We are determined to reduce security and safety risks as a barrier to providing assistance, ensuring that the lives of those helping others are protected.
By fostering a culture that prioritises and invests in strong SRM at all levels of the NGO sector, GISF enables NGOs to work safely and sustainably, even in the most challenging contexts.
Mission
We are a member-led organisation that strengthens NGO security practice worldwide by:
- Maintaining and building from our expertise in SRM
- Offering trusted platforms for coordination and knowledge sharing
- Driving innovation, capturing best practice, and improving SRM capabilities
- Supporting policy-makers and the humanitarian system to increase their understanding of SRM and maximise access to people in need
- Working with the broader SRM ecosystem, to ensure members have access to the diverse individuals and professional services required to meet future sector needs.
Values
Trust: Recognising that trust is crucial in challenging contexts, GISF is committed to creating safe and secure environments for positive professional interactions, fostering trust among our members to encourage sharing and collaboration.
Relevance: Understanding that NGO security risk management is a highly specialised field, GISF adopts a member-driven approach in its work, ensuring that its initiatives and resources are relevant, forward-looking and aligned with the needs of all its members.
Inclusion: Believing that all NGOs, regardless of their location, specialisation or resources, should have access to best practice SRM resources and support for effective coordination, GISF is committed to advancing the localisation agenda and promoting accessibility and inclusion in the field of security risk management.
Humanitarian Principles: GISF operates according to the fundamentals of the humanitarian principles – humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence.