Good Practice Notes

The following is a short list of resoruces on good practice in the psychosocial aspects of emergency aid delivery.

Headington Foundation report for InterAction- NGO Staff Wellbeing in the
Darfur Region of Sudan & Eastern Chad (attached)
The aim of this assessment report and recommendations is to provide
information that will strengthen the ability of InterAction members to meet
the psychosocial needs of national and international staff working in Sudan
and Eastern Chad.


Idealist.org/Psychosocial report from the first Helper's Fire conference-
Tending the Helper's Fire: Mitigating Trauma and Stress in International
Staff and Volunteers
http://www.idealist.org/psychosocial/conferences/docs/conferenceReport.pdf
Action Without Borders and The Joan B. Kroc Institute for International
Peace Studies at Notre Dame University organized this innovative conference
on Mitigating Trauma and Stress in International Staff and Volunteers. This
event brought together human resources professionals, researchers, program
directors, and international humanitarian aid staff to examine how
organizations provide psychosocial support to their expatriate and local
staff and volunteers working overseas. The objective of this conference was
to provide a platform where professionals can share information, learn from
expert perspectives, and pool resources for future collaboration.

The Inter-Agency Standing Committee Guidelines on Mental Health and
Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (chapter 4.4)
(http://www.who.int/mental_health/emergencies/guidelines_iasc_mental_health_
psychosocial_june_2007.pdf )
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) issues these Guidelines to enable
humanitarian actors to plan, establish and coordinate a set of minimum
multi-sectoral responses to protect and improve people's mental health and
psychosocial well-being in the midst of an emergency. The Guidelines offer
essential advice on how to facilitate an integrated approach to address the
most urgent mental health and psychosocial issues in emergency situations.

The People In Aid Code of Good Practice
(http://www.peopleinaid.org/code/online.aspx) is an internationally
recognized management tool that helps agencies to enhance the quality of
their human resources management. The Code is the result of years of
international collaboration by a wide range of NGOs, international
organizations, public bodies and private sector firms. As a management
framework, it is also an important part of agencies' efforts to improve
standards, accountability and transparency amid the challenges of disaster,
conflict and poverty.