Psychosocial Innovation Network (PIN)

Psychosocial Innovation Network (PIN)

Psychosocial Innovation Network seeks to support and enhance psychosocial well-being and quality of life of individuals from vulnerable and marginalized groups through evidence-based practices.

Mission statement

PIN strives to establish and operate within an efficient and comprehensive model of psychosocial support which engages service providers, beneficiaries and other support actors to work together to create a safe environment for coping with difficulties and overcoming obstacles in increasing well-being on individual level.

Our main goals are creation, development, improvement and application of diverse psychological interventions. Specific focus is put on conducting quantitative and qualitative psychosocial research which enables the creation of evidence-based recommendations for practice improvement and development of psychosocial and educational interventions which meet the needs of individuals, groups and the entire society. In this way we achieve our specific goals, related to providing psychosocial support, empowerment, and improvement of the quality of life of individuals, particularly from vulnerable and marginalized groups. Our interventions include raising public awareness and advocating for various social and psychological challenges our beneficiaries face.

Summary of relevant work

  • Implementation, dissemination and strengthening of empirically based psychological practices
  • Creation, development, improvement and application of diverse psychological interventions
  • Psychosocial support, empowerment, capacity strengthening, and improvement of the quality of life of vulnerable and marginalized individuals and groups
  • Raising awareness of various social and psychological challenges and issues and possible overcoming strategies
  • Conducting research focused on identification and exploration of psychological, social, educational and health-related challenges and difficulties of beneficiaries and the wider community in which they live, with the aim of establishing their causes, ways of its prevention and resolution
  • Publishing scientific papers, reports, policy briefs and other forms of publications
  • Organizing training, seminars, workshops and other forms of informal education for beneficiaries, staff, fellow organizations
  • Cooperation with domestic and international institutions and stakeholders, which deal with psychological, social, educational, and health matters

Key partners

WHO Office in Serbia; Commissariat for refugees and migrations in the Republic of Serbia; ADRA Serbia; Belgrade Center for Human Rights; University of Belgrade

Funders

UNHCR Serbia; IRC Balkans; OSF Internarional and OSF Serbia; Konrad Adenauer Stiftung; Divac Foundation

Seeking collaboration with

Experts by experience/service users
Other organizations
Policy makers
Researchers

Details

Approach(es)
Advocacy
Detection and diagnosis
Empowerment and service user involvement
Policy and legislation
Prevention and promotion
Training, education and capacity building
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Disorder(s)
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Self-harm/suicide
Region(s)
Europe
Population(s)
Adults
Children and adolescents
Families and carers
Humanitarian and conflict health
Minority populations
Non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke)
Setting(s)
Community
School
Workplace
Country(s)
Serbia