IICBS - International Institute for Community Based Sociotherapy

The Institute for Community Based Sociotherapy (ICBS) is an expertise center on the methodology of community-based sociotherapy and works towards the following objectives:

1. Establish, develop and promote quality standards for the implementation of the methodology of community-based sociotherapy, including certification possibilities for community-based sociotherapy projects and organisations, and examination of community-based sociotherapy facilitators and trainers;

2. Develop and promote sociotherapy organisation systems based on the philosophy of sociotherapy, including integration of (training) manuals, guidelines for Monitoring and Evaluation, quality assessment tools, guidelines for research ;

3. Facilitate a platform for exchange of experience and expertise among implementing bodies;

4. Provide access to a database of trainers/supervisors/researchers/other resource persons who can support community-based sociotherapy initiatives worldwide;

5. Provide access to a database of training manuals, guidelines, research, publications, articles and project documentation on community-based sociotherapy;

6. Facilitate training in guiding community-based sociotherapy groups on demand;

7. Support platform members with designing new community-based sociotherapy projects and fundraising for these projects;

8. Conduct research on the effectiveness and scalability of the community-based sociotherapy approach in (post-)conflict societies, to show the relevance and effectiveness of the methodology and improve community-based sociotherapy programs worldwide;

9. Develop lobby and advocacy initiatives for the use of community-based sociotherapy as a methodology to address difficulties in (post-)conflict settings.