Navigating Change: Managing the Transition from Political Missions and Peace Operations | GISF at HNPW

The transition from peace operations presents both challenges and opportunities for ensuring security in crisis-affected regions. In such dynamic contexts, where security services may not be provided at sufficient levels, the security vacuum created may be exploited by threat actors, resulting in additional or significant humanitarian access and delivery challenges, as well as increased security risk. Further, DPO and DPPA missions usually provide additional or supplementary support and logistical services such as medical facilities, transportation, security training, and response capacity, which are often not available upon their withdrawal.

This session is organised by the UNHCR Field Security Service as part of a joint programme with GISF for Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW). The session will address the gaps and opportunities arising from the above challenges with experts from civil-military coordination, security and donors.

How to register

1. Log in (or create an account) on the HNPW homepage (if the link doesn’t work, try typing hnpw.org directly into your browser);
2. Select Event Programme on the navigation toolbar, where you can view the full HNPW event programme;
3. To find GISF’s events, you need to find Area of Common Concern in the filter selection;
4. Please select Humanitarian Security – this will filter to show you all GISF’s events and others across the Area of Common Concern;
5. To register your attendance for any event, please select register just to the left-hand of the session title;
6. You will have the option to register, either face to face or virtually depending on the session; bookmark the event; or cancel your registration;
7. When you select register, the ‘register’ button will change to registered, and you will receive a confirmation email from ‘no-reply@un.org’. 

If you have any questions about GISF’s sessions, registration or HNPW, please reach out to Alyssa Thurston (alyssa@gisf.ngo).