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The aim of the project is to contribute to the fight against GBV, aiming at informing, educating/training, and raising awareness through actions of the Mobile Mental Health Units of Cyclades (KMPSY) islands of EPASY in Tinos, Kea/Tzia, Mykonos, Kythnos, Sifnos-Serifos, Paros-Antiparos, Milos-Kimolos, Andros, which do not have specialized counseling centers on gender issues. Therefore, KMPSY will integrate specific actions, acting as omens "counseling centers" for this type of services, serving the specific characteristics of this geographical area, transmitting relevant knowledge, and informing the local island communities. The target groups are: (a) Psychosocial professionals in social services including mental health services, (b) Professionals in the field of education and (c) General public such as local associations, local authorities, parents and/or teenagers. Throughout trainings, many psychosocial professionals and professionals in the field of education will be trained and supported to gain knowledge both on issues and contexts of GBV. The training will have a dual character: (a) a training framework on GBV & gender equality will be implemented for psychosocial professionals of social mental health services of KMPSY and (b) then the trained professionals will train the professionals of the local social and mental health services and professionals in the field of education throughout a series of training seminars, while they will also implement a framework of awareness raising activities in the local islandic communities. The role of EPAPSY will be to organize and coordinate all the activities related to awareness-raising as well as to control the scientific quality of all actions; to mobilize and sensitize local communities; and to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention. CMT will undertake the design of the educational material, the IT support of the distance learning training as well as the support of dissemination activities.