General lessons learnt. It is important to generate a continuous discussion and spaces of reflection for what should be understand under “Europe” in relation to the project in course in specific areas of knowl- edge (psychosocial aftercare, training and practice of professionals etc.). The need for those spaces of reflection, like the ones generated by IMPACT on several is- sues (resilience and terrorism etc.) is high, given the fact that the construction of a common European geopolitical space is a dynamic issue and a new integrative process with a high level of complexity. Especially in the psychosocial field, where so many cultural and historical aspects play a role, the interaction between professionals on the European level is of high value. Organizations of victims and politicians should be much more present in projects like EUTOPA where the need of the citizenship should be always be remembered and repre- sented. Projects in the psychosocial field are wonderful instruments of creating networks of professionals on the European level. I Improving collaboration, the first project meeting should insist in performing a thorough ex- ploration of the project plan to check if all partners share the same basic theoretical concepts and areas of knowledge. From the beginning, there should be fixed communication rules and channels in order that the whole consortium possesses all information and documents at the same time. Countries are at different stages, in terms of capacity and priority. Some countries have al- ready made steps in the direction of similar guidelines / guidance / framework / standards / recommendations. People are willing to share their experience. The guideline on early psy- chosocial interventions after disasters, terrorism and other shocking events is special be- cause of the multidisciplinary and scientific starting point. One longer term challenge is the fact that many countries lack a framework for prioritizing this – there needs to be more dialogue with policy makers and more support from EU organi- sations. Timeliness and the availability of psychosocial support needs to be emphasized as a common EU concern. Besides that, there are some smaller issues regarding cost-effectiveness, especially for the topics of risk factors and screening and providing psycho education. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is either unavailable or not the intervention of choice in some countries. In these cases, the guideline may need to provide a stronger link to national disor...
General lessons learnt. It is important to generate a continuous discussion and spaces of reflection for what should be under- stand under “Europe” in relation to the project in course in specific areas of knowledge (psychosocial aftercare, training and practice of professionals, rehabilitation etc.). The need for those spaces of reflection, like the ones generated by all Abs on several issues (resilience, treatment rehabilitation etc.) is high. The construction of a common European geopolitical space is a dynamic issue and a new integrative process with a high level of complexity. Especially in the psychosocial field, where so many cultural and historical aspects play a role, the in- teraction between professionals on the European level is of high value. Organizations of victims and politicians should be much more present in projects like EUTOPA where the need of the citizenship should be always be remembered and represented. Projects in the psycho- social field are wonderful instruments of creating networks of professionals on the European level. I Besides that, there are some smaller issues regarding cost-effectiveness, especially for the topics of risk factors and screening and providing psycho education.
