At Centre for Survival, survivors of violence, trauma, and displacement, along with individuals with diverse migration experiences, receive comprehensive support encompassing medical, psychotherapeutic, social work, and integrative assistance. Beyond rehabilitation and integration, the center's focus on scientific research and documentation contributes to broader insights into the field of trauma, therapy, and the establishment of scientific standards.
The center provides avenues for medical diagnostics and treatment within a holistic psychosomatic framework. In the Refugee Assistance Department, refugees and migrants access a wide range of services, from psychological, legal, and social counselling to vocational training, facilitating their transition into education and employment.
The scientific division for trauma and transculturality at the Centre for Survival conducts research aiming to scientifically investigate the psychological impact of war and torture. Additionally, the center houses a specialized library gathering literature and resources on the specific effects of torture, persecution, and extreme trauma.
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Involved Actors & Resources
| Governmental body: Yes / No | No |
| If yes, explain by filling in the name(s) of the governmental body |
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| Other public actors: Yes / No | No |
| If yes, explain by filling in the name(s) of the public actors and describe which sector and explain their role, briefly: |
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| Private for-profit actors: Yes / No | No |
If yes, explain by using types of private for-profit actors such as
public engagement consultants, companies etc. |
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| Private not-for profit actors: Yes / No | No |
| If yes, explain by using types of private not-for-profit actors such as associations, informal networks etc. |
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| Civic actors: Yes / No | No |
| If yes, explain on the heterogeneity of the participants with respect to gender, age, educational qualification, place of residence etc. |
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| Other actors: Yes / No |
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| If yes, explain |
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| Funding/financial resources for the particular best practice example | Donation from public and private sources; health insurance system for individual therapies |
| If yes, specify e.g. amount of funding/year | N/A ; overall turn over 8.35million Euro in 2019 (before Covid) |
| and the source(s) of funding (if more sources, please specify) | from public sources ca. 70%: Berlin govmt., FRG, EU-AMIF, in addition private foundations |
| Participatory process: Yes / No | No |
| Deliberative process: Yes / No | No |
| Other forms: if yes, specify |
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| Top-down | No |
| Bottom-up | Yes |
| Others: if yes, specify |
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| Cost reimbursement (e.g., for public transport, compensation of working hours): if yes, describe | Does not apply |
| Provision of care services: If yes, describe |
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Provision of mediators (e.g., linguistic, cultural):
If yes, describe / specify |
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Frequency of activities within the best practice:
How often and for how long did participants invovle in best practice (e.g., in general friendly towards employed people or people with care responsibilities)? |
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| External inclusion referring to who is invited or allowed to take part from the invitation = ideal situation | Does not apply |
| Internal inclusion referring to the participation of all participants within = real situation | Does not apply |
| Internal inclusion referring to certain participants who are overly dominant |
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| Vulnerable groups were specified in the designated plan of the best practice: Yes / No | Yes |
| If yes: Who in particular, e.g., migrants, people in precarious work-situation, etc.? Specify. | Traumatised refugees |
| If yes: Special attention towards young people, women, elderly people: Yes / No | Yes |
| If yes, specify. | Many young male refugees in the age of around 20 yrs., victims of sexual abuse including trafficking |
| Did vulnerable groups participate in the best practice: Yes / No | Yes |
| If yes: Who in particular, e.g., migrants, people in precarious work-situation, etc.? Specify. | Traumatised refugees |
| If yes: Special attention towards young people, women, elderly people: Yes / No | Does not apply |
| If yes, specify. |
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| If yes: Did special training and empowerment activities support these groups within the participatory process? |
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| Means of Information Provided | Website, press releases |
Information documents (e.g., flyer, brochures, invitation letters): Yes / No | Information brochure on emotional problems and how to cope with them, available as download |
| If yes: multiple langugages available: Yes / No | Yes, Arabic, Farsi and English |
| If yes: non-technical language used: yes/no | Yes |
| Social media (e.g., Facebook, Instragram, WhatsApp, websites, blog): yes/no | Yes |
| If yes: please specify | Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Website |
| Others (1-2 sentences) |
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| Way of Communication | N/A |
| Website and social media postings: Yes / No | facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, website |
| Information documents distributed in the post box: Yes / No | Yes |
| Information documents distributed on streets and pulic spaces (during events): Yes / No | N/A |
| Press releases in "traditional" public media (e.g., linear TV, daily newspapers etc.): Yes / No | Yes |
| Special-target activities (e.g., through gate-openers, communiy workers etc.): Yes / No | Yes, for attracting private donors and general publicity for the center's causes |
| Monitoring |
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| Monitoring process on the best practice available: Yes / No | Yes |
| If yes: Continuous information on monitoring results provided to the participants: Yes / No | No |
| If yes: How? How often? |
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| Integration of participants in the monitoring proces: Yes / No | No |
| If yes: Did they have the opportunity to suggest changes to the process: Yes / No |
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| Continuous information on monitoring results provided to network partners (public and non-public actors): Yes / No | Yes |
| Impact Assessment/Evaluation | N/A |
Impact Assessment and/or Evaluation
| Did an impact assessment (e.g., achievements, challenges) or evaluation (standardized success measurement) take place: Yes / No | Yes |
| If yes: who evalueates? What? How? A which point of process? | The centre has an academic department primarily for accompanying diagnostics. Therapies are evaluated by questionnaires. |
Citizen Empowerment & Representation
| Structured Decision-Making | does not apply |
| Explanation of objectives and methods, at the beginning of the process: Yes / No |
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| Do the participatns make final decisions? |
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| If no: Why? Who decides instead? |
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| If yes: What kind of decisions? |
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| If yes: Is there a veto right by citizens (i.e., if they are against a specific option this is not implemented?): Yes / No |
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| At the end of the participation process: Final document on the decision that were taken? Yes/no |
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| If yes: publication of this document available? Yes / No |
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| If yes: publication of this document sent to participants and/or affected community? Yes / No |
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| Tools to Enhance Citizens' Empowerment |
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| Clear definition and communication of mutual commitments, decision-making and roles and any limits on the decisions: Yes / No |
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| Are specific tools available to participants (e.g., regular meetings or trainings, apps): Yes / No |
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| If yes: What kind of? |
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| If not: Why not? |
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| Integration of empowerment tools in multi-level-governancy system? |
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| If yes: Where (in the sense of which level in the multilevel-governance)? |
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| If yes: For whom in particular (horizontal)? |
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| Involvement and Tasks of Participating Groups |
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| Which groups are involved in which stage of the participatory process |
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| What are tasks of the groups? Describe for each group |
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| Which groups are underrepresented among the participants? Why? |
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