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SAMEN: Strengthened Assistance for Migrant Empowerment in the Netherlands

Grant number: 101049430

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2022
    2024

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $617,510.27

  • Funder

    European Commission

  • Principal Investigator

    N/A

  • Research Location

    Switzerland

  • Lead Research Institution

    INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Social impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Internally Displaced and Migrants

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

This project aims to prevent and combat all levels of SGBV and domestic this project aims to prevent and combat all levels of SGBV and domestic violence amongst 500 adult migrants (all genders) within the Netherlands. The project's design combines the aims of supporting migrant communities, and Dutch support providers (health providers, municipalities, shelters, police and policy makers). The activities will include: - The provision of culturally sensitive detection, psychosocial counselling, information and referral through a virtual helpdesk and face to face counselling sessions; - Twinning of volunteers with medical qualifications with migrant ambassadors for capacity building and expertise exchange. Further training and upskilling of migrant ambassadors and volunteers with medical qualifications who will act as primary contact persons for vulnerable migrants; - The enhancement of a community of practice. Operational at local and national level with key stakeholders from different sectors; - A national awareness-raising social media campaign; - The development of good practices and recommendations with reference to COVID-19 for dissemination at regional level. Expected results: - Migrant communities within the Netherlands will have greater access to mainstream service provision; - Improved prevention of violence through the application of migrant and survivor centric methodologies; - Sustained good practice in the form of virtual helplines, the migrant ambassador model, the provision of tailored information sessions for migrants and key stakeholder exchange; - Migrant and survivor centric approaches will foster improved attitudes and behaviours around migration, asylum and SGBV; - A sustained and enhanced local and national community of practice; - Enhanced capacity and resiliency of organizations to work under future possible lockdown conditions - Increased public awareness at EU level of the specific needs, strengths and concerns of migrants.