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This guide (2011) was developed in order to have widely agreed upon psychological first aid materials for use in low and middle income countries. The information we have given here is a model only. You will need to adapt it…
While the vast majority of hotel stays occur without incident, the importance of reviewing accommodation risks has been highlighted in recent years by numerous terrorist attacks against hotels. The business world has seen increases in visits to developing, higher risk…
The Due Diligence Framework (2013) is a powerful risk management tool that encompasses activities undertaken to assist the Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) of the programme in obtaining assurance of a potential delivery partner’s capacity and capability to deliver DFID aid.…
Sexual violence and abuse are beginning to be recognised as a major problem across the international aid industry. According to the Report the Abuse survey (2018), 86% of aid workers know a colleague who has experienced sexual violence associated with…
On 28 June 2018, the ICRC, GISF and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) organised an event at the Humanitarium to discuss the security challenges posed by the global push towards the “localisation” of humanitarian action.
This document (2018) provides a short briefing on the World Health Organization’s current response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The briefing outlines the current humanitarian context, previous Ebola outbreak sites in the DRC, a summary…
This paper by S. Aebischer Perone, F. Althaus, F. Chappuis, N. Aguirre Zimerman, E.Martinez and S. Regel (2018) describes the processes employed by a leading humanitarian organisation, with extensive experience in managing post-hostage situations. Following release, individuals previously deprived of…
The purpose of this toolkit (2018) is to offer guidance to humanitarian actors for responding to violence against humanitarian action. It aims to complement and strengthen operational and security responses and facilitate the development of more effective and coordinated policies…
This guide is a product of the CASSANDRA project. “CASSANDRA” is an acronym for “Continuity And Security for SMEs Active in Neutralising Dangers and Risks affecting their Activities”. The aim of the two-year project (2015-2017), which is funded as part…
In October 2014, the European Interagency Security Forum (EISF) launched a knowledge hub on communications technology and security risk management. The first publication of this project brought together 17 authors who analysed in 11 articles how communications technology is changing…