GISF expertise
If you're interested in learning more about security risk management in the aid sector and how it enables access and sustainability, we're here to help. Get in touch with us to discuss future collaboration opportunities.
As well as contributing to publications such as the ICRC Blog and Humanitarian Exchange, we regularly provide expertise for events run by organisations such as the Charity Commission, DG ECHO and ICoCA. We also work with partner institutions like The University of Lille and IE Business School Madrid to deliver lectures and devise syllabuses. Discover some of our key areas of expertise below.
Academia
- Toward Inclusive Security: the impact of 'race', ethnicity and nationality on aid workers' security | New Article Out Now24 May 2022
- Risk Management Under Uncertainty During the Afghanistan Crisis 202116 Sep 2022
- GISF Publications Catalogue26 Sep 2022
- GISF Webinar | Behind the Scenes: Safe Humanitarian Action | Recording12 Nov 2021
Organisation Specific Events
- Local partners and SRM at Wateraid04 Nov 2020
- Inclusive Security Risk Management at CBM07 Oct 2020
External Conferences
- HNPW & GISF | Complete session summaries, resources and recordings01 Jun 2022
- Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) & GISF 20222 May 2022
- Aidex / Development 2030: GISF Workshop, 'Safety and security in a digital world: From online risk to real life harm - a disinformation simulation workshop'17 Nov 2021
- CHS Alliance Humanitarian Human Resources Conference: Report22 Jan 2021
External Publications
- New GISF External Blog for the Jurist: New Risks and Old Challenges - Navigating Security Threats in Ukraine to Deliver Humanitarian Aid17 May 2022
- The Free Security Risk Management Essentials Certificate19 Sep 2022
- Acceptance as a Security Risk Management Strategy in Haiti07 Jun 2022
- Racism in the humanitarian sector endangers aid workers’ lives13 Jul 2022
- The 'Insight': RiskPal Interview With Jason O'Connor Released02 Nov 2021
Open Events and Workshops
- The Professionalisation of Security Risk Management in the NGO Sector | GISF & INSSA Webinar Recording05 Sep 2022
- GISF COVID-19 Webinar | Recording15 Dec 2021
- GISF Webinar | Behind the Scenes: Safe Humanitarian Action | Recording12 Nov 2021
- GISF x ICoCA Webinar - Private Security Contracting in the Humanitarian Sector: Time to Take Responsibility04 Nov 2021
Coordination Groups
GISF specialises in various topics which can be explored in the 'themes' page of our website. We especially focus on the following.
Safeguarding
- New Collaborative Subtheme on Safeguarding!09 Nov 2022
- Private security contracting in the humanitarian sector: time to take responsibility03 Dec 2021
- GISF Webinar | Intersection of Security and Safeguarding | Recording19 Aug 2021
- Managing Sexual Violence Against Aid Workers: prevention, preparedness, response and aftercare21 Mar 2019
- Diversity in Risk26 Mar 2019
Localisation and Risk Transfer
- Partenariats et gestion du risque sécurité : guide d’action conjointe pour les organisations humanitaires locales et internationales27 Jun 2022
- Partenariados y gestión de riesgos de seguridad: Guía de acción conjunta para organizaciones de ayuda locales e internacionales27 Jun 2022
- Partnerships and Security Risk Management: a joint action guide for local and international aid organisations03 Jun 2021
- Partnerships and Security Risk Management: from the local partner’s perspective15 Oct 2020
- Going Local, Going Safely28 Jun 2018