Reflections on my first HEAT course
NGO Security Management, Training
On a Monday morning in June last year, I left London for the English countryside. It’d be fair to say that I spent the journey…
4 Mar 2020
Blog
With regular contributions from the GISF Secretariat and guest experts, the GISF Blog explores a range of topical, contextual and theoretical developments affecting the practice of humanitarian SRM.
GISF’s Autumn Forum: Coordination and the Future of Security Risk Management
Acceptance, Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, Legal Obligations, NGO Security Management
Following GISF's second members' forum of 2019, this blog piece reflects on sessions covering the future of the sector, and collaboration between the UN and NGOs.
19 Nov 2019
Community Mistrust: why the DRC’s Ebola epidemic is so distinctly complex
Acceptance, Context Analysis, Humanitarian Programmatic Issues, NGO Security Management
As the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo nears its one-year anniversary, this long-read blog by Aisling Sweeney explores some of the factors behind the hostilities that humanitarians operating in the country are facing. The piece was developed through desk research and discussion with organisations responding to the outbreak.
9 Jul 2019