Development of Psychological Integrated Services of the Border Police Department in the Republic of Moldova (SPINS)

In Moldova, the Border Police Department (BPD) implements the state policy on Integrated Border Management (IBM) including combatting irregular migration and transnational crime, and is currently undergoing progressive structural reforms.

The objective of the project is to contribute to an improved implementation of the state policy on IBM through improving access to quality psychological services for vulnerable migrants and border personnel of the BPD. To enable this, IOM will ensure achievement of the following outputs: development and availability of the system of Integrated Psychological Services of the BPD (Output 1.1); development and operation of the database which supports implementation of the Integrated Psychological Services (Output 1.2); renovated and appropriately equipped psychological cabinets of the BPD for effective delivery of services (Output 1.3); and Border Police psychologists having knowledge, skills and abilities to provide tailored psychological support to all categories of vulnerable migrants and the Border Police personnel (Output 1.4).