Professionally, Baghdad always left me exhausted and confused. In my function as regional security advisor for a diplomatic representation, I visited the city on multiple occasions in the late 2010’s – assigned with the challenging task of assessing…
Insurance is a mechanism for transferring risk. Part of the feasibility study for any project should address all identifiable risks and allocate these into acceptable, transferable, and unacceptable. By taking out an insurance policy, we deal…
What are humanitarian access impediments? Humanitarian access impediments are any obstacles or restrictions that hinder the ability of humanitarian agencies to provide assistance or prevent crisis-affected populations from accessing services and protection. Access constraints can…
This year, International Women’s Day is campaigning for people everywhere to ‘embrace equity’. We spoke to some of our members and other humanitarians about what equitable security risk management (SRM) looks like, and why it is essential to enable safe,…
The threats facing the humanitarian and development sector For organisations working in fragile or conflict states, the risks from cyber-attacks are even more acute and consequential. A pattern of attacks suggests growing evidence of authoritarian governments…
In this blog, NetHope's James Eaton-Lee explores the digital risks that NGOs responding in the context need to be aware of, and how they can manage these risks for reliable and safe connectivity and information sharing.
When I worked on humanitarian and development programmes, I was acutely aware of two things: that most of us were perfectionists, and that most of us were very good at suppressing or overriding our emotional struggles to get…
The interesting basis for this query is how, at relatively the same time, numerous organisations have concluded that security risk management (SRM) needs attention. Certainly, current world events, prolonged conflicts in Mozambique, Yemen or the Central African Republic, or the…
The Current State of Practice, the Pathway Forward Unfortunately, the answer to the above question is that HNS is exceptionally complex, unleashing a pandora’s box of vexing challenges and dilemmas. Yet, a widespread…
We recently spoke with Prospery Raymond, the country representative for several NGOs operating in Haiti, who shared insights on the current operating environment. Q: How have challenges in Haiti impacted your ability to operate? Prospery: Firstly,…