Together with Oulu Polytechnic, Finland and Glotta Nova, Slovenia Human Communications Centre is actively involved in an interesting crisis and trauma rehabilitation project, which is part of Oulu Polytechnic's TUPA Project.

The objective of the project is to develop new adult education training programmes, special training programmes and postgraduate courses for social and health workers as well as other professions involved in dealing with traumatised people. The partnership aims to develop innovative counselling models for crisis and trauma work developing and simplifying advanced cognitive-behavioural techniques taking into account the historical and cultural background for the infliction of the traumas. The objective is to rehabilitate and empower trauma victims, with special focus on victims of the Balkan conflicts, improving their subjective perspective on past, present and future and help them develop a new confidence in the future. An additional objective is to train rehabilitated trauma victims to provide support and counselling for other refugees/trauma victims. An essential part of the project is the creation of an international crisis and trauma work network.

The outputs of the project will be the following:

a) An innovative counselling and coaching model for crisis and trauma work.

b) Curricula in trauma and crisis work for higher vocational education.

c) Special adult courses for social workers, health workers, students, therapists, refugee centre staff, refugees and ordinary adult learners in adult educational centres.

d) An international network of higher education institutes, adult education centres, refugee reception centres, NGOs and private organisations, professionals and refugees.

e) A web site as a centre for the networking and for informing about the content and progress of the project.

f) Course materials for use in the trainings.

g) A distance learning module using information and communication technologies.