| The Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, is an independent non-profit organization.
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| TPO is a Collaborative Centre of the World Health Organization and is associated with the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. The majority of the projects are financed by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Development Co-operation).
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| TPO is the current name for the Institute for Psycho-social and Socio-Ecological Research Amsterdam (IPSER-Amsterdam), which was founded in 1995.
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| The TPO-programme is meant for refugees and other groups of people who have been traumatised by war, human rights violations, or other forms of organized violence.
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| TPO works either in refugee camps or in communities that have been affected by organized violence.
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| Requests for help are usually made by governments and aid organizations. In such a case, TPO gives advice, training materials, and, if necessary, provides experts who help in setting-up the programme and in training a core group of local experts.
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The international multi-site programme of the TPO is active in Algeria, Bosnia, Cambodia, Congo, Ethiopia, Gaza, India (Tibetans), Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Uganda.
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