

Projects:

o Research of medication safety
o Research of safety culture in Georgian hospitals
o Development of Safe Drug List for Pregnancy/Lactation;
o Development of LASA register;
o Development of hand hygiene guidelines
o Development of undergraduate curriculum in patient safety
o Development of audio-video educational aids
o Training in patient safety for physicians, nurses and managers
o Glossary of Terms related to Patient and Medication Safety and the Best Practices (translation and publication) o Healthcare quality in Georgia – comparative analysis of European and Georgian legislation
o Patient safety, international recommendations – compilation, translation and publication
o Research of relevancy and ethics of TV stories on medical issues

Services:
o consultancy on patient safety
o consultancy on medication safety
o training on patients safety and rights


Name: The Georgian Center for Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation of Torture Victims

Mission:
GCRT contributes to the prevention of practice of torture and successful rehabilitation of torture survivors in Georgia, supports international and national initiatives, organizations and agencies directed against inhuman and cruel actions, supports formation of healthy nation and civic society in Georgia.

GCRT also contributes to the rise of public awareness on the issues of torture and its consequences, detects and monitors the cases of torture, contributes to reduction of the cases of torture, empowers the protection of the rights of the torture survivors, supports the development of the sphere of psycho traumatology in Georgia.

Projects:

Rehabilitation of Torture Survivors in Georgia - Funded by OAK Foundation (July 2005-March 2006)
Psychosocial Rehabilitation of Refugees from Chechnya - Funded by UNHCR (January 2005 – December 2005) – III Stage.
Psychosocial Rehabilitation of Refugees from Chechnya residing in Pankisi Gorge – Funded by UNHCR (August 2003 – December 2004) – I and II Stage.
Rehabilitation of Torture Survivors – Funded by OAK Foundation through IRCT (August-December, 2004).
Needs Assessment of Families of Missing Persons – Funded by ICRC (October 2004 – March 2005).
Pilot Project – Psychosocial Support to Families with Missing Persons – Funded by ICRC (January-May 2004). Rehabilitation of Torture Survivors and Prevention of Torture in Georgia - Funded by European Commission and UNVFTV (February 1, 2002 – October 31 2004).
Need-assessment and Rising Awareness on Issues of Torture – Preparing the Background for the Prevention Work. Funded by OSCE-ODIHR (July-September 2001).
Pilot project Georgian Centre for Psycho-Social and Medical Rehabilitation of Torture Victims -(through the
Regional Strengthening Program of IRCT). Funded by European Commission, UNVFTV and OAK Foundation (October 2000 – February 2001).

Services:
o Psychosocial rehabilitation
o Medical Rehabilitation
o Legal aid
o Training and education









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